Create a Gallery Flash Tutorial

A Flash tutorial to create a gallery with a jagged transition.Step 1. First of all you'll need to download the FLA containing some images images for you to work with and the gallery background. Once you've done that, open it up and go into the gallery MC, where you'll see the background on it's own layer and MC (Movieclip) Step 2. I the library you'll see the image and thumbnails in their own...

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Recent Comments Widget For Blogspot Users

Today, I am releasing the Recent Comments widget for blogspot user.How is it different from the other Recent Comments widget?The problem with other widgets is that the source code for them lies with the widget author and the authors often integrate it in within their own site. If because of some problem their site is down, the recent comments widget will not work.Here, I am releasing the source code so that the logic would reside within your blog itself and hence you can do away with dependency on 3rd party site not under your control.How to install Recent Comments widget for blogger?Login to the blogger dashboard.Go to ‘Page Elements’ tab Click...

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Virtual Trash: Flash Tutorials with Action Script

Use startDrag, stopDrag, _droptarget, onPress and onRelease functions to simulate virtual trash.This tutorial is advanced, you have to understand basic commands of Flash Designer.Download source project t1049.zip (86 kb)Launch Flash Designer and set movie dimensions 300 x 300.Create 4 blank frames with "Frame" > "New" so you have "Frame 1" to "Frame 5" in the frame list.Frame 1Download t1049.zip file and extract trash images.Import image "pieceofpaper.gif" (File > Import Image) and move it outside visible area.Convert it to sprite (Edit > Convert to Sprite), name it "Garbage" and check "ActionScript" target (Item > Placement Properties)Import image "opentrash.gif" and move it to X:170, Y:118 (Edit > Move To) .Draw an ellipse over the hole of the trash. Set fill color to black,...

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Text Animation in Flash

To create the text animation: Launch Flash Designer and choose "Blank document". Choose "Frame" > "Frame Size" to set movie dimensions, for example 400 x 200. Choose "Text" tool and click on the frame. Type the text (for example "Text Animation") and click OK. Choose "Edit" > "Align" > "Center on Page" to center the text on the frame. Choose "Animation" > "Intro Animation", check "Enable Animation" and choose "Zoom" effect. Click "Text Animation", check "Enable Glyph Animation" option and click OK twice. Press F9 to preview the animation. Hit "Alt+F4" to close preview. Choose "Animation" > "Intro Animation" Check "Fade" option. Click OK. Press F9 to preview. Way & Always Visible option Make sure the text is still selected. Choose "Animation" > "Intro Animation"...

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13 Premium-Like Wordpress Themes That Are Free And Stunning

Wordpress, a fastest growing blogging platfrom and getting more and more every day. This is a reason that demands related to wordpress themes and plugins are increasing as well. No doubt, you may easily found thousands of free wordpress themes on internet but how about if we will help you and get the latest list of free and stunning wordpress themes. Today, we are posting another great post that covers 13 Premium-Like Wordpress Themes That Are Free And Stunning. This is not the long list with all the available wordpress themes on the internet but its an exclusive collection of free wordpress themes that are premium-like free themes and you may...

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How to Create Colorful Abstract Artwork in Illustrator

In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to make a colorful and vivid abstract artwork completely from scratch with Illustrator. There will be no need of stock images. You can always make a small sketch how you’d like your composition to be. But that’s not completely necessary because we will be creating the composition while playing with shapes. Author: ViniMan My name is Vincent Vander Cruyssen. I live in the Dutch part of Belgium (Flanders) and I'm 16 years old. Since this year I am studying Multimedia, going from learning to edit photo's to animating. I'm highly interested in music, and in creating it. You can check...

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