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Working With Flash MX 2004 and PHPThis tutorial is going to show you a very basic method of sending information from Flash to an external PHP script. This is merely a primer to get you working with using Flash for forms and dynamic content. The actual code for this tutorial can be used IN lower versions of Flash, but the actual process is written for Flash MX 2004.
Bugs and Fixes
Like most programs MX 2004 has a few bugs. To improve stability of Flash MX 2004 Macromedia recommend that you install the updater. Macromedia just released the second update to Macromedia Flash MX 2004, code-named Ellipsis , which updates Flash MX 2004 to version 7.2. Currently the updater is 66MB for a PC and 73MB for a Mac - so if you have a Modem don't bother !! You can find both the Mac and PC updater at:
Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Learning Guide
ActionScript is the scripting language for Macromedia Flash. It makes your Flash content interactive. ActionScript provides a more efficient way to do things in Flash, from creating simple animations through designing complex application interfaces. With the release of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Macromedia introduced ActionScript 2.0.
Loading External Images using Flash MX 2004 Components
This tutorial shows you how to load external images into Flash using an Array (list) and Flash MX 2004 Components. This means that the pictures are not loaded preloaded into Flash. Therefore the Flash Movie does not have to load all the pictures before you can start to view the first picture. If you preload all the images into FLash there can be a long wait before the user can view the first picture.
Integrating Video in a Flash Movie
Want to integrate video in your Flash movie? You have two choices. You can embed the video in your Flash document, or keep progressively download it into a SWF file using from a FLV (Flash Video) file. In this tutorial you'll learn to use the Media Playback Component to display a FLV file in a Flash movie.
Migrating Flash Projects to Video
This article is geared towards intermediate Flash users and developers who are interested in creating Flash content for broadcast video, and converting dynamic Flash content into video format.
Exporting Captivate Content to Flash MX 2004 Flash tutorial
The development team for Captivate has covered all the bases by also keeping in mind "power users." These users, like you, not only use Captivate, but also integrate their demos and simulations with Flash MX 2004, learning management systems, websites and more.
Creating basic buttons in Flash MX 2004
Simple tutorial on how to create buttons using Flash MX 2004.
Glint Effect
The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to make a nice shine effect move through your text. People have been confused with tutorials on how to do this, so I thought I would show the technique I use when I do it in Flash. I use Flash MX 2004, but most of the menus in the previous versions were in similar places, so if you cannot find a tool that I am referring to, look around, or better yet, get MX 2004. This tutorial has been made so simple that anybody can do it, even those using Flash for the first few times. My tutorial is split into different stages to make it easier to digest. It's always better to have had experience, but it's not entirely necessary.
How to put video on your website?
FLV (Flash Video) is a proprietary file format used to deliver video over the Internet via Adobe Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) version 6, 7, 8, or 9. Recently a number of notable Websites, such as Youtube, Google video and Reuters, use FLV format.If you don't want your video to be watermarked by Youtube or other video hosting website, you should convert your video yourself, and host the converted FLV video yourself.
Dropdown Menu in Flash MX 2004
Creating basic buttons in Flash MX 2004" lesson as many things about buttons in this tutorial are not explained as good as they explained there.
Video In Flash
You can import, compress, export and view movie files in Flash. We're going to walk through, from start to finish, the entire process of using video in Flash.
Flash Javascript API > An Introduction
With the release of Flash MX 2004, a new arena was opened up for Flash Programmers called the Flash Javascript API. The programmers can now extend the Flash authoring environment itself to execute customized tasks making life much easier.
Working With The Accordion UI Component
We are going to make a simple site using the new accordion UI component in Flash MX 2004 Professional. In this tutorial I will assume that you have basic knowledge of Flash MX 2004 Professional and can get around the interface pretty easily.
Developing preloaders in Flash
This is a step by step tutorial that teaches you to create a flash preloader application using Flash MX 2004 and Actionscripts.
Create flash video player using Flash Components
This tutorial explains how to create flash video player for your website using flash components in Adobe Flash Professional CS3.
Flash MX 2004 MovieClipLoader Class
Flash MX 2004 now provides the class for preloading images and swf files. Now you don't have to use the obsolete loadMovie method to load your images!
Dropdown Menu in Flash MX 2004
Before using this tutorial it is strongly recommended to read "Creating basic buttons in Flash MX 2004" lesson as many things about buttons in this tutorial are not explained as good as they explained there.
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004
This tutorial is for people who want to know how to set up customized right click menu for Flash MX 2004. Why somebody needs the customized right click menu in Flash MX? Imagine you want to protect your work with copyright information or just include your website address so everyone who saw that movie could visit your website. The simplest example of customized menu you will be able to create after finishing our tutorial.
