In this Flash tutorial, I will show you how to create a simple chalk/drawing board using Flash’s programming language of ActionScript. It may sound hard; however, when I figured it out, it wasn’t that hard at all. Step 1: Creating The Flash Document: After you have created a new Flash document in your version of
A while back, I posted an article here on DevWebPro explaining that you can change your cursor type using JavaScript and CSS, and in this tutorial, I will show you how you can change your cursor in Flash with a cursor that you can make yourself. In this example/tutorial, I will be using a blue-circled
For this week’s tutorial, I will show you how to make objects that you place on the stage visible and invisible using the visibility properties in ActionScript. As an example of this, I will be using the idea of turning a light switch on and off. To start this tutorial, create a new Flash document
Instead of attaching a database to your Flash document to show different parts of an image that you will be using, if the data you want to show is minimal, you can use an embedded movie clip symbol to display the information that you want to communicate. I will show you how to do this
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an analog clock that you can use either on your website, or just as a random application. To make the clock function in this tutorial, we will be using a coding language called ActionScript. Step 1: Creating The Flash Document After you have loaded Macromedia/Adobe Flash,
It’s that time of the year again and NAB is in full swing. Unexpectedly there has been a flurry of news coming out of Las Vegas, so here is a quick summary of the topics surrounded Media Servers such as FMS and Wowza. First up is Wowza and their ‘Any Screen Done Right’ offering. This
Google Chrome is a platform known for three things: speed, security, and minimalism. All of these items have been enhanced in Chrome 10, but while the extra hardware acceleration and browser-embedded settings windows are of note, the security updates take the digital cake.
If you are in the lava lamp business or want to add a cool-looking lava lamp to the design of your website, I have provided an easy way to do this using Macromedia Flash that will give you an animated lava lamp design to place on your website. Step 1: Create a New Flash Document
Adobe have officially released Flash Player 10.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux. This release brings a range of performance improvements and feature enhancements. Worth pointing out is Stage Video, a full hardware accelerated video pipeline that improves video playback performance across platforms and browsers by separating the video playback from the DisplayList and offloading rendering
This winter, we have received a lot of snow here the in USA, and with this wintry weather, there have been a lot of wintry-related pictures taken. As a cool effect, you can add falling snow flakes to your wintry pictures using Flash that you can post on your website. In this tutorial, I will
