Animation Effect on Group.

[Googie85]

Hii Guys!

I am animating a group as a visual effect and have the following code,

on Animate
hide me
show me with visual effect "dissolve" close very fast
end Animate

It works fine, it "fades" in, but I also want to "fade" it out. I have searched the relevant information in the dictionary but I am unable to find a way to fade the group out.

Any help is greatly received!

Googie.

[Klaus]

Hi Googie85,

please use the CODE tags above after pasting your script(s): </>
That way the formatting will be preserved, see below.

1. DISSOLVE does NOT need the extra parameter "close" or "open"!
2. Use the example in the divtionary below the one you used for hiding the image.

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on show_the_image
    lock screen for visual effect
    show image "your imagename here" 
    unlock screen with visual effect "dissolve" very fast
on show_the_image

This will also work for HIDEing your image, maybe get used to thie more universal syntax.

Best

Klaus

[Googie85]

Hii Klaus,

Thanks for your informative reply! I have this:

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on Animate
   if the visible of group "Review" = true then
      lock screen for visual effect
      set the visible of group "Review" to false
      unlock screen with visual effect "dissolve" very fast
   else
         lock screen for visual effect
  set the visible of group "Review" to true
   unlock screen with visual effect "dissolve" very fast
   end if
end Animate

I am not getting the desired result. Am I reading your reply wrong?

Thanks,

Googie.

[Klaus]

Hi Googie,

just tested the script here with an example group named "review" and works as exspected!?
You can also save some typing:

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on animate
   lock screen for visual effect
   if the visible of group "Review" = true then
      set the visible of group "Review" to false
   else
      set the visible of group "Review" to true
   end if
   unlock screen with visual effect "dissolve" very fast
end animate

Best

Klaus

[Googie85]

Got it! Thanks again Klaus!

[Klaus]

Great!
You could even leave out the IF THEN clause:

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on animate
   lock screen for visual effect
   set the visible of group "Review" to NOT (the visible of grp "Review")
   unlock screen with visual effect "dissolve" very fast
end animate