Creating an analog clock with ActionScript usi ...

Creating an analog clock with ActionScript using no design tools whatsoever!
I am most pleased to be able to show you how to create an …

Animated gradient bar button with transparency ...

Making great-looking multicolored bar buttons with transparency, shadow and gradient effects in Flash 8
Before starting, please note th …

Make a professional-looking awesome button

26. With the text field still selected, hit F8 to convert it to a symbol. Make sure to select Movie clip as type and not button. Call i …

Using Bitwise Operators

Using Bitwise Operators
Before you begin reading this section, you might want to download the source files linked to on the first page …

Using Bitwise Operators: Extracting Color Chan ...

Extracting Color Channels
When I first started messing around with manipulating colors in Flash 5, I couldn’t figure out a simple …

Using Bitwise Operators: Manipulating Color Ch ...

Manipulating Color Channels
Color channel values are simply integers that range from 0 (0×00) to 255 (0xFF). As such, you can use …

Flash 8 Documentation: getColorBoundsRect (Bit ...

getColorBoundsRect (BitmapData.getColorBoundsRect method)

public getColorBoundsRect(mask:Number, color:Number, [findColor:Boolean]) : …

Flash 8 Documentation: threshold (BitmapData.t ...

threshold (BitmapData.threshold method)

public threshold(sourceBitmap:BitmapData, sourceRect:Rectangle, destPoint:Point, operation:Str …

Masking for BitmapData Methods

Masking for BitmapData Methods
Two methods of the BitmapData object accept bit masks as parameters: Threshold and getColorBoundsRect. I …

Using Bitwise Operators: Binary Basics

Binary Basics
In everyday life, you deal with numbers using a base 10, or decimal, representation. This means that each digit in the nu …

Introducing True Alpha Video in Flash 8

Introducing True Alpha Video in Flash 8
Video support in Flash is nothing new. In Flash 8, however, video support has been improved dra …

So How Does This All Work?

So How Does This All Work?
Alpha video in Flash 8 is now available thanks to the incorporation of the On2 VP6 video codec in Flash Pla …

Keying 101

Keying 101
This section looks at one of the simplest ways to key video for use with Flash 8. The sample files that accompany this artic …

Importing and Using Alpha Video

Importing and Using Alpha Video
Now that you have your new alpha video file, import it into Flash. The new video import wizard in Flash …

Flash Video Learning Guide

Macromedia Flash video lets you easily put video on a web page in a format that almost anyone can view. This guide provides an introduc …

Capturing and Encoding Video

Before you can add on-demand (prerecorded) video to your web page, you must acquire the video and encode it, which involves converting …

Delivery Options for Flash Video

Embedding Video Within SWF files
Since the introduction of Flash MX and Flash Player 6, multimedia developers have been able to embed v …

Broadcasting Live Video

The basic idea of broadcasting a live video stream using Macromedia Flash video is the same as the basic idea of streaming on-demand (p …

Technical Overview of Video Standards

This appendix explains the basic concepts and usage of video parameters and standards.
Video Standards: NTSC and PAL
The video that you …

Flash Video Template: Spokesperson Presentatio ...

Spokesperson Presentation with Synchronized Graphics
The synchronized text/video presentation Flash file shows a great example of bring …