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How To: Create motion tweens in Flash CS4
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to know how to use it. In this two-part video tutorial, you'll learn how to create motion tweens within Adobe Flash CS4.
How To: Use motion presets in Adobe Flash CS4
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to know how to use it. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to use motion presents in Adobe Flash CS4. Use motion presets in Adobe Flash CS4.
How To: Work with 3D art in Adobe Flash CS4
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to know how to use it. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to work with three-dimensional, or 3D, art in Adobe Flash CS4. Work with 3D art in Adobe Flash CS4.
How To: Animate a walking stickman with Flash
A tutorial on character animation in Flash that teaches you how to create a walking stickman or stick figure. You'll also learn how to mulilate him and create blood effects.
How To: Use Bezier curves and motion guides in Flash
This web design software tutorial covers Bezier curves and animation in Flash. Paul Wyatt explains how to create Bezier curves as a motion guide, and animate a butterfly in Flash.
How To: Create rain in Flash CS3
In this Adobe Flash CS3 tutorial you will learn how to create rain. Chris Georgenes shows you how to create animated rain drops in Flash CS3. He also shows you how to create puddles and put everything together for one cool rainy watery effect in Flash. Create rain in Flash CS3.
How To: Use masks in Flash CS3
This software tutorial shows you how to use masks in Flash CS3. Colin Smith explains what masks are and shows you how to open up creative possibilities by leveraging their power. Animate an image inside text and create a funky border with masks in Flash CS3. Use masks in Flash CS3.
How To: Use basic coding for Flash video in Flash CS3
You can't get away with working in Flash CS3 and not using ActionScript and code forever. If you are ready to make the jump and get started with basic coding, watch this tutorial. This tutorial starts with a visual analogy about how streaming Flash video works and moves on to explain the basic Action Script code behind delivering Flash video.
How To: Create code-free HD video in Flash Pro CS3
Flash CS3 Professional offers users a quick way to get HD content onto their web pages. This tutorial shows you how you can upload HD video content from a DVD or wherever and upload it to the web without using code in Flash Pro CS3. Make sure to pay attention to dimensions when you start.
How To: Create a code free Flash video in Adobe Flash CS3
You can easily get your flash video up and running on your web page without having to write one bit of code. See how easy it is to create a code-free Flash video in this Flash CS3 tutorial.
How To: Ease motion when animating in Flash CS4
In this Adobe CS4 project tutorial, designer David Stiller works with the new Flash CS4 motion editor and its easing functions to adjust the speed of movement in a simple animation. The easing graphs allow for adjustments to motion speed to be made visually. See how to use the new motion easing tools in this Flash CS4 tutorial. Ease motion when animating in Flash CS4.
How To: Animate puppets in Flash CS4
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. Animate puppets in Flash CS4.
How To: Motion tween with the motion editor in Flash CS4
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. Motion tween with the motion editor in Flash CS4.
How To: Use timeline effects in Flash
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.
How To: Use the motion guide in Flash CS3
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.
How To: Draw in Flash
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.
How To: Animate with Macromedia Flash MX
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.
How To: Create self-writing text 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. Create self-writing text in Flash.
How To: Create a simple text animation in Flash
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. Create a simple text animation in Flash.
How To: Work with video in Flash CS3
In this episode we’re concentrating on creating video using Flash CS3. Paul Wyatt reveals the best ways to encode video, how to trim them, and how to work with effects and masks.
How To: Create an animated movie clip in Flash CS3
Paul Wyatt brings us an introduction to Flash CS3, and reveals how to create an animated movie clip.
How To: Assign links to buttons in a Flash menu
This tutorial shows you how to assign links to buttons in a Flash menu by using the getURL() ActionScript function. Assign links to buttons in a Flash menu.
How To: Edit text in Flash
This tutorial shows you how to edit text in a website template using Flash 8. Edit text in Flash.
How To: Customize flash animation templates in Flash 8
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. Customize flash animation templates in Flash 8.
How To: Create a dynamic text field for a website using Flash
This tutorial shows you how to change stagnant text into a dynamic text field on a website using Flash 8. Create a dynamic text field for a website using Flash.
How To: Create masked text on a website using Flash 8
This tutorial shows you how to create masked text on a website in Flash 8. This type of effect allows you to hide part of an object or text and slowly reveal or "animate" it. Great for making spotlight kind of effects. Create masked text on a website using Flash 8.
How To: Create a scroll bar on a website using Flash 8
This tutorial shows you how to create a scroll bar for text on a website using Flash 8. Create a scroll bar on a website using Flash 8.
How To: Edit a scroll bar 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. Edit a scroll bar using Flash 8.
How To: Make a spinning website logo in Flash
This tutorial shows you how to make a spinning logo on a website using Flash 8. Make a spinning website logo in Flash.
How To: Swap loop sound in Flash 8
This tutorial shows you how to change the main background sound (called a LOOP) on a website using Flash 8. Swap loop sound in Flash 8.
How To: Set up current date and time on a website in Flash 8
This tutorial shows you how to add the current date and time to a website in Flash 8. Set up current date and time on a website in Flash 8.
How To: Display images randomly on a website using Flash 8
This tutorial shows you how to use the Math.random() in Flash 8 to display images randomly without making a user click on the image. The original template being modified required users to click the image to change it. Display images randomly on a website using Flash 8.
How To: Create a dynamic flash page in Flash MX
This tutorial shows you how to create a new dynamic flash page for a website in Flash MX Professional. Create a dynamic flash page in Flash MX.
How To: Create an action safe and title safe template in Flash
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. Create an action safe and title safe template in Flash.
How To: Draw a flower pot in Flash
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. Draw a flower pot in Flash.
How To: Make buttons that are links in Adobe Flash CS3
This is a tutorial that shows how to make buttons with effects that will link you to web pages. The program is Adobe Flash CS3
How To: Export a SWF file from ImageReady CS2 to Flash 8
Learn how to export an SWF file from ImageReady CS2 into Flash 8 to optimize it's usability in Flash. Export a SWF file from ImageReady CS2 to Flash 8.
How To: Use Flash paints, fills and lines
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.
How To: Trace in Flash
This tutorial covers a simple "trace" technique to create drawings in Flash. It also uses the line tool, discusses fill options, etc.
How To: Render a Poser animation and import it to Flash
Tutorial on how to render out a Poser animation and import it to Flash.