Car Stereo

[Slingy]

ok so i decided to make a car stereo in PhotoShop



then i decided to add an eqaulizer



then i had a wonderful idea of making it pop up from the stereo via flash...but i have no clue what im doing ive gone to tons of tut sites and i just cant get it, so on the stereo there is a button that says Advanced Screen well when that is pressed and it will scroll up and play the equalizer...i hope somebody can help me w/ this

[Sgaspar11]

Sure. Here is one way to do it. :-)

On Frame 1 in the flash, just have the actual player. with a stop(); comment on the layer so it stops at frame 1.

On Frame 2 Have the graphic if the Player and the Equalizer on top of it. Put a stop(); on this as well.

On Frame 1, turn "Advanced Screen" into a button and put some action script on the button that says:

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on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

That should take care of what you are looking to do. Very basic, but it works.

OR if you want it to show one and not the other.....

Let's say the player is 300x200 pixels for demonstration purposes.

Add your player graphic onto the flash stage so it fills up the entire white space.

Above that player graphic place the Equalizer so it is above the (visible)stage.

Select both graphics and press F8, make it a movie clip.

Create another keyframe on say...frame 5, and drag the newly created movie clip down to only show the EQ.

Add a Motion Tween to the middle keyframes to make it animate.

On Frame 1 the Adv Player button, Add the following code:

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on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(5);
}

And so on...hopefully this sparks some ideas, I couldn't really tell which of the two you were wanting...but it is early.

[Slingy]

but both things animate...the stereo also animates too...would the first one still work

[Sgaspar11]

What do you mean? Animate? You mean the animated .gif's you've created? When you actually publish it to a web site, if you do the 2nd option you won't see the stuff that is outside of the canvas.

[Slingy]

ok sorry im like really stupid in flash...i want it just the stereo to play...until i press the advanced button and the eqaulizer will come up, would the way you told me do this?

[Sgaspar11]

Yeah, use the first one. That'd be what you want to do.

Let me know if you into any issues, we'll help you through them.

Cheers,

Scott

[Slingy]

it says that theres an error in the code

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

[Sgaspar11]

This is the correct code, it HAS to be on a button(symbol) for it to work.

You need to make the Advanced Player button a seperate graphic, select it, press F8 and convert it to a button, and place the ActionScript on that button.

[Slingy]

ty very much...i now realize i have to edit my eqaulizers animation in imageready...to go up and play, since that will be easier then making flash raise it b/c i dont know how to make it do that