Cube Transition Effect

Timeline:

If you are using this effect on the timeline you can easily set the parameters in the component inspector inside of Flash 8 or Flash CS3 (what is a component inspector?).

To see what results you get from changing any of these options please click Try Yourself and play around with the seetings.

ActionScript:

Below the methods for this effect.

Method	Parameter	Description
init()	start_mc:MovieClip, end_mc:Movieclip, duration:Number, direction:Number, zoomOut:Number ease:String, refreshFrame:Boolean	MovieClip the transition will start with Movieclip the transition will end with Time in frames the transition will take Direction the cube will turn Distance the cube will zoom put ease setting for moving transition (easy demo here) If true, the filter will redraw every frame (i.e. for video)
removeFilter()	none	Remove the filter from stage

Example:

// add filter on stage
var myFilter:CubeTransitionEffectAS3 = new CubeTransitionEffectAS3();
addChild(myFilter);

// init the filter with parameter
myFilter.init(img01_mc, img02_mc, 75, "l->r", 3, "easeInOutCubic", false);

// set a listener to get an event when the transition in done
myFilter.addEventListener( CubeTransitionEffectAS3.ANIMATION_DONE, animationDone);

function animationDone(e:Event){
trace("animationDone");
}

The example files delivered with the filter contain ActionScript examples.