Squish effect on a masked bitmap/photo

My app, Head Smoosh! is active in the iTunes store, but i’d like to make it even better.

it allows you to take a photo mask out the head, and then place it on a pre-drawn body background. you can then pinch it and basically eplode the head.

I was hoping to have the masked out head squish, but all we’ve been able to do is zoom the image, and then explode it when it hits a specific threshold.

any pointers would be much appreciated. [import]uid: 80250 topic_id: 18089 reply_id: 318089[/import]

oh, the link to the app is:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/head-smoosh!/id480762630?mt=8 [import]uid: 80250 topic_id: 18089 reply_id: 69164[/import]

Have you tried reducing the images scale using a transition? [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 18089 reply_id: 69219[/import]

hm. I’ll double check how it is done (didn’t do that part of the code myself) right now, if you pinch the head, it scales both on the x and y equally, based on the amount of pinch. if you hit a threshold, it plays an explosion animation. if you don’t hit that threshold, it kind of bounces back to normal size.

it’d be better if i could have it scale the y axis smaller and the X axis bigger and bounce back. i will have to see if that’s possible as that would result in a more “squishy” effect. especially if i can get it to bounce back in reverse.

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is there a way to return whether the two fingers are aligned vertically or horizontally? [import]uid: 80250 topic_id: 18089 reply_id: 69224[/import]