I believe you're missing: lock screen for visual effect
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media UX/UI Design > On Feb 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <bra...@hindu.org> > wrote: > > This animation business is all new and I’m missing some key knowledge base > here. > > Can any clarify LC’ underlying algorithm for running something like this? > > Goal: to have “narration” text show in a field, smoothly disappear, then a > second narration text appear in the field without abruptly just replacing the > text. > > as “pseudo” code this would appear to be what I want… but in fact it does not > work. > > It’s as if the dissolve over time is superseded by the subsequent commands > > > wait 1 second > > put the uNarrationText[1] of this card into fld "narrationPanel" > > show fld "narrationPanel" with visual effect dissolve very fast > > wait 1 second > > lock screen > > put empty into fld "narrationPanel" > > unlock screen with visual effect dissolve slowly > > wait 30 ticks > > lock screen > > put the uNarrationText[2] of this card into fld "narrationPanel" > > unlock screen with visual effect dissolve slowly > > > > > in particular, narrowing it down to this > > > show fld "narrationPanel" with visual effect dissolve very fast > > wait 1 second > > lock screen > > put empty into fld "narrationPanel" > > unlock screen with visual effect dissolve slowly > > > # the effect I’m looking for is the first text should appear to dissolve, and > the new text appear with dissolve > > > Obviously I can do the whole field like this: > > > wait 1 second > > put the uNarrationText[1] of this card into fld "narrationPanel" > > show fld "narrationPanel" with visual effect dissolve very fast > > wait 1 second > > hide fld "narrationPanel" with visual effect dissolve very fast > > put the uNarrationText[2] of this card into fld "narrationPanel" > > show fld "narrationPanel" with visual effect dissolve very fast > > > > > but it woudl be cool just to have the text change out… Yes, I could create a > mask object with the field inside, but I’m looking for a simpler 1 field only > solution > > > BR > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
