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How To Design a 3D Glass Icon in Photoshop
Learn How To Design a translucent 3D Frosted Glass Box based on the Safari Icon in Adobe Photoshop. Step 1: Setting Up Make a new document with these settings: Next, select the fill tool (G) and fill it with #626262. Now, we need to make a new adjustment layer. Make a brightness/contrast layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer [...]
Continue reading...How to print with AS3
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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In this short tutorial, let’s see how we can print the content of our swf files using the PrintJob class with actionscript 3. 1. Create a new flash file (Actionscript 3.0) and save it as print.fla. 2. Rename “layer1″ to “Content” and here create the content that you want to print (images, text …). Convert the whole [...]
Continue reading...Create an Image Rotator in Flash Using XML and ActionScript 3.0
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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In this tutorial you will learn how to make a simple Image Rotator from scratch using Flash, XML and ActionScript 3.0. Step 1: Brief Overview This image rotator is created almost entirely out of code alone. During the first steps we will set up the Fla file properties and embed some fonts to make the image information [...]
Continue reading...Display Data With Funky Animated Needle Gauges
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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Creating appealing data visualization has always been one of Flash’s key features. It allows you to achieve eye candy results with real dynamic data; be it in a preloader, a game, or an office presentation. This simple tutorial will show you how to build a needle gauge meter. You’ll learn how to apply a “gloss” effect, [...]
Continue reading...Coding your First jQuery UI Plugin
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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jQuery contains the fn.extend() method, which makes authoring jQuery plugins quite easy, allowing us to write code that is used in exactly the same way as other jQuery methods. jQuery UI also contains structures that make authoring custom jQuery UI plugins easy. So that’s what we’ll be looking at over the course of this tutorial. [...]
Continue reading...Create a skippable and redirectable video intro for a website
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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In the following actionscript 3 lesson, we are going to create a video intro that the user can skip to access the main site or that will automatically redirect to the main site when the video has finished playing. 1. Create a new flash file (Actionscript 3.0) and save it as video.fla. 2. Rename “layer1″ to “btn”. [...]
Continue reading...Make a Freezing Cold Snow-themed Abstract Piece
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a snow-themed large piece. You’ll learn how to plan the composition of the piece, to add elements into the composition, how to recycle the piece itself to generate more elements for the piece, how to incorporate pentools into a design and finally how to finish off and [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip: Get a Random Number Within a Specified Range Using AS3
torsdag, februar 25, 2010
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We often need to use a randomly generated number for certain situations; using Math.random() * n will usually do the trick, but it will only calculate a number from 0 to n. What if we need a number that doesn’t give 0 as the minimum value? How can you generate a random number between 100 [...]
Continue reading...Make your MooTools Code Shorter, Faster, and Stronger
torsdag, februar 18, 2010
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MooTools is one of the most flexible, modular, and well written JavaScript frameworks available. So many people use it but many of them don’t optimize their code. This post will provide you with fifteen simple tips for making your MooTools code shorter, faster, and stronger. 1. Create Your Own MooTools Build or Pull From Google AJAX [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip: Different Layouts for Different Widths
tirsdag, februar 16, 2010
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It’s becoming more and more common for web sites and applications to provide different layouts dependent upon the user’s window size, or resolution. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways, ranging from CSS to JavaScript solutions. In this video quick tip, we’ll learn how laughably simple it is to do this with a touch [...]
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onsdag, marts 3, 2010
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