think you're good? :P

[doublethink]

ok here is my challenge.

fog... of greyish color.

conditions:
it must roll, like real fog.
it must allow underlying layers to be seen thorugh it, i guess that would be some sort of alpha & mask type thing.


i think its possible, but not for me. figured i post it to you guru's
i checked already and i didnt see someone ask this one.

[xxlm]

What is exactly "fog" (sorry i'm a FrOGgy)...

[doublethink]

sorry...

fog as an english term for low level clouds that appear in the morning/late evening or over bodies of water, or at very high altitudes.

cool??

[xxlm]

Shall we draw a gf with it or not? LOL
Ok i get it...

[pom]

A bit too specific maybe? How about any kind of fog, smoke, clouds...?

[McGiver]

hmm, probably if you want to know how to do it ask in the forums!

but i've got nothing to do at the moment!
So: here is my post:
swf demonstration
wait a 30 seconds till the fog has taken over the floor!
the script dos not contain the rainbow in the background!

Frame1:

function addcloud(maxnumber, targetmc, array, ymin, ymax, xmin, xmax, size, alpha, fogcolor) {
    for (n=1; n<=maxnumber; n++) {
        targetmc.createEmptyMovieClip("circle"+n, n);
        targetmc["circle"+n]._y = ymax-(Math.random()*Math.random()*(ymax-ymin));
        targetmc["circle"+n].beginFill(fogcolor, alpha);
        targetmc["circle"+n].moveTo(0, -2*size);
        targetmc["circle"+n].curveTo(4*size, 0, 0, 2*size);
        targetmc["circle"+n].curveTo(-4*size, 0, 0, -2*size);
        targetmc["circle"+n].endFill();
        array.push(targetmc["circle"+n]);
        targetmc["circle"+n]._x=xmin+(xmax-xmin)/2 
        targetmc["circle"+n].speed = Math.random()*4-2;}}
_root.instances = new Array();
addcloud( /*Number of particels created*/ 400, /*target MC*/ _root, /*Name of the array where the particels are registrated*/ _root.instances, /*the highest  particels*/ 250, /*the lowest particels*/ 385, /*left border*/ 0, /*right border*/ 550, /*the size of the particels*/ 12, /*the alpha*/ 10, /*the color*/ 0x999999);

frame 2:

function moveclouds(array, xmin, xmax) {
    for (n=0; n<=array.length; n++) {
        array[n]._x = array[n]._x+array[n].speed;
        if ((array[n]._x<=xmin) || (array[n]._x>=xmax)) {
            array[n].speed = array[n].speed*-1;}}}
            play();
moveclouds(_root.instances, 0, 550);

frame 3

prevFrame();

think it looks better with a radial gradient filling!
Inside alpha about 20, outside alpha about 0

think this is impossible to add within 25 lines

[McGiver]

rewrote the code, so that it fits in one frame (learning new things every day )

function addcloud(maxnumber, targetmc, array, ymin, ymax, xmin, xmax, size, alpha, fogcolor) {
        for (n=1; n<=maxnumber; n++) {
                targetmc.createEmptyMovieClip("circle"+n, n);
                targetmc["circle"+n]._y = ymax-(Math.random()*Math.random()*(ymax-ymin));
                targetmc["circle"+n].beginFill(fogcolor, alpha);
                targetmc["circle"+n].moveTo(0, -2*size);
                targetmc["circle"+n].curveTo(4*size, 0, 0, 2*size);
                targetmc["circle"+n].curveTo(-4*size, 0, 0, -2*size);
                targetmc["circle"+n].endFill();
                array.push(targetmc["circle"+n]);
                targetmc["circle"+n]._x=xmin+(xmax-xmin)/2
                targetmc["circle"+n].speed = Math.random()*4-2;}}
_root.instances = new Array();
addcloud( /*Number of particels created*/ 400, /*target MC*/ _root, /*Name of the array where the particels are registrated*/ _root.instances, /*the highest  particels*/ 250, /*the lowest particels*/ 385, /*left border*/ 0, /*right border*/ 550, /*the size of the particels*/ 12, /*the alpha*/ 10, /*the color*/ 0x999999);
this.onEnterFrame=function(){
function moveclouds(array, xmin, xmax) {
        for (n=0; n<=array.length; n++) {
                array[n]._x = array[n]._x+array[n].speed;
                if ((array[n]._x<=xmin) || (array[n]._x>=xmax)) {
                        array[n].speed = array[n].speed*-1;}}}
moveclouds(_root.instances, 0, 550);}

[XMatrix_11]

hey i wanted to know, when you make a layer, then put an object for example a building, and you color the building green and you make another layer with a stick figure, how to you get that figure to appear over the green object? i can do it if its not colored green but when it is the building is always over the guy
THANKS

[annexion]

This thread is probably the least likely place to get an answer to that question.