Quick help.

[stefan-sobering]

Hey guys. Okay, my question is this : I'm really new to flash, being doing stuff for about 1 week. and i learnt how to make a button with a simple mouseover (that just changes the button's color when u rollover) but how do i put animations in the roll over? i just cant figure it out

[Blaze]

You have to put a movieclip with the animation inside the button. In the over stance.

[stefan-sobering]

thanks! dude! i have another question if u dont mind...ive never really made in animation in flash, im just gathering some techniques and stuff...but i tried to make one the other day, of an alien in a flying saucer fly from off the stage, into the stage, then back off....but the thing is, the bg of the sky moved along withit. the whole border ect.

[Lucozadedude]

At 11/11/05 07:48 AM, stefan_sobering wrote: thanks! dude! i have another question if u dont mind...ive never really made in animation in flash, im just gathering some techniques and stuff...but i tried to make one the other day, of an alien in a flying saucer fly from off the stage, into the stage, then back off....but the thing is, the bg of the sky moved along withit. the whole border ect.

put the BG on a layer below the flying saucer :)
that should stop the BG moving with your saucer

[stefan-sobering]

yeah but then when i instert a new keyframe to make the saucer move, the whole bg turns while below the saucer...

[Blaze]

At 11/11/05 07:48 AM, stefan_sobering wrote: thanks! dude! i have another question if u dont mind...ive never really made in animation in flash, im just gathering some techniques and stuff...but i tried to make one the other day, of an alien in a flying saucer fly from off the stage, into the stage, then back off....but the thing is, the bg of the sky moved along withit. the whole border ect.

I'd recommend using more layers. A layer for backgrounds... main... sounds... Actionscript... that kinda stuff.

[stefan-sobering]

mmmmk so layers is good...just like photoshop (which ive been using for like 3 years).....but if i make the saucer on a new layer, when i inster a new key frame, the whole bg gets white around the saucer

[Blaze]

At 11/11/05 07:53 AM, stefan_sobering wrote: mmmmk so layers is good...just like photoshop (which ive been using for like 3 years).....but if i make the saucer on a new layer, when i inster a new key frame, the whole bg gets white around the saucer

I think I know your problem.

Thats because the keyframe is just inserted in the saucer layer. Like this:

Saucer............o.....o
Background....o....x

You get what i mean. Then you must insert a frame in the background layer.

[Lucozadedude]

make sure both layers have the same amount of frames

[Blaze]

At 11/11/05 07:59 AM, lucozadedude wrote: make sure both layers have the same amount of frames

Er... yeah. Thats where i was going.

Dammit!

[repenter]

1. Make sure that your backround is in layer one, and you can lock it if you want, bbut it doesn't matter.
2. The reason why your backround turned white is because yourbackround and your ship didn't have the same amount of franes something like this
88888
88880
Just to make sure that doesn't happen again why don't you just insert 50 frames of the backround then you can delete the extra if you don't need it.
3. Good luck with the flash and I would like to see what you can come up with.

[Madferit]

first of all, thx for not bein a noob and goin OMG IR00xorz yoUU r succs I c4nt d0 this.

secondly.

to fix your problem when you insert a keyframe it selects everything. when you make a new keyfram just click on anywhere on the screen that doesnt have white dots. then move teh alien.

heres a better way. press F6 to make a new keyframe and it wont highlight it.(this way is easier)

[poc104]

DUDE 2 ADVICES:

1) Separate the B-G layer and lock it so you dont mess it up AND have it along the frames you whant it to go

2)check some tutorials.
there are grat ones on the NG flash submit area and also a good page would be
www.learnflash.com