TimelineMax - Dynamic labels on insertMultiple

[martis]

Hi guys,

 

I want to create 1 Master Timeline (MT) with multiple timelines sequenced within that MT.

 

I want to be able to jump between these nested timelines (skip forward and skip backward).

 

My question is:

 

How can I give each of them a label while still using insertMultiple to the MT so I can use getLabelAfter() and getLabelBefore()?

 

I have tried getActive() on the MT and tried restart/complete on the active timeline, but have had wonky results with future timelines running. I think the gotoAndPlayLabel would be the safest bet?

 

Thanks!

[martis]

My first round solution looks like this:

 

sequence = [moveRight, moveDown, expand];

for(var i:uint = 0; i < sequence.length; i++) {

				var label : String = TimelineMax(sequence[i]).vars.name;
				MT.addLabel(label, MT.duration);
				MT.insert(sequence[i], label);

		}

 

MT is my main timelinemax instance.

moveRight, moveDown, and expand are TimelineMax instances. I gave those instances names in the var object and used that to create frame labels...

 

It's working great so far, but any other methods are welcome. Thanks!

[Carl]

Hi Martis, that solution looks real solid.

 

I don't think there is really an "official" way to do something like that, so if it works for you I would say stick with it.

 

I have 2 tutorials that might help you with navigating through TimelineMax based animation:

 

1: This tutorial is based on the way the greensock homepage animation was built with each section or slide of animation being in a separate class file. each section shares similar animateIn and animateOut methods so it makes it real easy to chain them all together into 1 sequence:

 

http://www.snorkl.tv/2011/05/real-world ... ase-study/

 

2: This tutorial focuses on adding really smooth transitions between sections.

http://www.snorkl.tv/2011/03/teaser-bul ... ansitions/

 

if you combined these 2 tutorials with your dynamic merge maneuver you could have something really neat.

[GreenSock]

I have a neat little tip for you guys: if you insert() a tween/timeline and define a label (the 2nd parameter) but the label doesn't exist yet, it will automatically place that label at the end of the timeline and then insert the tween/timeline. So you could shorten your code to this:

 

sequence = [moveRight, moveDown, expand];

for(var i:int = 0; i        MT.insert(sequence[i], sequence[i].vars.name);
}

[Carl]

That's a nifty trick. very cool. thanks!