I had 20 minutes to kill last night while waiting for Google Analytics to update. I asked myself, “Self, wouldn’t it be fun to just play around and try to hammer the crap out of the Flash Player?” This movie requires Flash Player 9 I replied, “yes”.Read More

The Interactive Peacock Challenge is over. Got some great submissions and, as always, some folks went above and beyond. Come on in to see how its done.Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 I was recently asked by a youtube subscriber how I made the animation I used in the TwitterSpitter. Here is a quick code walk-through. I think most of you will do fine just grabbing the source files. Enjoy.Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Here we go, the last technique in my Bullet-Proof TimelineMax Transitions series. This technique allows you to have a unique animate out sequence for each section as well as do the reverse from the previous technique. Notice in the swf above that if you click to go to a...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 This Bullet-Proof TimelineMax Transition which I call the Reverse Out, tells the current section’s build sequence to play quickly in reverse before introducing the next section. Click a few buttons in the swf above to get the idea. To learn more jump on in.Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Here is an example of the first Bullet-Proof TimlineMax Page Transition. This technique allows you to jump directly to the beginning animation of any section/page you are introducing from any point in the timeline. This is the leanest and meanest of the three techniques I will be discussing. The...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Here’s a little preview of where we are headed. I’ve been experimenting a lot with TimelineMax page transitions. I have come up with 3 approaches that I’m excited to share with you. Click around in the swf above and notice how if a section is building and you choose...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Click the buttons to see Fred traverse along his simple path. TimelineMax allows you to create amazing animation sequences. With the addLabel() and tweenTo() methods you can easily navigate to any part of a timeline. This simple example will open the door to a world of opportunities with much...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Here is a super slick effect that takes very little effort. Plug 3 tweens into TimelineMax and you’re off to the races! Forget the Flash timeline and those horrible new Motion Tweens. We’ll touch on some extra goodies like the immediateRender property and visible plugin. Watch The VideoRead More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 So here it is. A step by step walkthrough of using TimelineMax to control the sequenced animation of hundreds of items. Here I’m using bubbles, but this code can be easily adapted for twinkling stars, falling snow, or leaping frogs. If you watch all three parts I guarantee you...Read More