I'd like to use the "fly-in" animation from a specific point. For instance if I have a box within my overall page, I want the hover animation fly in to animate within the box. Instead, it flies from all the way at the bottom of the overall page. Is there a way to put animation points within the page vs. having it fly in/out all the way to the end borders of the overall page?
Thanks Cary, this is great!! I am most interested in the way he used the sliding cube. I tried to tinker with it, but I'm puzzled at how he was able to create a transparent box with a colored box that I cannot reformat in any way. They are not grouped, and I can alter the transparent box... but the colored box is un-clickable but is yet somehow linked to the transparent box.
For instance, here's a visual representation of what I am trying to do. Within my page, I have a series of buttons. When I hover over, I'd like the orange bar to raise up within the box. The example you linked me to gets me closer, but I am stuck on how he was able to get an un-editable box to be linked to a transparent box. (like slide 3 and slide 4)
If you have a solid color background you can also accomplish the animation by using shapes the same color as the background to mask the areas I which you don't want the fly in path to appear.
I was thinking same as Nancy...see the first slide in the attached example.
Created this a while back to answer a question in some other thread, so the other 2 slides are showing other ways of achieving a "move across the screen" effect. Last slide actually has the motion animation created in PowerPoint, saved out as a video, and inserted into SL.
Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately the slide I'm working on is a bit more complex that having a plain background isn't going to work. The closest i've come to getting this to work is the example Cary shared. However the slide 3 and slide 4 boxes have baffled me in how he was able to get a transparent button fixed to an animated object that cannot be edited.
I'm not exactly sure what the issue is. But I've broken it down by what I'm experiencing:
Slide 3 I cannot even select the brown box. I can edit the transparent box though.
Slide 4 Untitled Slide 2 - I can select and edit the blue box Untitled Slide Copy (2) - I can select and edit the transparent box. But I cannot select or edit the blue box. When I move the transparent box, the blue box moves with it. Untitled Slide Copy (5) - I can select and edit the blue box Untitled Slide Copy (4) - I can select and edit the transparent box. But I cannot select or edit the blue box. When I move the transparent box, the blue box moves with it.
Also, the gray boxes that appear when i go from layer to layer are not editable either
to edit the other box, you have to select the transparent box and go to Edit States. The object is inside the normal state of the transparent box. This is why you couldn't edit it. It's an object within an object.
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Hi,
No all you can do is select direction of entry. User generated animation is practically non existent in SL without JS or video/flash.
Sorry.
Take a look at this post it might help you.
http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/51120.aspx
Thanks Cary, this is great!! I am most interested in the way he used the sliding cube. I tried to tinker with it, but I'm puzzled at how he was able to create a transparent box with a colored box that I cannot reformat in any way. They are not grouped, and I can alter the transparent box... but the colored box is un-clickable but is yet somehow linked to the transparent box.
Which slide layer are you on?
Slide 3, and the same with slide 4 - but focusing on the cubes.
For instance, here's a visual representation of what I am trying to do. Within my page, I have a series of buttons. When I hover over, I'd like the orange bar to raise up within the box. The example you linked me to gets me closer, but I am stuck on how he was able to get an un-editable box to be linked to a transparent box. (like slide 3 and slide 4)
If you have a solid color background you can also accomplish the animation by using shapes the same color as the background to mask the areas I which you don't want the fly in path to appear.
I was thinking same as Nancy...see the first slide in the attached example.
Created this a while back to answer a question in some other thread, so the other 2 slides are showing other ways of achieving a "move across the screen" effect. Last slide actually has the motion animation created in PowerPoint, saved out as a video, and inserted into SL.
Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately the slide I'm working on is a bit more complex that having a plain background isn't going to work. The closest i've come to getting this to work is the example Cary shared. However the slide 3 and slide 4 boxes have baffled me in how he was able to get a transparent button fixed to an animated object that cannot be edited.
Are you on the right layer within the slide? I was able to edit the shape by going to the layer and then right-clicking on it.
I'm not exactly sure what the issue is. But I've broken it down by what I'm experiencing:
Slide 3
I cannot even select the brown box. I can edit the transparent box though.
Slide 4
Untitled Slide 2 - I can select and edit the blue box
Untitled Slide Copy (2) - I can select and edit the transparent box. But I cannot select or edit the blue box. When I move the transparent box, the blue box moves with it.
Untitled Slide Copy (5) - I can select and edit the blue box
Untitled Slide Copy (4) - I can select and edit the transparent box. But I cannot select or edit the blue box. When I move the transparent box, the blue box moves with it.
Also, the gray boxes that appear when i go from layer to layer are not editable either
Hey Sam,
to edit the other box, you have to select the transparent box and go to Edit States. The object is inside the normal state of the transparent box. This is why you couldn't edit it. It's an object within an object.
Oh my! How did I overlook that! Thank you so much!
Thanks everyone for the help.
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