[RESOLVED] Was this done in swish?

[Neil]

Was this done in swish ?
http://www.spark-online.com/001gallery/mm/index.html

If so, can anyone tell me exaclty how - you can see it by clicking in the little bubbles at the bottom left of the movie - im wanting to know if the text that spins into it's location was done in swish, and if so how - thanks alot,
neil

[:im:]

this was done in swish and in flash. after all, very pathetic movie! totally iditotik muzik( ) and it loops without telling that.

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[method]

Thats was totally SWiSH i think!

[Neil]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by method:
Thats was totally SWiSH i think!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
im just wanting to know how the spinning text was done? awish file would be great

[robertpenner]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by :im::
this was done in swish and in flash. after all, very pathetic movie! totally iditotik muzik( ) and it loops without telling that.

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This movie was not done in Swish.
There are very few of those effects that are possible in Swish.

For one thing, Swish doesn't support easing, which is present in most of the mermaid text fx. Besides that, most of the fx are done differently than Swish, though they have a superficial resemblance.

Look at the rotating "pros:"--Swish can rotate letters into place, but the center of rotation is always inside each letter. The "pros" letters spin around an outside center (and ease into place).

Then there's "I like to swim". Swish's Scale Characters effect is similar, but it doesn't do what mermaid and Balthaser do, where the letters zoom in toward a vanishing point. Other effects where letters "peel off" and fly away on motion paths are SO not Swish.

And finally, the movie is not "very pathetic". It took a lot of work and creativity, and the "idiotic" music is breathtaking, exquisitely suited to the animation.

And heaven forbid that a movie should loop without displaying a warning message. That's part of the genius of the piece--it takes you a while to realize that it's looping because you're so mesmerized.

Robert Penner
Web Developer http://www.monkeymedia.net


[This message has been edited by robertpenner (edited 06 May 2000).]