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Exempli Gratia : Using Tweener

Posted by James - 18/07/08 at 07:07:31 pm

Tweener (caurina.transitions.Tweener) is a Class used to create tweenings and other transitions via ActionScript code for projects built on the Flash platform.

To use Tweener in your projects, the first step is to download the class files that will work with your project from the Google Code page for Tweener, and then we’ll get started.

Download Tweener

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Stop using mx.transitions.Tween;

Posted by James - 12/07/08 at 05:07:16 pm

If you’re still using Flash’s inbuilt Tween classes for you scripted animations, I suggest you stop - and start making things easier for yourself by using Tweener instead. Tweener is a class that replaces Tween, works for Actionscript 2 and Actionscript 3, offers a simpler interface for creating tweens, and has a larger range of easing options to work with.

What’s wrong with Tween?

The Tween class is ok - up to a point. It does what it’s supposed to, but once you start trying to integrate it with serious full-on Actionscripting you’ll notice a few snags. If you’re dynamically creating and removing objects, and then want to dynamically modify the tweens, your tweens will likely go crazy. Start a new Tween and there’s very little way you can stop it - even by removing its subject. Stacking Tweens doesn’t go down well either - if you create one to move an object left to right, and then mid-animation another to move it back to the left, things go ok until the point that the first animation should finish - whereupon your object will flick back to the finishing position of the first, and then resume the second animation. Continue reading Stop using mx.transitions.Tween;…

Big Ideas (don’t get any)

Posted by James - 08/07/08 at 10:07:09 pm

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Feeling smart? Try Google’s Code Jam

Posted by James - 01/07/08 at 08:07:16 am

Google Code Jam is a pretty much a coding competition.  You can use any programming language you like, they’ll give you a problem, and you have to solve it.  Sound fun?  Well, you have between four and eight minutes to submit your answers, and you’ll get three to six problems per round.  Still sound like fun?

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