Performance Issues and How to Resolve Them It’s no secret that devices are slower than desktop computers. In the case of Flash co …
Sound and How It Affects Playback Audio is a very important element of an animation like “2001.” We could have saved oursel …
Bitmap Images Versus Vector Graphics Bitmap images improve performance, because they are rendered already. The caveat is that they will …
Memory, Memory, Memory The biggest enemy when creating Flash Lite content is not performance, but running out of memory. I touched on t …
A powerful and often underutilized feature of RoboDemo is its ability to use Macromedia Flash animations within movies. By including Fl …
Preparing Your Animations Generally, you can use all types of SWF files in RoboDemo movies, including those you create in Macromedia Fl …
Inserting Basic Animations When inserting an animation into your movie, you first need to decide whether you wish to display the animat …
Inserting Animation Frames In this first example you’ll insert some Flash SWF files into a RoboDemo movie as animation frames to …
Inserting Animations In this second example, you’ll insert a Flash SWF file into a RoboDemo movie as an animation to produce this …
Interactive and Nonlinear Animations Up until now the animations have been simple linear animations that play straight through from fra …
Pausing the RoboDemo Movie while Playing the Animation Pausing the RoboDemo movie while the animation plays is easy; you simply instruc …
Playing the RoboDemo Movie and Animation Concurrently Having the RoboDemo movie continue playing while the interactive animation is dis …
Integrating Flash Animations - Summary In this article you’ve seen how to add simple linear animations and control their playback …
Bringing cinematic shots to the webWeb animations and interactive web games help you create immersive environments that engage audience …
Bringing cinematic shots to the web - Setting the Stage Before directors can film a scene, they must set up their characters and props …
Bringing cinematic shots to the web - Camera moves Now that you’ve got the actors laid out, you are ready to design a “multipla …