The girl at the disco Begin with the fact that the dimensions of this new file will be 500x400 and a resolution of 72dpi. Now we'll take the girl's photo...
Using the Transition and Tween Classes You can use the Transition and Tween classes in Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 to add animations to movie clips, components,...
Skinning Without Code Visually skinning components usually involves modifying library symbols to represent what you want a component to look like. Many longtime Flash users were surprised that they couldn't...
Creating Motion Tweens To tween the changes in properties of instances, groups, and type, you use motion tweening (see Figure 10). Flash can tween position, size, rotation, and skew of...
Animating the 3D layer To give you a greater understanding of the 3D layer option, give your star some dimensionality by animating it in 3D space. Animation in After Effects...
Understanding the New Skinning Architecture It's important to understand the way that component skins are used by components to help us deal with the available options. It would be ideal...
About Easing Classes and Methods In the previous example, you used the Bounce easing class to add a slight bouncing effect to the movie clip. In addition to Bounce, Flash...
Party Man - Create a super 70s retro silhouette style pieceWe create a new document, having dimensions 640x480 and a resolution 72dpi. Take a photo with a dancing man and...
Light from the eyes In this tutorial I will show you how to change eye color.We will get eyes like this:Get a picture, something where the eyes stick out a...
About Script Assist If you are uncomfortable writing ActionScript code or syntax, you might want to try using Script Assist mode in the Actions panel (Window > Actions). Script Assist...
ActionScript Matures to Version 2.0 If you've been involved with Flash for any length of time, you've seen it evolve from a simple multimedia tool used for creating animated web...
ActionScript Coding Conventions One of the most important aspects about programming is consistency, whether it relates to variable naming schemes, formatting code, or coding standards and the placement of your...