| January 26, 2010 |
Here are 6 freely available ebooks covering 5 Adobe applications as
linked here. These are Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, and
Dreamweaver.
Adobe Application eBooks:
- Photoshop
Quick Reference ebook
- Adobe
Illustrator ebook
- Fireworks ebook
- Flash
MX ebook
- Flash
ebook 2
- Dreamweaver ebook
Popularity: 35% [?]
| October 26, 2009 |
Here are some excellent Flash
and ActionScript References and Cheat Sheets
at appletree’s quick
reference cards. Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform for
adding animation and interactivity to web pages. Flash is commonly used
to integrate video and sound into web pages to create
animation and compelling multimedia presentations. These ActionScript
and Flash reference materials will help you work more efficiently and
effectively with Flash.
These are in pdf and jpg format.
Adobe
Flash Platform Rich Internet Application Development
2.1M
This document provides an insight of the Adobe Flash platform for
creating rich internet applications.
Flash
CS4 OSX Shortcuts
275K
This document discusses the keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Flash on the
OSX platform.
Flash
CS3 Quick Reference 347K
This is a quick reference that details the fundamentals, tools and
keyboard shortcuts of Flash CS3.
Flash
ActionScript quick reference
200K
This document is a quick reference to the operators, program flow
control, global functions, constants and compiler directives in
ActionScript.
Actionscript
3.0 Flash Display 217K
This document discusses the display functions used in ActionScript for
displaying various objects.
Actionscript
3.0 Migration 90K
This is a migration document for converting ActionScript 2.0 code to
ActionScript 3.0.
Actionscript
3.0 Packages 24K
This document provides a list of ActionScript 3.0 packages.
Actionscript
3.0 Top Level 50K
This document provides a brief look at the top level functions of
ActionScript 3.0.
Actionscript
3.0 Migration Cheatsheet 90K
This document acts as a cheatsheet for migration to ActionScript 3.0.
AcitionScript
3.0 Cheatsheet Migration 90K
This document is a quick preference that provides migration information
on migrating applications to ActionScript 3.0.
AcitionScript
3.0 Cheatsheet Top Level 50K
This document provides a top level look at the functions, constants,
classes and arguments used in ActionScript 3.0.
Popularity: 49% [?]
| October 17, 2009 |
I just wrote a post on intelligentedu.com/blogs for 7 Flash ActionScript 3.0 eBooks
that you may want to take a look at if you’re seeking more
information and to learn about Flash ActionScript. Here is the direct link
to these ebooks.
Popularity: 55% [?]
| September 24, 2009 |
These 18 excellent Flash
Tutorials, at tutorialsportal.com, provide users
with a lot of information on the basic and advanced features of Flash
and how to go about working with it. Flash, from Adobe, is a very
popular method for adding animation and enhanced user interaction to
web pages. Flash files are generally created and imported into web
pages. The Flash tutorials below demonstrate how to create effects in
Flash such as glowing lights, flowing water and drawing on paper along
with animations such as shine, a writing pen, and scratchy film
animation. All these Flash tutorials are explained in a simple and easy
to understand format with quick tips and tricks to help quicken the
workflow.
18
Flash Tutorials:
- Scratchy
Film Animation
- Create an
Animated Shine
- Learn
How to Dress
Jessica Rabbit
- Customize
Your
Cursor in 3 Easy Steps
- Animate a
Writing Pen
- Glowing
Christmas Lights
- Create
a ‘Drawing’
Effect in Flash
- Make
an Object Move Along a Path
- How
to Make a Character
Walk
- Water Effect
- Mouse
Cursor Appearance
- Scratchy
Film Animation
- Create an
Animated Shine
- Animate a
Writing Pen
- Glowing
Christmas Lights
- Create
a ‘Drawing’
Effect in Flash
- Make
an Object Move Along a Path
- How
to Make a Character
Walk
Popularity: 23% [?]
| August 27, 2009 |
Here are 12 excellent Flash Tutorials at Adobe
Design Center Dialogbox. Using these Flash tutorials, we look
at how to make things move around and bring interactivity to Flash
movies. In addition to animations, Flash can be used to create complex
multimedia content with interactivity, sound, drop down or scrolling
menus, animated buttons, custom animated cursors and even games. These
Flash tutorials contain a variety of intermediate and advanced
techniques and features of this popular interactive web multimedia
application.
