[MX] KDE Wipes

[bigmtnskier]

:hugegrin: [MX] KDE Wipes v1

A while ago I tried out linux (ubuntu and slax) with KDE and admired the effect that comes up when you put the mouse over the start menu button (or whatever it is called in linux). So here it is my interpretation in Flash.

I made it so it is really easy to use. All you have to do is convert a picture to a movieclip then add this code:

onClipEvent (load) {
_root.wipe(this);
}

Then on the frame code add the function (checkout the FLA) Realize that it isn't quite done. Right now it is set to do a random wipe (1-8) but you can set it to do a specifed one really easy. Please post any comments or suggestions :) I'd love to hear them.

The FLA is too big for attaching I'll post a link later :)

[Vexir]

Very laggy but nice anyway :)

[bigmtnskier]

Thanks! :) Yeah I need to work on the lag.

[eurosickwitit]

nice mask

[evhfan]

Post a link man, that's awesome!

[NoirWD]

Nice effect, good work.

[bigmtnskier]

Thanks guys :)

Ill have a link up to the FLA on wednesday afternoon. I promise ;)

[evhfan]

How would you go about setting a specified wipe direction?

[bigmtnskier]

Right now it is a random direction. You are able to specify the wipe direction instead of random in the fla. :) (Which I'll post a link to on wednesday)

[evhfan]

Ah, alright. I just wanted to know what to do in the FLA, just know I know, lol.

[bigmtnskier]

The FLA will be fully commented ;)

[evhfan]

So, get any chance to post that FLA yet :beer: ?

[bigmtnskier]

So sorry, its on my dads laptop, and he didn't bring it home last night but he will tonight. So Ill post it tonight. Sorry 'bout that. :(

[evhfan]

Lol, don't be sorry... nothin to be sorry for.

We should be thanking you for this effect! :)

[bigmtnskier]

As you'll see, its not really a mask but white circles over the graphic. You could probably set it up as a mask by creating a mask of a mask, theoretically if that's possible. But here is the FLA finally...

http://home.bresnan.net/~bcreavis/kde2.fla

:)

[jmai86]

Very awesome man. Is there a way you could make it wipe through different images sequentially without turning white before each image? (I repeated/extended your timeline and removed the stop actions).

[bigmtnskier]

Thanks! :) Hmm... I don't know how you could do that. I'll think about it for a bit. You could always have the image fade to white then goto a new frame and initialize a wipe on a new image.

[evil-genius]

rather than make a new post i figured i'd resurrect the old one - i've got version2 of this script, and was wondering how i would make it loop rather than stop and have to click restart.

Thanks

[vini]

thnks for the effect