Hmm, okay, so, to clarify. It's like Paul said. It's not so much that I WANT to add frames, it's that I'm on an Intel Mac, and don't have access to the Flash 9 AS3 preview, and so, CANT add frames in Flash... at least not if I still want control over the MovieClips... even simple control like... stop(), or gotoAndPlay(), etc... don't work with AVM1MovieClips... which is all I can make until I can get my hands on Flash CS3... at the end of April.
Does it make more sense now? I want to create a set of character animations that represent said character's set of states, and can smoothly transition to/from one another, or loop over a set of frames if no transition is necessary. Does it make more sense now? Okay, thanks for helping, for real, //Matt --- In [email protected], "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use the Flash 9 AS3 preview to output AS3 compatible .swf > animations. - I guess I don't see what you need the extra frames for? > Why do you want to add frames? I guess my feedback was aimed and > getting you to explain why you need to programatically add frames - I'm > not following what you're trying to do I guess. If they are animations > you cannot easily do with actionscript, then that means you're > hand-tweening them in Flash or some other tool, and thus would have the > ability to add frames anyway. > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America > GT&O Learning & Leadership Development > eTools & Multimedia Team > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mtthwnthnyhys > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Programmatically create MovieClip > frames? > > > > Jason, > > Um, thank you for the feedback? What do you mean 'some other > way?' For that matter, > what do you mean, 'why would I want to?' > > I'd like to use animations in my application that I don't think > would be easy to accomplish > through scripted tweens. I could create the animations in Flash > 8, but then I can't control > them with AS3. I'd maybe have export each frame from Flash 8. > Import them into Sprites > in my Flex app, and then "play" them by iterating through the > visible property of each one > in a list... some kind of custom SuccessiveSpritePlayer class... > seems like a lot of work- > around, just to make what amounts to a MovieClip that I can add > "frames" to. > > Does anyone have ideas, a trick, anything? > > //Matt > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Merrill, Jason" > <jason.merrill@> wrote: > > > > Why would you want to? It seems whatever you're trying to do > could be > > accomplished in some other way. > > > > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America > > GT&O Learning & Leadership Development > > eTools & Multimedia Team > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of mtthwnthnyhys > > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:11 PM > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Programmatically create MovieClip > frames? > > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > I have a bit of an odd question. I'm working on a project in > > which I'd like to include some > > somewhat intricate Flash animations... unfortunately... (sort > > of)... I'm working on one of > > those new MacBook Pros, with the Intel chip. No Flash 9 AS3 > > preview for me. > > > > I'd like to keep moving on the project, but as you probably > > know, Adobe is not shipping > > (and therefor not making available for download?) the new > Flash > > CS3 until the end of April. > > > > So I'm wondering, is it possible to add frames to a > > programmatically created AS3 > > MovieClip, and then populate those frames dynamically? Will > > nextFrame() called on the > > last frame of a MovieClip still move the playhead?.. or return > > some kind of error?.. or just > > not do anything? > > > > I'll be experimenting with all this stuff over the next couple > > of days, trying to come up with > > a solution, but if anyone knows anything I'd appreciate the > > feedback. > > > > Also, if you happen to know that there's no way to do what I'm > > asking... and you happen to > > have the Flash 9 AS3 preview... would you mind making a few > > empty AS3 MovieClip SWFs? > > To be safe, I think one each at 7, 14, 21, and 28 frames would > > be great. That's not too > > much trouble is it? > > > > Okay, infinite thank yous in advance. > > > > //Matthew Anthony Hayes > > >
