Posted on 30 May 2008
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a timer in Adobe Flash that will count down the time to a given date in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. If you were looking for a great Flash tool for counting down holidays, birthdays, etc, this is the tutorial for you.
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Posted on 17 May 2008
Adding your great Flash content into Adobe Flex is now just a few steps away. You can easily export you Flash movieclips into Flex components with the Flash Component Kit for Flash CS3. The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 allows you to create interactive, animated content in Flash, and use it in Flex as a Flex component.
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Posted on 29 January 2008
In this tutorial, you will create particle fire effect that will simply be a looping MovieClip that symbolizes a flame. You will then attach it to stage many times via ActionScript, then a randomize script will randomize its position, alpha, frame number of the timeline, and size of the flame. Overall, it's a great tutorial if your looking for a realistic fire effect. Let's get started!
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Posted on 11 January 2008
Here’s a great example on how to creatively use morphing text within Adobe Flash. The video is by Bert Lee of LearnFlash.com. This is just one of many ways you can possibly morph text inside of flash. Great tutorial if you never really toyed with the morphing tween inside [...]
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Posted on 10 January 2008
Looking to get the most out of the new filters in Flash Professional 8. In today’s tip, you’ll learn how to use the “blur” filter to create some very realistic clouds, and then you’ll learn how to animate those clouds in Flash. The great thing about this tutorial is not only that it is [...]
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Posted on 02 January 2008
Version 2 of gotoAndLearn() is now live for the new year and let me tell you it looks great. It is a complete revamp of the older gotAndLearn(), which was simple text and links. If you are not familiar with gotoAndLearn(), it is a site dedicated to Flash video tutorials created by Lee Brimelow, world renown Flash Expert. This site is great for tutorials on the hottest Flash tips.
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Posted on 26 December 2007
Ever want to rewind your animation that lives on the Flash timeline without creating a whole separate animation. Well, here’s a tutorial from LearnFlash.com that’ll show you how to rewind any animation that has been constructed via the timeline. It’s pretty quick,easy, and effective.
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Below is an example of the expected results:
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.angellromero.com/exampleSwfs/rewindTimeline.swf" [...]
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Posted on 26 December 2007
Ever wanted to add some realism into your existing animations. Here’s a good tutorial from LearnFlash.com that introduces the concept of gravity within Adobe Flash using Actionscript 3.0.
With the use of simple physics and minor equations, Graig Campbell, the author, pulls off a neat gravity effect within the flash environment. Overall, this tutorial [...]
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