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This is quite a pleasing way of making animation in Flash work with HTML text. It's incredibly simple, and the principle relies on Flash's getURL() ActionScript, which is more versatile than you might think when used imaginatively with other programming languages such as JavaScript.
This week, I was checking out the Layers Forums and someone wanted to find out how to make a flash animation for a banner. Couldn't think of a better place to start, so let's get right to it:
With the release of Flash CS3, Adobe has made the process of adding closed-captioning information to video files a whole lot easier. Taking the time to provide captions for your video is not only helpful for hearing-impaired viewers, but captions are also very useful for those times when people just can’t listen to audio.
If you’d like to download the file used in this tutorial to practice these techniques, visit www.layersmagazine.com and navigate to the Magazine section. All files are for personal use only.
2. Open the Actions panel (F9).
In Frame 51 move the match off of the right side of the Stage. Select Frame 41. In the Properties panel select Motion from the Tween menu.
Did you know you're able to tell Flash to play a Movie Clip without placing it on the Timeline? That's right, and it only takes a few lines of ActionScript.
The video components in Flash have come a long way over the years, and now they come with a host of skins that are pretty nice from a design point of view. However, I've always preferred to create my own custom video player skins, and with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, customizing components is easier than ever. In addition, Flash CS3 Professional comes with some new controls, such as full-screen viewing mode and closed-captioning. In this tutorial, we'll create a nice, minimalistic skin that can contain any or all of the video controls that are supported in Flash. At the end of the tutorial, we'll go over the complete set of available video controls.
Flash CS3 comes with new user interface (UI) components that allow you to rapidly create applications. These ActionScript 3 components have a smaller file size than their predecessors and are much easier to style and skin. We’ll show you how to create a simple component-based Flash application that allows the user to dynamically change the font size of a text area. Font size control is nice to have for accessibility purposes, in addition to just being cool to play with.
In the Properties Inspector, Command + F3 (PC: Ctl + F3), give the component the instance name "video".
Insert a new layer above the “mask” layer. Rename the layer “button”. Insert a Keyframe in Frame 2 (F6). Drag an Instance of the “oval” on to the Stage and position it over the masked area. Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the oval. Choose Convert to Symbol from the menu. In the Convert to Symbol dialog enter “invisible” in the Name field and choose Button for the Type and click OK. Double click the button to open its Timeline. Click and drag the Keyframe (black circle) in the Up state to the Hit state. Click the Scene 1 button to return to the Main Timeline.
Delete the House from the Stage. From the Library, drag the Symbol “House copy” onto the Stage. Double-click on the House copy Instance on the Stage to open its Timeline.
Move the Playback head to Frame 1. Double-click on the Instance of "house dark" to edit its Timeline. Select the doorbell. Choose Window > Actions to open the Actions Editor. Turn off Script Assist by clicking the Script Assist button. Type the following code:
Go to your Actions layer and insert this code underneath the stop that that is already there:
One of the coolest aspects of CS3 is the integration found between the suite’s applications. Adobe’s gone to great lengths to ensure that all the products work very well together – especially the former Macromedia products makin’ nice with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Adobe has done a lot to improve the integration between Flash CS3 and Illustrator CS3. The workflow between these two applications has moved from almost nonexistent to one that’s powerful and user-friendly. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through a typical project workflow from preparing graphic symbols in Illustrator CS3 to importing and animating those symbols inside Flash CS3.
If you’re already familiar with how to animate things in both Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash, you’ll know just how primitive the old method of animating things in Flash used to be. Luckily, things have changed in a huge way with the release of Flash CS4. Much like After Effects, Flash now has auto-keyframing, a full-featured motion editor, and—most importantly—the ability to animate each property of an object separately from one another. If you’d like to download the files used in this tutorial to practice these techniques, just click here. All files are for personal use only.
Generally low-wage labor is either easy but boring or difficult but fun. If you are doing something that's both easy and fun you're probably paying for the privilege. If you are doing something that's both boring and difficult you're probably moving layers from Photoshop to Flash.
Flash CS3 allows you to create either an ActionScript 2 or ActionScript 3 document. There are a number of ways ActionScript 3 is different from version 2. One of the first changes designers is no longer being able to attach a script to a button instance. In the following steps you’ll learn how to control buttons using ActionScript 3 while creating a guide for selecting perennials.
Change Name: To change Name: of a layer, it is enough to double click the current name.