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Exporting Flash As A Quicktime Movie

Angel — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:00:54 +0000

Since the release of Flash CS3, a new feature called QuickTime export was introduced. QuickTime export allows you to export Actionscript driven or timeline animations into a QuickTime movie file. One key advantage of exporting Flash as a QuickTime movie is the ability to playback your heavy animations as fluid as possible with no skipped frames.

Lee Brimelow walks you through the process of exporting ActionScript-based animations into a QuickTime movie and then compositing it within After Effects. In the process of demonstrating this feature, Lee also gives some additional advice with ActionScript-based animations.

Begin Learning Flash in a Flash

Angel — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:41:05 +0000

What is Flash in a Flash?

“Flash in a flash” is a series of training videos that John Schuman of Adobe designed to get you going with Adobe Flash CS3—in a flash. This series of training video takes you through the creation of a Flash project as you learn the fundamentals of working with Flash including working with symbols, creating and controlling animations, adding audio, creating buttons, and video.

How can I access these training videos?

John Schuman’s series, Flash in a Flash, can be found at Adobe Tv or as a channel that can be subscribed via the Adobe AIR application, Adobe Media Player.

As you can see these videos are intending for beginners looking to get into Flash CS3 or simply need a rundown of Flash CS3’s capabilities. Take a look at the following training videos below to see if any fit what you are expecting to learn from Flash CS3.

Episode 1: Fundamentals of Flash CS3

John Schuman introduces the fundamentals of Flash CS3 such as creating symbols, drawing tips and tricks and more. John will also introduce introduce the virtual hero of the series, Victor Vector.

Episode 2: Creating Animations

In this episode you will explore the fundamentals of animation and some of the various animation techniques like keyframing and motion tweening and how to use ease in/ease out control.

Episode 3: Integrating Sound within Animations

Continuing with the Victor Vector project, putting the various animation and graphical components together and introducing sound. You’ll also learn how to use MovieClip filters, blends, and alter the speed of a motion tween.

Episode 4: Introduction to Flash Video

An introduction to Flash video, in you will learn how to add video to your Flash project, how to create cue points and closed captioning for accessibility, fullscreen viewing, and more.

Episode 5: Basic Interactivity and ActionScript 3.0

An introduction to basic interactivity and ActionScript 3.0. Learn how to create a simple UI slider, component, invisible buttons, and add basic interactivity in Flash CS3.

Episode 6: Publishing Your Project

This episode will the various publishing options in Flash CS3 including the latest plug-in for Adobe AIR.

Additional Resources:

Download the sample file to the series
Check out more of the videos available on Adobe TV

3D Wall Pro: Reuniting Adobe Flash And Papervision3D

Angel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:00:53 +0000

Flashloaded has just released an upgrade to their highly rated 3D Wall component called 3D Wall Pro . While many of the features are the same, a few features should be noted like support for FLV playback, external SWf’s, and YouTube integration.

The wall can be flat or set at any curvature to create a truly unique look. The viewer can also scroll, tilt and zoom the wall freely. Includes a built-in preloader for seamless transitions between thumbs and large images. Over 80 parameters to customize your wall ensures unlimited number of looks and an enticing viewer experience.

Exclusive 3D Wall Pro Features:

Load and preview FLV videos and SWF’s
Integrate your favorite YouTube Videos
Customizable tooltips
Customizable video controls
Integration of watermarking system

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Introduction to AMFPHP

Angel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:30:11 +0000

AMFPHP has been stirring up some well earned interest lately within the Flash/Flex community. If you are not familiar with AMFPHP, it is a free open-source PHP implementation of the Action Message Format(AMF). AMF allows for binary serialization of ActionScript native types and objects to be sent to server side services. If you’re one of those individuals looking to learn more on AMFPHP, be sure to check out Lee Brimelow’s 2 part series as he introduces AMFPHP and demonstrates a few examples on how to get data in and out of Flash.

Introduction to AMFPHP 1

Introduction to AMFPHP 1: Part 1 of a 2 Part Series

Lee breaks down how to install AMFPHP and create a simple service that sends email. This video does a nice job setting you up to learn AMFPHP by giving a run down of what AMFPHP is and what it can do.

Introduction to AMFPHP 2

Introduction to AMFPHP 2: Part 2 of a 2 Part Series

In this tutorial Lee will show you how to directly return database records to Flash using AMFPHP.

Create a Custom Spring Effect in Flex Builder

Angel — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:44:19 +0000

Using Flex Builder, Chet Haase of the Flex SDK team shows you how to create and enable an animated “spring” effect using custom effects on components.

Check out this creative solution to simulating a mac-like spring effect within Flex Builder. Until Flex becomes more “designer friendly”, solutions like this will help on producing some neat effects within Flex. Enjoy the video!

Create an iPhone Unlock Slider in Flex 3

Angel — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:30:16 +0000

Joe Johnston skinned the hSlider within Flex to get the look and feel of iPhone’s slider. Joe is the man behind the AIR iPhone and has integrated this into this project.

Check out how Joe was able to accomplish the skinning of the hslider.

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Exporting Flash Projects to AIR

Angel — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:30:05 +0000

Dan Carr, ActionScript developer, shows you how easy it is to work with AIR and Flash. Explore the file structure of an ActionScript 3.0 Flash sample movie and learn how to export it to an AIR application.

Another video that aims at demonstrating the Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR integration process using the Adobe AIR Flash extension. The Adobe AIR Flash extension provided by Adobe makes the task of converting Flash applications into desktop applications less daunting. Enjoy the video!

Create A Dynamic XML Navigation Menu

Angel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:15 +0000

This tutorial by Flash Farmer covers how to create a dynamic Flash XML navigation menu using Actionscript 2.0 and XML. Each button has a roll over and roll out animation. Control the clickthroughs, button titles and the total number of buttons with the external XML file. Once the Flash file is created you can update the menu just by editing the XML file.

This file consists of a nice structure and code is well commented. Also, files to be downloaded comes along with full offline documentation.

Example of final product:

Create A Realistic Flash Animation Lip-Sync

Angel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:13 +0000

This tutorial is great for beginner Flash animators. It covers everything from how to know what sounds go with what mouth movements to animating the mouth movements to fit with an audio clip. Lip-syncing is huge for successful Flash animations and the technique used within this tutorial is probably the easiest and most effective way known to handle lip-syncing.

In a matter of 10 simple steps, Flash Farmer will get you on your away to becoming a better Flash animator. Enjoy!

Check out the tutorial: Create A Realistic Flash Animation Lip-Sync

Example of final product:

Create a Pulse Effect in Flex

Angel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:30:22 +0000

Chet Haase of the Flex SDK team shows you how to create an animated pulse effect in Flex for attracting a GUI user’s attention unobtrusively.

This is a video that allows you to get your feet wet with animating effects on the Flex platform.