newbie needs a helping hand

[newbie_from_Wales_UK]

I'm a complete novice whne it comes to tweening nonetheless I want to take my first steps.

 

I want to use tweeening to animate GUI moveclip elements on and around the stage, ultimately sequencing them into fluid movements.

 

I have seen basic examples of this kind of effects using Greensock's TimelineLite and TimelineMax.

 

What is the best approach for organising GUI movieclip elements so than they can be easily tweened in sequences?

 

Three alternative ways come mind (although there may be more):

 

1. Have the movieclips live on stage with imagery on frame 1 and ._visible set to false?

 

2. Instead of using ._visible have the movieclips live on stage with imagery on frame 2 and and a as stop(); on frame 1?

 

3. Load movieclips as external SWF?

 

Any advice would be very much appreciated

 

newbie_from_Wales_UK

[Carl]

it really depends on the situation, but avoid situation #2.

If coding on the timeline you want as much code and as many assets as possible on Frame 1.

if code controls a movie clip it must be on the same frame as the movie clip.

 

setting visible to false on assets that aren't needed right away is probably what I do most.

I will also put groups of assets into container movie clips so that I can just tell one movie clip to have visible false.

 

if you want to be really efficient with breaking your visual assets and tweening code up into sections check out how the GreenSock homepage animation was made:

 

http://www.snorkl.tv/2011/05/real-world ... ase-study/

 

If you are just starting out just focus on getting a few TweenLite/Max basics under your belt http://www.greensock.com/get-started-tweening/

 

 

and then get into TimelineLite/Max http://www.greensock.com/timelinemax