Re: FLASH: Tween Bug?

[Byron Canfield]

I've posted a new file at http://www.canfieldstudios.com/flash3/tweenbug/

which contains a third version that has had no elements moved, but with the

stage smaller, from the outset. The distortion of the "a" still occurs, so

that blows THAT theory, and lends credence to the idea that some sort of

control handles must be fully contained within the stage to shape-tween

properly (or something else entirely).


At 05:34 PM 12/29/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Byron and all,

>

>Byron has come across a feature (bug) in Flash that I have discussed

>with many people including many on the List but apparently it has not

>been discussed or at least not in detail on the List.

>

>When moving a Shape Tweened object its shape hints do not move with it.

>

>This has been very fustrating for me in making various versions of Shape

>Tween Animations and is in the top 3 on all Flash 4 Wish Lists I have

>sent to MM.

>Even enclosing the shape tween animation in a Movie Clip doesn't fully

>protect against hinting problems caused by resizing or moving. With any

>size or position change a tween may need a reapplication of the hinting

>or hinting when none was previously needed. My Cystal animation is a

>good example of this. When I make a copy of the Crystal Movie Clip, I

>may have to rehint one or two of the thirteen shape tweened facets.  

>http://www.FlashTek.com/DiamondMorph2.swf

>

>> I have discovered what I believe to be a bug in shape tweening; that, or it

>> may simply be a limitation.

>> I set up an example of how to simulate tweening an increase of kerning by

>> breaking apart two text strings that have different kerning values applied

>> and then shape tweening between them. (This was in response to another

>> user's query.)

>> I decided to decrease the 528x60-pixel stage size to only what was needed

>> to display the tween (504x36), which I did by turning on the multiple frame

>> edit and selecting all object, and then using the inspector, moving

>> everything up and to the left by 12 pixels, then modifying the stage size

>> accordingly.


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Byron Canfield, Canfield Studios (http://www.byronc.com)

President, Seattle Coreldraw Artists Network (http://www.corelsea.org)


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