Animation playing in loop ???
I've just laid my hands on saving my movie, after dipping my toe in creating basic animation.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/darsh25/p...te/contact.php
shows that my banner has animation playing CONSTANTLY i.e. in loop. I only wish this to play just ONCE.
I created this using one of the effect from Timeline Effects. I "unchecked" the loop option in HTML tab in the Publish setting, but I wonder why am I getting this animation playing in loop rather than just once.
Can anyone point me in the right direction ???
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
Hello,
in Flash you need to define what you want to do, or else it wll continue playing.
You will need to put a single comman in ActionScript on the last frame, which is stop();
Open your Flash, find the LAST frame of your animation, click the frame (if you have several layers it doesn't matter which one you pick), open the actionscript panel (F9), and type in stop(); exactly like this.
Thats it.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by Availor
Hello,
in Flash you need to define what you want to do, or else it wll continue playing.
You will need to put a single comman in ActionScript on the last frame, which is stop();
Open your Flash, find the LAST frame of your animation, click the frame (if you have several layers it doesn't matter which one you pick), open the actionscript panel (F9), and type in stop(); exactly like this.
Thats it.
Thanks, that worked perfectly well.
Thing is because it only plays once, the animation doesn't quite show perfect smoothness (due to taking little time in uploading on browser, if it's played over the Internet). Is there any way, we could delay the animation, so in the "background" all the files should get uploaded & THEN the animation should kick-in with perfectly smoothness ???
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
j4mes_bond25, could you post your FLA? We could take a look at it for you.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by j4mes_bond25
Tried your url I have 100mbps connection loads part of your page then hangs up I use internet explorer.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
James, yes you can, but's it's a bit hard to explain online.
Post your .fla file (zip it) and we I will show you the modification.
You can test your file (Ctrl+Enter) and then view -> Publish settings and choose connection speed. Then -> View -> Simulate download.
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Originally Posted by RedWombat
j4mes_bond25, could you post your FLA? We could take a look at it for you.
Ye sure. Since I can't attach ".fla" file here, I've got all the banner related files here:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/darsh25/p...ebsite/banner/
Problem is, since I only wish to have this animation playing ONCE ONLY (as it can be seen from: http://members.lycos.co.uk/darsh25/p...te/contact.php) , if user happen to have reasonably slow internet connection then I reckon, the uploading time for the frames would vary & they might NOT be able to see the entire animation in ONCE with its entire smoothness.
This would be just as any image gets uploaded on the Internet pixel by pixel (and then AFTER ALL THE PIXELS gets uploaded, the user can see the entire image), wouldn't you say the same goes for flash files, as well OR do flash file not such problem.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by parahandy
Tried your url I have 100mbps connection loads part of your page then hangs up I use internet explorer.
I'm terribly sorry about it but it works perfectly well here, I fear. You should be able to see banner, navigation menu & the Contact form along with the footer & left & right menu area (having text saying so).
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by Availor
James, yes you can, but's it's a bit hard to explain online.
Post your .fla file (zip it) and we I will show you the modification.
You can test your file (Ctrl+Enter) and then view -> Publish settings and choose connection speed. Then -> View -> Simulate download.
I'm using Flash 8. After I test the movie using Ctrl+Enter, I've NOT got "Publish Setting" in this window, but I've instead got "Simulate download" under the "View" menu. I selected it (& it now has "tick" appearing next to it), so does it mean, it'd appear with the same smoothness, regardless of the Internet speed connection ???
All of my banner related files (only 3) can be downloaded from:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/darsh25/p...ebsite/banner/
Thanks for your time & help.
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Re: Animation playing in loop ???
Here's a screen grab: After you press Ctrl+Enter go to the View option and choose the bandwith preview (see the print screen). Look at the graph: Your banner is divided into frames. See the first line is the longest one and it reaches nearly 2kb (the menu obscures it). It means the first frame is almost 2kb, the rest are less, which means the longest time for the visitor to wait is for the first frame to load, after that frame is loaded the rest are "peanuts" ;)
I've downloaded your file, seems fine to me.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
Sure glad I use SwishMax, point and click my way to whatever I want to do. :D
And there is always action script available if I want to torture myself into computer geekdom.
joking of course, I just like ease of use applications that get it done and don't make my head hurt. :)
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by Availor
Here's a screen grab: After you press Ctrl+Enter go to the View option and choose the bandwith preview (see the print screen). Look at the graph: Your banner is divided into frames. See the first line is the longest one and it reaches nearly 2kb (the menu obscures it). It means the first frame is almost 2kb, the rest are less, which means the longest time for the visitor to wait is for the first frame to load, after that frame is loaded the rest are "peanuts" ;)
I've downloaded your file, seems fine to me.
Must say, this is a highly intrigued thing to know. I fiddled with few options in the View & tried bandwidth preview as well, where I could see the graph, but at that time (until I had your reply), I didn't have a clue as what exacly was the graph telling me.
Anyhow, although my own banner seems to be working perfectly well at this moment but I wonder what about IF in case say, out of 10 frame animation, if 2, 4, 6, 8 happens to be longest. In that case, the user would see the 1st frame's animation but then might have to wait little longer for the 2nd frame, for example. Wouldn't you say that could affect the smootness of the ENTIRE animation, since to view 2,4,6,8 frames, they might have to wait little longer than other frames & hence could affect the way ENTIRE animation plays.
Wouldn't you say that could be the possibility ??? (although, I might just be over-reacting since majority are on reasonably fast Internet speed, but JUST IN CASE).
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
In case the other frame is the longest I'm not sure... I guess the use would have to wait.
