How to reuse tweens [SOLVED]

[fs_tigre]

Hi,

 

Excuse my ignorance but what would be the best way to reuse my tweens? In other words I have some tweens and I would like to apply them to multiple movieClips (mc1, mc2, mc3, mc4...) without having to re-write my tweens over and over.

 

I know this is more of an actionscript question but if someone can halp me to minimize the amount of code it would be great.

 

 

TweenLite.to(mc1, .8, {x:300});
TweenLite.to(mc1, 1, {delay:.8, scaleX:2,scaleY:2,overwrite:0});
TweenLite.to(mc1, 1, {delay:2.1, scaleX:1,scaleY:1,overwrite:0});
TweenLite.to(mc1, .8, {delay:2.9, x:560,overwrite:0});
TweenMax.to(mc1, .1, {delay:1.6, glowFilter:{color:0x91e600,alpha:1, blurX:5,
                                    blurY:5,strength:10},remove:true,overwrite:0});

 

I would like to use this set of tweens for mc2, mc3 etc.

 

Thanks

[GreenSock]

I'd recommend creating a function that does it for you and you simply pass in the mc as a variable. You could even create the sequence in a TimelineLite instance so that you could control the entire thing as a whole for each mc. Like:

 

function buildAnimation(mc:DisplayObject):TimelineLite {
   var timeline:TimelineLite = new TimelineLite();
   timeline.append( TweenLite.to(mc1, .8, {x:300}) );
   timeline.append( TweenLite.to(mc, 1, {scaleX:2, scaleY:2}) );
   timeline.append( TweenLite.to(mc, 1, {scaleX:1,scaleY:1}), 0.3);
   timeline.append( TweenLite.to(mc, .8, {x:560}), -0.2);
   timeline.insert( TweenMax.to(mc, .1, {glowFilter:{color:0x91e600, alpha:1, blurX:5, blurY:5, strength:10, remove:true}}), 1.6);
   return timeline;
}

 

Then, to create the same animation sequence for mc1, mc2, and mc3, you'd do:

 

var t1:TimelineLite = buildAnimation(mc1);
var t2:TimelineLite = buildAnimation(mc2);
var t3:TimelineLite = buildAnimation(mc3);

 

And then you can easily control each sequence as a whole like t1.pause(), t1.resume(), t1.reverse(), t1.play(), or t1.restart().

 

If you're not familiar with TimelineLite, you can read more at

[fs_tigre]

Thanks a lot! This is exactly what I was looking for.