‘Macromedia Flash’ Category

Primary third-party options

Primary third-party options

Primary third-party options
If you want the advantages of a dedicated Flash 8 video encoding application, your primary options are On2 …

Odds and ends – Selecting a Flash 8 video encoder

Odds and ends – Selecting a Flash 8 vide ...

Odds and ends
Most of you will select an encoder after evaluating quality of output, preprocessing, and batch processing capabilities. …

Developing Flash websites using progressive enhancement

Developing Flash websites using progressive en ...

Developing Flash websites using progressive enhancementAlthough Adobe Flash Player is one of the most widely distributed web clients av …

The mechanics of progressive enhancement

The mechanics of progressive enhancement

The mechanics of progressive enhancement
Let’s take a look under the hood to see how to apply it and how much effort it really ta …

Creating accessible content

Creating accessible content

Creating accessible content
While the term “accessibility” is often used to specifically indicate content that is accessibl …

Creating search engine–friendly content

Creating search engine–friendly content

Creating search engine–friendly content
Semantic markup is a key element in creating search engine–friendly content. You can see it …

Examining a complete progressive enhancement workflow

Examining a complete progressive enhancement w ...

Examining a complete progressive enhancement workflow
At Refunk we use the following workflow when we apply progressive enhancement to …

Animation Killer Tips for Flash MX 2004 – Prebuilt Animations

Animation Killer Tips for Flash MX 2004 – ...

Prebuilt Animations
There are a lot of Flash programs out there that have built-in animations and are designed solely to let people ani …

Animation Killer Tips for Flash MX 2004 – More Tips

Animation Killer Tips for Flash MX 2004 – ...

Custom Easing
Setting the Ease value of a tween in the Property inspector is very effective for making some more interesting animations …

Animation Killer Tips for Flash MX 2004 – Still More Tips

Animation Killer Tips for Flash MX 2004 – ...

Still More Tips
Animation to Symbol
Nesting is placing animations inside symbols and symbols in symbols and so on…. It’s always …

Animation: Flash Shape Tweening Techniques

Animation: Flash Shape Tweening Techniques

Animation – Flash Shape Tweening TechniquesWould you like to move an object around while changing its shape? Are you interested i …

Drawing and Animating a Character in Macromedia Flash MX 2004

Drawing and Animating a Character in Macromedi ...

Drawing and Animating a Character in Macromedia Flash MX 2004Many animators use Macromedia Flash for detailed vector-based animation. O …

Macromedia Flash Animation – Creating Lifelike Motion Blur Effects

Macromedia Flash Animation – Creating Li ...

Remember the first time you learned to use a mouse? Or to tie your shoes? These tasks seem so simple now, but some things are just plai …

Macromedia Flash Animation – Linear Gradient Blur Method

Macromedia Flash Animation – Linear Grad ...

Linear Gradient Blur Method
You probably see it all the time, yet you don’t really “see” it. I’m talking about …

Macromedia Flash Animation – Bitmap Blur Method

Macromedia Flash Animation – Bitmap Blur ...

Bitmap Blur Method
This blur method achieves the same effect and is useful with more complex images. It requires that you export the im …

Advanced Character Animation in Macromedia Flash

Advanced Character Animation in Macromedia Fla ...

Advanced Character Animation in Macromedia FlashSome characters come together more easily than others. It’s as if they were meant …

What to Think About When Designing Your Preloader

What to Think About When Designing Your Preloa ...

What to Think About When Designing Your Preloader
As I mentioned above, the Flash preloader does not always have to be a rectangular ba …

Putting Theory into Practice: An Example

Putting Theory into Practice: An Example

Putting Theory into Practice: An Example
If you haven’t already downloaded the sample files, download and open them now. There is …

Loading Additional Content

Loading Additional Content

Loading Additional Content
If you want to reuse this preloader to load additional content once the user is in the site, all you have to …

Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's Introduction to the Flash MX 2004 Drawing Tools

Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's Introductio ...

Drawing in Flash: A Beginner’s Introduction to the Flash MX 2004 Drawing ToolsThe purpose of this exercise is to gain a basic und …

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