[Easy way to reverse a timeline and add it to bigger timeline]

psuedo:

 

var t1:timelinemax = new timelinemax();

t1.append(something1);

t1.append(something2);

t1.append(something3);

 

var t2:timeline max = new timelinemax();

t2.append(other1);

t2.append(other2);

t2.append(other3);

 

t2.reverse = true;

 

t1.append(t2);

 

t1.play();

//////

the order should be

 

something1

something2

something3

other3

other2

other1

 

anyway to do this?

[Can I animate stroke with TweenMax??]

Whew solved it... it works just fine, I was using a BorderContainer in Flash builder 4 and when i would do this

 

rollOver.append(TweenMax.to(border,.1,{borderWeight:7}));

 

it would not work, so I had to give it its own custom made stroke component and then animate that.

 

i.e.

 

rollOver.append(TweenMax.to(thestroke,.1,{weight:7}));

 

SOLVED thanks!

[Can I animate stroke with TweenMax??]

I am using the new flash builder 4, and have a stroke on one of my containers, was wondering if I could animate its stroke weight somehow.

[Anyway to replace a MC reference in a TweenLite/TweenMax?]

I am converting an entire slideshow into TweenMax, I love it, its way easier than what was in before

 

Problem: When loading dynamic pictures (large pictures) it lags the animation on every load. It loads the picture, attachs it to a MC, then throws it to the animation, there is say, 70 pictures, and I tell it to start on the 3rd picture, so everytime a new picture is loaded, it lags the animation slightly. Is there a better way of doing this or tricks of optimization?

 

Thanks!

 

function add_to_mc(mc:movieclip)
{
time = 14;//total duration of one picture
fadetime = 2;//how long fades takes
maintl.addLabel(i.toString(), maintl.duration);
if (maintl.duration == 0)
{
maintl.append(TweenLite.to(mc, time, {onStart:checkCarousel,ease:Linear.easeNone, _x:nEndLeft, _y:nEndTop, _width:nEndWidth, _height:nEndHeight } ));
}
else
{
maintl.append(TweenMax.to(mc, 0.1, { _visible:true } ), -fadetime);
maintl.append(TweenLite.to(mc, time, {onStart:checkCarousel,ease:Linear.easeNone,_x:nEndLeft, _y:nEndTop, _width:nEndWidth, _height:nEndHeight } ), -fadetime);
}
maintl.append(TweenMax.to(mc, fadetime, {ease:Linear.easeNone,autoAlpha:0 } ),-fadetime);
}
}

 

edit: I was maybe thinking of creating the entire Timeline with fake movieclips with predermined sizes, then just inserting the pictures into them, so nothing new is created while playing the timeline

[onComplete Parameters Issue]

I figured it out, it was user error, thanks!

[onComplete Question]

try taking off the () on RemoveLeft see what happens

[onComplete Parameters Issue]

is this the same for as2? because I have identical code to that, and it doesn't hit the onComplete function unless I have the () on it.

[onComplete triggers at start of my timeline [SOLVED]]

try putting append instead of insert

 

if that doesn't work, add the onComplete function to the TweenMax.to instead of the timeline, see what you get.

[Remove all tweens in a label]

Anybody know of fast code that will remove all tweens in a label

 

example:

 

Timeline.addLabel("first",0);

Timeline.append(some_tween);

Timeline.addLabel("second",Timeline.TotalDuration);

Timeline.append(some_tween2);

 

Best way to remove the some_tween2, as well as the "second" label name, so it just goes back to

 

Timeline.addLabel("first",0);

Timeline.append(some_tween);

 

in the timeline

[addCallback conflicts with onComplete?]

I do

 

my_timeline.tweenTo("label_name",{onComplete:TweenTo_finished});

 

though when label_name is hit, it has a callback function.

 

it does the callback function, but never gets to TweenTo_finished function.

[addCallback conflicts with onComplete?]

So I figured out what was going on in my flash file.

 

for my main timeline it was

 

timeline.addCallback(shrinkMe,"images");

timeline.tweenTo(0,{onComplete:the_function});

 

 

 

if tweening back, and hitting a callback, it won't go to "the_function" it'll just do the callback, is there a way around this?

[TweenTo onComplete randomly gets triggered. [SOLVED]]

I recreated a small sample file and it worked perfectly, for some reason its just not working for me, its not a greensock issue Thanks.

[TweenTo onComplete randomly gets triggered. [SOLVED]]

code:

main_timeline.tweenTo(main_timeline.getLabelTime(main_timeline.currentLabel),{onComplete:menu_addon,onCompleteParams:[category,option]});

 

I am basically

Going forward 111111111>22222222222>

back tracking 111111111>

clearing...

recreating, and going forward again 111111111111>333333333>

 

onComplete randomly gets triggered after it reverses the 222222222222>

 

any work arounds? or ideas?

[colorMatrixFilter overwrite? [SOLVED]]

Yeah i am sorta having a problem with the same thing... not sure if I have it setup correctly

 

tl.insert(TweenMax.to(myText,.4,{glowFilter:{color:0x0000FF, alpha:1,strength:9, blurX:100, blurY:50}}),0);

tl.insert(TweenMax.to(myText,.12,{glowFilter:{color:0xFFFFFF, alpha:1,strength:2, blurX:1.5, blurY:1.5,overwrite:false}}),0);

 

the second one kills the first one

[Determine the relationship between current and new X]

like a onStart?

