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Subject: RE: FLASH: shaking an instance
From: McMillan, Bruce
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 23:22:22 GMT

Try

Set Variable: "horiz" = "GetProperty(../Shake,_x)"
Set Property ("../Shake", X Position) = "horiz" + 15

Set Variable: "horiz" = "GetProperty(../Shake,_x)"
Set Property ("../Shake", X Position) = "horiz" - 15

Bruce


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Houghton [SMTP:benatakoluthic [dot] com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 7:53 AM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: FLASH: shaking an instance
>
> hi there
>
> i'm currently trying to create a little script that can be applied to
> multiple layers of a movie which shakes the instance found in that
> particular layer (or ideally on script which shakes all the instances
> together).
>
> unfortunately i am not doing very well :-(
>
> within my main 30 frame looped movie i have created a simple rectangle
> which
> is a movie clip called Shake instance name Shake, which contains two
> frames
> each containing the frame scripts as follows
>
> Set Variable: "horiz" = "GetProperty(../Shake,_x)"
> Set Property ("../Shake", X Position) = "horiz+15"
>
> and in the second frame
>
> Set Variable: "horiz" = "GetProperty(../Shake,_x)"
> Set Property ("../Shake", X Position) = "horiz-15"
>
> I know the targeting is OK because when I take out the horiz from the set
> property the thing moves.
>
> I guess it's something to do with my syntax but what?
>
> Also it seams far too slow - I want it to blur really - is this achievable
> or do I need to think again?
>
> And finally :-) how would I easily apply this to a movie which contains
> lots
> of different things in different layers all that I want to shake - do I
> need
> to increment a name variable (e.g. target Shake1, Shake 2 etc.) but this
> seams clumsy - is there a better way?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Ben Houghton
> benata-eye [dot] com
>
>
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