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Flash Tutorial VideosIn this tutorial, we will discuss an effect that is overlooked a lot of the time, its called the ease effect. If you want your animation to stand out and have a better look and feel than the ease effect will help. Add a sleek element to your site and give your users a real time digital clock to keep time. Design the clock using action script and import into your site as an .swf. Creating a spinning animation is very simple in Actionscript, taking only a few lines of code. So since it is so simple, we will take this tutorial one step further and show you how you can allow your users to control the spin and the direction of the spin using their arrow keys. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create two draggable circles that will always remain connected via a dynamic line that you will create in Actionscript. No matter where you move the circles, they will always be connected by the line. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a circle that the user can drag around the stage. But when the user releases his mouse, the circle will snap back to the center of the stage as though it were tied to a bungee cord. In this special New Year tutorial, you will learn how to play with fireworks without setting any grassfires, and you will do so by learning how to create a fireworks show from scratch in Flash Professional 8. Once you"ve drawn your snowflake in Flash, this video will teach you how to animate multiple instances of your snowflakes falling before your eyes. This tutorial uses the Math.random method in order to give your snowfall a more natural feel. Today"s tip is an excerpt from our brand new "Introduction to Flash 8" video series, and in this clip, you will learn all about how to create shape tween animations where one shape morphs into another shape. Our new "Introduction to Flash 8" video series will be released soon, and in this excerpt from the series, you'll learn all about using and customizing panels and panel sets in Flash. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a timer in Flash that will count down the time to a given date in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This is a great tool for counting down to holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. A gradient mask is a great way to make a reflection effect. However, there arises a problem when you try to make a gradient mask visually in Flash. Flash treats the gradient like it was just a solid fill. But don"t worry! There"s a way to overcome this if you apply the mask using actionscript, and in this video, you'll learn how. Sometimes complex shape tweens can get a little rambunctious, even when we add all the shape hints we can think to add. In fact, sometimes the shape hints only serve to make things worse. In today"s tutorial, you'll learn a quick cheat that might fix some of the less desirable shape tween effects that might pop up. Cursor Replacement And Blending Modes You"re going to need Flash Professional 8 for this tutorial. In this video, you'll learn how to use Flash 8"s blending modes to create a circle that follows the cursor around on the stage, inverting the colors of the image in the layer below the circle. Unfortunately, Flash doesn"t have any functionality for creating true 3D animations by itself, but if you know a few tricks, sometimes you can fake it. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a somewhat 3D-esque rotating globe effect in Flash. Animating Filters In Flash Pro 8 You can motion tween a lot of things in Flash--position, transparency, color, etc--but did you know you could ALSO tween a filter in Flash Professional 8? In this video, Craig will show you how! Creating A Bounce Animation With Actionscript Creating a bouncing ball animation can be a little tedious if you do it visually in Flash. In today"s video tutorial, Craig will show you how to create a bounce animation with only a few lines of ActionScript by calling on the Tween class and the Bounce class. One of the most popular features of Flash Professional 8 is the new "Filters" feature, which lets you add blurs, drop shadows, glows, and other filters to your objects. In today"s tip, you'll learn how to use the "blur" filter to create some very realistic clouds, and then you'll learn how to animate those clouds in Flash. Unfortunately, if you don"t have Flash Professional 8, you'll just have to sit back and watch. In this video, you'll learn how to set up a looping animation that doesn"t seem like it"s looping. It will look like a continuous stream flowing through a pipe. In today"s beginner-level tutorial, you'll learn how to create a very simple, yet elegant, button symbol with a semitransparent background that loses its transparency on rollOver. Today"s tip is a simple, though somewhat tedious effect, that allows us to create a typewriter animation where the user can see the text being typed onto the stage. The animation will be synced up with a sound file. In today"s tutorial, you'll learn how to animate a series of lines to make it look like they"re drawing themselves onto the stage. This is done using a simple mask. I was asked recently about how to alter the label on one instance of a button without having the labels of the others instances of the same button change along with it. In this video, you'll learn an important distinction between the way symbols work and the way symbol instances work. In this basic tutorial, you will learn how to highlight your logo by putting a rotating sunburst effect behind it. you'll also learn an important lesson about reusing graphic elements whenever possible. In today"s tutorial, you'll learn how to create an animated text swipe effect, where the text is quickly and smoothly revealed from left to right. Text effects like this can be a little tedious to achieve, but the end result is usually well worth the effort. Creating A Gyroscope Animation Creating a spinning ring is as easy as flipping it over and tweening it. In this video, you'll learn how to create a gyroscope effect using multiple instances of this simple technique. