Monday, May 17, 2010

genius...

tornadosomeday i'll take a picture like this...I love it! So much adventure was involved.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

FLASH DIGITAL CLOCK


Alright so I'm going to help all you folks out there who have been dying to know how to make a digital clock in flash...get ready! Here are the easy steps!


1. In your timeline create 3 layers and name them actions, text and background. Similar
to what you see above...
2. Select frame 1 of your backgrounds layer and design the frame for
your digital clock.
3. Select frame 2 of your backgrounds layer and press F5.
4. Now go to frame 1 of your text layer and insert a dynamic text field
in your work area.
5. Select frame 2 of your text layer and press F5.
{To insert a Dynamic text field}
Select text tool from your tool box, Select Dynamic text from Text pop-up menu in the Property inspector. Click on your work area wherever you want the digital clock to appear.

6. Name this Dynamic text field instance as "clock_txt".
7. Go to frame 1 of actions layer. Copy and paste the script below into the action window.

time=new Date(); // time object
var seconds = time.getSeconds()
var minutes = time.getMinutes()
var hours = time.getHours()
if (hours<12)>
ampm = "AM";
}
else{
ampm = "PM";
}
while(hours >12){
hours = hours - 12;
}
if(hours<10)
{
hours = "0" + hours;
}
if(minutes<10)
{
minutes = "0" + minutes;
}
if(seconds<10)
{
seconds = "0" + seconds;
}
clock_txt.text = hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds +" "+ ampm;

8. Now go to frame 2 of the actions layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
Still keeping the play head on the frame 2, go to action window and copy paste the script below...

gotoAndPlay(1);

9. Yaay! you're clock is now ready. Go ahead and press ctrl + enter
view your clock!