would someone help with button animation?

[mpaone12]

hey, i'm a begginer with flash and not much of a web developer (only 16) but i have a question with animation for a button i'm working on. it's a pretty simple concept.
for the up state it is at 60% transparency, and for the over state i made it a movie clip so that it fades in to 100% transparency. but once the mouse is removed, it quickly goes back to 60% and it looks sloppy. is there a way that when the mouse is moved off the button i can have it fade back down to 60% slowly without the quick jump? i'd appreciate any feedback =) thanks again [sig][/sig]

 

[bcblair]

Set up a new movie with a tween command or just slow the speed down. [sig][/sig]

 

[napa1m]

Hi,

Dude, dont put yourself down with your age! Heck, I bet you most of these web designers would want to have started web design at 16 like us (I'm 16 aswell - started programming at 12) so dont beat yourself up about it - you have an advantage over all these old farts (no offense to anyone over 16 . This is a hard question for anyone who starts at Flash, heck this question had me stumped for a while too. This is how I would do it:

Make a Movieclip (now referred to as MC) and keep your button.

First edit your Movieclip. In frame one have the picture at 60% transparency and the Stop actionscript. Insert a keyframe at frame 10 and change the Alpha to 100%. Insert a Stop Action here aswell. Now at frame 20 put another keyframe and change the Alpha to 60% again. Don't put a Stop Action in here though. Insert Motion Tweens inbetween frames 0-10 and 10-20.

Now edit that button. Hit F6 with the Hit Frame selected. In frames Up, Over and Down, delete everything. But in the Hit frame leave the image to create a Hotspot.

Go back to your Main Scene (Scene 1 by default). You will notice the button turned aqua. Double Click on the movieclip first and call the instance MC. Then doubleclick the button and Add this Actionscript:
On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("/mc&quot
Play
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("/mc&quot
Play
End Tell Target
End On
Position the aqua button infront of the MC and test the movie.

Hope that helps, [sig]<p>Napalm 2000<br><a href=mailto:hlechler@hotmail.com>hlechler@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=

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