FLA Optimization - Importing Sounds and Images Flash tutorial
In the last tutorial we looked at the design considerations for maximum optimisation. Included in this are some considerations for the usage of sounds and images.

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Optimization of FLA files Overview
A brief introduction into optimising your fla files for streaming and use on the web.

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FLA Optimization - The Final Analysis Flash tutorial
How to automatically generate a file size report that gives you an appreciation of you animation in terms of sizes of objects and bandwidth.

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Recommendations for the Optimization
In this tutorial you will learn Recommendations for the Optimization Flash tutorial.

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Removing Flash Movie Protection
For an attentive study of the work of others, an analysis of their design decisions, understanding one or another moment when Flash technology was chosen in their designs, it can be quite helpful to download what you find an interesting Flash clip in an editor and scrutinize it in frame by frame mode. I want to warn you from the get go that this does not decompile an SWF file in initial FLA format, but nevertheless it gives sufficient food for thought while studying great work.

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Publishing your movie, the difference between FLA and SWF
So, you finally finished that nice first Flash site you want to put on the Web, and now what? How to publish it? What are the details and specifics you should now about before going live? It's all in here!

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Flash SEO - Search Engine Optimization
Getting ranked with an all flash site can be tough. In this tutorial i will address this problem.

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Blurring Effect in Flash 8
Learn how blur images in Flash 8.0 using the in-built blur filter. The download .fla is included at the end of the tutorial.

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Image Optimization Tips
We all want to put bitmaps into our sites, but they make the size of the final SWF unacceptable! Ok, here are some tips on how to do your images so that they don't bankrupt your file size!.

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Masking in Flash
This tutorial will teach you the basics of masking in Flash MX 2004. The download .fla file is also included at the end of the tutorial.

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PT Product Drag and Zoom
This is an extremely simple tool that incorporates 2 fla files to view products or pictures, move them around and zoom in and out. It's based on 2 files so that you only need to create one template to perform all the actions in case you are using this script on a site with many different images to zoom.

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Content Manager Flash and PHP
This tutorial will show you how to create an external admin panel to modify content of a Flash movie without the need to edit an .fla file. There are several intermediate to advanced methods that will be covered, so a moderate understanding of Flash and Actionscript is presumed.

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Creating bouncing effect in FlashMX 2004
Learn how to create a bouncing effect animation using Motion Tween and Shape Tween in Flash MX 2004. The .fla download file is included at the end of the tutorial.

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Flash Macro - Organizing Library using JSFL
In this tutorial we will write a jsfl file, which will convert the library into a well-organized library. Usually the designers/developers tend to ignore Library of the FLA file and end up cluttering it linearly with no folder structure.

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Creating an XML Slideshow in Flash
All the contents of our slideshow will be controlled through an XML file so that you can updated your images and their description without going back to your FLA, the XML file will also control the speed of the slideshow.

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Ripple Effect in Flash
This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple Ripple effect in Flash MX 2004. The .fla file also included at the end of the tutorial.

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Optimizing your Flash SWFs
Nowadays there is a lot less reasons to spend hours optimizing our Flash content for speed because computers are faster and cheaper to buy than 10 years ago. This doesn't mean that we should stuff our flash files with assets without worrying about optimization.

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Circular Ripple effect in FlashMX 2004
This will explain how to create a circular Ripple effect in Flash MX 2004. The .fla file also included

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Creating an Active Search List
This tutorial to help you understand the workings of the filtering list script. Further notes on my variables, what they are for, and how to deal with that nagging '200,000 calculation limit in one action list' problem are included inside the .FLA. No-- I know not everyone has encountered this problem unless they have programmed an infinite loop but I hit this problem frequently.

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Create a bouncing animation
This tutorial will teach you how to create a bouncing effect animation using Motion Tween and Shape Tween in Flash MX 2004. The .fla download file is included at the end of the tutorial.

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Writing ActionScript 3.0 in Flash
The Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview is the only development environment that allows you to create Flash documents (FLA files) that use ActionScript 3.0, although you can also compile SWF files from ActionScript (AS) files using Flex Builder 2.

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Flash Circular Ripple Effect
This tutorial will explain how to create a simple circular Ripple effect in Flash MX 2004. The .fla file also included at the end of the tutorial.

