Shape hints

[pom]

Hey,
I'm trying to make a nice shape tween. And of course it looks awful because Flash just messes everything. I remember somebody tellin gme to use shape hints, but I can't find them anywhere. Can anybody help?


pom :asian:

designing a site is sooooo compicated...

[upuaut]

I think that there is an option under the "view" menu for viewing shape hints. To lay them down I think it's Ctrl+H.

They have to go in clockwise order, at least in Flash5.0, and you have to set them first on the first keyframe and then again on the last keyframe.

I think that's the extent of my knowlege though. I never had great luck with them.

[pom]

I'll try that, Upu, thanks.

pom :asian:

[lostinbeta]

If you go to Help/Using Fonts and then click the Search button and run a search for "Shape Hints" You will get something that says "Using Shape Hints" Click that and it tells you how to use "Shape Hints".

[Kitiara]

The trick with shape hints is to position them on the important points of the initial image - things that you really don't want going all (for want of a better word) 'squiffy'. It's kind of a case of working out how edges and corners translate from one image into the next.

[pom]

Squiffy? What does it mean :)

pom :asian:

[Kitiara]

Um... It's a posh English term meaning "slightly drunk". :)

So like when your shape goes all funny... Er...

[pom]

All right! So last Saturday, I was squiffy, not drunk! Hey, this can be practical...

[Kitiara]

It's a great phrase, and one of the most tame. They do get a lot worse than that though. :)

But I find it also describes shape tweens very well. Managed to get it working yet?

[pom]

Works perfectly!

[Kitiara]

Hurrah!

[pom]

Yipee!

[idd]

Originally posted by Kitiara
Um... It's a posh English term meaning "slightly drunk". :)

So like when your shape goes all funny... Er...

i learn something new everyday at the kirupa boards

:)

[pom]

Same with me: tergiversating, demystification, extrapolating...

pom :P

[lostinbeta]

And remember Ilyas, no cutting of the limbs. Limb removal is bad..........very...bad.

[pom]

Limbs?

[lostinbeta]

Yes limbs, like arms and legs on a human body.

[Aaron Burgess]

One thing I've found the more you use shape hints, the better at selecting the best parts you become. I've got complicated shapes down to only needing 2 sets of hints. Yay for me. :)

[Kitiara]

Hehe - you gotta love Dr Evil. :)

[pom]

Oh behaaaave, baby!

[Kitiara]

Actually this is the reason I don't want anyone to see my picture. I'm a fembot! Aieeeeee!