Using the Easing Graph to Create Animation Effects The following example mimics the collision of two metal balls. In previous versions of Flash, you had to go through a lot...
Using FLV Playback Custom UI Components Another cool new feature of the FLVPlayback component is the addition of the supporting FLV Playback Custom UI components. You probably noticed the two...
About Frame Rate and Animation The frame rate, the speed at which an animation is played, is measured in number of frames per second. A frame rate that's too slow...
Exporting your work from Flash Let's start out by first creating a simple 2D star in Flash: Launch Flash Professional 8, create a blank document, and name it star_graphic.fla....
Applying Multiple Easing Effects In the Custom Ease In/Ease Out dialog box, the Use One Setting for All Properties option is the default option. However, you have the option to...
Creating a Custom Skin SWF As you discovered previously, using the Select Skin dialog box and the skin SWF feature is quick and easy. In this section, you will take...
Creating Keyframes for Animations A keyframe is a frame in which you define changes in the animation. When you create a frame-by-frame animation, most frames are keyframes. In a tweened...
Importing your work into After Effects After Effects saves links to the project resources as footage items in the Project panel. Footage items are then used as layers in a...
Adding Tweens and Transitions to a File The Tween and Transition prebuilt classes enable you to add animations to parts of your movie using simple ActionScript. The Flash authoring environment...
Benefits of the V2 Skinning Architecture The Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 components are based on the Version 2.0 component framework, the latest framework provided by Macromedia. One of...
Creating Tweened Animations Flash can create two types of tweened animation: motion tweening and shape tweening. In motion tweening, you define properties such as position, size, and rotation for an...
Converting a 2D layer into a 3D layer After Effects uses two dimensions (x, y) to display the 2D layer. When you convert the layer to a 3D layer, After...