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004
This tutorial is for people who want to know how to set up customized right click menu for Flash MX 2004. Why somebody needs the customized right click menu in Flash MX? Imagine you want to protect your work with copyright information or just include your website address so everyone who saw that movie could visit your website. The simplest example of customized menu you will be able to create after finishing our tutorial.
Using Flash for video animation
How to export Flash animations into a video format such as Windows AVI or Quicktime, and using it in a home video production. For advanced users, how to superimpose animation over video background sources using chromakeying.
Flash to video - the Hard Way
Ever tried making video for television from Flash anim? I trieed, it's on the air. But I'd rather do it in an other way, with some video editor and stuff like that. But if you'd like to try it, or have no other way here's the harder way to do it. Mainly for maniacs. As I'm not a big guru some might know easier ways but until then...
Dropdown Menu in Flash MX 2004
This tutorial lean you for dropdown menu sysem in flash MX 2004.
Creating a Dynamic Playlist for Progressive Flash Video
There's been a strong outcry for an article demonstrating an XML-driven playlist that does not require Macromedia Flash Communication Server. You wanted the flexibility to update your progressive Flash video (FLV) playlists without editing your Macromedia Flash source files.
Working with Layers in Flash MX 2004
This tutorial will teach you how to work on layers using Flash MX 2004.If you still haven't finish motion tween. Please go through Motion Tween Tutorial and then get back here.
Making a Flash Website
Alright, Finally I have decided to sit down and type this big tut on how to make a website in flash. I am using Flash MX 2004 and working on a mac os x but everything I do should work on Windows computers too.
Create Flash Video
This tutorial you will learn how to import a video as an embedded file in a few minutes with Flash Maker -- Sothink SWF Quicker.
Looping Movies With Flash MX 2004
It has come to my attention from working with Flash MX 2004 Professional that there isn't a quick way to loop a movie a certain amount of times without using action script. To find a better solution and a quick fix for a friend over the week I have come up with the following solution. While this is not the perfect solution to the problem it works and it works well.
Detecting the Flash Player
For somebody to be able to see your Flash movie online they need the appropriate Flash player to be installed into the Browser. So if you create a movie in Flash 5 they will need the Flash 5 Player (or a more recent version of the player). If you create a Flash MX movie the Browser needs the Flash 6 Player and Flash MX 2004 needs the Flash 7 Player.
Random colors custom ad banner with time counters
In this easy lesson made for Flash MX, Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 I will show you how to create a Flash banner ad that fits specific needs of the website it will be displayed on. The unique behaviour of this banner is that it will perform a random display of colored stripes for 9 seconds, after which it will come to a standstill.
Customized Cursor in Flash MX 2004
Learn how to create customized cursor in flash mx 2004. Very easy. Step-by-step tutorial.
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004
Easy, step-by-step tutorial how to set up customized right click menu in flash mx 2004 using action script.
Add Flash Player Controls To Your Video
In this tutorial I will show you how to convert a video to flash and how to add player controls enabling the full-screen option. You will need Adobe Flash to follow along.
Capturing Key Events with Flash Actionscript
Using Flash MX Pro Actionscript to capture key events such as pressing up and down keys, used in game control for example.
Shiny glinting rollover effect for movie clips that act as buttons
In this easy tutorial made for Flash MX, Flash MX 2004 or Flash 8, you will learn to create a shiny animated effect which will appear once a user rolls his mouse over a button. Many visitors to my site have asked me to explain how to make this kind of effect once they have seen it in my tutorial in which I explain how to make a tabbed website menu in Flash. To all of you who have requested this - here it is! In particular, you will see how to:
Detect the Flash Player
If you use the new features in Flash MX 2004 you will need to detect if your audience has the latest version of the Flash Player plug-in installed on their computer, otherwise they will not be able to see your Movie as you intended.
Masking effect in FlashMX 2004
This tutorial will teach you the basics of masking in Flash MX 2004.
Playing Flash Video Using The AS3 FLVPlayback Component
Learn how to play video files in Flash.
Flash handwriting effect
This is a simple yet cool effect. This tutorial was done in Flash MX 2004, so the location of some of the menu bar things will be different in from MX, but of course it will work just as well in MX.
Create funny interactive comic-style speech bubbles
In this easy lesson made for Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8, I will show you how to give custom speech bubbles to characters featured in a classical painting. Have a look at the Flash example below - roll your mouse over the women and men in the picture to get a clear idea of what you're going to learn to make in this tutorial.

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