I was wondering if anyone knew how to create a flickering light on a Xara page, similar to the light on http://www.bottlebellphotography.com/. I wouldn't want the long intro; I just want the part of the flickering light. Any ideas? Do I HAVE to use flash? Also, is there a way to make an firefly, butterfly, etc move on the page? If I had an image of a pretty insect, could I get it to move from the bottom of the page to the top? If so, how do I do that? Last question, can you change the cursor to something other than an arrow (for everyone who visits the site, not just the person who created it)?
You can use Xara's animation features to create a flickering effect with text or other shape by specifying a very short duration for a frame with a particular brightness, move on to another frame of short duration with a different brightness for the shape, and so on.
Changing a cursor on a web page is possible—I've visited web sites where the visitor's cursor changes— but it takes more clever Flash coding (or CSS) than is currently possible in Xara...to the best of my knowledge. For what might be considered Cleverness foe the sake of being clever, I'd advise you to pass on this one.
Try this xar file. It's very similar to the effect you want. To create the flicker just create a black shape over a bitmap (bitmap in this case is in the background layer) name the shape "darkener" and copy the frame and change darkeners transparency. Repeat as often as required. To view the effect go File / Preview Flash. n.b. in the attached xar the darkening shape is named "black"
Nice, example, Egg. I see your timing is 2/10s of a second, usually.
That should give Monica a good head start on the flickering text effect she wants by just following the order and duration you have on the Animation Frame Gallery.
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