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a timer in Flash that will count down the time to a given date in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This is a great tool for counting down to holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Our new "Introduction to Flash 8" video series will be released soon, and in this excerpt from the series, you'll learn all about using and customizing panels and panel sets in Flash. Today"s tip is an excerpt from our brand new "Introduction to Flash 8" video series, and in this clip, you will learn all about how to create shape tween animations where one shape morphs into another shape. Unfortunately, applying a gradient fill to text in Flash isn"t as easy as selecting the text field and then choosing a linear gradient from the Color Mixer panel. So in this video, you will learn two different methods to achieve this effect. Problems With Rotating Animations Creating an animation of an object rotating is very easy to do, whether you do it with tweens or in Actionscript. Unfortunately, sometimes the rotations don"t occur exactly how you would want them to, because by default, the anchor for the rotation is the center point of the object being rotated. In this tutorial, you will learn how to change that anchor point for both tweened animations and Actionscript animations. Many artists prefer using hand-drawn illustration techniques for their Flash graphics, but there"s often a big hit on your file size when using these types of illustrations. In this tutorial, you'll learn why this is the case, and you'll also learn a couple of techniques for optimizing those illustrations in order to reduce file size. One of the most popular features of Flash Professional 8 is the new "Filters" feature, which lets you add blurs, drop shadows, glows, and other filters to your objects. In today"s tip, you'll learn how to use the "blur" filter to create some very realistic clouds, and then you'll learn how to animate those clouds in Flash. Unfortunately, if you don"t have Flash Professional 8, you'll just have to sit back and watch. Unfortunately, there"s no way to create a customizable popup window using only Flash. But the good news is that with a little help from JavaScript, you can create popup windows with no scrollbars, no toolbars, no menubars, and you can even specify the size of the popup window. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to do just that. Conditionals And Toggle Switches A conditional is a way of executing a piece of code only if the circumstances are right. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the if() statement to control a toggle switch in Flash. Common Mistakes with Actions and Buttons There are two ways to add actions to a button in Flash. You can add the actions to the button itself or you can refer to the button when adding actions to a frame. Unfortunately, the actions you add will be a little different depending on which method you choose. Because of this difference, the ActionScript involved can be a little confusing to beginners. In this video, we"ll clear up all the confusion and fix some common mistakes that are made in the process. In Flash, the ComboBox component is basically nothing more than your basic dropdown list that you see in forms on the Internet. In this video, you'll learn how to use this component to communicate with another movie clip on the stage. Animation can be a tricky process if you"ve never done it before, but Flash makes it possible to reuse pieces of your animation so you don"t have to continually redraw everything. In this tutorial, you'll learn some basics for drawing and preparing your drawings for animation in Flash. This tutorial is an excerpt for an upcoming training series, to be released by LearnFlash.com on March 31. In this excerpt, you'll learn how to create a simple preloader for your Flash website. This tutorial is an excerpt for an upcoming training series, to be released by LearnFlash.com on March 31. In this excerpt, you'll learn how to create simple animated transitions for your Flash website. The loader component in Flash is a very handy tool for loading external images into your Flash file. In this video, you'll learn the fundamentals behind creating a photo gallery, using the loader component to load pictures one at a time. It"s always helpful to know what time it is, and in today"s video tip, you'll learn how to pass this information on to the users of your website. In this tutorial, you'll discover how to use dynamic text fields and Actionscript to create your own digital clock for your Flash website. If you"re on the homepage of your website, obviously it won"t do the user much good to click on the "home" button of your menu. In this video, you'll learn how to disable a button when