Changing the Color of Pixels You can change the color of any specific pixel in a BitmapData object using the setPixel() method. I could have used this method to check...
Using Flash Filters Filters let you add interesting visual effects to text, buttons, and movie clips. They are most often associated with applying drop shadows, blurs, glows, and bevels to...
Using the Photoshop 5 Type Tool This tutorial explores the features and uses of Photoshop 5.5's type tool. Photoshop 6 uses a different type tool which we shall cover in...
Components in Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 Flash MX 2004 introduced a brand new component architecture called the v2 (or "version 2") Component architecture. Components based on this new...
Early this year, I was inspired to create an experimental piece called varicose-g. Varicose-g uses a simple branching algorithm paired with the drawing API to draw an organic vein network....
Applying Filters with ActionScript You can apply filters using the Flash user interface in Flash Professional 8, or using ActionScript in Flash Basic 8 or Flash Professional 8. You can...
Introduction to Layers This beginner's tutorial explains the concept of layers in Photoshop. Layers are a very powerful tool for image editing, and are a fundamental tool in Photoshop for...
Writing Scripts and Creating Applications in Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 The scripting improvements in Flash Basic 8 and Flash Professional 8 provide better performance, flexibility, and ease of...
The Original Concept: A Moving Artery While browsing through my collection of FLA files, I stumbled on an experiment called vein-1 that was created by a fellow Flash developer, Mike...
Animating Filters You can animate movie clips that have filters applied to them. Objects on separate keyframes that are joined by a tween have their parameters for corresponding filters tweened...
Woman With Apple iPod Nano Today we'll learn how to picture a girl. The new file should have 744x1324 and 100 dpi. Create a background, which code is indicated in the...
Flash Player Security in Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 Flash Player 8 has made enhancements to the security model, in which Flash applications and SWF files on a local...