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  • Digital Photography
  • Web Effects I

  • EncapsulationEncapsulation
    Flash allows you to embed movie clips inside other movie clips. An important concept to master is a clear understanding of the Flash hierarchy. This lesson teaches you to control the structure of your flash piece by purposely creating complex clips.
  • The Joy of PreloadingThe Joy of Preloading
    Preloaders give visual feedback to your users about the loading progress of large flash documents. In this tutorial Ray Villalobos teaches you how to build extremely re-usable preloaders. He also covers building common libraries and templates to make your workflow more efficient.
  • XML in FlashXML in Flash
    Learn my award winning technique for separating presentation from content. It allows producers and designers to work concurrently instead of making designers wait for content from producers. You'll be twice as productive and you'll never program the same way again.
  • Pixel Transition and maskingPixel Transition and masking
    Create a neat pixel style flash transition using masking and a pattern developed with Adobe Illustrator. Learn the basics of masking to create animations.
  • Multi purpose buttons and loading externalsMulti purpose buttons and loading externals
    In this episode of the Flash Video Podcast, Ray shows you how to build a slideshow that uses generic buttons and loads photos or flash animations from an external source. You can download the source files for this project here to follow along with the podcast.
  • Draggable Menu ElementDraggable Menu Element
    Ray shows you how to do a draggable menu element. It all starts with a circular button that expands into a full menu, then collapses back to it's original shape and allows you to control an interface element. Drag it around the screen in either it's original or open position.
  • Navigational ScrollerNavigational Scroller
    Ray shows you how to create a scrollable navigational element. Very useful for instances where you need to navigate through a lot of photos in a confined space. Learn to control movie clip movement through ActionScript with a little bit (very little, I promise) of math and physics.
  • Auto Centering ContentAuto Centering Content
    Learn to build a flexible auto centering content area with Flash and ActionScript. Click on a button to control the movement of a separate movie clip that looses momentum as it reaches it's destination. Once built, you can arrange your movie clips in any way you like.