you"re on the page that the button is designed to take you to. Predictability is way overrated. Web users all over the world expect a button to stand still when they click on it. So why not take a little of that predictability away from them? In this video, you'll learn how to generate random numbers in Flash and then use those numbers to create an elusive button or graphic that jumps to a random position on the stage every time your user hovers his mouse cursor over it. If you want to learn to make your Flash websites truly interactive, then it"s very important that you understand how to alter the properties of your objects dynamically. In this video, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to alter the "alpha" property, or the transparency, of an object in Actionscript so that the object fades in and out as you move your mouse cursor left and right across the stage. Creating buttons in Flash may seem fairly straightforward--and it is--but there are a few things that many Flash novices don"t realize about making their buttons interactive. For instance, did you know that there are two places where you can add your actionscript for your button? Watch this video to find out more. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create animated buttons by storing your button as a movie clip symbol instead of a button symbol. Movie clip symbols will give you much more flexibility. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a simple animation using ActionScript instead of motion tweens. In this video, you'll learn how to create a really sharp animation effect by animating the letters of a block of text onto the stage separately. Learn how to create a really cool smoke effect using Flash Professional 8"s new filters! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to highlight a picture on the stage by causing it to flash a couple times. |
Photoshop Tutorial VideosThere are lots of methods of aging a photo. Instead of just weathering and roughing it up, Brian Harber shows us the basic properties of old photo exposure, and how to achieve the same look in Photoshop (high contrast, fuzziness, random shadow from flash; no true black; THEN add dust & scratches.) In this tip, Brian Harber explores the wide potential in sky replacement and subsequent color adjustment. If you"ve ever had a picture that you loved, but it was unfortunately very cloudy or dull, here"s an easy way to spice up that picture. Who knows where the new style of a single-color (usually red) contrasted with black and white came from? Regardless, Brian Harber shows us in this video the various methods of capturing that vibrant red or other color while desaturating the rest. Have you ever wanted a line of text to pop off the page? In this tip, Brian Harber shows a 3D angle effect that will make your text standout. When resizing an image in Photoshop, if you use all the default settings, the image will end up with a little bit of a blur to it--hardly distinguishable, but it is there. In this tutorial, you will learn how to customize the way your image is resampled when you resize it in order to maintain the sharpness of the image. In this video tutorial, trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to create a wood grain texture from scratch in Photoshop. The pen tool can be a little tricky to use, and until you get used to it, you might not always know where your next anchor point is going to leave you. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to use the Rubber Band option with your pen tool, which will allow you to see hints of what your shape will look like. In this video tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs illustrates a few different tips for setting document size in Photoshop, including a shortcut on how to create a new document that"s the same size as your current document. The magic wand tool can be very handy in making complex selections in Photoshop, but it has its limitations. In this video, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you another more effective way of creating magic selections. A cucoloris (or "cookie") is a metal sheet with patterns cut out of it, intended to cast patterned shadows on the background (and often the subject) of a photograph. In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you how to achieve the same effect in Photoshop. Warping Text With Smart Objects There are many ways to warp text in Photoshop, but most of them have their limitations. Some methods allow you to edit your text after warping, but don"t provide full customization of HOW you warp the text. Other methods allow full customization but don"t allow you to edit the text afterwards. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you a method for warping text that will give you the best of both worlds. Ever have one of those photographs where the sky is too bright and harsh? In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you an amazingly effective trick for toning down and recoloring an overly bright sky. In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will teach you how to take an image of a light bulb that"s turned off and add a glow to it to make it look like it"s illuminated. Colorizing Black And White Photos Many black and white images can be made much more interesting simply by adding a little color. