In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to to create a simple text animation in Flash using Motion tweens and the Distribute to Layers command.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to create text writing itself via masking in Flash. Tools used include Brush tool, Selection tool as well as masking.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross revisits the tutorial how to build a basic site about Colors in Flash. This version is created using Actionscript 3. The basic principles learned from this tutorial will enable the user to create a variety of simple websites. Elements covered are basic Actionscript 3, navigation, labels, button and graphic symbols.
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will learn to create an Action/ Title Safe template in Flash. Use this as a guide when making animations or motion graphics going to DVD or TV. Using rectangle tool, transform window, saving layers as a guide, and learn to save a document as a template.
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will add the rain to the cityscape via Photoshop. You will use a series of filters in Photoshop to create a single image to import into Flash, then create a 4-frame rain loop that can be animated at any angle. In addition you will add sound and lightning FX in Flash to complete the illusion of a thunderstorm. This is the last of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will build a multiplane by animating a second set of buildings as the foreground. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Selection & Subselection Tools, in addition to Motion Tweens. This is part 2 of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will create a seamless, looping background of buildings against a night sky. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Selection & Subselection Tools, in addition to Motion Tweens. You will also learn to work in Flash using the Duplicate Window option. This is the first of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, learn to use Flash as a drawing tool, while making several pseudo-3D shapes, including a flower pot. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Paint Bucket Tool, and Free Transform Tool.
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, learn how to create and save a custom swatches palette in Flash. Tools include the Eyedropper tool, the Paint Bucket tool, and the Swatches window.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates part 3 of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Flash. Create a more complex spinning illusion of two sets of concentric circles using Motion Tweens, Rotation Options, and Blend Modes. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and the History panel.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates part 2 of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Adobe Flash. Create a tunnel illusion using Motion Tweens and Masking. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and the History panel.
In this Adobe Flash video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates the first of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Flash. Create a spinning illusion of circles with cycling gradients using Motion Tweens and Rotation Options. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and an introduction to the History panel.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates how to build a basic site about Colors in Flash. The basic principles learned from this tutorial will enable the user to create a variety of simple websites. Elements covered are navigation, basic action script, labels, button and graphic symbols.
In this Flash video tutorial, Pencil Drawing part 2, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates drawing a line. Learn how to use Masking, Motion Tweens, and Motion Guide Layers to create an animated pencil drawing a curved line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross introduces drawing techniques in Flash, as well as how to use Masking, Motion and Shape Tweens to create an animated pencil drawing a line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
In this video tutorial Creative Cow Leader Franklin McMahon goes over the new video features of Macromedia Flash Professional 8 and demonstrates how to import video, set the various encoding parameters, choose a playback skin and export to a Flash file. This is part three of a three-part series.
In this video tutorial Creative Cow Leader Franklin McMahon goes over the new features of Macromedia Flash Professional 8 such as the new text modes, anti aliasing, blend modes and filters such as blur, drop shadow and bevel. This is part two of a three-part series.
In this tutorial Creative Cow Leader Franklin McMahon goes over the new features of Macromedia Flash Professional 8 such as strokes, gradients and overflow, object and document level undo, multiple libraries and ease in and ease out. This is part one of a three-part series.
In this tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how to integrate MySQL database content into your Flash movies. This data integration is accomplished by using PHP to transform the database content into XML before importing into Flash.
In this tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how to use this free Flash extension to create silky smooth animations. Stop spending hours trying to make realistic elastic or bounce animations and let this tool do the work for you.
Lee Brimelow explains how to inject extra metadata into your Flash video (FLV) files. In the tutorial he embeds the video's title as a string and shows how to make use of it in Flash.
In this Flash video tutorial Lee Brimelow walks you through the various methods for encoding your videos into the Flash Video (FLV) format. Using Sorenson Squeeze and Flash Video Import functions, you'll learn how to fully control your FLV video files.
In this video tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how to control the audio of an external FLV file by adding a mute button. This is part 8 in the Flash Video Basics series.
In this video tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how create text animations in After Effects and then import them into Flash to add a little more animation.
In this tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how create a custom context menu for the video player that replaces the deafult Flash menu. This is part 7 in the tutorial series Flash Video Basics.
Lee Brimelow shows you how to add a buffering video message to your video player that displays when the video buffer is empty. This is part 6 in the Flash Video Basics tutorial series.
In this tutorial Lee Brimelow moves on to implementing a scrubber and progress bar in this fourth installment of his series on Flash video basics. Lee also covers video rates in Flash and how this corresponds to the Flash movie.
Lee Brimelow demonstrates Flash Video Basics. In this tutorial we'll create a fully functional loader or load bar which will show how much of our flv video is loaded. This is part three in the Flash Video Basics series.
In this Flash tutorial, Lee Brimelow will show you how to take a shape drawn in Adobe Illustrator and use it to create a 3D Flash logo animation using Swift 3D.
In this video tutorial, Lee Brimelow demonstrates Flash Video Basics. In this lesson, we'll add some simple controls to our Flash video controller including the play and rewind button.
In this Flash Video Tutorial, Lee Brimelow demonstrates how to create a basic Flash movie that can play back external FLV files. Also explained is action script layers, media components, and embedded video objects.