About swish, well perhaps it is an easier app to cope with but it's not at all as professional as flash. Maybe if all you need to do is a pre-made effect banner then use swish or ******* Glanda, but if you are into developing flash is the app. I prefer working the hard and professional way, but it takes me truly long hours of learning.
I can highly recommend you webwasp.com tutorials. The Graph issue is explained.
Also, I've purchased several tutorials from Cartoonsmart.com and I am very pleased with them. There are some freebies that show Basic Actionscript application. There are video tutorials. Also, LearnFlash.com offers you a free tutorial once you subscribe to their newsletter. I advise you to subscribe with a secondary e-mail since they do get annoying, but they have great video tutorials which they provide you for free. Actually, I'm dying to get those videos bundle, but 300$ is more than I can efford.
Actually, since you are from UK and the "next best thing to GOD" :-) I found some interesting video bundles from learnsoft-shop on e-bay. They are from UK, and each bundle is only 9.5$ Unfortunately they don't ship to Israel....
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by Availor
In case the other frame is the longest I'm not sure... I guess the use would have to wait.
About swish, well perhaps it is an easier app to cope with but it's not at all as professional as flash. Maybe if all you need to do is a pre-made effect banner then use swish or ******* Glanda, but if you are into developing flash is the app. I prefer working the hard and professional way, but it takes me truly long hours of learning.
I can highly recommend you webwasp.com tutorials. The Graph issue is explained.
Also, I've purchased several tutorials from Cartoonsmart.com and I am very pleased with them. There are some freebies that show Basic Actionscript application. There are video tutorials. Also, LearnFlash.com offers you a free tutorial once you subscribe to their newsletter. I advise you to subscribe with a secondary e-mail since they do get annoying, but they have great video tutorials which they provide you for free. Actually, I'm dying to get those videos bundle, but 300$ is more than I can efford.
Actually, since you are from UK and the "next best thing to GOD" :-) I found some interesting video bundles from learnsoft-shop on e-bay. They are from UK, and each bundle is only 9.5$ Unfortunately they don't ship to Israel....
heh heh, making banners...
I guess making entire websites from flash, or writing flash applications from SwishMax doesn't count eh? But anyway, I digressed from the topic of this thread and move on.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by Availor
In case the other frame is the longest I'm not sure... I guess the use would have to wait.
About swish, well perhaps it is an easier app to cope with but it's not at all as professional as flash. Maybe if all you need to do is a pre-made effect banner then use swish or ******* Glanda, but if you are into developing flash is the app. I prefer working the hard and professional way, but it takes me truly long hours of learning.
I can highly recommend you webwasp.com tutorials. The Graph issue is explained.
Also, I've purchased several tutorials from Cartoonsmart.com and I am very pleased with them. There are some freebies that show Basic Actionscript application. There are video tutorials. Also, LearnFlash.com offers you a free tutorial once you subscribe to their newsletter. I advise you to subscribe with a secondary e-mail since they do get annoying, but they have great video tutorials which they provide you for free. Actually, I'm dying to get those videos bundle, but 300$ is more than I can efford.
Actually, since you are from UK and the "next best thing to GOD" :-) I found some interesting video bundles from learnsoft-shop on e-bay. They are from UK, and each bundle is only 9.5$ Unfortunately they don't ship to Israel....
Thanks. I'm getting myself trained on Flash from the 3 different CDs that I got from:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flash-Professi...QQcmdZViewItem
This is fantastic tutorials & I've learnt a lot, but since I'm yet to implement it practically, I tend to have little less confidence but I'm getting into it slowly.
By the way, if you're interested in THESE particular CDs, then let me know. I could buy it for you & deliver it to you in Israel, if you could pay me the product's price along with delivery from UK to Israel by Paypal.
If you're interested, let me know & I'd be glad to help. This CDs cost around $300 or so, but the same could be grabbed from e-bay for such a knock-down prices.
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
j4mes_bond25, your FLA is not fine.
You have 16 objects in your Blur 2 MC making an Alpha transparency transition. Alpha transitions are about the most processor intensive thing you can do with a SWF in the Flash Player, particularly using the Timeline, and you have 16 of them doing all at once. That's why your movie comes across choppy. I'll see if I can post an alternative for you to see.
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Hey Thanks James, I really appreciate it! Eventhough the only thing that looks promising there is the Mobile Device publishing, since all the stuff there are pretty basic for me. I've purchased videos from CartoonSmart.com Justin is a nice guy and I bought some cool stuff for 5$.
I will watch the videos I already bought. The problem is I want more advanced stuff since I've already gone through all the basics (I watch and reproduce these videos 8 hours a day since this week I have no exams and I wanna learn fast because a client is waiting :-) Anyway, tell me if you liked those videos. If I can count on you to send me the CDs it would be great.
Too bad they don't ship here.
Thanks anyway
Re: Animation playing in loop ???
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Originally Posted by RedWombat
j4mes_bond25, your FLA is not fine.
You have 16 objects in your Blur 2 MC making an Alpha transparency transition. Alpha transitions are about the most processor intensive thing you can do with a SWF in the Flash Player, particularly using the Timeline, and you have 16 of them doing all at once. That's why your movie comes across choppy. I'll see if I can post an alternative for you to see.
Bearing in mind your suggestion, I've now made a brand new Banner, which has "simmer" effect to it as a "mask" & is working OKish, however, with certain hiccups yet (as you can imagine that for someone like me who's yet wet behind ears with Flash, it couldn't possibly be a plain sailing).
You can see it here & I think, it might make more sense if I start a NEW thread for this NEW problem.
