The illusion of shape changing

[WolfMoonHP]

I read that you cannot tween between two different shapes with Flash, and didn't think about it until I accidentally noticed an "apparent" shape change in something I was working on.

When I had an elliptical illumination moving across the page, it appeared to narrow to a line, then widen back to an ellipse.

What had happened was that I had (for some reason) inverted the image from one side to the other. As it moved, it inverted, appearing to have changed shapes!

This made me think. I tried it without inversion, then mirrored it. It appeared to shrink from an ellipse to a circle then back to an ellipse as it crossed the page.

My sample here shows both effects, beginning with simple page crossing, then the narrowning/widening and finally changing from a large ellipse to a small ball and back. Hope some of you will find this little trick entertaining or even useful!

Wish I could claim brilliance for this, but it was pure accident.
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Will

[Intbel]

I read that you cannot tween between two different shapes with Flash, and didn't think about it until I accidentally noticed an "apparent" shape change in something I was working on.

When I had an elliptical illumination moving across the page, it appeared to narrow to a line, then widen back to an ellipse.

What had happened was that I had (for some reason) inverted the image from one side to the other. As it moved, it inverted, appearing to have changed shapes!

This made me think. I tried it without inversion, then mirrored it. It appeared to shrink from an ellipse to a circle then back to an ellipse as it crossed the page.

My sample here shows both effects, beginning with simple page crossing, then the narrowning/widening and finally changing from a large ellipse to a small ball and back. Hope some of you will find this little trick entertaining or even useful!

Wish I could claim brilliance for this, but it was pure accident.
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Will

It works the same as in an ordinary gif.
Well spotted - every little extra helps.

[remi]

I read that you cannot tween between two different shapes with Flash

This is only a limitation of Xara Xtreme PRO's flash animation functions, not a limitation of Flash. You're able to create Form tweens between vector shapes within Adobe Flash.



Regards,
Remi

[WolfMoonHP]

Remi, that is a very cool effect. Maybe after I fully master the flash capabilities of Xtreme Pro (shouldn't take much more than a couple of years), I'll decide to try Adobe's version...LOL
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Will

[parahandy]

here is somthing I was playing with, not very proud of it.

[Egg Bramhill]

Well you should be proud of it Norman. It's a bowling ball a rugby ball a bomb a fish and all at 40Kb! I like your Christmas avatar.

[-=Drifter=-]

I thought it was the result of putting your fish in a blender.