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to paint color onto a black and white photo. Understanding what masks are and how they work in Photoshop can open up many doors for creative design. In this video excerpt from the upcoming video series, "Getting Started in Photoshop CS 2", Geoff Riggs explains the basics of what masks are and how to use them. In this tutorial, Photoshop guru Geoff Riggs will show you the ins and outs of using the Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop. This plug-in allows you to import images from your camera and make changes to it without actually altering the raw image itself. Series Preview - Working With Layers Working with layers is one of the most important aspects of working in Photoshop. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will walk you through the basics of getting around in the layers palette. Series Preview - Creating A New Document This tip is an excerpt from the upcoming video series, "Introduction to Photoshop CS 2" by trainer Geoff Riggs. In this video clip, you'll learn some of the basic options available to you when creating a new document in Photoshop. You may already know the basics of the levels adjustment tool, but in this video, Geoff Riggs will show you a neat little trick you may not have known. Using this method you'll be able to very quickly and effectively adjust the brightness and contrast of your image in a very intuitive manner. It seems like it would be quite a task to straighten up a picture of an object that was taken at a severe angle. However, Photoshop"s Perspective Cropping feature allows you to do this in one simple step. In this video, you'll learn how to use this amazing tool in Photoshop. The great thing about text effects is that they"re usually very easy to reproduce. In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you how to make a steel text effect, and then he"ll show you how to save this effect so that it can easily be applied to other layers in the future. In this video tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to create a quick and easy frame for your photographs simply using the eraser tool. Non-Destructive Dodging And Burning The Dodge and Burn tools in Photoshop are great tools for lightening and darkening areas of your images. However, these tools are destructive to your original photograph and can only be reversed using your History panel. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you a more creative and effective way of achieving the same effects without affecting the image layer itself. In this video tutorial, Geoff Riggs will teach you how to create an elongated shadow cast in front of a block of backlit text. Sometimes the camera does TOO good a job of capturing all the details, especially when it comes to skin. A close-up portrait can sometimes reveal tiny bumps and roughness that we might not want to see. In this video, you'll learn a very effective technique for smoothing out your skin in Photoshop. In this video tip, you will learn how to take a photo and transform it into an old-fashioned Polaroid photograph. In this Photoshop tutorial, Geoff will teach you how to create a very easy, but very effective, white grunge border around your photographs. Creating A Grid With A Custom Pattern In this video tutorial, Geoff will show you how to create and define a custom pattern in Photoshop and then use that pattern to create a grid background for your Photoshop file. You"ve all seen postcards or advertisements with a picture of something inside a block of bold text. In this tutorial, you'll learn just how easy it can be to achieve this effect. In this tutorial, Photoshop trainer Geoff Riggs shows you how to add embellishments and alter the appearance of specific letter pairings for open type fonts. It"s not always easy to make complex selections in your Photoshop images, but in this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you one very effective way to use the highlights in an image to make a selection in order to alter an image. Photoshop doesn"t provide any quick means of creating dotted lines, but in this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to create your own customized dotted line quickly and easily, using the paintbrush tool. Making Changes Across Multiple Photos Ever wanted to resize a group of images or add a watermark to a group of images, but you just didn"t have the time to do it? Well, with Photoshop"s Batch processing capabilities, you can make changes to multiple images all at once. In this video, you'll learn how to add a watermark to a collection of images all at once. New Photoshop Tutorial - Linking Effect Ever wanted to link two objects together in Photoshop so that they seem to weave in and out of each other, kind of like the Olympic rings? Well, it"s easier than you might think! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create this linking effect in just a couple very easy steps. Today"s tip is a two-for-one for those of you who want to know how to extract a person from an image. After learning how to do this, you'll also learn how to turn that person into a statue in just a few simple steps. Turning your images into illustrations isn"t as difficult as you might think. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make your images look cartoonish in just one simple step. Want to make your motorcycle photo gallery a little more exciting by adding a little smoke to your pictures? