coordinating sequence in movie

[Qutaibah]

sorry, I didn't know what to name the thread.
but It has to deal with coordinating a series of event. by events, I mean the appearance of certain graphical elements on the stage.

I have an intro kind of movie which graphical elements that should appear in a certain sequence. what is the best way to control the order/sequence of such movie Clip? right now I am using the Timer event. but its growing into a big messy approach. any ideas as to how this might be done with less clutter?

I know my question is a bit abstract, I guess What I am looking for is for conceptual input rather than actual code at this stage.

cheers.

[Sekhar]

Why not just place them on separate keyframes in the order they appear and advance the frames with the timer? I made a quick sample to illustrate, see below.

[Qutaibah]

hello Sekhar,

thank you for your suggestion. I have not thought about the timeline at all.
I guess I was a bit too obsessed with getting everything done in actionscript.

which brings up this point. how is using a hybrid approach perceived from a developers point of view?

[Sekhar]

If you want to do it in AS, you can use addChild() and removeChild() to show the slide you want (or set alpha to show/hide). If you want transitions, check out TransitionManager() - very easy way to do cool looking transitions.