How Do you Move Flash To Video?

Flash is everywhere. Not only is Flash used for online and offline movies, websites, games, and applications but it's also used for DVDs and broadcast television.

How Do you Move Flash To Video?

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flash_to_video.html

FLASH LINKS: Artists

http://www.mocaloca.com

http://moock.org

http://moock.org/webdesign

http://www.joshuadavis.com

http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.shtml

http://www.2advanced.com

http://www.jibjab.com/

Tutorial Links on Making Preloaders

http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_fmx/gfmx1/gfmx1_1.asp

http://www.developingwebs.net/flash/percentpreloader.php

FLASH LINKS: Online Tutorials

Online Tutorials

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/index.php

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/index.php3

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=169694

http://www.developingwebs.net/flash/setcolor.php

http://www.communitymx.com/type.cfm?typeid=2

http://www.katsueydesignworks.com/flash.htm

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/12344.html?ArtToday=1-2

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/flash-101-1-hammer-chisel

http://www.echoecho.com/school.htm

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Flash/1

Planning a Dynamic Site with Macromedia Studio
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=102277&rl=1

http://pixelgroovy.com/shakeit.php?category=1

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FLASH LINKS: Help and Sample Resources

Links to Help and Sample Resources

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/design/

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash

http://www.actionscript-toolbox.com/samplemx_bounceCollide.php

http://www.flashkit.com/index.shtml

http://flashfilmmaker.com/index.php?index

http://www.flashloaded.com/?id2=ovt

http://www.digitalthread.com

http://www.flashcomponents.net

http://www.webthang.co.uk

http://www.19.5degs.com/element/55.php
Toon Titan is film quality ink and paint in Flash .

http://www.morsebest.com/technicalMarketingPortfolio_web1.aspx

http://www.webwasp.co.uk/webdesign/index.php

Does every single piece of animation need to be animated individually?

I want to create an animation like this one: http://www.arthurdepins.com/petites_animsflash/NetClubAnim-s.swf

Question: Does every single piece in this animation need to be animated
individually?

Answer: Yes. But not every at every frame. Some motion can require keyframes every 30 frames or as often as every 3 to 10 frames. Lip Sync may be done every frame to get it smooth.

Question: If so, do they each have their own separate layer?

Answer: Yes. Each animated object must be on its own layer, so that each object has its own unique set of key frames.... It is the Key frames that have the tweens.

Question: Wouldn't lots of layers make the file huge?

Answer: No. Most objects drawn in flash or imported from illustrator (simpler shapes not massively complex shapes) will make for a small file.

Question: What Makes a Flash File Big?

Answer: Importing big JPGs, Music Video and Complex Illustrator files.

Great Links For Flash Character Animation Tutorials

Click on the links or copy and paste into browser if links down work.


Adobe web site for Flash Developers
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/animate_character.html

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/design_character_print.html

Check out Hula Girl
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/adv_char_anima.html

I can Get my Flash File to download, but flash wont open?

Question:
hey nat,

I can Get my Flash File to download, but flash wont open it, is that because i dont have
flash8?

Answer:
Unlikely That you need to Upgrade your Flash Player to Version 8 for most basic and many advanced features. Flash 8 has some new video and interactive tools.
Most of flash is fully compatible.

So what then
Problem is most often that you may have inserted and then uploaded the wrong file.
FLA is the local only master file. The SWF is inserted into a HTML file in Dreamweaver or other. Remember the files have different color icons Red vs Blue.

Check: Which did you insert onto the web page?
Which did you upload.
SWF? That is the file you want to upload.

Remeber:
When you command-return to preview, you are making the final SWF file right next to the orginal FLA. Preview makes the file you need.
You must addthis SWF file to HTML web page.. Using Dreamweaver or similar....
Insert - media - flash.
Upload both the HTML file and the SWF to the web site.
Then open HTML to see the SWF play.. No download thing.
SWF will play on the web page.

Windows XP blinks a yellow text bar at top of web page to make you have to choose to view the flash file. Should play staight with Max OS.

Double Check:
Did you upload both the flash file and the html page.
It must be uploaded seperately.
Test...
Choose to Refresh on the Browser

HOW TO USE TEXT AS A BUTTON

Question:
When I select a text object and make it into a button, I can only click on it when my mouse is over the text. I have problem that if i am off even only a little, the botton wont work.
Only the text it self is a clickable button.

Answer:
To fix, you need to add an invisible object behind the text using the color-alpha = 0%.
Open up the button, so you can see the frame names up, down,over...
Add a new layer, name background and move it below the existing layer.
Draw a rectangle around text( no stroke)
Open the color palette
With this new shape selected, set the alpha to 0%...
(This is NOT the Alpha in the properties window, but is found in upper right corner)

It will be visible when selected and invisible when not selected. If it does not disapear when you click off, then reselect and set color another color then alpha to 0%
THIS CREATES A TEXT BUTTON WITH A TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND
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