 

var b:button = ---------;

var capturedX:Int;

 

TweenLite.to(b,2,{onStart:captureX});

 

function captureX():void

{

capturedX = b.x;

}

 

if thats wrong, then I'm lost on the question

[tweening multiple objects ????????? [SOLVED]]

var invisible_menu : Number = 0

var visible_menu : Number = 0

 

//Rollover btn1

 

menu_mc1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,showMenu);

menu_mc1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT,hideMenu);

var myTween:TweenLite;

function showMenu(event:MouseEvent) :void

{

myTween = TweenLite.allTo([menu_mc2,menu_mc3,menu_mc4,menu_mc5,menu_mc6,menu_mc7,menu_mc8,menu_mc9], .2, {y:"+29",ease:Linear.easeIn});

}

 

function hideMenu(event:MouseEvent):void

{

myTween.duration *= 2

myTween.reverse();

}

 

 

not tested, but its something like that.

[Problem with appending reversed timeline to regular timeline]

You're right, when remaking it, I found code that set my "timeline.reverse = true, timeline.totalProgress = 100"

 

thats whats doing it.

 

How about this, attached is a demo of what I'm doing, whats a better way of doing this effect without having to do totalProgress= 0, timeline.reversed = true?

[Problem with appending reversed timeline to regular timeline]

code goes like this.

 

var main_tl:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax();

var one_tl:TimelineMax = createTween(); //reversed timeline function

one_tl.append(createTween2()); //normal timeline function

 

function createTween():TimelineMax

{

var temp:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax();

//temp inserts of timelines;

temp.reversed = true;

return temp;

}

 

function createTween2():TimelineMax

{

var temp:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax();

//temp inserts of timelines;

return temp;

}

 

main_tl.append(one_tl); //// or main_tl.insert(one_tl,0); doesn't matter

main_tl.play();

//////////////////end code//////////////////////////

 

now what happens is, if i do one_tl.play(); it works fine, if I append it to main_tl it starts it at the end instantly, pretty much like a one_tl.gotoAndStop(one_tl.duration) code would do. BUT, if I say main_tl.restart(); it works just fine. for some reason main_tl is going to the end and I have to restart it everytime, I just want to have it play at 0.

 

the reason for this, is cuz i'm going to keep adding to main_tl and I do not want to keep having to rewind in a timeline just to play where it last appended.

 

Thanks!

 

edit:fixed function return values

[Stopping timeline and going back to last label [SOLVED]]

also

thetimeline.gotoAndStop(thetimeline.getLabelBefore(thetimeline.currentTime));

[Stopping timeline and going back to last label [SOLVED]]

sorry, didn't look at all the timeline features

 

solve is:

thetimeline.gotoAndStop(thetimeline.currentLabel);

[Stopping timeline and going back to last label [SOLVED]]

psuedo:

 

create item

create label("0");

create tween for item;

add to timeline

 

create item

create label("1");

create tween for item;

add to timeline;

 

timeline.play();

 

if(timeline.totalProgress is past Label("0") but not past Label("1"))

thetimeline.gotoAndStop("0");

 

end psuedo

 

I have everything setup except how to tell it to goback and stop on its previously passed label

[stopping a tween before it starts]

check my edit, let me know the results

[stopping a tween before it starts]

fb_mc.onRollOver=function(){

myTween.play();

}

fb_mc.onRollOver=function(){

myTween.reverse();

}

 

they are both on rollover, change the reverse to on RollOut, and just stop the tween after its made, make sure you've imported the plugins and ran the plugin enabler;

 

var myTween:TweenMax = TweenMax.to(fb_mc, 1, {colorMatrixFilter:{colorize:0xff0000, amount:1}});

myTween.stop();

 

fb_mc.onRollOver=function(){

myTween.play();

}

fb_mc.onRollOut=function(){

myTween.reverse();

}

[Infamous question: Papervision3d Plane apply filter]

Hey thanks, I figured it out.

 

Need to make sure the material is a MovieMaterial, created from a movieclip....example:

 

private function maskPlane(w:Number,h:Number,thex:Number,they:Number):Plane

{

var mm:MovieMaterial = new MovieMaterial(createFill(w,h),false,true);

var p:Plane = new Plane(mm,w,h);

p.position = this.position;

p.z -=5;

p.x = thex;

p.y = they;

p.useOwnContainer = true;

return p;

}

 

private function createFill(w:Number,h:Number):MovieClip

{

var holder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

holder.graphics.beginFill(0x58595B);

holder.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, w, h);

holder.graphics.endFill();

return holder;

}

 

make sure .usecontainer = true as well (as shown above); and also what ukla said, moviematerial needs to be (true) for animated... then to animate, you animate the movie of the plane's material.

 

TweenMax.allTo([MovieMaterial(top.material).movie,MovieMaterial(left.material).movie,MovieMaterial(right.material).movie,MovieMaterial(bottom.material).movie],.3,{tint:0xC1DCF7}),0);

 

 

might be ugly code, BUT IT WORKS, WOOHOO

[Infamous question: Papervision3d Plane apply filter]

Thanks for the reply, you give awesome support here by the way.

 

I tried your code and it went through, but it still didn't change the tint, I tried using the tint in the way you said, the colortransform in the way you said, and added both plugins.

 

I am sure it works on a plane with a color material background,but I have a bitmapmaterial that I applied to my plane, and it doesn't want to budge at all. Regular X,Y,Z and rotation tweening works perfectly though.