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Virtual Trash
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Flash Designer
This tutorial was written for the Flash Designer software, which allows you to create flash animations in a much easier way than by using Macromedia Flash. You may get Flash Designer here.
Use startDrag, stopDrag, _droptarget, onPress and onRelease functions to simulate virtual trash.
This tutorial is advanced, you have to understand basic commands of Flash Designer.
Download source project t1049.zip (86 kb)
- Launch Flash Designer and set movie dimensions 300 x 300.
- Create 4 blank frames with "Frame" > "New" so you have "Frame 1" to "Frame 5" in the frame list.
Frame 1
1. Import image "pieceofpaper.gif" (File > Import Image) and move it outside visible area.
2. Convert it to sprite (Edit > Convert to Sprite), name it "Garbage" and check "ActionScript" target (Item > Placement Properties)
3. Import image "opentrash.gif" and move it to X:170, Y:118 (Edit > Move To) .
4. Draw an ellipse over the hole of the trash. Set fill color to black, 1% opacity, no line
5. Convert it to sprite, name it "Hole" and check "ActionScript" target
6. Add the text "Put all papers into trash"
7. Add Frame ActionScript (Frame > ActionScript):
| maxpapers=1; |
Frame 2
1. Add the text "GET READY!"
2. Set background to "Frame 1"
Frame 3
1. Set frame delay to "Stop"
2. Set background to "Frame 1"
3. Import "laser.wav" sound and set the frame sound
4. Add Frame ActionScript:
|
maxpapers = maxpapers * 2; // at each run increase the number of pieces collected = 0; // count collected items function checkifallcollected() { // check if all items are collected and go to congratulations frame if(collected==maxpapers) gotoAndPlay("Frame 4"); } // this array will hold all pieces var garbages = new Array(); // create maxpapers pieces for(i=0;i<maxpapers;i++) { // create new instance of the paper garbage[i] = Garbage.duplicateMovieClip("garbage"+i,100+i); // put it in random place and random rotation garbage[i]._x = 30+100*Math.random(); garbage[i]._y = 30+200*Math.random(); garbage[i]._rotation = 360*Math.random(); // define mouse events garbage[i].onPress=function() { this.startDrag();}; garbage[i].onRelease=function() { // check if this piece hits the hole if(this._droptarget=="/Hole") {this.removeMovieClip();collected++;} stopDrag(); checkifallcollected(); }; } |
Frame 4
1. Import "elecshot.wav" sound and set the frame sound
2. Import image "closedtrash.gif" and move it to X:174, Y:163.
Frame 5
1. Set frame delay to 3 seconds
2. Set background to "Frame 4"
3. Set loop to frame 2 ("Frame" > "Loop" command)
4. Import "clap.wav" sound and set the frame sound
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