Integrating Flash with XML Preview
- In this video, Craig will demonstrate how to add code to the 'next' and 'previous' buttons in order to cycle through the songs in your XML playlist. He also shows you how to automatically start playing the next song when the first
song is finished playing.
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Shining Text
- In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a looping text mask effect. This mask gives the effect of shining metal and is a great improvement to any banner or important text.
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Falling Flakes
- Once you've drawn your snowflake in Flash, this video will teach you how to animate multiple instances of your snowflakes falling before your eyes. This tutorial uses the Math.random method in order to give your snowfall a more natural feel.
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Digital Clock
- Add a sleek element to your site and give your users a real time digital clock to keep time. Design the clock using action script and import into your site as an .swf.
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Lightning Effect
- This is a great way to add some flavor to old photos or animations. A lot of
Flash designers use this effect in many different ways and after this tutorial you will have a better understanding of how the Glow effect works.
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Adding Gravity
- In this tutorial, we will discuss an effect that is overlooked a lot of the time, its called the ease effect. If you want your animation to stand out and
have a better look and feel than the ease effect will help.
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New Year Fireworks
- In this special New Year tutorial, you will learn how to play with fireworks without setting any grassfires, and you will do so by learning how to create a fireworks show from scratch in Flash Professional 8.
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Gradient Mask Reflections
- A gradient mask is a great way to make a reflection effect. However, there arises a problem when you try to make a gradient mask visually in Flash. Flash
treats the gradient like it was just a solid fill. But don't worry! There's a way to overcome this if you apply the mask using actionscript, and in this video, you'll learn how.
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Dynamic Lines
- In this tutorial, you will learn how to create two draggable circles that will always remain connected via a dynamic line that you will create in
Actionscript. No matter where you move the circles, they will always be connected by the line.
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Text Gradient Fills
- Unfortunately, applying a gradient fill to text in Flash isn't as easy as selecting the text field and then choosing a linear gradient from the Color Mixer panel. So in this video, you will learn two different methods to achieve this effect.
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Problems with Rotating Animations
- Creating an animation of an object rotating is very easy to do, whether you do it with tweens or in Actionscript. Unfortunately, sometimes the rotations don't occur exactly how you would want them to, because by default, the anchor for the rotation is the center point of the object being rotated. In this tutorial, you will learn how to change that anchor point for both tweened animations and Actionscript animations.
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Illustration Optimization
- Many artists prefer using hand-drawn illustration techniques for their Flash graphics, but there's often a big hit on your file size when using these types of illustrations. In this tutorial, you'll learn why this is the case, and
you'll also learn a couple of techniques for optimizing those illustrations in
order to reduce file size.
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Creating and Animating Clouds
- One of the most popular features of Flash Professional 8 is the new "Filters" feature, which lets you add blurs, drop shadows, glows, and other filters to your objects. 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. Unfortunately, if you don't have Flash Professional 8, you'll just have to sit back and watch.
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JavaScript Popup Windows
- Unfortunately, there's no way to create a customizable popup window using only Flash. But the good news is that with a little help from JavaScript, you can create popup windows with no scrollbars, no toolbars, no menubars, and you can even specify the size of the popup window. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to do just that.
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Conditionals and Toggle Switches
- A conditional is a way of executing a piece of code only if the circumstances are right. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the if() statement to control a toggle switch in Flash.
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Common Mistakes with Actions and Buttons
- There are two ways to add actions to a button in Flash. You can add the actions to the button itself or you can refer to the button when adding actions to a frame. Unfortunately, the actions you add will be a little different depending on which method you choose. Because of this difference, the ActionScript involved can be a little confusing to beginners. In this video, we'll clear up all the confusion and fix some common mistakes that are made in the process.
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ComboBox Interactivity
- In Flash, the ComboBox component is basically nothing more than your basic dropdown list that you see in forms on the Internet. In this video, you'll learn how to use this component to communicate with another movie clip on the stage.
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Animation Setup
- Animation can be a tricky process if you've never done it before, but Flash makes it possible to reuse pieces of your animation so you don't have to continually redraw everything. In this tutorial, you'll learn some basics for drawing and preparing your drawings for animation in Flash.
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Basic Preloader
- This tutorial is an excerpt for an upcoming training series, to be released by LearnFlash.com. In this excerpt, you'll learn how to create a simple preloader for your Flash website.
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Simple Page Transitions
- This tutorial is an excerpt for an upcoming training series, to be released by LearnFlash.com. In this excerpt, you'll learn how to create simple animated transitions for your Flash website.
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Loading Pictures Dynamically
- The loader component in Flash is a very handy tool for loading external images into your Flash file. In this video, you'll learn the fundamentals behind creating a photo gallery, using the loader component to load pictures one at a time.
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Digital Clock
- It's always helpful to know what time it is, and in today's video tip, you'll learn how to pass this information on to the users of your website. In this tutorial, you'll discover how to use dynamic text fields and Actionscript to create your own digital clock for your Flash website.
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Random Jumping
- Predictability is way overrated. Web users all over the world expect a button to stand still when they click on it. So why not take a little of that predictability away from them? In this video, you'll learn how to generate random numbers in Flash and then use those numbers to create an elusive button or graphic that jumps to a random position on the stage every time your user hovers his mouse cursor over it.
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Magic Cursor
- If you want to learn to make your Flash websites truly interactive, then it's very important that you understand how to alter the properties of your objects dynamically. In this video, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to alter the "alpha" property, or the transparency, of an object in Actionscript so that the object fades in and out as you move your mouse cursor left and right across the stage.
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Button Basics
- Creating buttons in Flash may seem fairly straightforward--and it is--but there are a few things that many Flash novices don't realize about making their buttons interactive. For instance, did you know that there are two places where you can add your actionscript for your button? Watch this video to find out more.
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Creating Movie Clip Buttons
- In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create animated buttons by storing your button as a movie clip symbol instead of a button symbol. Movie clip symbols will give you much more flexibility.
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Animating with ActionScript
- In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a simple animation using ActionScript instead of motion tweens.
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Falling Text Effect
- In this video, you'll learn how to create a really sharp animation effect by animating the letters of a block of text onto the stage separately.
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Smoke Effect
- Learn how to create a really cool smoke effect using Flash Professional 8's new filters!
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