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This quick video demonstration will show you how to make a super easy interactive map with Flash. This is the super basic beginner version.
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So here is just quick tip on getting MovieClips that have their alpha adjusted to look better. The alpha bug is most apparent during fades. Watch the video and see.
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Suppose your client gives you a photo of a phone with it’s keyboard expanded and they want you to animate it opening and closing. In a perfect world you have 2 images. One of the phone and one of just the keyboard. Not today. By using the pen tool to create a very accurate mask we can reveal or hide parts of an image. This will allow us to create 2 independent images out of one.
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Sometime’s you have to start small. In order to harness the true power of the Pen Tool in Flash you have to obey a few strict rules. Watching this video should take some of the mystery and frustration out of using this annoying tool.
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This HD video is a fun little demonstration showing how easy it can be to create a highly effective logo with just two of Flash’s built-in drawing tools. Along the way you will see how to use guides, a few keyboard shortcuts, and shape combining techniques to enhance your workflow.
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This quick video tutorial will show you how to use Safari’s Activity Window to see all the files loaded into your browser. Using this technique you can literally grab any image that is dynamically loaded into a swf. Works great for also grabbing xml, javascript and css from any website that you view!
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This video tutorial will show you how to make a Flash movie loop a certain number of times. With very basic ActionScript you can literally count how many times your animation has played and stop when the counter reaches a certain point.
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So you’ve created the perfect button with cool up over and down states. Now you want to use that button many times, but OH NO! you’re text is in the button! No Worries, Duplicate Symbol to the rescue!
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This video explores they mystery behind those symbols that Flash automatically creates when you try to tween the untweenable. Watch this video to learn why Flash does this and most importantly what you can do to avoid it! [read more…]
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