12 Flash Tutorials:
- Adobe
- Flash: Encoding Flash Video
- Achieve
amazing easing effects in Flash
(pdf, 482 kb 10 pages)
- Adobe
- tutorial: Comping your next design in Flash
- Adobe
Design Center – Animator’s toolkit
- Adobe
- Flash CS3 tutorial
: Preparing and building microsites
- Creating
Flash Video from Premiere
- Adobe
- Flash: Encoding Flash Video
- Adobe
Design Center – Creating a talking-head
Flash video
- Adobe
Design Center – Achieve amazing easing
effects in Flash
- How
Interactivity and Storytelling Sell a
Movie (pdf, 1018 Kb, 3 pages)
- Adobe
Design Center – Motion and Digital
Media
- Adobe
Design Center – Video on the web:
Getting started
Popularity: 14% [?]
| July 30, 2009 |
Here are 4 excellent Flash
Tutorials
at California Polytechnic State University. These Flash MX
2004 tutorials will teach you how to use Flash in your applications to
create interactive and animated Web sites. They start off with an
introduction to various Flash interfaces and tools. Then the tutorials
cover many animation and navigation tools that are available in Flash
for your use. After finishing this course of four Flash tutorials you
will be able to create some great applications using this application. These Flash tutorials are in pdf format.
4 Flash Tutorials:
Flash
MX 2004 Interface / Tools Introduction (667 Kb, 18 pages)
This section gives you a basic introduction to the world of Flash
development. Various Flash MX interfaces and tools are explained here
in this section.
- Working with the Timeline
- Moving the playhead
- Frames and keyframes
- Working with layers
- About the Property inspector
- About the Library panel
- Components in the Library panel
- Working with common libraries
- Draw vector art
- Drawing curved paths with the Pen tool
- Adjusting anchor points on paths
- Reshaping using the Selection tool
- Optimizing curves
- About overlapping shapes in Flash
- Erasing
- Transforming objects freely
- Scaling objects
- Add text
- Creating scrolling text
- Aligning objects
- Tweened animation
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Layers in animation
- Creating keyframes
- Representations of animations in the Timeline
- Examples
Flash
MX 2004
Introduction Lesson (644 Kb, 7 pages)
This section explains some of the introductory topics on Flash. Basic
procedures like creating a new document, opening a new document,
defining document properties, creating movie clips, drawing rectangle
are illustrated here.
- Creating a new document
- Open a new document
- Define document properties
- Adding media content
- Add text
- Create a movie clip
- Add text
- Resize with Free Transform tool
- Drawing a rectangle
- Copy / Paste Text
- Common Library
Flash
MX 2004
Animation Lesson (182 Kb, 7 pages)
Here in this third section teaches lessons on animation. The subjects
which are covered in this section are playing with frames, motion
between animation, onion skinning, drawing with pencil tool, creating a
motion tween etc.
- Opening a document
- Opening the library
- Grouping objects
- Frames and keyframes
- Onion skinning
- Creating frame-by-frame animations
- Copying and pasting frames
- Frames and keyframes
- Motion between animation
- Test the application
- Copy / Paste Text
- Drawing ovals
- Create a movie clip
- Grouping objects
- Onion skinning
- Creating frame-by-frame animations
- Copy / Paste Text
- Drawing with the Pencil tool
- Create a movie clip
- Tweening shapes
- Creating a motion tween
Flash
MX Navigation Lesson (27 Kb, 4 pages)
This section helps you to create the over all design (user interface)
and setup home page navigation.
Popularity: 18% [?]
| May 19, 2009 |
These 15
Flash Tutorials and Free
Flash Templates at Metamorphosis Design will help
you get started on and improve your skills with web designing in Flash.
These Flash tutorials explain web site creation in Flash MX 2004, which
include animation, text effects, and customized mouse click actions.
Also discussed are movie creation and other little widgets that can be
easily incorporated into Flash based web sites. The Flash templates
section provides you with free templates that can be downloaded and
used on your web sites.
15
Flash Tutorials:
These Flash tutorials explain basic workflows in Flash MX 2004 to
create and control animation, creating professional preloaders, and
transparency control. The creation of simple Flash widgets such as a
clock and a calculator are also explained.
- Flash
MX 2004 Layers and Animation Explained
- Creating
basic buttons in Flash MX 2004
- Creating
Animated Professional Looking Preloader Step-by-step
in Flash MX 2004
- Adding
and Controlling Music in a Flash Movie.
