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Making a comp act like a Flash movieclip
Hey Guys-
Coming from being a Flash developer years ago, I always wondered one thing. Is there a way to stop() or play() a composition like you can with a movieclip in Flash… preferably using Expressions?
Basically I have a short animation that I want to only play at certain times in the overall timeline. I want to just take that short animation, drop it on the timeline and use Expressions to make it play or stop on command. Is there a way to do this?
Any help or alternative methods appreciated!
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4 Replies
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Hey Dave, I think you misunderstood. I’m sorry if it was hard to understand, especially for people that don’t know Flash. What I am saying… is there a way to tell certain compositions to start and stop at different times while playing. So for instance, at say the 2:10 mark of playback, an Expression tells another comp to play its animation. Hope thats more clear.
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Time Remapping may get you part of the way there. This gives you an animatable property that controls playback. It’s hard to know exactly what your end goal is so I can’t say for sure if it’ll work.
Darby Edelen
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Thanks man. Thats what I ended up using. I could swear i once saw a tut on someone stopping and starting comps using expressions…
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You can apply expressions to time remapping but the implementation will depend entirely on what functionality you need and which limitations you’re willing to accept.
Darby Edelen
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