Archive for April, 2007

flash and video announcements

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Jupitermedia Corporation announces WebVideoUniverse.com.
An all new website dedicated to Shooting, Editing and Distributing Video.
You will find everything from Encoding your video
to Marketing & Promoting it and lots more.
Stop by and check it out today!
Flashloaded releases photoFlow component
The photoFlow Flash component displays multiple
images with a stack effect, perspective and reflection.
Images can be flipped automatically […]

Flash Game Contest

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Flash Game Contest
LearnFlash.com is announcing their most exciting contest to date.
Stake your claim to over $2,000 in cash and prizes.
What do you need to do?
Simply fill out our online application and use your skills
to submit any Flash game you have created.
A panel of three judges will choose the winning entries based on the following […]

flash and photoshop video lessons

Monday, April 16th, 2007

FLASH 8 VIDEO Lesson– Animating a Text Blur

FLASH 8 VIDEO TUTORIAL – Text Blur
In this flash 8 video tutorial, you will learn to animate a custom text loop.
This is a popular effect, and after this tutorial you will feel comfortable adding to text and graphics.

PHOTOSHOP VIDEO Lesson– Custom Watermark

PHOTOSHOP VIDEO TIP – Custom […]

Flash 8 class properties

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Some properties used in Flash 8
Stage.height
The height property of the Stage object is read only. The stage is the area that your root timeline is. That is, the rectangle of your flash file. The height of course is the vertical size of the stage in pixels. A common example of its use is to […]

photoshop flash video lessons

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

FLASH VIDEO tip – “Introduction to Cartooning with Flash” Preview - how to start animating in flash 8

FLASH VIDEO TUTORIAL – “Introduction to Cartooning with Flash” Preview
In this flash 8 cartoon video tutorial, we have a ringing phone, and in order to make the cartoon more interesting,
we are going to animate the phone receiver bouncing […]

photo objects images

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

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More flash 8 properties

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

_rotation
The _rotation property of the MovieClip class relates to the number of degrees that are to be rotated. But the crucial point with _rotation is where you put the center of the MovieClip. If the center is offset or at the top left corner of the MovieClip then it will rotate all wonky.. So make […]

Flash 8 properties

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

_alpha
_alpha is a flash movieclip property that sets the transparency of a MovieClip. When _alpha has the value of 0, then it is transparent.
When _alpha has the value of 100 then it is fully opaque. Values between 0 and 100 give varying degrees of opacity or transparency.
It can be used thus. Pretend that you have […]

april flash and photoshop video tutorials

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

FLASH VIDEO tip – “Introduction to Cartooning with Flash” Preview

FLASH VIDEO TUTORIAL – “Introduction to Cartooning with Flash” Preview
Depending on the style that you are going for in your cartoon, you might want to add some shading to your characters to give them a sense of depth.
This video tutorial demonstrates some useful techniques as he […]