- Dropdown
Menu in Flash MX 2004
- Customized
Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004
- Customized
Cursor in Flash MX 2004
- Building
Easy Text or Images Scrolling with Flash MX 2004
- Changing
Colors for the Flash Movie in Flash MX 2004
- How
to Change the Movie Visibility Using Action Script in Flash MX 2004
- Drag-and-drop
objects using mouse in Flash MX 2004
- Moving
shapes or objects using keyboard in Flash MX 2004
- Creating
Mask Effect in Flash MX 2004
- Put
Flash Clock on Your Website
- Simple
Flash Calculator in Flash 8
Free
Flash Templates:
These free Flash templates provide templates that users can work with.
The linked tutorials here teach simple Flash activities while working
with the templates, such as opening a Flash file, publishing the Flash
movie, changing text in Flash, and uploading files to a server.
- Installing
Fonts
- Opening
an FLA
file
- Changing
text
in Flash
- Edit
text in
Flash templates
- Assigning
links in Flash
- Publishing
Your Flash Movie
- How
to upload
files to a server
Popularity: 24% [?]
| May 11, 2009 |
Here are 28
Flash Tutorials at SmartWebby that show you how to do animations and code Actionscript
in Flash,
both of which go hand in hand. Animation is an important aspect of
working in Flash as it is used to make rich interactive content for
websites. ActionScript is usually intertwined with almost all animation
in Flash as the control lies in ActionScript code. It is important to
note that some basic animation can be carried out without using
ActionScript, and that ActionScript allows greater control and
flexibility to the animations. These Flash tutorials also cover
advanced topics like outline effects, shape hints, text effects, and
advanced buttons, and using Flash with ASP and VBScript.
Flash
Animation Tutorials:
These Flash tutorials teach the basics of animation, the symbols
allowed and the effects that Flash allows on a symbol.
- Flash
Symbols
- Basics
of Flash Animations
- Creating
Attractive Graphics in Flash
- Advanced
Flash Buttons
- Using
Sound in Flash Buttons
- Cool
& Simple Flash Effects
- Basics
of Using Text in Flash
Flash
Actionscript Tutorials:
These Actionscript tutorials demonstrate how to use ActionScript to
carry out simple
animation such as controlling a movie clip, creating a preloader and
adding sounds to the animation.
- Creating
a Custom Cursor in Flash.
- Starting
&
Stopping Movieclips in Flash
- Displaying
HTML Text in Flash
- Displaying
Time in Flash
- Sound
On/Off Buttons in Flash
- Creating
Text Scrollbars in Flash
- Simple
Flash Preloader
- Bringing
External Data into Flash
Advanced Flash
Tutorials:
These Flash tutorials teach advanced aspects of animation and how to
optimize them, along with creating advanced text and background
effects.
- Advanced
Buttons
- How
to optimize animations
- Outline
Effect
- Shape
Hints
- Sinewave
Background Effect
- Text
Effects
SmartWebby’s Guide to Flash ‘n’ ASP:
This is a quick must read section of Flash that cover a host of topics
such as integrating Flash with ASP, preparing the stage for animation,
database interaction and field validation.
-
Introduction
-
Basics of Flash and ASP
-
Preparing the Stage
-
Sending Data from your Flash form to the database
-
Getting Data from
the database into your Flash form
-
Flash preloader that waits for
the data to load
-
Validation of fields in Flash forms using JScript and VBScript
Popularity: 26% [?]
| April 9, 2009 |
Here is a quick
Flash Tutorial at Brown University. This
Flash tutorial discusses the use of the timeline in Flash programming.
The tutorial also explains how to create symbols and animate objects,
and another section describes object rotation and tweened animation,
which causes objects on the screen to change shape and size. Embedding
of audio and music in Flash movies is also demonstrated. A most
important use of the Flash movie is to embed it in an HTML file and
this aspect is also discussed in detail in this Flash tutorial.
Flash Features Taught by this tutorial:
Tools and Timeline In Flash:
- Timeline
- Creating Symbols
- Tweened Animation
- Motion Guides
- Shape Tween
- Object Rotation
Buttons In Flash:
This section has a step by step explanation of creating a button to
replay the animation.
Sound/Music In Flash:
Do you want to add sound/music to you animation? This section describes
how to do that.
Saving Flash Files:
This section explains how to save a flash file..
Embedding Flash into an HTML File:
If you want to embed Flash into an HTML file, this section helps you do
that.
Popularity: 15% [?]
| April 4, 2009 |
Here are
12 Flash Tutorials, from alistapart.com,
that cover Flash basics, inserting rich media and the aesthetics of
designing in Flash. These Flash tutorials also demonstrate gaming and
game creation in Flash using ActionScript, Layers and Positioning.
