Note: Flash MX 2004 Professional Only!
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Following on from yesterdays post (Pixel Dissolver for Flash MX 2004 Professional), I’ve created the Blinds Transition Effect in a similar fashion.
All that remains for me to do now, is to port the rest of the effects into a single interface and we’ll have a nifty effect generation utility
September 7th, 2004 at 11:19 am
Begs the question why Macromedia didn’t impliment it this way in the first place….
September 7th, 2004 at 12:03 pm
nice one! Keep ‘em coming.
September 7th, 2004 at 1:21 pm
Boy, this Blog is getting hotter & hotter. Thanks again Steve.
BTW, I understand that this panel is for FlashMX 2004 Pro only but the effect will work in Flash Player 6 or 5(stubbornly hopeful) or is it only a Flash Player 7 luxury?
September 7th, 2004 at 4:52 pm
I also wondered why no-one has captured the power of this built in but subtley hidden functionality yet, and why MM didn’t extend its functionality easily to an MC based arena.
Still, no bother, as we are doing that now :-)
On the note of Flash Player 7, the effect is purely for FP7 (AS 2.0) and FP6 (as 2.0), and doesn’t downgrade to FP5
September 7th, 2004 at 5:34 pm
Here is an other example, of how the effect can be utilised, using a phot split into several distinct strips, and the effect applied a strip at a time with increasing duration
Example Photo Strips & Blinds Transition Effect
November 29th, 2005 at 9:19 am
Hi how can i use this transition?Can you tell me some kind of tutorial or something like that for blind transition?
January 28th, 2006 at 4:48 am
Hi sgrosvenor,
First, thanks for your contribution!
Second, may I ask how to use it? I installed it and tried to use it but it did not work. Do you have step by step instructions?
Thanks.
March 14th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I can see that this effect is only usable on a movie clip. So in answer to the previous post, create a movie clip and then apply the transition effect and it should work fine.
For instance, try importing an image to the library/stage, turning it from a graphic symbol to a movie symbol, and then inserting the automatic actionscript in the timeline from the blinds transition panel. If you cant see this panel you’ll need to bring it up by clicking Windows > Other Panels > transitions (blinds)
I am sure this effect is useful in many other ways that I haven’t yet discovered. A very useful tool and greatly appreciated.