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Build a Creative “Swirl Animated Menu” with Flash CS4

1. July 2009

Flash it's a powerful application and can be really complex, but even beginners can create a cool menu for demonstration or for use in a personal site. The menu that we will create is simple, but the swirl animation is something that you don't see everywhere, for that I've decided to explain one way to make an animation of growing swirls without any Action Script code.You will also learn how to import artwork from illustrator where I've pre-made the graphics, the work is very simple and the result will be very cool.

Create Random Torn Photos with Actionscript 3.0

10. June 2009

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Create Random Torn Photos with Actionscript 3.0

One of the most powerful sets of classes in ActionScript 3 revolve around BitmapData and pixel manipulation. In this tutorial we are going to look at dynamically creating a photo with torn edges by compositing several images together.

Create real water effects with Flash CS4 & ActionScript 3.0

2. June 2009

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Create real water effects with Flash CS4 & ActionScript 3.0

In this Flash CS4 tutorial you will learn a advanced technique called perlinNoise to create a realistic water effect into any image. We will show you how to apply it in two different situations, one in a river, creating the water effect in whole image, and the other one in a waterfall using a more complex [...]

Create Cool Line Effects using Actionscript 3.0 in Flash CS4 or Flex Builder 3

18. May 2009

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Create Cool Line Effects using Actionscript 3.0 in Flash CS4 or Flex Builder 3

In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of architecting a simple Line Effect, using Flash CS4 or Flex Builder 3. We try to cover the basics on the simplest way, so everyone will be able to step in the scripted animation with actionscript 3.0. The fact of using only code to generate animation and effects, will result on a very small file size, which will improve the loading performance on the browser and enables a better interactivity experience.

Alternativa 3D Series - Tutorial 7 - Sprite3D

29. April 2009

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Alternativa 3D Series - Tutorial 7 - Sprite3D

A common concept amongst 3D engines is the billboard. A billboard is usually a rectangle that is always orientated to face the camera, presenting the viewer with a face that that is always "front on" regardless of the cameras orientation. More often than not appropriately textured billboards are used in great numbers to represent effects like smoke, rain, snow or fire. This is because billboards require very little processing power: a rectangle is just two triangles, and most modern systems measure triangle throughput in the millions per second. But sometimes you just want to show a 2D object in a 3D world - maybe an icon that hovers over an object or perhaps some text that would be awkward or unpractical to render as a 3D object.

Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 1

17. September 2008

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Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 1

This flex tutorial article is a Step by step guide for creating a PicLens type 3D photo viewer with Flex and Away3d. This is step 1, of a 3 part tutorial that will sweep many useful techniques used in web application design, Flex, and Flash 3D design.

Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML

10. September 2008

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Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML

In this second part flash tutorial we're going to add some more features to the slideshow application. Those would be forwarding and rewinding slides, play and pause the slideshow and linkable slides. If you haven't read the first part tutorial yet, you should do it before continue. You can read it here.

Create a Card Flip Effect For Flash Player 10 using ActionScript 3

11. June 2008

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Create a Card Flip Effect For Flash Player 10 using ActionScript 3

It surprises me that one of the most commented upon and downloaded classes from my blog is a card flipping effect. With that in mind, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to recreate this effect targeting Flash Player 10. As of the writing of this article, Flash Player 10 Beta (Astro) and the corresponding API documentation have been released. This article will step you through the classes used to achieve a card flipping effect using the new rotationY property that exists in Flash Player 10.

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Build a Creative “Swirl Animated Menu” with Flash CS4

Create Random Torn Photos with Actionscript 3.0

Create real water effects with Flash CS4 & ActionScript 3.0

Create Cool Line Effects using Actionscript 3.0 in Flash CS4 or Flex Builder 3

Alternativa 3D Series - Tutorial 7 - Sprite3D

Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 1

Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML

Create a Card Flip Effect For Flash Player 10 using ActionScript 3

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