This drag-n-drop movie clip is a self-contained bird that sits on a wire, fence, branch, etc. and does its own thing. It fluffs its wings occasionally and then at some point it flies off into the sky. After a random wait, it flies back to its original position. You can add as many feathered friends as you want and they will all behave independently. Use some scaling/skewing/tinting to make each one slightly different.
By simply changing a few numbers, their behavior can be modified to have more or less chance of doing any of the actions. The flight path uses a Motion Guide layer.
I’ve used this in my own website (zacharyknight.com).
FEATURES ::- added sense of “life” in your Flash movie
- random movement means no boring patterns
- realistic animation
- tiny file size
- drag-n-drop convenience
- descriptive naming of layers, Library items, and ActionScript variables
- commented code
- optimized graphics
- ActionScripted behavior
- will not choke slower systems
- help file (click to read it)
- Dimension = n/a
- Published File Size = about 4k (for 1 to 20+ birds)
- Frame Rate = 24fps
- Flash Player Version(s) = 7, 8
- ActionScript Version = 1.0
- Authored In Version = Professional 8
AutoBirdV1__FP8_AS1.fla(Flash 8 authoring file)AutoBirdV1__FP7_AS1.fla(Flash 7 authoring file)AutoBirdV1__HELP.txt
Enjoy!
Zachary Knight :: Media Design
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TAGS :: bird, fly, flying, nature, natural, sky, cute, pretty, random, movement, interactive, drag, drop, small
Posted 4 months ago
