- Five Cool and Useful Techniques for iMovie '09 and iDVD
- Jul 6, 2009
- It would be easy to overlook some video-editing and DVD-creation features in iMovie '09 and iDVD, as they aren't immediately apparent to a new (or even longtime) user. But these tips from Jeff Carlson are immediately useful, and loads of fun.
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- Flash Essentials for After Effects Users
- Jun 17, 2009
- Flash baffles After Effects users as often as it makes them feel comfortable. This chapter from Rich Harrington introduces you to Flash’s interface and core animation techniques.
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- Flash Video 101: An Overview of Working with Flash
- Sep 8, 2006
- Why Flash video? With all its new capabilities, Flash has developed into an excellent platform for delivering video and many other types of media. In this article, which will be followed up with a series of articles providing more details, James Gonzalez provides a summary and overview of how to author and publish Flash video projects.
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- Flash Video 101: Authoring Flash Video with Dreamweaver
- Sep 29, 2006
- Importing video directly into Dreamweaver is ideal for situations in which you want to put video onto your site quickly and easily, with no interactive elements beyond simple video controls (play, stop, pause, skip ahead, and skip backward). James Gonzalez shows you how to quickly and easily add Flash video to a Web site using Dreamweaver, the world's leading HTML editor.
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- Flash Video 101: Best Practices for Capturing and Encoding Flash Video for Web Delivery
- Sep 15, 2006
- Before you start a Flash video Web project, you must balance a variety of factors to ensure that you start with the highest quality, smallest video files as possible. Join James Gonzalez for a review of the best practices for achieving the best possible video image quality and viewing experience.
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- Flash Video 101: Controlling Flash Video with the FLV Playback Component
- Oct 6, 2006
- You have several options for controlling the playback of video in a Flash file. In this article, author James Gonzalez reviews the best of these options: the Flash FLVPlayback component. Read on to learn more about this new and powerful Flash component and how to take advantage of its rich feature set to quickly and easily control all aspects of Flash video playback.
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- Flash Video 101: Flash Video Delivery Options
- Sep 22, 2006
- When it comes to delivering Flash video, there's no shortage of options. Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 provide several ways for you to include video in your Flash documents. How you choose to deploy your video will determine how you create your video content and how you integrate it for use with Flash. In this article, James Gonzalez gives you a thorough rundown of all the options available for delivering Flash video to your audience.
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- Flash Video 101: Stream Video Using The Flash Media Server 2
- Nov 3, 2006
- Streaming video from a Flash Media Server provides the most complete, consistent, and robust way to deliver your Flash video projects. In this article, author James Gonzalez provides development tips and a summary review of the Media Server's features, capabilities, components, server architecture, and more.
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- Flash Video 101: Streaming Flash Video from a Reliable Content Delivery Network
- Nov 10, 2006
- If you're interested in gaining all the benefits of streaming your Flash video from a dedicated media server, but are concerned about all the costs and time involved, this article is for you. Author James Gonzalez reviews how to employ Flash Video Streaming Services (FVSS), hosted by a variety of content delivery networks, to do the hard work for you.
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- Flash Video 101: Working with Video Cue Points in Flash Professional 8
- Oct 27, 2006
- Cue points can be inserted directly into your Flash video (FLV) files to accomplish a variety of tasks. James Gonzalez shows you how to work with video cue points and use them with ActionScript to add powerful seek functionality to a playback interface.
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- Flashy Flash On the Go: Creating Animations For Cell Phones
- Jul 20, 2007
- Adobe Ambassador Mike McHugh shows how to use Illustrator CS3—combined with Adobe’s Device Central CS3 and Flash CS3—to create animations that can be played on a cell phone. The best part? No ActionScript required.
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- Free Audio Tools that Work with Flash
- Mar 24, 2006
- One of Flash's many strengths is its capability to consistently and reliably play back sound across a wide variety of computer platforms and environments. Flash has a comprehensive set of utilities and tools to work with audio, but there are several free, dedicated audio tools that can do an even better job. James Gonzalez reviews several free audio tools that he has used professionally and with his students to streamline audio work with Flash.
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- From Sound Card to Stereo: Connecting Your PC to Your Stereo
- Nov 5, 2004
- Learn how to analyze the a/v equipment you've got to make sure outputs and inputs are compatible for connecting your PC to your home stereo.
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- Fun with Maya 4's Paint Effects
- Apr 12, 2002
- Learn how to use Maya's Paint Effects feature to add visually impressive effects to your 3D art.
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- Game Mechanics: How to Design an Internal Economy for Your Game
- Aug 15, 2012
- Internal economy is one kind of mechanic you might find in a game. Designing a game's economy is the core of the game designer’s trade: You craft mechanics to create a game system that is fun and challenging to interact with. Ernest Adams and Joris Dormans, authors of Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design, explain how to do it.
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- GarageBand for Audiophiles (and Audio files)
- Nov 11, 2005
- Jaemi Loeb offers tips for professional-quality digital editing (copy/paste, filtering, and DSP's) of pre-recorded audio files using GarageBand 2 (part of iLife '05).
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- Gathering and Editing Video in Final Cut Pro
- Jan 13, 2006
- With the advent of nonlinear editing systems, editing is as much a technical art as it is aesthetic. Understanding some basic video approaches will not only improve your technical aptitude, but also allow you the freedom to concentrate on the art of editing. In this lesson, you'll observe the workflow of a typical video. Your project specifications may vary, but the principles of video workflow still hold. And since Final Cut Pro is adaptable, it will accommodate different approaches seamlessly.
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- Gathering Image and Sound Files for Your Powerpoint Presentation
- Nov 3, 2006
- Tom Negrino offers suggestions for using images, sounds, and even video clips to enhance your presentations.
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- Get a Grip! How to Manage Your Footage in After Effects 7
- Jan 26, 2007
- In this chapter, you'll learn how to use the Project panel in After Effects 7 to organize and sort the items contained in your project. You'll also learn about other aspects of asset management such as how to replace missing footage and use placeholders and proxies to temporarily stand in for footage items. As always, taking a little time to prepare will save you a lot of time in the long run.
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- Getting in Gear: An After Effects 5 Tutorial
- Oct 1, 2001
- by Antony Bolante, author of Adobe After Effects 5: Visual QuickStart Guide
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