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neverrain
January 29th, 2004, 09:56 PM
sup ppls,

do you use the main timeline to do all your animation or do you use timed mcs? :nerd:

id like to know this not only to see what everyone uses but also to see whats best to use on my upcoming site. :}

what do you (no not your grandma or girlfriend) use?

-datapimpinator :mu:
mdipi
January 29th, 2004, 09:57 PM
it all depends. Right now in school we are making a game show all in flash. It involves a squirl, so for the squirl's walking cycle, its all in the MC. but for where he moves, thats main timeline.

I personally use the main timeline as little as possible so it doesnt get cluttered, but you have to with animation sometimes.
neverrain
January 29th, 2004, 10:01 PM
ive been told before that the timeline is a place to place all the objects and not a place to animate them.

wouldnt that mean a whole lot of timing? (setInterval)
fester8542
January 29th, 2004, 10:01 PM
It depends on the application of the animation.

I suppose for the most part I use them both.

I often use the main timeline and load MC's too.

Tough call man.
neverrain
January 29th, 2004, 10:04 PM
I have this insane motion I need to make and I'm not sure to use very well timed intervals or the main timeline.
Mik3
January 29th, 2004, 10:21 PM
I use them both, for intros iuse the timeline and for effects/transitions I use movieclips on a single frame in its own scene, then I can GotoAndStop(2); GotoAndStop(3); GotoAndStop(4); etc.

Look in my fla you fool!
:)
BadMagick
January 29th, 2004, 10:47 PM
It depends. I usally use movie clips AND the main timeline. I think you need to. But like I said, it all depends on what you're doing/trying to do.

:thumb:
GreenLantern
January 29th, 2004, 11:16 PM
I try to use MC's as much as possible. I think that most of them time I use them to much, and end up having MC's in MC's in MC's.
[Legoman]
January 29th, 2004, 11:53 PM
I think for websites you would usually need a small bit of animation on the main timeline, but mostly mc's.
A cartoon or something would be mostly main timeline and a little bit of mc's, plus scenes would become useful.
something in between would be, well, in between...

don't you just need to measure out the correct number of frames to time it right?