Flash has set about various trends in design and layout and
this aspect is explored in depth here.
A small section on Flash MX is provided which details authoring in
Flash MX and Flash 6. These Flash tutorials also explain platform and
browser limitations with regards to Flash, and areas of improvement
such as Tab Order, Document Structure, Voicing Strategy and ‘Skip to
Content’ links.
12 Flash Tutorials:
- Semantic
Flash: Slippery When
Wet
- Flash
Embedding
Cage Match
- Bye
Bye Embed
- Flash
Satay: Embedding Flash While Supporting
Standards
- Flash
MX: Moving Toward
Accessible Rich Media
- Flash
MX:
Clarifying the Concept
- The
Flash Aesthetic
- Game Design
in Flash 5, Part II: Heroes & Villains
- Flash’s
Got a Brand New Bag
- The
Declination of Independence
- Flash
Access: Unclear on the Concept
- Sympathy
for the Plug-in
Popularity: 26% [?]
| March 30, 2009 |
Here are
59 well-written Flash Tutorials from flashmymind.com
that cover Flash fundamentals and an introduction to the latest version
of Flash’s native object-oriented programming language, ActionScript 3,
with various coding examples. Most of the animation explained in these
Flash Tutorials is done programmatically to better explain
ActionScript, its variables and how to build the script.
These Flash Tutorials also deal with XML, menu creation, loading
multiple images and mouse-based image animation.
59 Flash Tutorials:
- Basic
Concepts of Flash
- Animating
with Flash
- Vertical
3D Carousel with ActionScript 3
- Flash
Bubbles with ActionScript 3
- Multiple
3D Carousels with ActionScript 3
- Flash
3D Carousel with XML and ActionScript 3
- 3D
Tunnel with ActionScript 3
- Flipping
Image Pieces with ActionScript 3
- Modern
Preloader with ActionScript
3
- Glowing
Text Effect with ActionScript 3
- Cool
Menu with ActionScript 3
- Random
Boxes Text Effect with ActionScript 3
- Advanced
XML Menu with ActionScript 3
- Cool
MovieClip Scroller
- Creating
a Menu via XML
- XML
Pages with ActionScript 3
- ActionScript
3 TransitionManager
- ActionScript
3 Trail Effect
- ActionScript
3 Spiral
- ActionScript
3 Snowfall
Effect
- Shooting
Masks via ActionScript 3
- ActionScript
3 Shake Effect
- ActionScript
3 Custom
Scrollbar
- Rotating
Mouse Trail with ActionScript 3
- Rotating
Menu via ActionScript 3
- Revealing
an Image with ActionScript 3
- ActionScript
3 Random Lines
- ActionScript
3 Random
Circles on Image
- ActionScript
3 Web
Portfolio
- ActionScript
3 Physics
- Mouse
Over Image Animation
- Cool
Mask Animation with ActionScript 3
- Loading
Multiple Images
- ActionScript
3 Image Mask
Animation
- Image
Fill with ActionScript 3
- ActionScript
3 Growing
Lines
- ActionScript
3 Magnifying
Glass Effect
Popularity: 9% [?]
| March 27, 2009 |
Here are
21 Flash Tutorials at
bukisa.com that deal with creating animation and effects for
web pages. Flash, earlier developed by Macromedia and currently by
Adobe, is a popular application for integrating animation, audio and
video in web pages to create rich Internet applications. These Adobe
Flash Tutorials demonstrate Flash-based concepts such as masks,
transitions, sound, and programming using Flash, not to mention
animation tools such as Adobe Flex.
To get you up and running in Flash, they show you how to download and
install Flash players for browsers and using drag-and-drop components
to develop a top-of-the-line user interface.
These text and video-based Adobe Flash tutorials deal with the
intricacies of creating simple and easy-to-use Flash movies and also
integrating them in web pages. These Flash tutorials also provide a few
simple games that can be quickly developed in Flash.
