Re: FLASH: ~~Shaking~~ a background

[John Croteau]

Hi Jeff,


> I want to create the impression of the ground shaking at the footfall of

> a large animal.

The key here is impression. 


> I started to create an MC of a landscape. I grouped the trees and earth

> into one symbol and then moved the symbol in sequential keyframes off a

> few pixels from each other

> [ie right 2 px then up 2 px, then down 2 px and then left 2 px., etc. ]

> The problem I can see is that already it is going to create to large a

> file/processing time.

> This is akin to the problem I encountered trying to create realistic wave

> motions in my first Flash attempt months ago.

> Anyone have any ideas how to do this without creating a huge processing

> drag on Flash and slowing the frame rates to a crawl?

Use illustion -- move less things and make it look like more. Move a few

lines not the whole objects. Don't move everything but make it look like

you are.

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