how to setup a Desaturation Tween

ahh, well that wasn't the most clever manuever. but i can also say that i've had more than my share of rock-head errors.

you need to remove the dotted line. that's not bonafide actionscript. that will stop the error message.

and the movieclip.prototype code should be place before any code that uses the prototype.

ohh damn it.... the error was because i didnt remove the dotted line... =(
i knoew i was doing something stupid.

but im still not getting anything happening tho..

Im gonna mess aound with it abit more.
I bet im doing something stupid again..

send me a link to your fla that results in that error message.

WOW.. with this code i dont think i'll even need the _alpha Tween you helped with before...

How did you get so AS smart?? tell me your secret dude.. was it something you eat?? maybe drink??

I wish i could just download your AS knowledge...even at dialup speed, i'll wait the 2 full months to get all the knowledge you have, i dont care.. =P

but anyway, im getting an error from line 4.
I dont know what the assignment operator is, my best guess would be that MovieClip needs to be changed somehow..

the error code is...

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 4: Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.
MovieClip.prototype.colorFadeF = function(rgb1, a1, rgb2, a2, speed, steps) {

Hmm... this means i've had it right for a while now.. except for the clearInterval() part..

when i was clearing the interval, i was clearing it from ( r ) because i was seeing it as one big 6 digit number.
i wasnt looking at it as 3 separate 2 digit numbers.. but this makes sence tho.

im calling to this function the same time im calling the swapDepths() and alpha tween, which makes this transition quite slow, so i changed the incrementation from 01 to 10.
makes it abit harder to hit the target max number, but it's nice n fast now.

now comes my next part...have to make this run in reverse
( i know, i know....i want too much..) but hey..thats what a designer does right? =)

this would be a good place to have this as one of those functions where you can specify the params for it.. I might look into that before trying to write this in reverse.

wish me luck =P
and thanx again..=)

you're welcome sketchsta. and congrats on the semis!!!

I marked this as the answer because everything KGLAD said is the answer, but with different techniques.

So... read it. =)

Thanx kglad.
and Yes, trying to learn alot of things at one time is disastrous to my brain. =)

I learn AS according to what ideas i get for websites. and alot of times i come here to ask how, and if theres better ways of doing it.
I guess thats why i dont know anything about Arrays, Loading from XML, external as files, creating variables, etc.. because all i can think about is how to do it in the Actions Pannel. =)

I gave up learning almost everything else except Actionscript. I see too many things that AS can do, and i LOVE it.
and this forum is the biggest help. Especially since stupid Australia doesnt sell AS2.0 books. No store around my area sells them.

Ohh by the way, if you're a Manchester Utd fan... we won this morning against Roma, 6 - 1
We're in the Semi's =)

anyway, back to work.. gonna finish this navigation transitions, and get started on the pages.
Thanx again kglad, always the AS Genius! =)

no, go for it. noone offers help here and expects their revealed techniques to be proprietary.

like everything else, there should be no rush to learn everything. learn what you can and keep trying. even if you can only learn a little at any one time, if you stick with something long enough, you'll become an expert.

hmm... i think i understand it now. I can follow along when i read it. But i will need alot of practice on this before i would be able to make another function like yours.

Im slowly starting to write bigger and fairly complex ( complex for me ) functions, so i think i will have to make the most of creating variables like you do. The problem is, im not fluent enough in AS yet to think ahead.

thanx for the info on setInterval(), i just found it.
theres abit to read and try on there, so it's gonna have to wait abit, while im learning tweens, and trying to adopt your methods of writing functions.
hope you dont mind. =P