Integrating Flash Animations – Preparing ...

Preparing Your Animations
Generally, you can use all types of SWF files in RoboDemo movies, including those you create in Macromedia Fl …

Using the Toon Boom Studio™ importer for Mac ...

Using the Toon Boom Studio™ importer for Macromedia Flash MX
Now that you have maximized using Toon Boom Studio™ by creating cinema …

Integrating Flash Animations – Inserting ...

Inserting Basic Animations
When inserting an animation into your movie, you first need to decide whether you wish to display the animat …

Scripting the dialog in Macromedia Flash MX

Scripting the dialog in Macromedia Flash MX
The script that plays back the text and the beeping in the dialog box consists of two parts …

Best Practices for Porting Flash Animation to ...

Best Practices for Porting Flash Animation to Mobile Phones with Flash LiteLast November I attended the Macromedia MAX conference in Ne …

Integrating Flash Animations – Inserting ...

Inserting Animation Frames
In this first example you’ll insert some Flash SWF files into a RoboDemo movie as animation frames to …

Bringing cinematic shots to the web – Ha ...

Bringing cinematic shots to the web – Happy trails
We’ve come to the end of our exploration of the creation of cinematic, i …

From Tweening to Hand-tuning – Technique ...

From Tweening to Hand-tuning—Technique Matters
Flash was originally created as a 2D (character) animation tool, at a time when compu …

Integrating Flash Animations – Inserting ...

Inserting Animations
In this second example, you’ll insert a Flash SWF file into a RoboDemo movie as an animation to produce this …

Flash Game Programming Wiki

Flash Game Programming WikiFlash game programmers are probably already aware of the FlashGameCoders web site and the corresponding mail …

Creating Experiences for the Small Screen

Creating Experiences for the Small Screen
Before you get started, you have to realize how small the screen you’re targeting reall …

Interactive and Nonlinear Animations

Interactive and Nonlinear Animations
Up until now the animations have been simple linear animations that play straight through from fra …

What is Flash Game Programming

I want to be a game programmer!
Most of todays commercially popular games are huge monsters that are deployed on several CD’s or …

Repurposing Existing Content

Repurposing Existing Content
You can always start from scratch, and the tips and tricks in this article should help you to get off to a …

3D ActionScript

3D ActionScript
With all of the background information out of the way, it is time to begin building our 3D engine. In the example FLA f …

Review of finished 3D movie

Review of finished 3D movie
Here’s what the final movie looks like with some sample 3D objects:

Move your mouse over the movie t …

3D performance considerations

3D performance considerations
You’ve got the code you need to get started on your own projects. Now here’s some tips and th …

Overview of ActionScript 2.0

Overview of ActionScript 2.0
ActionScript has been rewritten from the ground up based on the ECMAScript 4 specification. Most noticeabl …

Doing Quaternion Math

Doing Quaternion Math
If you’ve spent any time looking for ways to create 3D objects or scenes you’ve probably encountered …

Constructing 3D Classes

Constructing 3D Classes
This section describes how to construct classes that you can use to create 3D objects and environments in Flash …