Adobe Flash: Page 7

Flash CS4's new inverse kinematics tools allow users to create and arrange symbols in a collection called an Armature. These armatures contain bones that have relationships with other elements which can be animated. Users can create and control their own dancing puppet. You could be the next South Park and you never need a stop motion camera! Just the new inverse kinematics tools in Flash CS4 and this tutorial.

The new motion editor in Flash CS4 is a welcome addition to the Flash toolkit and it has some new options to speed up motion tweening. However, there are still some techniques that will require users to employ the classic tween. David Stiller goes over one of those techniques and looks at some of the new motion tweening features in Flash CS4 and the Flash CS4 motion editor.

This beginners Flash CS3 software tutorial shows you how to work with timeline effects. The Flash tutorial will cover user of the timeline, Flash layouts and keyframing. If you are new to Flash CS3, watch and learn how to use timeline effects and create some simple animation motions.

This software tutorial will show you how to work with motion guides in Flash. This lesson is great for beginning Flash users since it covers some of the basic tools in Flash, effect modes and keyframes. Learn how to use the motion guide to make a car follow a path in Flash CS3.

This is a very simple Flash animation tutorial designed to teach beginners how to freehand draw in Flash. Easy to see an follow, learn how to use the pencil and color tools to draw in Flash.

This software tutorial shows you how to create a stick figure animation using the draw tools in Flash. Animating in Flash is made easy with the onion skin tools so watch and see how to create your own cartoons in Flash.

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to create text writing itself via masking in Flash. Tools used include Brush tool, Selection tool as well as masking.

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to to create a simple text animation in Flash using Motion tweens and the Distribute to Layers command.

Paul Wyatt brings us an introduction to Flash CS3, and reveals how to create an animated movie clip.

This tutorial shows you how to assign links to buttons in a Flash menu by using the getURL() ActionScript function.

This tutorial shows you how to change the images in a flash animation template to be the images you need or want using Flash 8.

This tutorial shows you how to change stagnant text into a dynamic text field on a website using Flash 8.

This tutorial shows you how to create a scroll bar for text on a website using Flash 8.

This tutorial shows you how to customize the look of a scrolling bar from a template and how to make it animated on a mouse over.

This tutorial shows you how to change the main background sound (called a LOOP) on a website using Flash 8.

This tutorial shows you how to add the current date and time to a website in Flash 8.

This tutorial shows you another method for creating a new dynamic flash page in Flash MX Professional.

This tutorial shows you how to create a new dynamic flash page for a website in Flash MX Professional.

In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will learn to create an Action/ Title Safe template in Flash. Use this as a guide when making animations or motion graphics going to DVD or TV. Using rectangle tool, transform window, saving layers as a guide, and learn to save a document as a template.

In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, learn to use Flash as a drawing tool, while making several pseudo-3D shapes, including a flower pot. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Paint Bucket Tool, and Free Transform Tool.

Learn how to export an SWF file from ImageReady CS2 into Flash 8 to optimize it's usability in Flash.

This tutorial will cover various paint modifiers (paint fills, paint behind, etc.) as well as changing line styles and weight with the Ink Bottle. It will also demonstrate the fill modifiers (such as Close Large Gaps). These are helpful tips.

Tutorial on how to render out a Poser animation and import it to Flash.

This one is a neat little Flash tip that is fun for sticking on a blog or MySpace page. Put your picture up and have the eyes follow the mouse.

This tutorial explains the different options for controlling video playback you can use in Flash 8.

This Flash 8 tutorial covers some basics on various options of encoding videos into Flash flv format.

A quick tutorial on using the onion skin tool in Flash.

Are you a certified animation or film geek? Then more likely than not your Adobe flash player program has a bunch of videos stored up that you'd like to convert to different file types for better ease of access.

A flash tutorial on how to create a bouncing ball with ActionScript, as well as pointers for creating your own tutorial!

How to create a custom mouse pointer with Flash and ActionScript. You can even use an animated gif as your pointer.The script for this is as follows:

Learn how to incorporate animated GIFs into Flash projects.

This is a beginning Flash animation tutorial. There's a brief frame-by-frame demo and then a "shape tween."

Learn how to use Masking, Motion Tweens, and Motion Guide Layers to create an animated pencil drawing a curved line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool. This is an intermediate level Flash tutorial.

Tony Ross demonstrates how to create optical illusions in Flash. In the first video he creates a spinning illusion of circles with cycling gradients using Motion Tweens and Rotation Options. In the second video, create a tunnel illusion using Motion Tweens and Masking. The last section shows you how to create a more complex spinning illusion of two sets of concentric circles using Motion Tweens, Rotation Options, and Blend Modes. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients,...

Learn how to create a high score table for Flash games using Armorbot.com

How to create an XML file to use in Flash.

How to load images, external .swfs, and URLs into Flash using ActionScript.

How to create a custom cursor in Flash using ActionScript.

Learn how to animate sprites (like characters from video games) that you can download using Adobe Flash

This tutorial will teach you how to make a simple Flash app that uses the microphon using the ActionScript code: