Dec
26th

Basic Motion Guide Tween Tutorial

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This Flash tutorial will show you how to use a motion guide to move an object.

Step 1: Draw an object on layer 1 and convert it into movie clip.

Step 2: Then, select the Tween in the Properties to Motion.

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Step 3: Then, click on frame 30 and insert keyframe. Here, move the object to another location. For this tutorial, I’m going to be using simple circle.

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Dec
19th

Convert Bitmap Images to Vector in Flash

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Do you know that you can convert your bitmap image to vector graphics using Flash? This is good tutorial for you since you can learn how to convert bitmap to vector in order to achieve a cool look and minimize your file size.

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[bitmap image]

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[vector graphic]

Steps On How To Convert A Bitmap To Vector

Just follow these simple steps and you will learn how to convert bitmap into vector:

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Dec
12th

Creating Xmas Snowing Effect Using Flash

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This tutorial will help you how to write the Actionscript to create snow animation effects. It also specifies the properties to be set, the frames to be selected etc. Just follow the necessary steps and I will explain each step in detail.

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Steps 1: Create a snow particle. Click the Oval tool from your toolbox and set the color to white from your color palette.

Steps 2: Then convert it to movie clip by right clicking on the circle.

Steps 3: Select your movie clip and go to the Properties panel and type the word “snow” in <Instance Name>.

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Steps 4: After that, right click on your movie clip and select Actions. Copy and paste your code into Actions dialog box.

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Nov
29th

How to Create A Simple Flash Countdown Timer

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Today, I will be teaching you how to make a flash countdown timer. This is very useful because in our daily life, there are counts up or down timers.

In this tutorial, you will see how to create a countdown animation using the shape tween effect.

Step 1

Select the Text Tool, click on the stage, and in Properties Panel below the scene to choose the options like it is shown on the picture below.

Step 2

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While the number is still selected, then right click and select break apart to make the number become shape.

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Nov
14th

How To Load External Text Into Flash Movie

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This week I will teach you how to load an external text files into your flash, this is important as you no need to edit the .fla file to change the text, you just need to update the content in the text file.

First of all, create a text file text.txt, make sure that the file has to be in the same path with flash file (.fla). If you still not clear about this, you may follow the steps below:

Steps of Loading External Text Into Flash

1. Open the text file, and write your content. The first part yourText is the variable name and the second part is the text that is going to be displayed. You can try to change the second part from time to time but make sure that it is after the equal mark.

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yourText=I want to see this text.In this sample, you need to create 2 dynamic text and so you need to create 2 variable in flash. Then, you can load these 2 variables in the same text file by typing “&” after second part.

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2. After that, save your text file.

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