On 13/7/01 12:45 pm, Ryno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Allow me to thank you for making available the Starter Kit. This will make
> it possible for me and others like me to learn the basic skills before going
> professional. Already the 10 line limit has forced me to read and learn new
> concepts.
Still plenty you can do with it - don't forget to check out the "Using the
Starter Kit" section of the documentation.
> I scaled down an image to (say) 100 wide and 120 high; and positioned it to
> 80,90 with a second placed at 180,90 and a third at 280,90. Now I want to
> move it to 300,270 and enlarge it to its real size, 260 x 320. I managed to
> do it, but I am getting some (to me) strange behaviour.
>
> If I simply place the picture and use the "move" command, like this:
>
>> on mouseUp
>> move me to 180,190
>> set width of image "Image 3" to 260
>> set height of image "Image 3" to 320
>> wait 100 ticks
>> set width of image "Image 3" to 100
>> set height of image "Image 3" to 120
>> move me to 280,90
>> end mouseUp
>
> image 1 moves smoothly into position, around the centre point of the image,
> and opens nicely. But the placement of image 2 and 3 is erratic.
>
> I sort of solved this by locking the position of the images, but with the
> same command the movement is now centered at the top left corner of the
> image, creating a diagonal move and a sideways jump as the image enlarges.
> ---
> This is all fine, but what I would like, is:
>
> to have the movement centered to the centre of the image from locked;
> to have the image grow as it moves, instead of jumping open;
> to work with the "rectangle" to shorten this script, but still retaining the
> grace of the "move" command.
You could solve this by tweaking the script some, but I'm wondering if there
is there a reason you're not using Rev's built in Animation Manager? It
does this all for you, just point and click.
Regards,
Kevin
Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/>
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