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create smoke in Photoshop using filters and blending modes. Today"s video is a relatively simple tip on two different ways to create a vignette for your photographs. A vignette is basically a soft-edged border around a photograph. Enjoy! When designing a web layout or some other type of design layout, you will often need to use some of the same colors over and over again. In this video, you'll learn how to add color swatches to your Swatches pallette, save your current set of color swatches, and load a set that you"ve already saved. Creating text that follows a path in Photoshop is an extremely simple process. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a circle of text using selections, paths, and, of course, the text tool. Creating A Photorealistic Tennis Ball I"ll give you three guesses as to what you'll be learning in this tutorial! If you guessed that you"re going to learn how to create your own photorealistic tennis ball in Photoshop, then you"re absolutely right! A layer mask in Photoshop is basically a way of hiding and revealing certain parts of a layer. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create, edit, delete, and modify layer masks in Photoshop. Making A Panorama With Photoshop Ever wanted to take a panorama but couldn"t find your wide angle lens? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make a panoramic image out of a few separate images using a little recoloring, retouching and blending. Flawless Black and White Photos How many of you just convert your images from RGB to grayscale when you want to create a black and white image? How many of you turn to your Hue/Saturation adjustments and completely desaturate the image? Well, in this video, you'll learn how to take control of your black and white images in a much more effective way. All across the internet, you'll find flashy logos and text effects with a glossy white reflection across the top of the graphic. There are many ways to achieve an effect like this in Photoshop, and in this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell shows you his preferred method of creating just such a reflection. Creating a Grassy Field in Photoshop One of the most underappreciated tools for beginners in Photoshop is the brush tool. Most beginners think that this tool is simply used to paint round or square strokes onto the canvas. These same beginners would be shocked to learn that you can very easily create an entire field of grass using only the brush tool. In this tutorial, Craig Campbell from LearnFlash.com will show you how to use brush shapes and brush dynamics to create your own grassy meadow in Photoshop. Realistic lightning seems like it would be difficult and time-consuming to create in Photoshop. But it is much simpler than you might think. In this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell shows you how to use a few filters and tonal adjustments in order to achieve a very realistic lightning effect that will look a little bit different every time you attempt it. One of the most widely used text effects in Photoshop design is the plastic text effect. There are hundreds of different plastic effects you could come with, and in this tutorial, Craig Campbell from LearnFlash.com will show you just one of many ways to add some plasticky depth to your text. Sometimes it is necessary to make an image a little brighter. Sometimes it is necessary to make it a little darker. But what if you need to do both? Or what if you only need to brighten up a small portion of an image, perhaps where there are some dark shadows? In this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to use Photoshop"s Shadow/Highlight tool to bring out the shadows and calm down the highlights all in one simple step. Photoshop is an amazing graphics program, and with it, you can create some very photorealistic graphics. In this tutorial, for example, you will learn how to create an antique map with holes and burned edges. This tutorial would also be great for creating antique hand-written letters. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to take an ordinary piece of script text and transform it into a 3-dimensional, semi-transparent ribbon in just two simple steps. This tutorial would also work for a very simple shape that you might want to turn into a logo or something like that. Sometimes it takes a creative mixture of ideas to put together a good effect in Photoshop. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to tweak a photograph for use inside your text in order to make a really cool grunge text effect. Want to blot out your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend"s face from an otherwise perfectly good picture? In today"s tutorial, you'll learn how to censor parts of an image in just a couple of very simple steps in Photoshop. In a previous tip, we talked about how to make a simple reflection effect for a logo. But it gets a little more complicated if you"re trying to create a reflection for a 3-dimenisional object, such as a box. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to perform the transformations necessary in order to make a very effective 3D reflection effect. If you"ve ever tried to take a flash photograph of a framed picture straight-on, you"ve probably noticed that it"s impossible to do so without planting a large reflection of the flash right in the center of the picture. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to avoid that unwanted reflection by taking the picture from an angle and then adjusting the picture using perspective cropping. |