Help on animation strategy, please.

[mx-guest2004]

If I want to make an animated movie containing different scenes, based on a story, which flash strategy is preferable? Control the animation (movie) from the timeline? What about different scenes in flashMX? I've read that maybe loadMovie() is better than changing from one scene to another. One problem is that we can't have preloading in the middle of a movie when the story and sound go on.

If for example I have a zooming on an MC in a scene, is that better to control the zooming from timeline (onEnterFrame) or use that particular MC's onClipEvent(load) and onClipEvent(enterFrame) ?

I hope there are people here with some experience in animating who can help me.
Thanks :)

[cobo]

well, i would NEVER use scenes... this always causes problems. as u mentioned loadMovie(); would be perfect... ther are tut on how to preload several mc´s before your anim starts.

timeline control is definately the best way... if there are often changing parameters create an external as file and include this... this will make it easier to do changes...

cobo

[mx-guest2004]

Thanks cobo,
It seems that you have some experience with scenes. Can I ask you how and why scenes cause problems?
How about going straight line from scene 1 to scene N ?

Do you have some tutorials on preloading several SWFs? If this tutorial is not near by now, I can do a search in this forum.
:)

[cobo]

check out http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=46735&highlight=scenes+problems

i will have a look for the tut...

cobo

[mx-guest2004]

I think it may depend what one will do. I have created a flash site with external SWFs and loadMovie() method, but honestly I still think the scene works fine for a story animation which goes from scene 1 to scene number N ("The End" of the movie).
On the other hand I've read so many negative threads about scenes that I'm a little bit confused now.
Thanks again for looking for tutorials.

[cobo]

here´s the one I´m talking about...

http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/multi_preloader/index.shtml

hopefully it helps :D

cobo

[mx-guest2004]

Ok cobo, thanx.
I'll look at it. :)

[baby_annie]

some friends say they use scene for anime story.

[mx-guest2004]

I think that scenes aren't bad choice when creating story based animation without too many back and fourth among scenes and their frames. A story goes on mainly from scene 1 to scene N. When creating a hole site, then the right choice could be loading external SWFs.
Thanks everybody :)