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Gradient Tweening - The sexiest tween there is

Posted by Wonchop - March 2nd, 2009


First off, I wanna thank you kind people for the response on Narwhals, finally allowing me to see my name at the top of the Top 50 listing for a short while (I don't count Sonic Short collabs cos they're, y'know, Sonic.) I kinda wanna punch all the people moaning about it being a loop, but I never drank enough milk in my youth so I'd probably break my hand.

One thing you may have noticed in the animation, (as well as a couple of the animations I made for E4.com a while back,) was the sexy looking background animation.
This is a technique combining Gradient Transforming and Shape Tweening that I like to call 'Gradient Tweening.'
And since I had randomly downloaded a screen-capture software trial for a uni dooflip I'm doing (which HappyHarry87 is helping me voice :D), I made a rather mumbly tutorial about it. I'll probably try and add more annotations to it to cover for the more 'wtf are you saying' bits.

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Also, just noticed Tom put up the achieve- er I mean, totally original Medals system on our pages. It currently only works on Portal Defenders atm but it looks like Tom will reveal the secrets to the magic nature soon enough. Could give games, and possibly movies, a new form of light.
50 for listening to a Weebl loop 25 times in a row, maybe?

Gradient Tweening - The sexiest tween there is


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i'd say 50 for listening to a weebl loop 50 times because it only starts getting annoying after 25 times.

problem is, most people will just leave it on, turn off their speakers, and go to bed. by the time they wake up, they've got the achievement!

People considering to those 50 times a chore? 1000 is fucking Par for me.

listening to those*

What episode is that picture from??¿
Also the gradient tweening does look pretty sweet.

It's from one of the Tracy Ulman shorts where they visit a museum and get aroused by the painted titties.

umm, you probably lured a bunch of disapointed pedophiles with that title, think it over if that was an accident, if it wasnt, sicko.

I'm not sure how gradients are related to little boys.

Love the sound effects used when dragging around the gradient transform.

yay thanks now i dont have to do drugs to trip on colors

oh you mean the achieve-er medal system theyve got at kongreg- I mean Newgrounds? that one?

a) It was Weebl's name, not yours, that had anything to do with the top 50.

b) Wow, top 50... it's possible to make a movie in a day that can get into the top 50. No joke, several of us have done it.

c) Quit complaining about how you believe the Medals system was ripped off. It's getting really old.

d) Ooh, gradient tweening. Yet another technique for you to abuse.

e) The blog image screams of wanting to be one of those guys.

Wow, I'm in an ill mood tonight.

Yup

When would you use a gradient tween in a flash other than in something like narwals?

There are other applications, such as shadowing, sunsets, spotlighting, etc. Just play around.
I also like to use Shape Tweens as a quick and easy FadetoBlack

I did this a year ago but never got around to making a tutorial

also if you make the little circle thing as small as you can get it (zoom in as much as you can and keep shrinking it) it fucks up the rendering (like in the rainbow movie in <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/412815">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /412815</a> )

Pip Pip Cheerio! We should go eat a crumpet and visit the queen and bore her with unbritish facts about former colonies, like CANADA!! and...we should make a loop of teh gradient tweening, in varying colours, and test that on Obama. And the queen. and who ever runs France and russia, and China, Japan, and Stephen Harper, who is Canada's PM, and Britins PM.

Gradient tweening is ORGASMIC.

happyharry pfft what a fag

But he always remembers to wear a condom.

where abouts in the UK are you from? you sound really upper class.

So I'm not the only one to have used this (although I didn't bother to come up with a sexy name for it). As you said, It's great for sunsets, but I can't do the trippy 3D effect without spending hours on doing about 50 gradients because I only have Flash MX.

Thanks for the tutorial, and I hope some other people will use this, (I expect to see several thousand "MAI OWRSUM TWEEN" flashes come out soon as a result of this,) but there may be something good...

Narwhals has 1337 reviews, check it out.

totaly man

I had a loop on, like, 200 times

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