21 Adobe Flash Tutorials:
- How
to Play Kanye West Flashing Lights – Piano Tutorial
- How
to Add Flash
SWF Files to a Page in Dreamweaver CS4
- How
to use Masks in Flash
- Animation
using
a motion guide in Flash – Tutorial
- Fashion
style
logo animation in Flash – Tutorial
- Animation
using
clipping mask in Flash – Tutorial
- black
and white mask animation in Flash – Tutorial
- Glowing
object
animation in Flash – Tutorial
- Drag
and drop
object in Flash – Tutorial
- Cool
Image Presentation with nice transitions in Flash -
Tutorial
- Changing
the pivot
point position in Flash – Tutorial
- Introducing
the
Flash Player – Adobe Flex 2
- How
to Download
and Install the Adobe Flash Player Plug-in
- How
to Test
Adobe Flash, Shockwave, Acrobat and Java Plug-ins/Readers
- How
to use Audio
in Flash Animation
- How
kids Can learn and have fun with Flash games
- Away3D
Programming
Tutorial – Effects
- Pandemic
II: The
Free Flash Game That Gives Users a Chance to Create a Super Virus,
Bacteria, or
Parasite
- Papervision
3D Programming Tutorial – Creating a Papervision
Component
- Away3D
Programming Tutorials – Getting Started
- Papervision
3D Programming Tutorial – Enhanced Fog
Popularity: 21% [?]
| February 20, 2009 |
Here are 51
great Flash Tutorials from layersmagazine.com. They
cover and teach many Flash features, tasks, and activities in Flash
CS4, Flash CS3, and Flash 8 using screen cam videos and
step-by-step illustrated instructions. These Flash tutorials are linked
below, with the most recent at the top.
Flash Tutorials at layersmagazine:
- Flash Audio, Part 1
- Flash Audio, Part 2
- Video Filters and Blend Effects in Flash
- Adobe
Sound Documents
- Creating
Motion in Flash with Bones Tool
- Flash
CS4 Deco Tool
- Flash
to Video
- Adobe
Soundbooth Audio Files with Flash Video
- Animate
a Flying Bird using Illustrator and Flash, Part 1
- Animate
a Flying Bird using Illustrator and Flash, Part 2
- Creating
Rain in After Effects, Part 2
- Creating
Smoke in Adobe Flash
- Illustrator
to Flash
- Dreamweaver
XML Flash Slideshow Extension
- Trace
Bitmap in Flash CS4
- Flash
Video the Easy Way
- Flash
Video the Easy Way, Pt. 2
- Flash
Video the Easy Way, Pt. 3
- Flash
CS4 Motion Easing
- Flash
CS4 Animating Puppets
- Flash
CS4 Motion Tweening
- Flash
CS4 Motion Editor
- Flash
CS4 Folded Book
- Flash
CS4 SprayBrush
- Flash
CS4 Media Encoder
- Basic
Coding For Flash Video
- Falling
Snow in Flash CS3
- HD
Video in Flash Professional CS3
- Code-Free
Flash Video
- Flash
CS3: Made-To-Order Text
- Flash
Buttons with Action Script 3
- Mastering
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Closed-Captioned
Video in Flash CS3
- Moving
Illustrator Art in Flash CS3
- Handlin’
Photoshop and Illustrator Content in Flash
- Animated
Zoom Blur in Flash CS3
- In
a Flash
- Importing
Photoshop Files Into Flash
- Controlling
the Timeline with ActionScript 3
- Converting
Video Files into Flash Format
- Turning
Animation into Code in Flash CS3
- 9 Slice
Scaling in Flash
- Passing
Variables Using Flash and Dreamweaver
- Creating
a Simple Calculator Using Adobe Flash
- Complex
Button Animation in Adobe Flash
- Flash
Slideshow Image Gallery
- Animating
a Match in Adobe Flash
- Custom
Video Player in Adobe Flash
- Creating
an Interactive Story in Adobe Flash
- Creating
an Interactive Story – Part 2
- E-card
Announcement using Adobe Flash
- Animating
Shadows in Adobe Flash
- Animating
Your Adobe Photoshop Files in Flash 8
- Attaching
Movie Clips in Flash Using ActionScript
- Motion
Blur in Flash
- Tweening
with Ease: Using Easing Controls
- Blending
and Filtering in Flash 8 Professional
- Using
Illustrator Symbols in Flash
- Integrating
Video in a Flash Movie
- Photoshop
Layers into Flash
- Water
Ripples
Popularity: 37% [?]
| January 19, 2009 |
Here are lots and lots of Flash
Animation Tutorials, from animation.about.com.
These Flash tutorials and guides provide step-by-step lessons for both
Flash fundamentals and advanced topics. Use these tutorials to increase
your skills in using the many features and tools of Flash.
Also, learn how to create and design compelling Flash animations for
your web site.
