So just what is Macromedia Flash, anyway? If you're going to use this fancy tool to spice up your web site, it's pretty important to understand what Flash is and what you can do with it. Here's a brief look at some of the uses for Flash.
Add Text to a Document Adobe Flash / Getting Started
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 provide a variety of text features and options. This lesson introduces you to the three primary types of text you can add to a document. You can add static text for titles, labels, or other text content you want to appear in a document. You can also use input text options to allow viewers to interact with your Flash application for example, to enter their name or other information in a form.
Create Symbols and Instances Adobe Flash / Getting Started
A symbol is a reusable object, and an instance is an occurrence of a symbol on the Stage. Repeatedly using instances does not increase the file size and is a good part of a strategy for keeping a document file size small. Symbols also simplify editing a document; when you edit a symbol, all instances of the symbol update to reflect the edits. Another benefit of symbols is that they allow you to create sophisticated interactivity.
Flash Fonts Adobe Flash / Text Effects
When you create a html document in a certain font and want to share it with others on the internet, they wont be able to view the font unless they download it and install it on your computer. Unless of course you embed the font within the document.Flash also allows you to embed fonts, the difference is that while embedding fonts in HTML is problematic, Flash allows you to embed fonts flawlessly. So the person viewing the flash file can any fonts used within it without having the font installed on their computer.Despite the fact the flash makes embedding fonts so easy, they remain one of the most frequently reported sources of problems on flash forums.
Creating and Sending INPUT Fields Adobe Flash / Third Party
This tutorial demonstrates how to create an edit field and post it to an URL using query string. We will invoke Google search from our Flash document using Flash Designer.
Motion Guides 101 Adobe Flash / Animation
This tutorial is to show you how to make a motion guide work properly in a flash document. It assumes that you know how to open flash, create symbols and successfully use the timeline.
Create Accessible Flash Content Adobe Flash / Web Designing
With knowledge of a few design techniques and accessibility features in Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8, you can create Flash content that is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities.This lesson demonstrates how to create an accessible document, designed for use with screen readers (which read web content aloud for visually impaired users) and other assistive technologies.
Using Illustrator Symbols in Flash Adobe Flash / Drawing
Whether you create your own or use the ones included in the program, Illustrator symbols are a great source of vector art for Flash projects. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to copy an Illustrator symbol to a Flash document and edit the symbol in Flash.
Flash Sound for Dynamic Sites Adobe Flash / Sound
Storing all the sound contents of your web site inside a Flash movie is a very efficient way to sonify a site. The main advantage of this approach is that you have a single resource to extract sound data from, thus simplifying programming. What you are going to learn in this document is how to create a framework that eases the update of the sound contents and allows you to keep up with layout and content changes made to a web site.
Volume Controls Adobe Flash / Sound
The aim of the tutorial is to learn how to use ActionScript to play a sound file, stop a sound file and create a slider that is used to control the volume.You can follow the same steps for both a horizontal or vertical volume slider. There is only one difference: The document size. Other than that everything is exactly the same. Once finished you simply rotate the vertical slider to convert it to a horizontal slider. None of the ActionScript or other details need to be changed.
Work with Layers Adobe Flash / Tips and Tricks
In Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8, layers are analogous to transparent sheets of acetate stacked on top of each other. In the areas of a layer that don't contain content, you can see through to content in the layers below. Layers assist you in organizing content in your document. For example, you can keep background art on one layer and navigational buttons on another. Additionally, you can create and edit objects on one layer without affecting objects on another layer.
Intro to Flash Adobe Flash / Getting Started
After you install the Macrodedia FlashMX2004(or professional version), open it, and there are the following things you'll need to know before starting to work on.A complete document to introduce flash and learn the basic flash elements, learning what flash is, how to make animation with basic knowledge, understand the flash environment.