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This is one of the coolest effects in flash, and much requested from clients. Thought I would put together a demo and show how it works. Enjoy!!
Page Flip Demo (http://www.ericvision.com/ams/indigorosePageFlip.html)
eric_darling
02-13-2004, 06:07 PM
Eric,
That is the coolest thing I've seen in awhile coming out of Flash! I would like it to open on its own when I double-click, though. It seems that the page turn is a little finicky to do manually sometimes.
Anyway - is that something you came up with on your own? Great stuff. Care to share the FLA? ;)
I wanted it to be a manual page turn because that is how you turn a real page. I had a button that turned the page, but the effect was not the same. Here you can control the page turn and move the page just like a real page. It is a little finicky sometimes. You have to drop the page when the cursor is on the other side.
I have to give credit to someone else on this one. I added a externally loading .jpg and data. You can change the number of pages and the images without opening flash.
Do I care to share the .fla? Um....probably not. I will share the .swf when I get the external loading working without bugs. Then all you have to do is change the images and edit a text file.
Corey
02-13-2004, 06:36 PM
Cool... Actually I'm going to have to go with Eric on this one, this is for sure the coolest Flash thing I've seen in a while. Tricky implementation with lots of possible sticky spots which you've managed to balance very nicely. Excellent work AGRO! :)
Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)
yosik
02-14-2004, 10:55 AM
WOW!!
What a cool effect.
Eric, that's a winner!
Yossi
yosik
02-14-2004, 11:05 AM
WOW!!
What a cool effect.
Eric, that's a winner!
Yossi
Intrigued
02-14-2004, 10:48 PM
Very nice. I found it to work flawlessly. The trick is to NOT exceed the bounds of the project when turning the page (or so I figure).
Ok, so... how much is this Flash Plugin going to be again? (grin)
WOW that is cool!! probably the coolest flash I have seen to date
Except for that race car insanity test,, bring ding ding daddading ding ding,, brrr brrr.. ect (See attached)
Adam
Yeah Adam, that race car insanity test is a hard one to beat, I dont think we will see it out done in this life time. :D
That is much cooler than I expected it to be. Great work!:cool:
Ted Sullivan
02-16-2004, 07:43 PM
You know, Eric, that really is very cool. I didn't bother to check it out at first (I mean "what can beat the insanity test?", I thought), but Adam was going nuts about it. He was right - that really is very impressive. Nice work!
eric_darling
02-16-2004, 07:54 PM
Fine, then....
Since folks have taken a democratic slant around here and usually share great stuff, I'll just make mention that source code for this precise effect is readily available on the Internet.
After a quick Google search. I've turned up a great link, and anyone who wants it should check it out:
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000154.php
eric_darling
02-16-2004, 09:14 PM
Better still, here is one that's more finished:
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000352.php
This is good reading. The history of the page flip...
here (http://www.actionscript.nl/data/peerbook.htm)
Corey
02-17-2004, 10:08 AM
FWIW:
1. I think a lot of people would be willing to pay $10 or whatever to have an add-on of this for AMS in which they can simply point the page_flipper swf to a folder full of jpgs and have it turn them into a filp album. A lot.
2. If you're willing to create something like that and support it, I would be happy to list it on autoplay.org, and promote it. Don't sell this short AGRO. If you were to invest a moderate amount of time into creating interesting .swf based add-ons I think you would be surprised the response you get over time. Just a though anyhow. If you ever have any questions or concerns you would like addressed vis-a-vis setting up and establishing such a venture please post them here and I will be happy to assist.
Just a general comment also. I knew the page filler existed also, but nonetheless, AGRO's just the kind of Flasher to get up off the couch and actually build one, never mind adapt it for dynamic usage, etc. So for that my, "Ahoy of the week" goes out to the AG-man. :)
Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)
Thanks Corey. That means alot.
In my second post up top I mentioned that I was going to create a .swf for the AMS users who don't have Flash. The ease of this would be great. Just change the pics and edit a text file and that is it. I never called it my own at all (second post again).
I think I will take you up on the offer corey. When I have a few days to spare I will get it done.
eric_darling,
I hope I did not offend you in any way shape or form. By your post I took it as you were offended that I did not post a link. My intentions were to create a .swf for everyone to use (second post again). I know that there are not a lot of Flash people here and I also know that not everybody can afford Flash and AMS5, heck I had to save for it. My intentions were not to keep the page flip .fla for my self. I myself got it off line, so I know it is available. I guess what I am trying to say, is that my train of thought was that most of the AMS users would not be able to edit the .fla due to money reasons or the lack of Flash scripting knowledge. So a .swf that externally loads .jpgs would help the average AMS user who does not own Flash. Just trying to help.
Again eric, if I offended you in any way, I am sorry. That was not my intention at all. You and I have been a part of these forums for some time now. I would hope you know me bettter than that.
Eric
eric_darling
02-17-2004, 02:02 PM
No sweat - it just seemed odd somehow to me that you would deliberately withhold such information, so I guess I jumped to conclusions.
I guess my question is: why not share the link? It seemed to me like you were wishing to keep something proprietary that you had gleaned from somewhere else in the first place.
I was never offended, just confused. I would never hold a grudge for such a simple transgression.
Corey
02-17-2004, 03:11 PM
It's all good. :) Sounds like a great plan AGRO, people are going to love that!
Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)
Bruce
02-17-2004, 03:41 PM
Argo, Just let me know when it's done...Last thing I need is another program to learn. ;)
Corey
02-17-2004, 03:55 PM
See, that's what I'm talking about. Lots of people out there who feel that way I'm sure. And not just AMSer's either, just so many people out there who love Flash effects but are simply too busy driving the kids to soccer and working and cooking and shopping and picking the kids up from soccer, and so forth... To them $10-20 is not an issue, they'd gladly play that for someone else to sit down and do it all for them and then just give them a click-n-go solution. I'm 100% sure of this. Bruce is a remarkably accurate barometer I've found for what market demand would look like on a given thing actually. If Bruce thinks it's cool, you can bet a lot of other consumers will too.
If I were designing these things for a living I'd buy that flipper in a shot, even as someone who could probably work it out on their own. I'd rather spend a few bucks for someone else to do it and spend that few hours doing something else. So I think demand will be just as strong amongst flashers as it will amongst non-flashers actually.
To really give it some oomph you should put together a pack of 10 really cool Flash visual things like this, which can simply be pointed to a folder, i.e. "click-n-go" and then market that as a package. We'll gladly help you get that online if you need help.
If it's well done you can even have us market it for you, as you know we're taking on premium plug-ins for re-selling. If it's good, and I know you well enough to know that you are easily capable of doing it, we can work this end for you. Like I say, a "Flashpack" full of 10 or so "visually wow" .swfs would be a good direction to plan in. That gives it some value and, since .swfs are not AMS dependent, that gives you something you can market also ata Flashkit et al.
Truth is I planned something like this once but it simply didn't see the light of day due to other priorities. It doesn't seem like there's much competition out there either. :)
Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)
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