[Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
Hi, I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I have a text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll from bottom of screen to top of screen... it looks like crap using motion tween. Very choppy movement, not smooth at all. Any fixes? I am assuming that the choppyness is due to the complexity of the text object/block. Know of any AS scripts that might make this less of a problem? I am using F8 and outputting a projector... Any help would be great. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
You could turn it into a bitmap mc.cacheAsBitmap = true; That should help. At 01:50 PM 9/15/2006, you wrote: Hi, I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I have a text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll from bottom of screen to top of screen... it looks like crap using motion tween. Very choppy movement, not smooth at all. Any fixes? I am assuming that the choppyness is due to the complexity of the text object/block. Know of any AS scripts that might make this less of a problem? I am using F8 and outputting a projector... Any help would be great. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
Are you using a pixel font? I a similar issue with a large block of pixel fonts and motion+shape tweening. The only solution I found was to anti-alias the pixel font for the large block of text. -V Micky Hulse wrote: Hi, I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I have a text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll from bottom of screen to top of screen... it looks like crap using motion tween. Very choppy movement, not smooth at all. Any fixes? I am assuming that the choppyness is due to the complexity of the text object/block. Know of any AS scripts that might make this less of a problem? I am using F8 and outputting a projector... Any help would be great. Cheers, Micky ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
The fastest way to animate this is to use runtime bitmap caching, mixed
with the scrollRect property.
// this is almost pseudo-code, untested, but you should get the idea
r = new Rectangle(0,0,width,height);
container.cacheAsBitmap = true;
container.scrollRect = r;
container.onEnterFrame = function(){
//modify the scrollRect to move the text
r.y += 1;
container.scrollRect = r;
}
This will convert the text to one big bitmap, and use fast pixel copying
to display just the rect you want.
Peace
C
Vibol Hou wrote:
Are you using a pixel font? I a similar issue with a large block of
pixel fonts and motion+shape tweening. The only solution I found was
to anti-alias the pixel font for the large block of text.
-V
Micky Hulse wrote:
Hi,
I am working on a simple Flash project... at end of the animation I
have a text block of 80 names, kinda like movie credits, that scroll
from bottom of screen to top of screen... it looks like crap using
motion tween. Very choppy movement, not smooth at all.
Any fixes?
I am assuming that the choppyness is due to the complexity of the
text object/block.
Know of any AS scripts that might make this less of a problem?
I am using F8 and outputting a projector...
Any help would be great.
Cheers,
Micky
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[solved] Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
Kurt Dommermuth wrote: You could turn it into a bitmap mc.cacheAsBitmap = true; That should help. Woot! That worked great! Thanks Kurt, you da man! :D Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
Hi Chris, thanks for the response, I really appreciate your time. Chris Hill wrote: ...[snip]... This will convert the text to one big bitmap, and use fast pixel copying to display just the rect you want. Peace Right on! Thanks for snippet! I really appreciate it, very cool! :D Looks like the perfect solution, thanks for sharing. ;) Will modify and plug-in to anim. Perfecto! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Huge block of scrolling text: Choppy animation.
Hi Vibol, thanks for your response, it is greatly appreciated. :) Vibol Hou wrote: Are you using a pixel font? I a similar issue with a large block of pixel fonts and motion+shape tweening. The only solution I found was to anti-alias the pixel font for the large block of text. Thanks for sharing the info. I am sure that on top of caching as bitmap and pseudo-code Chris provided will really do the trick. :) Many thanks all, you folks rock. Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: http://snipurl.com/vrs9 Switch: http://browsehappy.com/ BCC?: http://snipurl.com/w6f8 My: http://del.icio.us/mhulse ___ 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