Categories of Flash Animation Tutorials, Guides, and Lessons:
- ActionScripting
Basics (28)
- Flash
Traditional Animation
(11)
- ActionScripting
Challenges
(17)
- Holiday
Themes (24)
- Do-It-Yourself
(1)
- Kids’
Corner (3)
- Flash
Basics: Tweening (14)
- Masking
(4)
- Flash
for Artwork (4)
- Miscellaneous
Tips
& Tricks (35)
- Flash
for Games &
Fun Stuff (17)
- Simple
Applications (31)
- Flash
MX Effects (5)
- Symbols
& Related
(15)
- Flash
Program Tools (64)
- Web-Related
Flash Lessons
(26)
Popularity: 44% [?]
| January 13, 2009 |
John Nack writes a great blog at blogs.adobe.com/jnack. His Flash Category
Archives is an excellent resource for Flash
application and web developers. Here are 16 Flash tutorials
that he expertly introduces and links to. John’s insight and
understanding of Flash will help you become a better Flash user and
developer.
Tutorial:
Creating Flash panels for Photoshop
Matthew
Keefe has posted a brief tutorial on how to create your first Flash
panel for Photoshop CS4. To load any SWF in Photoshop as a panel…
Flash
+ AE video tutorial
The newly launched Motion Design Center features a video
tutorial on using AE to animate text, then import it into Flash.
Next-gen
Web galleries: XSLT, Flash, & CSS for all
Lightroom
actually supports two kinds of templates: Flash templates, and HTML
templates. In this article, I’m going to focus on HTML templates.
Color
between Photoshop and Flash: What’s the
Sweet
man, just ran into this issue with a client, and that tutorial helped.
Had no idea Flash was so color-blind.
Use
AE+Flash to create interactive video
I think this is just the beginning of what AE & Flash will
be able to do in tandem. For more tutorial content on AE, Premiere Pro,
Flash…
PatchPanel:
Flash panels for multiple CS applications
Follow along with this tutorial for using a framework that embraces
running our Flash plug-in in multiple Creative Suite applications
(Photoshop and Illustrator). When we are done, our Flash plug-in will
work in all three CS applications using code that is appropriate for
each host application
PatchPanels:
Integrating your ExtendScript
Follow along with this tutorial to create a simple Flash plug-in that
gets the RGB, CMYK and HSB values of the foreground color in Photoshop
CS4.
Extending
Photoshop via SWF Panels: Tutorials
Follow along with this tutorial to create a Hello World Flash
panel for Photoshop. In this exercise, you will create a Flash plug-in
within
Smokin’
AE particles, complex Flash masks
Smokin’ AE particles, complex Flash masks, more in Design
Center Blur by Jeff Foster (video tutorial); Create a complex mask in
Flash 8
Pixel
Bender + Your Photos
PB is a way of running fast filter code in Flash Player.
SiteGrinder
2 turns PSDs into HTML/CSS
MediaLab,
makers of the popular PSD2FLA Photoshop-to-Flash conversion plug-in,
…. I’ve made the tutorial which explains how to convert a psd file to
a CSS.
“Star
Wars, nothing but Staaar Waaars…”
Now that Flash CS4 offers “postcards in space”-style 3D On
CreativePro.com Jeremy Schultz has posted a tutorial on creating a Star
Wars-style text crawl using the new app.
Tips
on Lightroom Flash galleries
If you’re interested in wringing the most out of Lightroom’s
Flash-based Web galleries…
Putting
Flash video inside the Photoshop UI
Flash
inside a PS window is fine if Adobe want to sell services but there’s
….. The video tutorial in Photoshop is just a commonly understandable
exemple
Sleek
Photoshop-Flash integration sneak at Flashforward
At today’s Flashforward keynote speech, Flash PM Mike Downey gave a
sneak peek of the integration with Photoshop that’s planned for Flash 9.
Get
better color online through Flash Player 10
Let’s not mince words: Presenting your images through Flash is now the
best way to preserve the fidelity of their color online.
Popularity: 43% [?]
| October 9, 2008 |
Flash videos and movies consist of multi-media
graphics, text, and animations that are designed for web applications
and sites. Flash contents is made up of vector graphics,
and also imported video, bitmap graphics, and sounds. As a
web designer and developer, you can add user interactivity to your
Flash movies to make it more attractive and compelling for your
visitors. You can also use Flash to create navigation controls,
animated logos, and animations with synchronized sound. Flash
development files are .fla type files and contain all the data
necessary for developing and testing the content. The Flash movies that
a visitor or user sees are produced from a published .fla file and end
with the .swf extension.
