In a previous post, I introduced the release of FlashEff 2 as an innovative Flash animation tool. In an attempt to prove my point, I am going to demonstrate how you can use FlashEff2 to create a button using a MovieClip object. While FlashEff can handle so much more, see how streamlined this process becomes with the use of FlashEff.

Continue Reading

Recently, the second version of FlashEff was released and once again my mouth drops in awwh! Personally, there is no other tool available that can provide an instant boost in your Flash project workflow than FlashEff when it comes to custom animation/effects. Learn more about second version of FlashEff.

Continue Reading

With the acquisition of Grant Skinner's gProject Panel, Flash CS4 now provides a much improved project panel. When managing multiple projects, the new Flash project panel allows you to do so much more quickly and easily.

Continue Reading

Debugging your Flash applications can take some getting used to.  Especially, if you've never used a debugger before. Having the right tool to aid in debugging your Flash Applications can save a boat load of time.  Also when debugging, the debugging tool used should provide easy access to your ActionScript data with little of a learning curve. An innovative debugging tool that I have been pretty fond of lately has been De MonsterDebugger.

Continue Reading

TxEff2 is a Flash CS3/CS4 AS3 component created for easing the text animation process. TxEff2 is also a framework based on patterns, a large collection of classes, which enable cool show/hide and swap transitions on texts.

Continue Reading

3D engines that take advantage of the Flash Player seem to sprouting about very frequently.  Whether or not these new 3D engines effective target a specific market can be left for debate.  One new 3D engine that has caught my eye is CopperCube as it targets individuals that are not familiar with ActionScript but can provide the 3D knowledge that many of us just don't have.

Continue Reading

The community's cry for a simple guide that would quickly go over some of the most felt changes from AS2 to AS3 has been heard.  Adobe has recently added a new resource to the ActionScript Center called the ActionScript 3 Migration Cookbook.

Continue Reading

While not all our paths to learning ActionScript 3.0 are the same, the resources that are provided to us are.   Some like taking that direct dive into it and learn from their mistakes.  Others would prefer to learn through someone else's following.  I have compiled a list of the 10 books that may possibly help you learn and/or expand your knowledge of  ActionScript 3.0.

Continue Reading

Loading content into mid to large scale Flash projects can be somewhat of painful process. From managing complex loading scenarios to behind the scenes preloading, if not done correctly, performance can really take a hit at the expense of preloading. Before you know it, you have spent a lot more than expected managing the loading of a project's content. A very handy solution to this madness is BulkLoader created by Albert Debert.

Continue Reading

With the constant birth of bloggers hosting their own blogs, XML banner rotators have become quite popular.  Banner rotators are an excellent way to showcase products, featured articles, or anything you feel that needs that extra attention.  I have compiled a list of Flash XML banner rotators that can provide an elegant solution to showcasing important news or content.  Enjoy!

Continue Reading