A History of Flash Detection Methods Now, I’d like to give you a brief history of some of the methods developers have used to per …
Using Flash 8 to Create Effective Detection Experiences Well, folks, today is a good day: The search is over. The wheel has been invent …
Flash Player Detection Kit The Flash Player Detection Kit helps developers implement robust player detection for a variety of deploy …
Designing the Perfect Flash Detection Experience Using the detection script discussed earlier, you will now be able to make sure that u …
Implementing Flash Player Express Install The following tutorial describes how to implement the Flash Player Express Install mechanism. …
Using the External API for Flash–JavaScript CommunicationGetting the functionality you want out of your Flash application often requi …
How do I let local Flash content communicate with the Internet? Macromedia’s goal is to put users in control of their own data a …
Security Changes in Flash Player 8 In Flash Player 8 Macromedia has changed the security model that’s applied to local Flash cont …
Flash Player 8 security changes Here are the security-related limitations in Flash Player 8 compared to the previous version: Local sa …
Macromedia Flash is everywhere. No seriously, it is everywhere. Not only is Flash used for online and offline movies, websites, games, …
Setting Up the Stage for Video Let’s start with the basics. Open a new Flash document and then select Modify > Document (Contr …
Ensuring Title and Action Safety Televisions do not generally display the entire width and height of your movie. They show a smaller po …
Using Safe Colors The computer monitor you are looking at as you read this article is designed to display the full range of 256 RGB col …
Handling Movie Clips and Graphic Symbols Exporting Flash projects to video format requires everything to be on the main Timeline. Graph …
Exporting to Video Your movie is now ready for exporting. You have the right aspect ratio, frame rate, and colors, and everything is on …
Handling Audio If your Flash project contains any audio, there are some important technical details you need to consider. Quality is im …
Exporting Dynamic Content with SWF2Video I know I said earlier that when you author content for video, avoid dynamic content completely …
Using Bitmap Caching in FlashAs most of you know, Flash began as a tool for creating vector animations on the web. Flash Player was des …
How Bitmap Caching Works When you turn on bitmap caching for any given movie clip, the player converts the contents of the movie clip i …
When to Use Bitmap Caching If used correctly, bitmap caching can dramatically reduce the amount of updating instructions that the rende …