Here is a 70-page Flash MX
Training Manual, from Purdue University, that will show and teach you
many of the features of Flash and how to create and present Flash
presentations and movies. The Flash topics covered by this training
document are listed below in the table of contents. (607kb, pdf format)
Table of Contents of Flash MX Training Manual:
Getting Started
System requiements
Installing Flash
About Flash MX and General Overview
General Flash settings and features
Stage & work area of Flash MX
Using the grid
Using guides
Using rulers
Creating a new document/template
Using Scenes & Scene Panel
Using the timeline
Changing the location of the playhead
Using frames & keyframes
Working with Frames and Keyframes in timeline
Creating frame labels & comments in the timeline
Using layers
Creating layers and layer folders
Viewing layers and layer folders
Organizing layers & layer folders
Using Guide Layers
Drawing in Flash MX
Vector Vs Bitmap
Vector graphics
Bitmap graphics
Flash drawing & painting tools
Drawing with the Pencil tool
Drawing with the Pen tool
Painting using the brush tool
To paint with the Brush tool:
Reshaping graphics using the Arrow tool
Erasing
Snapping
Using Colors in Flash MX
Using stroke and fill colors
Working with solid colors/gradients using the color mixer
Locking a gradient or bitmap to fill the stage
Importing Artwork, Video, & Audio
Formats you can import
Working with Artwork
Using the property inspector to work with bitmaps
Applying a bitmap fill
Breaking apart a bitmap
Converting Bitmaps to Vector Graphics
Working with Video
How to Import Video
To update an embedded video clip editing in an external editor
To replace an embedded video clip with another video clip
Working with Audio
To import audio
To add a sound to a movie
Add sounds to buttons
Using the sound-editing control panel
To edit a sound file:
To stop and start a sound at an Ending Keyframe
Transforming Shapes & Graphics
Transforming objects freely
Modifying shapes using the Envelope modifier
Scaling objects
Rotating objects
Skewing objects
Symbols, Instances, & Library assets
Types of symbol behavior
Creating Symbols
To convert selected elements to a symbol:
To create a new empty symbol:
Duplicating Symbols
To duplicate a symbol using the Library panel:
To duplicate a symbol by selecting an instance:
Creating Instances
To create a new instance of a symbol:
To apply a custom name to an instance:
Creating buttons
Creating Animations
Motion and Shape tweening overview
Frame by Frame animation overview
Creating Keyframes
Representation of animations in the timeline
Motion Tweening Instances and Groups
Shape Tweening
Action Scripts
Using the Actions Panel
To display the Actions panel, do one of the following:
To activate the Actions panel:
To navigate through the Actions toolbox, do the following:
Actions Panel in the normal mode
To display the actions panel in normal mode
To view a description of an action, do one of the following:
To add an action to the script panel, do one of the following
To delete an action
To relocate a statement in the action script window
To work with parameters
To search for text in a script, do one of the following
To navigate between scripts
To resize the actions toolbox or script panel
To view line numbers in the script panel
To print actions
Assign Actions to frames and buttons
To assign an action to a frame in the timeline
To test a movie and actions
To Assign actions to buttons
To assign an action to a button:
Flash MX and Accessibility
Publishing the Flash movie
To set general publish settings for a Flash document
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| August 23, 2008 |
For many
Flash Tutorials in lots of areas, check out
FlashPerfection.com. These tutorials will teach you how to use Flash,
from the basics on up to producing Flash websites complete with
multi-media presentations and animations. The categories of these Flash
tutorials are linked below, and you can also use this search form to
find the Flash topics you are looking for. This site also lets
you upload your Flash tutorials, tips, and tricks so
you can share them with others.
Search Flash Tutorials at Flash Perfection:
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| August 19, 2008 |
Here are four Free
Online Flash Books to help you master this web
development application. Adobe Flash is rapidly becoming the
Web’s most widely used platform for creating rich media with animation
and motion graphics, but mastering Flash isn’t easy. These books will
help you increase your Flash
skills in many areas and features of Flash, including color effects,
drawing and masking, animation, 3D, text, audio, video, user interface,
printing, XML, and Actionscript. ActionScript is Flash’s programming
language that allows you to produce compelling multimedia web
sites and more.
