Using Tweener for Scripted Animations

Andrew Trice

Whenever adding effects to Flex applications, I usually user the built-in Flex effects. They work with most flex components, are consistent, and are reliable. However, in cases where you want your application to be very expressive, they don't always act like you want them to. In those cases, I use Tweener, an animation "tween" library for ActionScript. In this post, we'll walk through a basic example using Tweener.

• View example in a new window
• Download source code
• View source code

Resources:

• http://www.insideria.com/2009/03/using-tweener-for-scripted-ani.html
• http://code.google.com/p/tweener/
• http://hosted.zeh.com.br/tweener/docs/en-us/
• http://hosted.zeh.com.br/tweener/docs/en-us/misc/transitions.html

IMAGE:

TweenLite (AS3) - A Lightweight (3K) and FAST Tweening Engine

TweenLite is an extremely lightweight, FAST, and flexible tweening engine that serves as the core of the GreenSock tweening platform. There are plenty of other tweening engines out there to choose from, so here's why you might want to consider TweenLite:

• Download source code

Resources:

• http://blog.greensock.com/tweenliteas3/

IMAGE: