Fun Effects and Greeting Cards A simple project is to make greeting cards (Birthday cards, Christmas cards, Funny cards, etc). You can animate them by having something move, disappear/show again, bounce, jump, change color. change (e.g. from an egg to a chicken). You can add sound effects, music or even your own voice. You can show a video or a photo. You can do almost anything that your imagination can come up with.Free Resources: Free Clipart - Free Photos - Free Game Art - more - Digital Photos - Animation Library - TheFreeSites Do It Yourself Free Software - Gimp - Graphics/Drawing - Blender - 3D Art SoundEffects - site1 - site2 - site3 How to ...? 1. How to add Pop-ups, Images Appear and Disappear, Animations and Other Effects Using the Hide, Show, Move and Set (which changes any property of an object) commands note: After you import your graphic, do the following: put it where you want on the card open up it's "Property Inspector" and change its name to something simple like "rabbit". If it is too big, size it down then in its "Property Inspector" under "Size and Position" check the box that says "Lock size and position" Have an object disappear find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit.jpg" add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp hide image "rabbit" end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the rabbit will disappear Have an object appear find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit" put it where you want on the card. open up it's "Property Inspector" and uncheck the box that say "Visible" and it will be invisible add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp show image "rabbit" end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the rabbit will suddenly appear Have an object change to something else find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit" put it where you want on the card and set it to be invisible find and import another image, graphic or photo e.g. "hat" put it over top (where) the "rabbit" is add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp hide image "hat" show image "rabbit" end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the hat will disappear and the rabbit will appear Have an object jump someplace else find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit.jpg" add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp set the loc of image "rabbit.jpg" to 200,250 end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the rabbit will jump to another location. (You can experiment with the numbers 200 and 250 to see what looks better. Try different numbers) Have an object move someplace else slowly find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit.jpg" add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp move the image "rabbit.jpg" from 200,50 to 200,250 in 2 secs end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the rabbit will slowly move to the other location in 2 seconds. (You can experiment with the numbers 200 and 250 to see what looks better. Try different numbers) (You can experiment with the time of 2 seconds and make it slower or faster) Have an object move around find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit.jpg" add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp move the image "rabbit.jpg" to 200,250 move the image "rabbit.jpg" to 250,250 move the image "rabbit.jpg" to 250,200 move the image "rabbit.jpg" to 200,200 end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the rabbit will move in a square. Have an object move along a invisible path that you make find and import an image, graphic or photo ("File", "Import as Control", "Image File") e.g. "rabbit.jpg" draw a graphic with the "freehand" line tool add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp move the image "rabbit.jpg" to the points of graphic "curve" end mouseUp when the person clicks on the button, the rabbit will slowly move to the other location in 2 seconds. (You can experiment with the numbers 200 and 250 to see what looks better. Try different numbers) (You can experiment with the time of 2 seconds and make it slower or faster) 2. How to add Music and Sound Effects using the "Play" command note: not all "wav" or "mp3" files will play - some of them are not made correctly Add your voice There is a free program called Audacity that you can download and use to record and alter your voice. Make a "wav" file and use it here find and import a sound effect ("File", "Import as Control", "Audio File") - It has to be a "wav" or "mp3" file add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp play "firecracker.wav" end mouseUp Add a sound effect find and import a sound effect ("File", "Import as Control", "Audio File") - It has to be a "wav" or "mp3" file add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp play "firecracker.wav" end mouseUp Add background music to keep playing find and import a music file ("File", "Import as Control", "Audio File") - It has to be a "wav" or "mp3" file add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp play "ballad.wav" looping end mouseUp Add a button to stop the music add a button "Stop" and put the following code in it" on mouseUp play empty end mouseUp Add background music to keep playing find and import a music file ("File", "Import as Control", "Audio File") - It has to be a "wav" or "mp3" file add a button and put the following code in it" on mouseUp play "ballad.wav" looping end mouseUp You can experiment and put these together and with good graphics, make some cool greeting cards Examples Open up the sample livecode file below (effects.livecode) and look at the code on each button to see how the effects are done. |
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