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Linking to URL in Action Script 3
Introduction
The way Action Script deals with events on buttons and movie clips is totally different than the old one we used to do with Action Script 2, but generally it is more professional and saves time and effort if you understood it well.
The new Action Script 3 is showing a new trend on the Action Script language by moving to the Object oriented programming concept. However, in this article, I will show the new method to create a link to URL in Action Script 3 file.
Button & Movieclip actions in Action Script 3
Introduction
The way Action Script deals with events on buttons and movie clips is totally different than the old one we used to do with Action Script 2, but generally it is more professional and saves time and effort if you understood it well.
The new Action Script 3 is showing a new trend on the Action Script language by moving to the Object oriented programming concept. However, I wanted in this article to show for Flash designer how the new AS3 deal with movie clips and button events since it is one of the AS basics that any Flash designer or animation must be aware of it.
Create custom text animations with After Effects
Written by: Rafiq ELmansy
Adobe URL: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/aft7at_animatetxt_print.html
Adobe After Effects allows you to create text animation effects; you can use a ready-made text animation, or you can manipulate text properties to create custom text animations. In this article, you learn how to easily create and save text animations using animation presets. You also learn how to create custom text animation by adding animator groups to text layers.
Adding 3D to Flash projects using After Effects
Written by: Rafiq ELmansy
Adobe URL: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/3d_in_flash.html
When I started learning Adobe After Effects, I realized that it includes a number of features and effects that can not only give more capabilities to my Macromedia Flash projects but save me time because of how the two applications are integrated.
After Effects gives you a variety of ways to create video with alpha, animate your graphic in 2D or 3D space, and then export your animation with a transparent background, as well as apply a variety of effects and presets that differentiate your Flash work.
This article will help you understand how After Effects integrates with Flash. You’ll learn how to benefit from these features in your Flash projects by using the 3D layer feature in After Effects to give a 2D Flash graphic some 3D properties. You will export a Flash graphic to After Effects, convert it to a 3D layer in order to give it 3D properties, and then animate it before finally bringing it back into Flash.
Create a web photo gallery
1-(Optional) Select the files or folder you want to use in Adobe Bridge.
Your images will be presented in the order in which they’re displayed in Bridge. If you’d rather use a different order, change the order in Bridge.
2-Do one of the following:
-In Adobe Bridge, choose Tools > Photoshop > Web Photo Gallery.
-In Photoshop, choose File > Automate > Web Photo Gallery.
3-Choose a style for the gallery from the Styles pop‑up menu. A preview of the home page for the chosen style appears in the dialog box.
4-(Optional) Enter an e‑mail address as the contact information for the gallery.
5-Choose the source files for your gallery from the Use menu.
Selected Images From Adobe Bridge Uses images you selected before opening the Web Photo Gallery dialog box.
Folder Uses images from folders you select using the Browse (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS) buttons. Select Include All Subfolders to include images inside any subfolders of the selected folder.
6-Click Destination, and then select a folder in which to store the images and HTML pages for the gallery. Then click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).
7-Select formatting options for the web gallery. Choose from the Options menu to display each set of options.
8-Click OK. Photoshop places the following HTML and JPEG files in your destination folder:
-A home page for your gallery named index.htm or index.html, depending on the Extension options. Open this file in any web browser to preview your gallery.
-JPEG images inside an images subfolder.
-HTML pages inside a pages subfolder.
-JPEG thumbnail images inside a thumbnails subfolder
How to apply and control custom easing effects in Flash
I wrote an article a year ago about using the custom easing effect in Flash and I was covering the feature on Flash 8. Now, here is an updated version of the article that covers this amazing feature in Flash CS3. The article is published this Dec 2007 on Adobe Edge Magazine here.
Creating video content for mobile devices
Here is my article published at Adobe site on 19 Nov 2007 about creatinf video content for mobile.
Created:
19 November 2007
User Level:
Beginner, Intermediate
Products:
Flash Lite
With the release of Flash Lite 3.0, the future of Flash applications on mobile devices becomes more promising. The next generation of mobile devices makes it possible for developers to build some really amazing apps, due to the increasing number of mobile devices that support Flash Lite or (in some cases) the new features in Flash Lite 3.0.
Flash Lite 3.0 includes new features and enhancements and extends your ability to create many types of mobile content—including screensavers, wallpapers and stand-alone applications. In this article, I’ll focus on the new extended feature for FLV support. This new feature allows users to play FLV video content locally, from an HTTP location or streaming, from Flash Media Server. Flash Lite 3.0 also supports the same video codecs (On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark) that you’ll find in the Flash authoring environment.
Creating video content for mobile devices
Prepare and deploy video on devices in 3G mobile or FLV format for either Flash Lite 2 or Flash Lite 3. This is the subject of my new article ( Creating video content for mobile devices) on Adobe Device Central. Read the full article here
