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kirupaOh no! Not another random motion tutorial on
kirupa.com. There are already several, so why would I be writing another
tutorial on random movement? The reason is that many of the excellent random
motion tutorials on the site cater to a more actionscript-savvy audience.
My implementation accomplishes random motion by using simpler AS concepts
that are, I hope, easily understandable by beginner Flashers. The following is
an example of what this tutorial will help you to create:
[ the flowers - they are alive! ]
This tutorial will help you to create the above effect. You will also learn
the 'behind-the-scenes' action of the code that makes the objects move randomly.
Here's How
The following steps are designed to work in Flash MX 2004, but they should work
in Flash MX and maybe even Flash 5:
- Create a new document in Flash. Set the movie's width to 300 and movie's
height to 200. Set your Flash movie's frame rate to 25.
- Now, draw a filled-in circle using the Circle tool. Your drawing area
should look like the following image: