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Macromedia Flash Animation – Bitmap Blur ...

Bitmap Blur Method
This blur method achieves the same effect and is useful with more complex images. It requires that you export the im …

Advanced Character Animation in Macromedia Fla ...

Advanced Character Animation in Macromedia FlashSome characters come together more easily than others. It’s as if they were meant …

Building Preloaders and Progress Bars in Macro ...

Building Preloaders and Progress Bars in Macromedia FlashOne of the unique features of web content built with Macromedia Flash is the a …

What to Think About When Designing Your Preloa ...

What to Think About When Designing Your Preloader
As I mentioned above, the Flash preloader does not always have to be a rectangular ba …

Putting Theory into Practice: An Example

Putting Theory into Practice: An Example
If you haven’t already downloaded the sample files, download and open them now. There is …

Loading Additional Content

Loading Additional Content
If you want to reuse this preloader to load additional content once the user is in the site, all you have to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Flash 8 Best Practices

Macromedia Flash designers and developers must structure applications in a way that is intuitive and beneficial to themselves as well a …

Structuring FLA Files

Structuring FLA Files
Creating FLA files that are consistent makes it easier to work with Flash on a regular basis. It is not uncommon …

Organizing ActionScript in an Application

Organizing ActionScript in an Application
One of the most important aspects about programming is consistency, whether it relates to var …

Behaviors Conventions

Behaviors Conventions
Behaviors are prewritten code snippets that can be instantly added to parts of a FLA file. The introduction of be …

Screens Conventions

Screens Conventions
Screens let you organize and develop applications using a unique way of arranging assets, which can dramatically re …

Video Conventions

Video Conventions
The use of video in Flash 8 has improved from earlier versions of Flash, and the number of websites using FLV has dra …

Projects and Version Control Guidelines

Projects and Version Control Guidelines
Projects in Flash introduce a way for members on a team to work together on a single Flash appl …

Guidelines for Creating Flash Applications

Guidelines for Creating Flash Applications
The best way to create different Flash applications depends on the application you create an …

Guidelines for Accessibility in Flash

Guidelines for Accessibility in Flash
Screen readers are complex, and you can easily encounter unexpected results in FLA files develope …

Advertising with Flash

Advertising with Flash
Many opportunities exist for creating interactive and engaging advertisements using SWF files. Adobe recommends …

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