looped cloud animation

[anishu]

hi

tht is the problem of loading
u hav to add preloader
i had seen ur movie

after loading all frames its working properly

u add foll script to ur second frame and make a graphic or movie clip for loading
-------------------------------------
if (Number(_framesloaded) == Number(_totalframes)) {
play();
}
else {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}
-------------------------------

try this

regards

anish

[tralfaz]

That is a very bad example of that effect.. why?
1) 577KBytes! Way too big for website use.
2) not seamless.. jumps at end of loop

This one I did for a demo is seamless..
[url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds2.html[/url] (38k swf)
Fla file...use if you want to
[url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds2.zip[/url] (1 meg)

The more pictures you use the smoother it will look, but then it gets pretty
big.
This is the method (roughly.. because the details are too many to post in a
Flash newsgroup)

1) Make a seamless tile of a cloud picture (vertically seamless)
2) Make 20 duplicates of that picture
3) Offset each picture vertically by 10 pixels
4) Distort each picture by stretching the top wider (perspective transform
in Photoshop)
5) Save each picture as lossless PNG in a series like cloud01.png to
cloud20.png
6) Select one keyframe in Flash timeline
7) Flash Import.. Select cloud01.png only
8) Import as a sequence? Yes

Have fun,
tf



"Adam Davies" <adam@cotc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.19b695589d9b7eb98968d@forums.macromedia.c om...

> Hi im trying to create a loop of clouds, I ripped one from a flashkit
> movie to see what it was like but it doesn't loop smoothly, can anyone
> suggest a software package that I can create looped cloud animations???
>
> if anyone want to see the sort of thing im creating have a look at the
> swf at [url]http://www.cotc.co.uk/sky.swf[/url]

[wllm webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

i know this post has been sorted, but just have a look at the effect the clouds can create when used properly.

wllm




Referring URLs
[url]http://www.skyworksinc.com/[/url]

[Adam Davies]

In article <bij37s$ji3$1@forums.macromedia.com>,
[email]dogsaresmarterthancats@yahoo.com[/email] says...

> That is a very bad example of that effect.. why?
> 1) 577KBytes! Way too big for website use.
> 2) not seamless.. jumps at end of loop
>
> This one I did for a demo is seamless..
> [url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds2.html[/url] (38k swf)
> Fla file...use if you want to
> [url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds2.zip[/url] (1 meg)
>
> The more pictures you use the smoother it will look, but then it gets pretty
> big.
> This is the method (roughly.. because the details are too many to post in a
> Flash newsgroup)
>
> 1) Make a seamless tile of a cloud picture (vertically seamless)
> 2) Make 20 duplicates of that picture
> 3) Offset each picture vertically by 10 pixels
> 4) Distort each picture by stretching the top wider (perspective transform
> in Photoshop)
> 5) Save each picture as lossless PNG in a series like cloud01.png to
> cloud20.png
> 6) Select one keyframe in Flash timeline
> 7) Flash Import.. Select cloud01.png only
> 8) Import as a sequence? Yes
>
> Have fun,
> tf

Thanks for that, I have used it . I also got hold of some video which
was already in a loop and converted it to a swf from a .mov with
wildforms video convertor (but the file sizes are too big so i'm going
to have to optomize it somehow), if you want to see what it looks like
with your sky have a look at [url]http://www.digitaljelly.co.uk/sloggirugby/[/url]
, it's on a randomization so if you want to try clicking home a few
times it should come up.

[tralfaz]

I will have to try making one of the horizontal cloud motion effects. That
looks great. The cloud effects really work well for your site.
tf

> Thanks for that, I have used it . I also got hold of some video which
> was already in a loop and converted it to a swf from a .mov with
> wildforms video convertor (but the file sizes are too big so i'm going
> to have to optomize it somehow), if you want to see what it looks like
> with your sky have a look at [url]http://www.digitaljelly.co.uk/sloggirugby/[/url]
> , it's on a randomization so if you want to try clicking home a few
> times it should come up.

[Adam Davies]

In article <bij37s$ji3$1@forums.macromedia.com>,
[email]dogsaresmarterthancats@yahoo.com[/email] says...

> That is a very bad example of that effect.. why?
> 1) 577KBytes! Way too big for website use.
> 2) not seamless.. jumps at end of loop
>
> This one I did for a demo is seamless..
> [url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds2.html[/url] (38k swf)
> Fla file...use if you want to
> [url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds2.zip[/url] (1 meg)
>
> The more pictures you use the smoother it will look, but then it gets pretty
> big.
> This is the method (roughly.. because the details are too many to post in a
> Flash newsgroup)
>
> 1) Make a seamless tile of a cloud picture (vertically seamless)
> 2) Make 20 duplicates of that picture
> 3) Offset each picture vertically by 10 pixels
> 4) Distort each picture by stretching the top wider (perspective transform
> in Photoshop)
> 5) Save each picture as lossless PNG in a series like cloud01.png to
> cloud20.png
> 6) Select one keyframe in Flash timeline
> 7) Flash Import.. Select cloud01.png only
> 8) Import as a sequence? Yes
>
> Have fun,
> tf
>

I know this is cheeky to ask, but im more used to paintshop pro than
photoshop, is there any chance you can do a few screenshots
demonstrating what you just explained.

Cheers,
Adam Davies

[tralfaz]

Sure.. I don't know much about Paintshop Pro, but I wrote some instructions
for doing it with Photoshop. Maybe you can work out the differences.
[url]http://members.cox.net/4my2dogs/flash/clouds.html[/url]
tf

> I know this is cheeky to ask, but im more used to paintshop pro than
> photoshop, is there any chance you can do a few screenshots
> demonstrating what you just explained.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam Davies