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Open Web Sites
It is possible to open a web site from Flash, using HTML but if you are looking for more resources, there is no other way other than using ActionScript. We will open a web site, send date, time, user name on a single mouse click event. See LIVE demo, documented code, source FLA files and the Adobe reference on NavigatetoURL function, yes, all for FREE.

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Building a Text Game
In this tutorial hopefully I will convince a few people to add some text games to the web using Flash. I've used various other bits of software which claim to be fantastic and sell themselves on 'you don't need to know code to make a text game'. However they all take so long to learn to use and are very limited, whereas using Actionscript means you can build the game with endless possibilities. Check out the attached .fla file to see what a couple of rooms in the final game will look like.

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Plan View Flash World
This tutorial will demonstrate one way in which a Flash world can be created where a plan view person walks across an unlimited world created by you. Refer to the attached .fla to see the game in action.

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Loading Text file into flash
This is a very basic tutorial, that will show you how to have a Flash movie 'import' and display text from a text file that you create. This can be very useful if you want to update text in a movie, but don't want to edit the .fla file!.

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ActionScript 3.0 Fade Tween
Extensively documented complete Source Code AND FLA Source file for an ActionScript 3.0 Generated Fade Tween. No time line key frames.Instruction Video available online extended instructions, from a well know tutorial house, with a remarkable reputation, say-web.com. The code is reliable and secure, completely revised with no syntax or code errors. RECOMMENDED.

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Illustration Optimization
Many artists prefer using hand-drawn illustration techniques for their Flash graphics, but there's often a big hit on your file size when using these types of illustrations. In this tutorial, you'll learn why this is the case, and you'll also learn a couple of techniques for optimizing those illustrations in order to reduce file size.

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HD Video: Bouncing Ball with Sound and Ease AS 3.0
Click the button to drop the ball. The ball bounces with sound. On this complete HD Video tutorial Say Web shows how to tween WITHOUT time line key frames and with a bounce ease. The tutorial comes with COMPLETE, EXTENSIVE documented source code and FLA source file available for download.

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Design Methods for Flash Sites
I want to design a site in Flash. Now, what is the best way to go about doing that?Many of us feel that we have to do at least one site completely in Flash. If for no other reason than to say that we have done it. So, I am not going to argue that other means of design are superior or not.

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Maintaining Rhythm and Flow in Character design
With the digital age of illustration, the efficiency and aesthetic of design has been shaped by the functionality of tools. Though it does provide relief for laborious tasks; we all too often receive a payoff that lacks spontaneity and life. Rather than working rigidly and formulaic, it is more rewarding to produce art in a pliable and organic manner. As an animator, I strive to preserve and push rhythm and flow in design. Let's review some helpful approaches.

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Loading External Texts into Flash Using the LoadVars() Class
This tutorial will teach you how to load content from an external text file dynamically into a Flash movie. The Flash Player is capable of dynamically loading various forms of external data such as texts, images, and many other forms at run time. Viewing your content this way makes the updating process of your website much easier as you do not have to generate new SWF files using your source FLA each time you want to update the content and instead simply edit those small text files that should have all the written content of your website. The text in the following example is being loaded at real time from a separate text file located on the server.

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Design Your Own Button
This tutorial you will get the easiest and fastest way to design a button by using Sothink SWF Quicker.

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Introduction to Design
This Introduction to Design tutorial. I bring you an introduction to some of the language and terms used by designers. And to finsh off I give you a small exercise - just to get you thinking.

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Design a button
This tutorial you will get the easiest and fastest way to design a button yourself.

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Game Design
This is a series of Game Design Document for Wireless.

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Intro to Design Pattern and OOP with AS3
Learn the basics of OOP while working with a Design Pattern.

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Drawing and Working with Color
Design passes through many phases when designing web page or an animation. After the phase of "What do I want to create and how is it going to look", normally, the phase of graphic design comes up. Realize what your imagination has produced on the paper (in this case on the paper of Flash).

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Design an antique-style analog clock
This tutorial shows how you the way to design and code an old-style analog clock which shows the correct time.

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Designing flash preloader
Learn how to design a flash preloader using the action script. You will also learn how to design a preloader, how to apply mask effect and action script code in it and more.

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