PDA

View Full Version : making a lighting

NaQuer
09-02-2003, 02:28 PM
Hi

Do anybody know how to make a lighting ( made in photoshop ) Move like a lighting do ( by using flash mx )?

-Mikkel
webguy
09-02-2003, 02:47 PM
that one went right over my head.. are you talking about shadows? Lighting effects? Please explain further.
NaQuer
09-03-2003, 11:43 AM
Right..... If i have a lighting bolt which is turned vertical, like the lighting bolt at

http://www.photoshoplover.com/tutorials.php?cat=SpecialFX&rowstart=45&orderby=

Then i want it move like there's running power threw it. UNderstand me? If not catch me again and I'll try to descripe it further!

-Mikkel
manuelarean
09-03-2003, 12:08 PM
www.sodium-chloride.com (http://www.sodium-chloride.com)

Click on the first and second spheres in the main stage....

If you are trying something like this, you can do it with a .png image (PNG for the transparency) of a lighting and aplying some twins and transformations to do a MC.
webguy
09-03-2003, 12:54 PM
manuaelarean is correct. That is one way of doing it. Another way to do it is to create two or three versions of the lighting. One - low power, Two- medium power, Three - high power. Then flip through them in a random fashion. Apply a mask with a tween and you can make it look like lightning is striking something. I would make an example but I busy as tits.

web
NaQuer
09-03-2003, 02:15 PM
Hmmm, I'm making the lighting bolt in photoshop, so i suppose i can't use them in flash, or can I?

-Mikkel
webguy
09-03-2003, 03:41 PM
yes you can use images in photoshop in flash. Just save them as a .png file with transparency if you intend to use the transparent channel. Or save it as a gif.. transparency has worked for me with a gif. But I am not well versed in using images yet. Play around with different images. Take the one that you want to use and save it in three formats using different variations of compression and formats...namely JPG, GIF and PNG. It is a hot debate as to which file format is better, I tend to think that each is powerful in their own way. Gif's for images with low color variants, JPG's for high color variants, and PNG for transparency preservations.

web