Flash
Book
- Visual
Effects
- Color
Effects
- Drawing
and Masking
- Animation
- 3D
and Physics
- Text
- Sound
- User
Interface Elements
- Performance
and Optimization
- ActionScript
- Browser
Integration
Flash
and XML: A
Developer’s Guide
- Flash
Basics
- Flash
ActionScript
- More
ActionScript
- XML
- HTTP
- Recursive
- Database
- SQL
- Serving
- Two-Way
- Cookies
- Flash
to
- Multiplexed
- End Note
Flash
8:
Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity
- Getting
Started, Right Out of the Box
- Creating
Quickly: Customizing Your Workspace
- Your
First Animation
- Buttons
and Interactivity
- Working
with Graphics
- Movie
Clips and Interactivity
- More
Animation Techniques
- Using
Sound
- Using
Video
- Compositing
and Bitmap Effects
- Working
with Text
- Loading
Assets on the Fly
- e-Learning
with Flash
- Flash
for CD-ROM and Handhelds
- Think
Outside the Box
Flash
ActionScript: Training from the Source
- Lesson1:
Introduction to ActionScript 2.0
- Lesson2:
Functions
- Lesson3:
Conditional Logic
- Lesson4:
Arrays and Loops
- Lesson5:
Built-in Classes
- Lesson6:
Custom Classes
- Lesson7:
Events, Listeners, and Callbacks
- Lesson8:
Dynamically Creating Assets
- Lesson9:
Bitmap Features
- Lesson10:
UI Components
- Lesson11:
Advanced Object-Oriented Design
- Lesson12:
Data Validation
- Lesson13:
External Data Connections
- Lesson14:
XML and Flash
- Lesson15:
External Interface
- Lesson16:
Sound and Video
- Lesson17:
Printing and Context Menus
- Lesson18:
Maximum-Strength SWF Files
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| July 19, 2008 |
Here are 12 nice
Flash Tutorials from senocular.com. These will show
you how to use several Flash features, and also teach you how to script
using Actionscript 3. Featrues demonstrated include the Drawing API,
Button Events, Preloading, Transformation Matrix, Depths, the Color
Object, Listeners and AsBroadcaster, and Date countdown.
Flash Tutorials from senocular.com:
Flash
Player 10 Drawing API
Find out how to use the new drawing API features in Flash Player 10,
which include support for shaders, 3D perspective transformations,
and object representations for all drawing APIs.
Getting
Started with ActionScript 3.0 in Adobe Flash CS3
Begin using ActionScript 3 in Flash CS3 and understand how it differs
from ActionScript 2.
Beginners
Guide to Getting Started with AS3 (Without Learning Flex)
Learn how to script with ActionScript 3 without learning Flex Builder
in this tutorial.
Dealing
With Flash Button Event Capturing
Discover how Flash treats button events for timeline instances and
workarounds for dealing them.
Preloading
in Flash
Learn about Flash preloaders, how to create them, and how to avoid
problems and errors with them.
Understanding
the Transformation Matrix in Flash 8
Learn how the transform matrix works in
Flash 8 and how you can most effectively use it.
Using
senocular.com’s Ease Class
This shows how to use the Ease class available on
senocular.com.
Depths
in Flash MX
Find out how depths work in Flash MX, including the functions like
attachMovie and removeMovieClip that deal with them.
Understanding
the Color Object
Learn how to use Flash’s Color Object, what it does, and understand its
properties and methods.
Listeners
and AsBroadcaster
How listeners work and how to allow
objects to add their own listeners by using AsBroadcaster.
Date
Countdown Timer
Find out how to work with dates so you can create a countdown timer
with Flash.
Flash
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Here are answers to many questions that are commonly asked about Adobe
Flash and Flash
Actionscript.
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| July 17, 2008 |
Here are 8 well done, illustrated Adobe
Flash Tutorials from newtutorials.com. These show
and teach several Flash features that you should have in your Flash
skills repertoire. Flash gives web designers the ability to bring
together video, text, audio, and graphics
into compelling and interactive experiences that communicate
and impart knowledge more effectively..
8 Adobe Flash Tutorials:
Cool Masking Effect
This Flash tutorial demonstrates how to do a cool effect, with
masking.
Flash Drop Down Menu
Discover how to create a Menu button (drop down
menu) in Flash MX.
Flash Preloader Tutorial
Learn how to create a simple Flash Preloader.
Moving Lines Flash Tutorial
This Flash tutorial shows you how to use Tweening
to create an animation in Flash MX.
Mouse Follower: Part 1
How to have objects follow the mouse around the screen. (Part 1)
Mouse Follwer: Part 2
How to have objects follow the mouse around the screen. (Part 2)
Rotating Objects in Flash
This Flash tutorial demonstrates how to rotate objects in Flash.
Color Flashlight Tutorial
This tutorial shows you how to createa
Color Flashlight Effect using Flash MX.
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