You're going to need a fairly complex system to set this up!
Even if you could use AS to trace the artwork in the IDE (which I doubt), you'd need a system in place to figure out where you are in the drawing. reversed, speeded up, slowed down, paused, branched etc.
Can you imagine how hard it would be to guess where you are in the artwork generation process to emulate these things? Say you have a shape with a bunch of sub-shapes that have sub-shapes that are overlapped by some other stuff. How would you know in when in the code that you need to render each item? Not trying to slam you, but to help you think about this critically. Here's one thing to consider: Have you ever seen this done anywhere else? If so, that would be a good starting point to figure out how it was done. If not, there may be a good reason! Scott On 11/7/06, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I want to be able to trace out a fairly complex drawing using all the > > Flash tools, but then control how it gets drawn entirely from > ActionScript. > > > Now I understand you want to take drawings from IDE and trace them in > ActionScript. What is your goal with this? You want to stylize your > drawings on the fly? I'm just wondering if there wouldn't be logical > constraints, much less technical. exactly! the goal is to build up a complex drawing step by step under the control of ActionScript. So the style can be modified, it can be influenced by the user while its being drawn, the animation can be synchronised with external events, reversed, speeded up, slowed down, paused, branched etc. ActionScript is GREAT for the control. But the IDE is GREAT for all the initial inputting of lines, curves and shapes (with its ability to edit lines, use guide layers, snap to objects, align objects, adjust control points etc). but can ActionScript gain access to this IDE-stored info...??? _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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