Make one Layer Loop while others END??? 1

[wncads]

How do i make one layer loop while the others reach their ending destination and stop? I have three layers of the 20 or so in the movie that are photos I have converted to symbols so I could animate them. I need these photos to keep replaying as long as the movie page is on the server.

Thanks, Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[pixl8r]

Put the 3 layers with the photos in their own movie clip. Doing this will give the "image" movie it's own timline. If you don't specify a stop it will just loop continually.

Hope that helps.

 

[oldnewbie]

Pixl8r,
I understand what you're saying... But based on Wncads' question wording, you should be a little more explicit.

I doubt very much (I could be wrong!) he will be able to get this thing working with what you gave him.

ldnewbie

 

[wncads]

Actually everyone is partially right// I do know how to create the new movie or flash file with only the photos however, oldnewbie is right that while i have used flash and know the basics, i have never combined two movies to run together on the same page at the same time. So, if there is any easy explanation of this that would be most helpful. If not, i will be off to Barnes & Noble to pull some books and go sit down for a weekend of reading...

I appreciate all the information I have been able to contribute and RECEIVE from folks just like you guys through the past couple of years. Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
Commercial I.T. Networking & Wiring Specialist
keith@aplusnetworking.com

 

[oldnewbie]

Wncads,
Thanks for responding!
But once again, your question is a bit ambiguous...
You can use/have several movie clips (I call them mcs for short) in one movie, usually refered to as the .swf. But you can also load several .swfs into your main .swf, for other purposes. You could also have 2 or more .swfs embedded in one single html page, all communicating with each other!
In your case, I believe you're (and so was Pixl8r...) talking about one simple movie clip (could be 3, one for each picture, but depending, could also be all in only one mc!) running independantly in one main movie or .swf... So that is why to me, your phrase: "i have never combined two movies to run together on the same page at the same time" is a bit ambiguous!
If you've managed to create your photo mc(s) and are satisfied with it or with them (don't worry, you can allways go back and correct, duplicate or change any one of them!), you'll notice that they appear in the library (CTRL L). You won't animate your photos in layers in the main movie... What you'll be doing is dragging each one of your already animated photo mcs from the library to the stage each one on it's own layer (for sake of clariry!) so that these movie clips (mcs) can run independantly of the main movie, because there's absolutely no way to have only some layers loop while the rest of them don't. These mcs layers should be as long as the longest layer in your movie, otherwise they will dissapear at one point.
Please note also that if the animation cycle of your photo mcs is shorter than the main movie's lenght, you may have to make these mcs loop on their own, otherwise they will play once and just sit there unanimated, for the rest of the main movie's lenght, and that would happen even if you looped your main movie.
Are you getting a better understanding of all of this? Or are my efforts useless? Surely you will have more questions!

ldnewbie

 

[oldnewbie]

To management: Nice editing guys! You're getting good at this! Only thing you forgot was to pull off that star on the thread! Bangers was it?

ldnewbie