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Creating a Layer Mask - Flash CS5 Video Tutorial

In this Flash CS5 video tutorial, I'll explain what a layer mask is, and I'll show you how to create one that's animated.

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Adding a Motion Guide - Flash CS5 Video Tutorial

A motion guide allows you to make an object move along a path, instead of on a straight line. In this Flash CS5 video tutorial, I'll show you how to use classic tweens and the pencil tool in order to...

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Nesting Animation Inside a Movie Clip Symbol - Flash CS5 Video Tutorial

In this Flash CS5 video tutorial, I will explain the concept of nesting animation inside a Movie Clips symbol's timeline. I'll take you through the process of creating a very simple animation that will...

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Creating a Frame by Frame Animation | Flash CS5 Video Tutorials for Beginners

In this Flash CS5 video tutorial for beginners, you'll learn how to create a simple frame by frame animation.Topics covered in this short video:Inserting blank keyframesOnion skinCopying, pasting and...

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Understanding When to Insert Frames, Keyframes and Blank Keyframes - Flash...

This article comes with exercise files. Click on the link below to download:[GO TO EXERCISE FILES DOWNLOAD PAGE]In Flash, you have the option to insert frames, keyframes and blank keyframes in the...

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Creating a Simple Animated Button - Flash Tutorial

This article comes with exercise files. Click on the link below to download:[GO TO EXERCISE FILES DOWNLOAD PAGE]Step 1Open the animated-button.fla file. On the Stage, you will see a smiley face.Step...

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Understanding the difference between Object Drawing Mode vs Merge Drawing...

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5When you use the drawing tools in Flash, you have the option to draw in two modes: object drawing mode vs merge drawing mode. This article will explain a few of the...

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Understanding the difference between Object Drawing Mode vs Merge Drawing...

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5When you create shapes using the rectangle, oval and polystar tools, you'll also have the option to work in either the object drawing or merge drawing mode. And just like...

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Understanding the difference between Object Drawing Mode vs Merge Drawing...

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5The merge drawing mode is referred to as such because when merge drawings that are of the same color overlap with each other, they will end up merging with each other. But...

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Understanding the difference between Object Drawing Mode vs Merge Drawing...

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5When you use the paint bucket tool to fill the inside of shapes, you'll find that it will sometimes behave differently depending on whether it was drawn in merge mode or...

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Understanding the difference between Object Drawing Mode vs Merge Drawing...

Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Sometimes, you might make the mistake of drawing in the object mode when you really meant to draw in the merge mode. Or sometimes it might be the other way around. Instead...

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PART 1 - Creating a new Flash document and choosing a workspace layout -...

PART 1: Creating a new Flash document and choosing a workspace layoutPART 2: The document window, the toolbar, and drawing on the stage with the brush toolPART 3: Saving your Flash document and knowing...

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PART 2 - The document window, the toolbar, and drawing on the stage with the...

PART 1: Creating a new Flash document and choosing a workspace layoutPART 2: The document window, the toolbar, and drawing on the stage with the brush toolPART 3: Saving your Flash document and knowing...

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PART 3 - Saving your Flash document and knowing the difference between the...

PART 1: Creating a new Flash document and choosing a workspace layoutPART 2: The document window, the toolbar, and drawing on the stage with the brush toolPART 3: Saving your Flash document and knowing...

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The fill color vs the stroke color - Flash CS5 Beginners Tutorial

In the toolbar, you'll find two color boxes - one for the stroke color and one for the fill color:The stroke color is for the pen, pencil, line and ink bottle tools:So if you want to choose a color for...

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Working with layers - Flash CS5 Beginners Tutorial

The timeline, pictured below, allows you to separate your artwork into multiple layers. In the image below, you'll see that this timeline has 3 layers, each with a generic label - Layer 1, Layer 2, and...

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PART 1 - What is a symbol? - Introduction to Flash Symbols

This article comes with exercise files. Click on the link below to download:[GO TO EXERCISE FILES DOWNLOAD PAGE]In this tutorial series, we're going to learn about Flash symbols. What is a Flash...

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PART 2 - Going inside a symbol's timeline - Introduction to Flash Symbols

Whenever you create a symbol, it's automatically going to have it's own timeline. Inside a symbol's timeline, you can also add layers and frames the same way you would on the main timeline.Let's go...

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PART 3 - The 3 types of symbols - Introduction to Flash Symbols

The three types of symbols in Flash are:GraphicUse graphic symbols for static artwork and animation that you do not plan on adding any interactive functionality to. The reason for this is that you'll...

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PART 4 - Creating and editing a symbol - Introduction to Flash Symbols

You can create a symbol out of any artwork that you draw or import onto the stage. In this tutorial, we'll draw a simple circle shape, convert it into a symbol, and then edit that symbol.Step 1Create a...

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Creating Basic Tween Examples in Flash CS5

Create a new Flash document. Follow the steps below to add different kinds of tweens to your Flash movie. By the end of this tutorial, you should have something like this: [DEMO PAGE]Movement - Classic...

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The New Features of Adobe Flash Professional CS6

The Adobe Creative Suite 6 was released last May 07, 2012, and with it comes Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Here are some of it's new features:the ability to create and export sprite sheets from symbols...

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Making Flash Buttons - An Introduction to Creating Button Symbols in Flash CS5

One of the types of symbols in Flash is the Button symbol. Button symbols are ones that respond to user-based interaction via the mouse. And in conjunction with ActionScript programming, they enable...

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Learn All About The Flash CS5 Classic Tween

Welcome to my Flash CS5 classic tween tutorial page. Here, you'll find a collection of video tutorials that will teach you how to create classic tweens in Flash CS5. Each video explains a specific...

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Learn How To Use Flash CS5 - Tutorials for Beginners

Hello! Thanks for visiting my page. If you're looking to learn how to use Flash CS5, then check out my Flash CS5 tutorials for beginners. I've organized them into different chapters, which you can see...

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