Open,close (show?hide) interface?

[I.R. Brainiac]

I have an animation that starts with all the controls hidden and when clicked it does its thing and all the controls are exposed.

Works great...set to play once,stop and hide.

How can I reverse the animation set to close and hide the controls?

I tried action_anim_reverse and switch...even tried layer show to get it to at least reset the animation but no luck so far.

I did get a reverse animation layer set to hide the controls(doubles up the layers tho),but it stays on top and you cant get the controls to show again.

Help me............

[pictoratus]

I R, download this skin and see if that is something along the lines of what you want to do, then look at how I did it.

If it's not, I'm not sure what you are trying to do

http://pictoratus.com/psd/OverseerWorking.psd


BTW - That's not a released skin but more a proof of concept. I'm redesigning somethings on it.

[SLoB]

ha, try THIS ps action out (cs2 btw), it creates a toggle button, this is just a basic example and you will need to rename the ids to suit your skin etc..
if you keep all your items that you want to hide/show with the same id then that works better, altho u could either add more modify layers or ids to the modify parameter

this is a show/hide toggle button, you could create some more actions easily to do this sort of stuff
its quicker to press on an action and play it than keep on creating from scratch

you could add in a popup box to ask the id so you can create them etc.. but as i said this is just a basic example

[ForceField]

Why not create a sticky thread wich will include all the tips followed by easy psd(s) that we can download after the explanation.

SLoB,you are by far the most skilled here.Can You help us,please

[SLoB]

I can help where needed, altho cannot create sticky threads, perhaps Cliff can create a couple and then i'll post some sample psds and some ps actions

[I.R. Brainiac]

Yeah Slobman seems to have these commands down...I see the concept now of blank command layers...very powerful,if a bit tricky to fathom at first.

Pic I dl'd your psd and Slob,your action...am on PS 7 but it might not be a prob.

Thanks Xionites.

[I.R. Brainiac]

Ok...between the 2 of you,it werks....
BUT,haha,it takes 2 clicks and the reverse animation seems much faster than forward...I can live with the speed change but the 2 click thing is a drag.

so now what smart guys? seriously,thanks for the help.

And Stephen,I think thats your best werk yet...nice......

[I.R. Brainiac]

Also...the skin loads with the interface already open...default should be closed...
which is what it did before the toggle button.

hmmmmmmm...

[SLoB]

feel free to post/mail your psds, I can check em out if anyone wants to verify anything

when i get some free time I'll knock up a few quick tuts and more ps actions

should only need 1 click to trigger and another to trigger it back

paused works on animation layers, but sometimes requires an extra click, another trick is to put in as the first dummy layer in the animation loop to toggle is a layer that stops the animation, then when Xion starts triggers the 1st layer which is the stop, then it should only be 1 click

[I.R. Brainiac]

Have to read that again,very light headed today...I did get it to default to closed on Xion open ,anim direction was backwards...thanks Slob.

Still have to click twice tho....

[pictoratus]

Michael, are you trying to alternate between 2 different interfaces/panels/layer sets or does one always show and the other appears (or should appear) on first button click and disappear on second button click (That's what the skin I linked does)
I've got another concept skin that alternates between interfaces/panels/layers if you want to see that one

[I.R. Brainiac]

no its just one animation set that reverses on click...but it takes 2 clicks for some reason

[pictoratus]

aah, ... haven't tried using animation forward/reverse yet to see how to use it, just show, hide and switch. I'll be interested to see how it comes out


Oh, and thanks for the compliment on the skin.
Although you may not recognize it when I get done with it.