Zoom Effect

[kirupa]

Hey everyone,
This is an effect seen on the home page and the various section pages on the site. Rab asked about a tutorial about it here, http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82207, so I figure I'll provide the source file for it now and a tutorial for it when I have more time.

The code on the movie clip:onClipEvent (load) {
this._x = Math.round(Math.random()*550);
this._y = Math.round(Math.random()*120);
this._xscale = this._yscale = Math.round(Math.random()*50);
this._alpha = 0;
x = -10;
n = 0;
speed = Math.round(.1+Math.random() * 2);
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (x<10) {
num = -(Math.pow(x,2))+100;
n++;
x += speed;
this._alpha = num/(1.5*speed);
this._xscale = this._yscale=(num*speed);
if (n==((10/speed)*2)) {
n = 0;
this._x = Math.round(Math.random()*550);
this._y = Math.round(Math.random()*120);
this._xscale = this._yscale = Math.round(Math.random()*50);
speed = Math.round(.5+Math.random() * 2);
}
} else {
x = -10;
}
}The code on the first frame:for (var i = 0; i<25; i++) {
circle.duplicateMovieClip(i, i);
}The attached source file (MX) contains the same as above.

Cheers!
Kirupa :ninja:

[Mik3]

cool, it reminds me of the intro to the song Such Great Heights by Death Cab for Cutie.

[nobody]

Don'tcha mean The Postal Service t3h?

[sky_vault]

Don'tcha mean The Postal Service t3h?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :thumb:

[hl]

paparatsi(sp)!