Tweening. We all do it. Most of us have learned to avoid Adobe's Tween class in favor of a more powerful, less code-heavy engine (Tweener, Fuse, MC Tween, etc.). Each has its own strengths & weaknesses. A few years back, I created TweenLite because I needed a very compact tweening engine that was fast and efficient (I couldn't afford the file size bloat that came with the other tweening engines). It quickly became integral to my work flow. I figured others might be able to benefit from it, so I released it publicly. Over the past few years, I received a lot of positive feedback.
Since then, I've added new capabilities while trying to keep file size way down (2-3k). TweenFilterLite extends TweenLite and adds the ability to tween filters including ColorMatrixFilter effects like saturation, contrast, brightness, hue, and even colorization but it only adds about 3k to the file size. Same syntax as TweenLite. As of last week, there are AS2 and AS3 versions of both of the classes ready for download. All this for the low, low price of...kidding. They're free for the taking. TweenLite: http://www.tweenlite.com (has link to AS3 version) TweenFilterLite: http://www.tweenfilterlite.com (has link to AS3 version) See the site for a list of all the features. I even built a sample SWF that demonstrates a few of the features and writes the associated code for you. I know what you're thinking - "if it's so 'lightweight', it's probably missing a lot of features which makes me nervous about using it as my main tweening engine." It is true that it doesn't have the same feature set as the other tweening engines, but I can honestly say that after using it on almost every project I've worked on over the last few years (many award-winning flash apps for fortune-500 companies), it has never let me down. I never found myself needing some other functionality. You can tween any property (including a MovieClip's volume and color), use any easing function, build in delays, callback functions, pass arguments to that callback function, and even tween arrays all with one line of code. You very well may require a feature that TweenLite (or TweenFilterLite) doesn't have, but I think most developers will use the built-in features to accomplish whatever they need and appreciate the streamlined nature of the class(es). Just last week, I stumbled upon the Tweener class from Zeh Fernando, Nate Chatellier, and others (they did a great job by the way) which is remarkably similar syntax-wise, so if you're a Tweener user, it should be very easy to get your brain around using TweenLite. And for the record, I'm not AT ALL saying that TweenLite is "better" than any of the other tweening engines out there (no hate mail please). I'm just sharing my personal experience and making my code available in the hopes that it'll make some other folk's lives a little easier. Also for the record, my "day job" (Interactive Flash designer/developer) along with my wife & two sons keep me plenty busy, so I may not have time to personally answer every feature request or plea for help. I just set up a Google group that can facilitate discussions & allow users to help each other though (there's a link to it on my site). Happy tweening. Jack Doyle _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
