(The lang= is optional)
- .swf
+ .flash
.box b1 100 100
.end
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Boxes:
-->
-
-.swf name="box.swf"
+.flash name="box.swf"
.box b1 100 100 color=yellow fill=red
.put b1 pin=center scale=0%
.frame 100
@@ -113,36 +113,234 @@ Boxes:
.end
+
The
+ Change, on the other hand, modifies an already existing object.
+ It works gradually: In the example above, the change happens over 100 frames.
+ If you want to change an object suddently from one frame to the next, you
+ would use the
+You can define a number of parameters in the
+Each one of these consists of two parts: The multiplicator and the shift.
+The syntax is
+
+You can also specify negative values for both
+The following example demonstrates a few of the possible transforms: +
+ + +
+.flash name="cxform.swf" version=5 fps=25
+
+ .jpeg s1 "photo.jpeg" quality=80%
+
+ .put s1 x=50 y=50 scalex=110 scaley=110
+ .frame 50
+ .change s1 x=0 y=0 scalex=210 scaley=210 red=-1+255 green=-1+255 blue=-1+255 #invert
+ .frame 100
+ .change s1 x=100 y=50 scalex=110 scaley=110 red=0 green=+0 blue=+0 #remove red
+ .frame 150
+ .change s1 x=0 y=0 scalex=210 scaley=210 red=+0 green=2 blue=-1+255 #amplify green, invert blue
+ .frame 200
+ .change s1 x=50 y=100 scalex=110 scaley=110 red=2-128 green=-2+255 blue=+0.7+40 #alien glow
+ .frame 250
+ .change s1 x=0 y=0 scalex=210 scaley=210 red=8-1024 green=8-1024 blue=8-1024 #palette reduce
+ .frame 300
+ .change s1 x=0 y=0 scalex=210 scaley=210 red=+0 green=+0 blue=+0 #back to normal
+ .frame 350
+ .change s1 x=105 y=105 scalex=0 scaley=0 luminance=0 #fadeout
+.end
+
+
+A very useful fact is also that you can color transform the alpha component.
+So to fade any object into the background, you would simply transform it's
+alpha color: E.g.
-.swf name="text5.swf"
+.flash name="helloworld.swf"
+
+ .font Arial filename="Arial.ttf"
+ .text helloworld font=Arial text="Hello World!"
+ .put helloworld
+.end
+
+
+
+This will give you a file named myfont.swf which you can
+also use in the
+Furthermore, you can convert TTF and Type1
+fonts into SWF using
+So much for the basics. Now let's go to the more advanced +functionality around fonts. +
+ +
+Apart from being able to define text in your swfc files,
+you can also define text
+.flash name="fontoutline.swf"
+ .font Arial "Arial.swf"
+ .textshape helloworld font=Arial size=200% text="Hello World"
+ .filled filled_helloworld outline=helloworld fill=blue line=3 color=green
+ .put filled_helloworld
+.end
+
+
+Here,
+.flash name="fontgradient.swf"
+ .font Arial "Arial.swf"
+ .textshape helloworld font=Arial text="SHADE"
+
+ .gradient whitefade:
+ 0% black
+ 50% #505050
+ 100% yellow
+ .end
+
+ .filled filled_helloworld outline=helloworld fill=whitefade line=1 color=#2c2c2c
+ .put filled_helloworld scale=200%
+.end
+
+
+While at it, you can also fill with an image:
+
+
+.flash name="fontimage.swf"
+ .font courier "Courier.swf"
+ .jpeg beach "beach.jpg"
+ .textshape text font=courier text="HOLIDAY"
+
+ .filled filled_text outline=text fill=beach line=1 color=#2c2c2c
+ .put filled_text scale=200%
+.end
+
+
+But let's get back to normal
+.flash name="text5.swf"
.font courier "Courier.swf"
-.font helvetica "Helvetica.swf"
-.text hithere text="HELLO" font=courier size=50% color=blue
-.shape scene Scenery50.swf
+.text hithere text="HELLO" font=courier size=200%
+.jpeg scenery "scenery.jpg"
.frame 0
.startclip hithere pin=center x=100 y=75 scale=50% #text clips...
- .put scene # ...the image "scene"
+ .put scenery scale=50%
.end
.frame 100
.change hithere rotate+=360 pin=center scale=100%
.end
-
+
++The last two examples look similar, but their underlying structure +is different: The first is a shape object filled with +image data (that is, a texture), while the second uses a normal +text object to clip an rectangular image. +
+ +
+Also,
-.swf name="text6.swf"
-.font courier "Courier.swf"
-.font helvetica "Helvetica.swf"
-.text hello text="HELLO" font=helvetica size=50% color=blue
-.text world text="WORLD" font=helvetica size=50% color=red
+.flash name="text6.swf"
+.font times "Times.swf"
+.text hello text="HELLO" font=times size=100% color=blue
+.text world text="WORLD" font=times size=100% color=red
.frame 0
.put hello pin=center x=50 y=50
@@ -155,33 +353,159 @@ Boxes:
+.flash name="edittext.swf" bbox=210x110
+ .font Arial "Arial.swf"
+ .edittext myedittext font=Arial size=20%
+ width=200 height=100
+ color=blue border multiline wordwrap
+ text="Edit me!\nClick with your mouse on this text to edit it."
+ .put myedittext x=3 y=3
+.end
+
-
-.swf name="cxform.swf" version=5
-
- .shape s1 "photo.swf"
+
+.flash name="action.swf" bbox=300x300 fps=50
+
+.box mybox color=blue fill=green width=100 height=100
+.put mybox
+
+.frame 0
+ .action:
+ _root.angle += 0.05;
+ mybox._x = 100*Math.cos(_root.angle)+100;
+ mybox._y = 100*Math.sin(_root.angle)+100;
+ .end
+.frame 1
+ .action:
+ gotoFrame(0);
+ Play();
+ .end
+.frame 2
.end
-
-
- +Actionscript comes in handy when dealing with SWF Buttons. +
++A button defines, in SWF context, an object sensitive to mouse movement, +mouse buttons, and key presses. +
+
+The following is a trivial example: Four objects which change their shape
+once the cursor is over it.
+
+.flash name="button1.swf" fps=50
+
+.box box1 color=white fill=#336633 width=50 height=50
+.box box2 color=white fill=#99cc99 width=100 height=100
+.button mybutton1
+ .show box1 as=shape x=25 y=25
+ .show box2 as=hover x=12.5 y=12.5
+.end
+
+.frame 0
+ .put b1=mybutton1
+ .put b2=mybutton1 x=100 red=+255
+ .put b3=mybutton1 y=100 green=+255
+ .put b4=mybutton1 x=100 y=100 blue=+255
+.end
+
+
+The
+The only real difference between those two commands is the