New Flash Extension: FrameSync
This is a handy-dandy animation plug-in similar to Animonger’s AnimSlider, except that it uses frame labels and requires no other setup.
Update: The video tutorial is now live. See the extension in action!
I picked up this style of lip syncing in Flash from Chris Georgenes’ tutorial.
Update (8/26/09): A savvy user caught a stage refresh bug introduced in Flash CS4 with AS3. If you’re using Flash CS4 & AS3 and the symbol isn’t updating when you select a new frame from the panel, download the most recent version below (1.0.3 has the fix).
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(compatible with Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, and Flash CS3)
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Pingback by localToGlobal » Blog Archive » news review -> 37th week of 2008 — September 12, 2008 @ 9:10 am
Looks awesome! Can’t wait to have a project to try this one on!
Comment by Chris — October 1, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
Great plugin, this will save me hours!
I noticed a small bug… if the selected symbol has layers in layer folders, it won’t work. An error appears saying “TypeError: iFrame has no properties”. Not a big deal, still an awesome plugin.
Comment by Keegan — April 8, 2009 @ 12:33 am
Keegan,
Nice catch! I’ve posted an update (1.0.2) that will allow you to have folders inside the symbol.
Thanks!
Comment by Justin — April 8, 2009 @ 4:13 pm
Thanks for this great plugin, I really appreaciate the efforts you are putting on those plugins, and most important, you share them freely to anybody, if you could add thumbnails of the nested symbols to your framesync, it would be perfect, thank you anyway.
Comment by Edson — February 1, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
Thanks for your comment, Edson. I’d love to add thumbnails. At this point, there’s not an efficient way to implement that feature, so I opted to keep things simple, but I’ll keep it in mind for future updates.
Comment by Justin — February 8, 2010 @ 4:20 am
Great plugin, the thing that really would make it almost perfect is a thumbnail preview, as said before. Thats what I was always missing in Flash.
Comment by John — March 31, 2010 @ 10:25 am
Thanks for the comment, John. I’ll keep it in mind for the future.
Comment by Justin — March 31, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
Awesome plugin! Is there anyway the frames could still appear on the panel when you haven’t labelled them? They would appear as their frame number as opposed to their label name. Would help loads. Thanks!
Comment by J — June 26, 2010 @ 7:50 am
Good suggestion, J. A few people have asked for this feature. I will include it in the next release. Here’s a video preview.
Comment by Justin — June 28, 2010 @ 2:08 am