- Animating a Logotype in Flash MX
- Dec 13, 2002
- This lesson takes a previously created logo and animates it using Macromedia Flash MX.
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- Drawing in Flash
- Dec 13, 2002
- This chapter focuses on the various tools artists can use to draw in Flash. Whether you want to splatter paint with your Wacom tablet or draw line art with a mouse, Flash offers an array of choices.
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- Flash Usability, Part 4: Building the Main Movie
- Sep 26, 2002
- In this final article in the series, you build a test Flash movie to make sure that the text size button still works on your Web page.
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- Flash Usability, Part 3: Building the Web Page
- Sep 20, 2002
- Continue your four-part lesson in preserving the text size button's functionality when working with Flash by building the HTML page for your movie in Part 3.
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- Flash Usability, Part 2: Making the Flash Part
- Sep 13, 2002
- In Part 1 you set the design guidelines to make the text size button usable when designing your Web site with Flash. Now learn about the JavaScript that makes it work in Part 2.
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- Flash Usability: Sizing Up Text, Part 1
- Sep 6, 2002
- When using Flash to improve your Web site, you risk breaking the browser's basic functionality, potentially rendering the text size button unusable. Find out how to make that button work again.
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- Interface Design for Devices
- Aug 23, 2002
- Learn about common interface issues, considerations you need to keep in mind when developing for devices, how to use specially built interface components for devices, and how to optimize the code that makes up your user interfaces.
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- Getting Dynamic Data into Macromedia Flash
- Aug 9, 2002
- Learn how Flash MX can receive content from a database and then present it within a Flash Movie. Open up a whole new world of possibilities by learning how to get database content into this dynamic tool for building entire websites.
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- 8 Tasks in Flash MX
- Jul 26, 2002
- David Emberton walks you through eight common tasks in Flash MX that demonstrate some of the biggest reasons why you should upgrade to the new version.
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- Flash MX Animation Techniques
- Jul 19, 2002
- Flash animation is modeled on the same principles used in the large-scale animation productions of yesteryear. Use the fundamentals of Flash to develop successful character animation, from personality to environment.
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- Macromedia Flash MX Integration with Dreamweaver
- Jul 19, 2002
- Macromedia is providing the tools to integrate Flash multimedia within Dreamweaver websites. Matthew David discusses the single program that combines those two worlds together as a seamless whole.
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- The Tip of the Flash MX Iceberg
- Jul 19, 2002
- Want to incorporate your webcam feed into your Flash MX-based Web site? This article by Robert M. Hall includes explanations and free example source code you can incorporate into your projects.
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- Complex Flash MX Graphics on a Single Layer
- Jun 21, 2002
- To work effectively with complex graphics, you need to understand how Flash shapes interact when they are on the same layer or on different layers. In this chapter, you learn how to work with multiple shapes on one layer.
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- Introducing ActionScript
- Jun 21, 2002
- Get ready to be introduced to your new best friend: ActionScript! This sample chapter will show you some compelling reasons for learning ActionScripting, as well as what makes it tick.
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- Using Symbols and the Library in Flash MX
- Jun 21, 2002
- In this sample chapter, you'll learn to use Flash MX's symbols, libraries, and the Movie Explorer to manage your movies and keep them small, fast, and organized. You will also learn how to use and how to import bitmaps.
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- A Critical Look at Flash MX
- Jun 14, 2002
- Venture beyond regular software reviews and get some practical advice on what Flash MX has to offer you. David Emberton cuts through the "marketese" to discover the real Flash 6.0.
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- Adding Graphics and Text in Flash MX
- Jun 14, 2002
- Flash provides multiple tools to let you precisely control the placement of elements, including rulers, guides, panels, and the Property inspector. In this lesson, you'll learn to use all of these.
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- Getting a Handle on ActionScript
- Jun 14, 2002
- This sample chapter will teach you how to use ActionScript to create effective Flash interaction by giving you the sound ActionScripting foundation upon which you can build your Flash literacy.
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- The Power of Confusion
- Jun 14, 2002
- Step into the mind of Joshua Davis, Flash designer and unique thinker, and see how he looks at life and how his interpretations of the world around him influence his art — and his book.
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- Building Complexity in Flash MX
- Jun 7, 2002
- This sample chapter describes approaches to building complex animations through layering, combining, and extending basic Flash capabilities.
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