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Build a Slider Microsite with GreenSock’s Timeline Lite
During the this tutorial I’m going to take you through building a simple slider that will scroll a personal microsite. We’ll use the GreenSock Timeline Lite class and demonstrate just how straight-forward it can make your Flash animation workflow. Final Result Preview Let’s take a look at the final result we will be working towards: Introduction From time to [...]
Continue reading...Using Google Maps’ New Features for Flash
13. februar 2010
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After such a positive response to my first tutorial Implement a Map Using the Google Map API for Flash I decided to write a second. Since that first tut the Google Map API has been updated, allowing developers to (amongst other things) add 3D viewing to maps. This is a great feature and during this [...]
Continue reading...Build a Dynamic Video Player with ActionScript 3: Part 3 of 3
13. februar 2010
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Here it is, the final part of our video player tutorial! All we need to do now is get the time indicator working, add our home button click function, position and size the current video and get the featured bar filled with videos along with its scrubber. Let’s get started! Step 1: Video Time First we need [...]
Continue reading...Dynamic Reflection Generator Class for AS3
13. februar 2010
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Hot on the heels of our Perfect Alpha Reflections Quick Tip comes this excellent utility class for dynamically reflecting your display objects, courtesy of Martin Christov. How do I use it? Step 1: Copy the ReflectEffect.as file into the classpath of your Flash project (or the same directory as your FLA if you’re not using classpaths). Step 2: In your [...]
Continue reading...Protect Your Flash Files From Decompilers by Using Encryption
13. februar 2010
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Decompilers are a real worry for people who create Flash content. You can put a lot of effort into creating the best game out there, then someone can steal it, replace the logo and put it on their site without asking you. How? Using a Flash Decompiler. Unless you put some protection over your SWF [...]
Continue reading...Create a Pinball-Style Rolling Score Counter Class
13. februar 2010
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In this tutorial you’ll create a reusable Score class that counts up to the new total when points are added (instead of jumping up to the new score). We’ll cover graphics creation as well as code. Final Result Preview In some games when you gain points, you’ll see your score immediately jump to the new total. I [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip: Create a Copy to Clipboard Button in Flash
13. februar 2010
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The clipboard is a software facility that can be used for short-term data storage and/or data transfer between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations. In this Quick Tip, we will create a Copy to Clipboard button in Flash. Final SWF The example below is what we’re going to be aiming for during this Quick Tip. Press Cmd [...]
Continue reading...Build a XML Driven Accordion Image Gallery
13. februar 2010
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The following Flex tutorial will show you how to build an accordion image gallery populated using XML datas. The photos showcased in our gallery are part of “35 (Really) Stunning Photos and Pictures” Smashing magazine list. 1. Create a new flex project named AccordionGallery, set the name of the main MXML application file to Main.mxml and set [...]
Continue reading...Create a 360° panorama viewer with AS3
13. februar 2010
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Discover how to create with AS3 a 360° panorama viewer that the user controls using the left and right arrow keys. 1. Create a new flash file (Actionscript 3.0) and save it as panorama.fla. 2. Rename “layer 1″ to “preload”. With the Text tool selected put a Text box in the middle of the stage. Set its [...]
Continue reading...Create a Show/Hide Sliding Panel using Flex
13. februar 2010
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This tutorial will show you how to add a nice hide/show sliding panel at the top of your flex application that when clicked will reveal itself. 1. Create a new flex project named SlidingPanel, set the name of the main MXML application file to Main.mxml and set its layout to absolute. 2. First let’s create the top [...]
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13. februar 2010
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