1 - Scrollable Content (Running Time - 10:30)
In this video, Craig will show you how to create simple scrolling buttons that will scroll whatever content you'd like to scroll.
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2 - Use the Force (Running Time - 4:51)
This video highlights the startDrag and stopDrag commands, which allow your user to drag objects around on the stage.
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3 - Invisible Buttons (2 videos) (Running Time - 8:15)
Why on earth would anyone want or need to create an invisible button for their Flash website? In this video, Craig will highlight some common uses for the invisible button, and he'll show you how to create one for yourself.
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4 - Animated Button (Running Time - 11:09)
In this video Craig shows you how to create a button with a movie clip symbol in the "over" state, so that when the user hovers their mouse cursor over the button, a short animation occurs.
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5 - Button Rollover (Running Time - 9:27)
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a rollover effect where when you roll your cursor over a button, it causes something to occur elsewhere on the stage.
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6 - Flashy Text (Running Time - 9:30)
In this tutorial, Craig will show you how to create a Flashy highlight that animates around your text.
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7 - Stroke and Shadow (2 videos) (Running Time - 9:10)
This tutorial is a two-for-one special! First of all, you'll learn how to create a two-tone stroke in Flash. And since that only takes a few seconds to demonstrate, you'll ALSO learn how to create your own custom drop-shadow in Flash MX 2004. For those of you who don't have Flash Professional 8 yet, which has built-in features for creating amazing drop-shadow effects, this tutorial will be very helpful.
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8 - Fireworks (Running Time - 12:20)
In this video, Craig gets a little festive as he shows you how to create your own animated fireworks show in Flash.
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9 - Continuous Scrolling (Running Time - 9:49)
In this tip, Craig will show you the ActionScript needed to create scroll buttons that will continue to scroll your content as long as you hold the mouse button down.
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10 - Shifting Shadows (Running Time - 15:01)
In this tutorial, Craig will show you how to construct an animation where the sun passes behind a letter, casting a shadow on the ground and causing that shadow to shift as the sun moves.
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11 - Photo Fade-in Effect (Running Time - 14:07)
In this tip, Craig will show you a creative way to animate a graphic onto the stage in little square-shaped chunks.
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12 - Scribble Effect (Running Time - 5:59)
A relatively new fad in animation is to create text and graphics that look like they're just scribbled into place, and as they animate, the text and/or graphics have a very shaky feel. In this tutorial, Craig will show you how to achieve this effect in Flash.
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13 - Zoom in Effect (Running Time - 10:20)
Want to know the secret to creating an animated zoom-in effect on a graphic in Flash? It's easy! Just make the object BIGGER! Still need help? Just watch the tutorial.
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14 - Follow the Cursor (Running Time - 6:56)
In this tutorial, Craig will show you how to create an animation that follows your mouse cursor around the stage.
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15 - Handwriting (Running Time - 8:01)
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create an effect where you can watch text being written on your stage.
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16 - Blur Effect in Flash MX 2004 (Running Time - 8:14)
Now that Flash Professional 8 is available, creating a blur effect has now become extremely easy. However, for those of you who are still running older versions of Flash, this tutorial will show you the old way of creating blurred animations.
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17 - Moon Phases (Running Time - 8:03)
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use a combination of shape tweens and masks in order to create an animation of a moon going through its phases.
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18 - Multiple Tweens (Running Time - 5:02)
Having trouble putting multiple motion tweens or shape tweens on the stage at once? Not to worry, it's a common problem with beginners in Flash. In this tip, Craig will show you the secrets of separating your tweens into separate layers to help you create the effects you've always been dreaming of.
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19 - Fake 3D Text (Running Time - 7:13)
Unfortunately, Flash has no functionality for creating real 3D graphics, but in this video tutorial, Craig will show you how to fake it by creating some text with a 3-dimensional feel.
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20 - Dynamic Text Problems (Running Time - 13:16)
When creating animations with dynamic text fields, or when using masks in conjunction with dynamic text fields, you may often find that your text has suddenly disappeared when you publish your file. In this video, Craig will discuss some of these common problems with dynamic text fields and show you how to fix them.
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