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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 …

Being organized and prepared

Being organized and prepared

Being organized and prepared
While this article focuses on the implementation of a specific online retail application, several critical …

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 …

Comping your next design in Flash

Comping your next design in Flash

Comping your next design in FlashOur story begins at the start of your interactive online project. You’ve already brainstormed a …

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 …

Following the rules of the code

Following the rules of the code

Following the rules of the code
As an application grows, the value of good code increases. Well-written ActionScript code is easier to …

Drawing in Flash: The Drawing Tools

Drawing in Flash: The Drawing Tools

The Drawing Tools
The Pen Tool
Now that you’ve found the Tools panel, you’re ready to begin. The first tool you’ll us …

Exploring the Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview

Exploring the Flash Professional 9 ActionScrip ...

Exploring the Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview
The Adobe Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview (“AS3 Preview …

Selecting a Flash 8 video encoder

Selecting a Flash 8 video encoder

Selecting a Flash 8 video encoderFlash video is the new JPEG! The release of Flash 8 signaled a milestone for Flash. With this version, …

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 …

Reusing code

Reusing code

Reusing code
Smart developers minimize the amount of code they need to write by reusing existing code—whether written by you, your or …

Drawing in Flash: Drawing a House

Drawing in Flash: Drawing a House

Drawing a House
Open a new document by selecting File > New, selecting Flash Document, and clicking OK.
You’re ready to begin …

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 …

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 …

Writing ActionScript 3.0 in Flash

Writing ActionScript 3.0 in Flash

Writing ActionScript 3.0 in Flash
The Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview is the only development environment that allows you …

Coordinating multiple developers

Coordinating multiple developers

Coordinating multiple developers
Multideveloper projects present unique challenges. Because the Flash source FLA file format is binary, …

Drawing in Flash: Completing the Scene

Drawing in Flash: Completing the Scene

Completing the Scene
Making sure you’re on the Windows layer of your timeline, draw a few windows. Hold the Shift key down to mak …

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. …

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 …

Creating clickable and draggable shapes

Creating clickable and draggable shapes

Creating clickable and draggable shapes
In this example, you’ll explore some of the new features in the Flash Professional 9 Acti …

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