- 10 Minutes with Flash: Bitmap Video Effects
- Dec 5, 2003
- In the first of a bi-weekly series of articles called "10 Minutes with Flash," Robert Hoekman, Jr. demonstrates how to make reality pretty again with faux video effects using simple bitmaps.
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- Working with Complex Data in Flash MX 2004
- Dec 5, 2003
- Phillip Kerman covers different ways to store, manipulate, and generally manage data in Flash MX 2004.
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- Making the Most of Flash MX 2004 and Its New CSS Control
- Nov 26, 2003
- Phillip Kerman shows you why it makes sense to load CSS files and use htmlText when importing CSS into Flash MX 2004.
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- Creating Custom Context Menus in Flash MX 2004
- Nov 21, 2003
- This article shows you how to create custom context menus for your Flash movies using Macromedia Flash MX 2004.
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- Optimizing Your Flash MX 2004 Workspace and Revealing Hidden Features
- Nov 13, 2003
- Let Robert Hoekman, Jr. show you the keys to Flash MX 2004 workspace organization, and discover a few cool features along the way.
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- Flash MX 2004 Components
- Nov 7, 2003
- Matthew David gives you an overview of the different components you now have with Flash MX 2004, what you can do with them, how to build a simple form, how to change their style, and how to bind an array to your components.
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- Flash MX Printing
- Apr 25, 2003
- See how to customize printing from a Flash Player by using the print action feature.
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- Collision Detection with Flash MX
- Apr 11, 2003
- Collision detection is all about detecting objects and boundaries on the stage. Matthew David illustrates how to use collision detection in an arcade-style game.
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- Introducing ActionScript Objects
- Apr 11, 2003
- Take advantage of ActionScript's objects, and learn how to use objects' properties to manipulate data, colors, sound, dates, and more.
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- Creating Scrolling Screens for Flash Games
- Apr 4, 2003
- Using Flash, you can build scrolling screens into your games for players to move through. Matthew David walks you through the process.
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- Game Development with Flash
- Mar 28, 2003
- In this age of Internet gaming, Matthew David tells why you need only one tool for building online games: Macromedia Flash MX.
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- Server-Side ActionScript (SSAS)
- Mar 7, 2003
- Step through the objects available to you with SSAS including SharedObject, Stream, Application, Client, and NetConnection.
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- Flash Interface Design: Bud Greenspan's 10 Greatest Winter Olympians
- Feb 7, 2003
- CNNSI had three goals for a minisite running in the weeks before the 2002 Winter Olympics. Thoughtbubble Productions used Flash to accomplish all those activities in a single page.
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- Creating a Flash Email Client Application
- Jan 31, 2003
- This chapter explores the architecture and the means of creating a simple email management program using Flash MX, XML, Java, and Microsoft Access.
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- Building a Flash Message Board System
- Jan 24, 2003
- This sample chapter shows you how message boards can be deployed using Flash MX and a backend server-side system to great effect.
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- Building a Flash Video Simulation
- Jan 17, 2003
- This sample chapter discusses creating rich learning media in Macromedia Flash MX.
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- The Flash MX Game Design Plan: From Idea to Design
- Jan 10, 2003
- This sample chapter discusses one game-design process that can help you structure your ideas and build your game intelligently and efficiently. This simple design process will help you plan for every part of the game.
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- Authoring Flash MX Web Pages
- Jan 3, 2003
- This lesson teaches web-building at the page level, marking up a page and making use of different elements, including hyperlinks, style sheets, images, and templates.
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- First Steps of Flash Game Design
- Jan 3, 2003
- This sample chapter discusses the most common Flash game genres, their terminology, and Flash's capabilities as a game-development environment.
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- Using Animation to Build Movement in Flash MX
- Dec 27, 2002
- Animating in Flash is where the real excitement begins. If you do it right, you'll find that you can control your audience's emotions in ways they'll not soon forget. Sound appealing? Read on.
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