HummingBird for Flash Launches Making 3D Z Parallax Mouse Movement Easy

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HummingBird is a free open source Flash Class that lets you easily make a MovieClip hover as you move your mouse around.  This shows a 3D parallax effect when your clip has nested clips with different z properties set.

HummingBird is available at http://hummingbirdflash.wordpress.com and is part of a series of advanced open source interface classes by inventor Dan Zen called Flash Feathers at http://flashfeathers.wordpress.com. Have a look over the sample CODE and VIDEO.

SETUP

  • Make a holder MovieClip on the stage
  • Add other MovieClips, TextFields, etc.
  • Set their z depth property in the properties pannel
  • Increase the scale of your clips if you need to
  • Make a new HummingBird object
  • Pass the holder clip and movement parameters

That’s it!  The holder clip will float around as you move your mouse. Very handy ;-)

FRIENDS AND DONATIONS
Please let us know if you use HummingBird and we will add you to the Friends area at left.  If you use Robin for a commercial venture and would care to donate that would be super!

karmatja

FEATHERS
HummingBird is one of a selection of open source solutions called Flash Feathers available at http://flashfeathers.wordpress.com.

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Dan Zen

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