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1. ilike2Flash: Using mask layers    ilike2flash.blogspot.com

For this tutorial I will be using a free stock image of a pizza to show the use of mask layers.

2. Text in editable text fields do not display below mask layers    kb2.adobe.com

3. Problems using movie clips in mask layers    kb2.adobe.com

4. Flash shine effect: Using Layers : Bigener tutorial    tutfree.blogspot.com

5. A free video tutorial on Flash 8 Using Layers    video-tutes.com

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6. Layers in Flash CS3    vineyardesigns.com

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7. Lock Layers in Flash CS3    vineyardesigns.com

Locking layers in Flash CS3 is useful when we want to manipulate some elements on the stage without disturbing any of the others. Another option that is helpful is the hide layer option. This will hide the layer so that we can work more easily as the number of elements on the stage increase, but will still appear in the final output.

8. Use Layers And Onion Skin Effect In Flash CS3 - Adobe Flash Tutorials Tutorials    adobeflashtutorial.com

9. Call HTML Layers from Flash - Best Flash    bestflashanimationsite.com

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.

10. Flash - Basic Tasks Work With Layers Tutorials    brainbell.com

11. Working with Layers in Flash    entheosweb.com

12. Flash MX Layers Animation Explained Flash Tutorials : FlashAdvisor.com    flashadvisor.com

13. Strobe Writing - Mask Layer    flashkit.com

14. Layer Basics – Flash Tutorial    flashlearner.com

15. What are layers in Macromedia Flash?    free-webmaster-resource.com

16. Utilizing guide layers (ActionScript Programming Tutorial) • Geekpedia    geekpedia.com

17. Rotating an image with 3D tools in Flash CS4 | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

18. 3D Space Walk using 3D Tools in Adobe Flash CS4 | Free Adobe Flash CS4 Tutorial | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

Tom Green wraps up his Flash 3D series with this project which uses all of the functions he has covered in his previous tutorials.

19. Using the 3D Translation tool in Flash CS4 | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

20. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Animate Banner in Flash | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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:

21. Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Flash 8 Integration Tutorial | Create Animation | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

22. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Closed Caption Video | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

23. Free Adobe Tutorials | Flash CS4 | Inverse Kinematics | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

24. Creating Gradients in Flash | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

25. Adobe Flash | Smoke Design | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

26. Adobe Illustrator and Flash Tutorial | Illustrator and Flash Integration | Dynamic Text | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

2. Open the Actions panel (F9).

27. Adobe Flash Tutorial | 9 Slice Scaling | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

28. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Drop Shadow Filter | Animated Movie Clip | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

29. Adobe Flash Tutorial | ActionScript | Animate Movie Clip Symbol | Flame | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

30. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Attach Movie Clip | ActionScript | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

31. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Custom Video Player Skins | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

32. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Converting Video to Flash Format | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

33. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Change Font Size | ActionScript 3 | User Interface | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

34. Changing the 3D vanishing point in Flash CS4 | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

35. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Inverse Kinematics | Animation Bones | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

> This tutorial is great for a starting point, > but are there any more tutorials on puppets?

36. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Motion Editor | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

37. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Spray Brush Tool | Symbol | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

38. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Custom Flash Video Player | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

In the Properties Inspector, Command + F3 (PC: Ctl + F3), give the component the instance name "video".

39. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Creating Simple Calculator | Dynamic Text Fields | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

40. Adobe Flash Tutorial | E-Card Announcement | Properties | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

41. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Illustrator Graphics as Symbols | Movie Clips | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

42. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Animate Movie Clip | Timeline and Keyframe | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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:

43. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Image Slideshow | Photographs | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

Go to your Actions layer and insert this code underneath the stop that that is already there:

44. Free Adobe Flash and After Effects Tutorial | Exporting Flash Video to After Effects | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

The web team at Layers magazine has couple of people using Macs and I asked them to test this tutorial in safari. Both of them could see the tutorial properly. Please check for new updates for Safari.

45. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Animate Water Ripple | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

46. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Integration | Rasterized Images | Vector Images | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

47. Adobe Flash Tutorial | HD Video | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

Flash CS3 Professional offers users a quick way to get HD content onto their web pages.

48. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Illustrator Graphic | Animation | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

49. Adobe Flash and Illustrator Tutorial | Import Symbol as Movie Clip | Motion Editor | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

50. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Embed Movie | Progressive Download | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

51. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Flash Illustrator Integration | Animating Symbols | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

52. Flash CS4 |Timeline Animation | Motion Editor | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

53. Adobe Photoshop Tutorial | Photoshop Layers to Flash | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

54. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Timeline | ActionScript 2 | ActionScript 3 | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

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.

55. Adobe Flash Tutorial | Trace Bitmap | Line Art From Photograph | Layers Magazine    layersmagazine.com

56. Layers in FlashMX 2004    maagraphics.com

We provide you tutorials of FlashMX 2004 basics and action scripts. Working with layers on FlashMX is important for creating better animations and timeline effects. Before going straight into this tutorial one must have a basic understanding about the motion tween and shape tween. If you have any doubt regarding the motion tween and shape tween in flash goes to our motion tween and shape tween tutorials. This tutorial will help you to work with layers using FlashMX 2004.

57. Flash Getting Started Flash MX 2004 Layers and Animation Explained Tutorial    metamorphozis.com

58. Flash Video Tutorial - How To Make New Layers | PhotoshopSupport.com    photoshopsupport.com

59. Pinoy7 Flash Tutorials- Understanding layers    pinoy7.com

60. Shading with layers - SWiSHMax Tutorials    swish-db.com

61. Macromedia Flash 8 free tutorial. Layers (I)    teacherclick.com

Change Name: To change Name: of a layer, it is enough to double click the current name.

62. A free video tutorial on Flash 8 Guide Layers    video-tutes.com

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63. Layers in Flash | Flash Tutorials    webdesign.org

The reasons are many, and these levels that use the sketchers, are equivalent to the Layers, which Flash uses. Each layer is, therefore, a level in which we can draw, to insert sounds, texts... with INDEPENDENCE from the rest of layers. It is necessary to take into account that all the layers share the same Timeline and therefore, its different frames will be reproduced simultaneously.