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On the new Opus 4.5 Cd splashscreen there is a moving panorama of clouds. Can this be done within Opus 4.5 without QuickTIme VR? All of the programs I see to create QTVR are very expensive. I have seen this done in Swish using actionscript, this is located here http://www.swishzone.com/movies.phpdo=p ... nk_id=2182 for those who are interested. I also would like to do this without having to use a flash object within Opus.

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

This effect was achieved by cropping the source image to the size of the publication (800 x 600 pixels), then applying Paint Shop Pro 9's Seamless Tiling filter allowing two copies of the image to be placed side-by-side with no visible join. I believe that many other image editors (including the freeware GIMP editor - http://www.gimp.org ) offer a similar effect.

I then created a new, blank publication in Opus, added an Image object which filled the whole page and set this object to the seamless image I created in Paint Shop Pro. I then duplicated this image object and placed the duplicate outside the boundary of the page, aligned to the right-hand edge of the original object.

I now applied the following actions to the page:

On Show
Simultaneous Action Group
Move Horizontal Image 1
Move Horizontal Image 2

I set both Move Horizontal actions to the following settings:

Duration: 10.00 secs
Across: -800 pixels
Repeat: Continuously
At End: Reset

You should now find that both images scroll to the left creating a continuous scrolling effect.

I have attached the original sky image used in the Opus Presenter 04.50, Opus Pro 04.50 and Opus Pro XE 04.50 installation menus.

Kind regards,

As usual wonderfully done, Robin.

Thanks!

not quite the same I don't think (since I haven't seen the example you mention), but have a look at the little landscape on the bottom of this page.

http://macsnapper.com/flash/flash.html

The long landscape image is in an even longer frame which extends beynd the boundaries of the page. Hidden buttons on the left and right over the image use a bounce animation directed to left or right with stop at end to move the image within the frame.

..and yes - I will change the title Flash tests to Flex tests when I get a chance!