Flash CS3 Tutorials

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - Customizing the panel layout
Part of the "Introduction to Flash CS3" Preview Series. Customizing your panel layout does you no good if there is no way to hold onto those changes, so in this flash cs3 video tutorial, you will be taught how to save, load, and manage your panel layouts in Flash.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - The Flash CS3 Work Environment
From the "Introduction to Flash CS3" Series. This video tutorial walks you through the Flash working environment.

FLASH VIDEO TIP - Flash file formats
An "Introduction to Flash CS3" Preview. If you are working with Flash for the first time, there are a couple of file formats that you will need to be familiar with. This video tutorial discusses the basics behind .fla files and .swf files.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - Tools Panel
The Tools Panel is going to be one of the most often used panels in Flash. In this introduction to a series of lessons on using the drawing tools, Craig explains the tools panel and shows you how you can customize it.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - Rectangle Primitive Tool
The rectangle primitive tool allows you to draw a special kind of rectangle that allows you to change the corner roundness options even after the shape has been drawn.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO Tutorial - Building Websites in Flash CS3
In this video, Craig demonstrates how to take the file that we set up in the last video and make the buttons function properly.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO Tutorial - Building a Music Player in Flash CS3
Shelley goes over the use of the basic drawing tools and methods needed to build simple, elegant graphic symbols. Graphic creation is step-by-step, so no prior art experience with Flash is necessary. You will be making the Stop, Pause, Play, Volume Slider, Information Windows and the "face plate" for your new mp3 player.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - ActionScript 3 Animation Preview
Using a Timer to animate is similar in functionality to the way the ENTER_FRAME method works, except that with a Timer, you have a little more control over the speed and fluidity of the animation.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - Building Web Ready Videos with Flash and Photoshop Preview
Bert Lee introduces us to a workflow for making web ready videos. Using Photoshop CS3 Extended as a primary production tool, and Flash CS3 as a finishing tool for integrating audio, video and other mutli-media resources. And with the additional support of utility programs Quicktime Pro and Audacity, we learn how to produce great looking and sounding videos as quick loading Flash movies. This is an overview of all of the steps involved in the process, with a brief description of the role of each of the four programs involved.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - Creative Drawing Techniques in Flash Preview
In this video, Craig demonstrates his favorite method for tracing over scanned drawings in Flash using the line and selection tools.

FLASH CS3 VIDEO TIP - Building Websites in Flash CS3 Preview
In this video, Craig makes the website a little more interesting by adding animated transitions between the pages of the website.

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