I am most pleased to be able to show you how to create an analog clock in Flash using ActionScript only.
You won’t be touching any tools whatsoever. This is just about programming in Flash. Also, there is no timeline animation involved and no layers. And, this works in Flash MX, Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8.
Just look at the flash example below to see what is possible with actionscripting only.
Gradient fills are a little bit more complex than simple, plain color fills. But, they offer much more possibilites than the ordinary fills do.
1 Open a new document, call the first layer actions, click in its first keyframe, open the Actions panel and enter the following code:
_root.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100);
_root.moveTo(200, 100);
_root.lineTo(350, 100);
_root.lineTo(350, 200);
_root.lineTo(200, 200);
_root.lineTo(200, 100);
After you learned how to draw lines and curves with ActionScript, let’s see how to make shapes that will be filled with colors.
1 Open a new Flash document.Call the first layer actions. Click in the first keyframe of this layer and press F9 (PC) or ALT+F9 (Mac) to open up the Actions panel. Enter the following code:
Flash gives you the great possibility to create graphics dynamically, that is, while your movie is running, via ActionScript. So, not everything has to be drawn manually. What are the benefits of this method of creating graphics? First of all, it reduces the filesize of your Flash movie. Second, it opens up an infinite number of possibilities for greater interactivity, creativity and more. And, best of all, it is very easy to learn. So, let’s start with the basics of drawing with ActionScript.
In this lesson you will learn how to create a cool logo, that will “land” on the scene by bouncing off it. You will also see:
With this lesson, you are going to learn how to make a motion guide that two movie clips will follow, one after another. This is one of the basic animation techniques in Flash. The example below shows the final result you’ll achieve at the end of this animation lesson.
In this tutorial, you will use the basic animation techniques in Flash to create a moving pac-man! There is no better way of learning a technique than by working on a real-world example.
You can see the nice animation below – you’ll learn the necessary techniques to create it in this easy lesson.
In this easy lesson made for Flash MX, Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 I will show you how to create a Flash banner ad that fits specific needs of the website it will be displayed on. The unique behaviour of this banner is that it will perform a random display of colored stripes for 9 seconds, after which it will come to a standstill.
Some websites have rules for advertisers who want to show their banner ads, specifying the duration of the animation in a banner. This is made so that the users don’t get bugged and visually distracted while they are reading the page which contains the banner. A user will see the animation, judge by herself if she will click the banner or not anyway. After that, stopping the animation makes the website containing it more user friendly.
Have a look at the example banner below: eoll your mouse over it to see what happens. If you missed the random color stripes effect, just hit the Refresh button on your browser and you’ll see it.
I will show you in this lesson how to create a 360-degree pan banner. It is very easy to make – basically, this is an animation tutorial.
You will learn how to:
Below is the example of the ad banner you are going to make.
I will show you how to make a beautiful Valentine’s Day ad banner with this tutorial.
This banner is different each time the page it is situated on loads and also each time the user rolls over and out of it with his mouse. Try it! Roll over the banner beneath this text, then move your mouse out of it.
As you can see, the hearts on this banner are arranged in a completely different manner each time. Also, the hearts disappear differently each time!
To see the image and the message below the hearts, the user must wait for them to clear out. This is a nice effect, creating a small expectation and surprise as the user waits to see what lurks below.
All right, start making it!