The Phantom Reference

Do you know that you can create cool and realistic effects using the open source Flex SDK? Here is the one that I created to simulate a heart beat with minimal MXML and ActionScript.

A little bit of elasticity and rotation along with the correct timing will bring the heart to life!  Here is the code:

<mx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
			import mx.effects.easing.*;
		
			private var beatSync:Boolean = true;
		
			private function beatHeart():void {
	                    beatEffect.end();	
	                    rotateEffect.end();                
	                
	                    //Init the beat effect
	                    beatEffect.xFrom = heart.x;
	                    beatEffect.yFrom = heart.y;
	                
	                    if(beatSync){
	                	//beat it
	                	beatEffect.xTo=beatEffect.xBy=heart.x+1;
	                	beatSync = false;
	                    }
	                    else{
	                	beatEffect.xTo=beatEffect.xBy=heart.x-1;	
	                	beatSync = true;
	                    }
	                
	                    beatEffect.play();
	                    rotateEffect.play();
	                }
		]]>
</mx:Script>	
	
<mx:Move id="beatEffect" duration="600" target="{heart}" 
         easingFunction="Elastic.easeOut" repeatCount="0"/>
<mx:Rotate id="rotateEffect" target="{heart}" duration="700" 
         angleTo="1" repeatCount="0"/>

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