flash transition

[Art]

I'm trying to do a tween on a website like the one at www.patcummings.com.
Specifically i want just the center part of the carosel to change from light
blue to dark blue. Not sure how this was done originally. I've tried just
using the center circle but i can't get the blue to tween like it's done on
the site. Any approaches or ideas how to do something like this are greatly
appreciated.

Art

[Trigger]

Use an alpha tween.

1) Create a light blue filled circle.
2) Copy the light blue filled circle and paste it in place (shift+control+v)
on a new layer above the original filled circle
3) Change the fill color of the new circle dark blue
4) Make both filed circles movieclips
5) Set the alpha level of the dark blue circle 0 in frame 1. This is done
with the properties window at the bottom of the screen by
selecting the color dropdown and choosing alpha.
6) Put keyframes at frame 12 on both layers
7) In the keyframe at frame 12 in the dark blue circle layer, make the alpha
80%(experiment with what looks good to you)
8) create a motion tween in the dark blue circle layer.

I watched the patcummings.com intro several times and it looks like the
center part is an alpha tweened square section of
the original carosel. Very cool effect.

HTH,
Tim

Post by Art
I'm trying to do a tween on a website like the one at www.patcummings.com.
Specifically i want just the center part of the carosel to change from
light blue to dark blue. Not sure how this was done originally. I've
tried just using the center circle but i can't get the blue to tween like
it's done on the site. Any approaches or ideas how to do something like
this are greatly appreciated.
Art