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1. • CommentAuthorventolinmono
   • CommentTimeJul 10th 2009

    
   Hi
   
   Is there a way to use animated particles that are emitted from an animated movie clip or GIF?
   HOW¿?
   Beginner here with AS3 and Flash.
   
   Good
2. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeJul 11th 2009

    
   Hi
   
   Export the MovieClip as a class, then set the class as the ImageClass for the particles.
   
   See the flocking example for an example of this - the bird image is a MovieClip (in this case not an animated one, but the code would be the same if it was).
3. • CommentAuthorventolinmono
   • CommentTimeJul 15th 2009 edited

    
   Thanks Richard
   
   It was easy after i learned how to make a class out of my movieClip on the linkage properties of the library.
   Here's a preview: Animated Flocking.
   
   Will post finished swf on Show and Tell.
4. • CommentAuthorAbattoirRouge
   • CommentTimeAug 11th 2009

    
   Hello, I've just started looking into using Flint, and I was interested in animated particles too. I tried to add frames to the "bird" movieclip in the flocking example, but it still only shows the first frame when I run it. Am I missing something? I got the impression from this thread that I didn't need to change anything past the movieclip itself.
   
   Thanks.
5. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeAug 12th 2009 edited

    
   Hi
   
   You also need to modify the export, in the library item's linkage properties, so that the export class extends flash.display.MovieClip rather than flash.display.Sprite.
6. • CommentAuthorAbattoirRouge
   • CommentTimeAug 12th 2009

    
   Ahhh, I totally didn't notice that. Thanks.
   
   Glad to see it was just something simple.