| Flash Tutorials » Effects » Glass |
First off we will need to import the image we want to apply this effect to on to the stage, so go to file -> import -> import to stage and locat your image file, I choose a glass of beer.
The aim of the tutorial is to learn how to create a magnifying glass using a very simple piece of code. You will also learn how to attach several Movie clips to the mouse, some move with the mouse and others move in the opposite direction to the mouse. You will also learn how to use masks in Flash MX.
Before you can start you will need something to magnify. This could be a bitmap image such as a Jpeg or Gif. It could also be a vector based image created with the typing or drawing tools in Flash (or in a Graphics program like Freehand, Illustrator, or CorelDraw). The vector based images are best because the file sizes are so small. Having said that they take more time to create as you have to draw every detail.
