…and especially enthusiastic about motion tweens in Flash…
Articles
Articles by jdehaan:
Flash CS4:
- Using Flash for the first time: Part 1: Building a banner
- Using Flash for the first time: Part 2: Adding symbols, animation, and ActionScript
- Animation Learning Guide for Flash CS4
- Motion migration guide for Flash CS4 Professional
Flash CS3:
- Using Flash for the First Time - Part 1: Building a Banner
- Using Flash for the First Time - Part 2: Adding Symbols, animation, and ActionScript
- Using Flash for the First Time - Part 3: Publishing and adding a Flash file to a web page
- Migrating from Flash 8 to Flash CS3
- (video tutorial) Creating your first working, interactive Flash file
- (video tutorial) Creating and using symbols and instances
- Flash graphic effects Learning Guide
Dreamweaver CS3
Flash 8
- Flash 8 Best Practices
- ActionScript 2.0 Best Practices
- Using Flash for the First Time - Part 3: Publishing and Adding the Flash File to a Web Page
- Using Flash for the First Time - Part 2: Adding Symbols, Animation, and ActionScript
- Using Flash for the First Time - Part 1: Building a Banner
- ActionScript 2.0 Learning Guide
- Flash Animation Learning Guide
Dreamweaver 8
- Presenting Video with the Flash Video Extension for Dreamweaver 8
- Creating Custom Video Skins for the Flash Video Extension for Dreamweaver 8
Flash MX 2004
- Binding Data Between Components Using the Data Binding Classes
- Using the Tween and Transition Classes in Flash MX 2004
- Using ActionScript in Macromedia Flash MX 2004: Best Practices
- Building a Tip of the Day Application (Part 1): Using Screens and Components
- Building a Tip of the Day Application (Part 2): Working with Web Services
- Building a Tip of the Day Application (Part 3): Submitting Tips to the Web Service
- Creating Animation
- Data for Designers: Connecting to Data in Flash Using Data Wizards
RoboHelp
Tutorials and Articles from the community on FLASH CS4 and FLASH PLAYER 10
New Motion model
3D and ActionScript
- Flash and Math: Space Gallery (3D rotation/tween in code)
- Flash and Math: 3D cube (3D rotation/tween in code)
- Flash and Math: 3D planets (using drawTriangles in AS3)
Articles from the Design Center, 2007
Tutorials from the Adobe Design Center. Also remember to search the Design Center (select a product) and browse the Video Workshop (most CS3 video tutorials are
Flash CS3
Getting Started
- Using Flash for the first time - Part 1: Building a banner (Jen deHaan)
- Using Flash for the first time - Part 2: Adding symbols, animation, and ActionScript (Jen deHaan)
- Using Flash for the first time - Part 3: Publishing and adding a Flash file to a web page (Jen deHaan)
- Creating a simple Flash document (Adobe)
- Work with the Timeline in Flash (Sascha Wolter)
Animation
- Tweening in Flash Professional 8 (John Ulliman)
- Spin objects in 3D space using Flash and After Effects (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
- Create frame-by-frame animations with Flash (Sascha Wolter)
- Creating a 3D button animation for Flash (Tom Green, Tiago Dias)
Text
- Use Flash text to display text in your website (Garrick Chow )
- Team After Effects text animation with Flash (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
ActionScript
e-learning
- Media specifications for e-learning courses Rafiq Elmansy
Video
- Building a video player with Flash (R Blank)
- Tips for rookie video producers (Scott Fegette)
- Broadcast video using the camera object in Flash (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
- Frame video with a mask (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
Sound
- Creating dynamic sound controls in Flash (Russell Chun)
- Enhance your Flash file with sound (Russell Chun)
Migration / upgrading
- Migrating from Flash 8 to Flash CS3 Professional (Jen deHaan)
Dreamweaver CS3
Getting Started
- Create and configure a Dreamweaver site (Lucinda Dykes)
Sites and site setup
- Organizing a local site in Dreamweaver (David Karlins)
- Collecting content for a Dreamweaver site (David Karlins)
- Prepare your web server for file handling using a remote folder in Dreamweaver 8 (Lucinda Dykes)
- Create and configure a Dreamweaver site (Lucinda Dykes)
- Creating a master-detail page relationship in Dreamweaver - video tutorial (Matthew Pizzi)
CSS
- Turn internal styles into an external style sheet in Dreamweaver (Garrick Chow)
- The Art & Science of CSS: Create inspirational standards-based web design (Cameron Adams, Jina Bolton, David Johnson, Steve Smith, Jonathan Snook)
Images
- Adding dynamic images to your website using Dreamweaver (Lucinda Dykes)
- Use the image tools in Dreamweaver to work with images in your website (Nolan Hester)
Text
- Use Flash text to display text in your website (Garrick Chow )
Fireworks CS3
Getting Started
Effects/filters
- Discover the difference between live and traditional filters in Fireworks (Abigail Rudner)
- Creating lens flares using Fireworks (Alan Musselman)
- Creating crystals with Fireworks (Thierry Lorey)
Integration
- A glance at Photoshop integration with Fireworks (Jim Babbage)
Symbols
- Using rich symbols in Fireworks (Aaron Beall)
- Create a sitemap icon using reusable rich symbols (Alan Musselman)
Image editing
- Vectoring in on bitmaps with Fireworks (Dave Bricker)
- Create a night scene with Fireworks (Angelo Sabal)
- Image editing tricks with Fireworks (Jose Olarte 3)
After Effects Professional CS3
Getting Started
- Getting to know the Workflow (After Effects Classroom in a Book)
Effects/filters and animation
- Using the Keylight filter in After Effects (Tom Green, Tiago Dias)
- Some background information (Bob Donlon)
- Create the illusion of fire and smoke: CC Particle Systems II and After Effects 7.0 (Bob Donlon)
- Make motion more realistic with Motion Blur (Jeff Foster)
- Adjust Bezier curves and make motion paths take flight (Jeff Foster)
- Create a fireworks effect using After Effects (Bob Donlon)
- Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets (After Effects Classroom in a Book)
- Create animated characters from still images with After Effects (Bob Donlon)
3D
- Spin objects in 3D space using Flash and After Effects (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
- Working with Vanishing Point in Photoshop and After Effects - video tutorial (Ko Maruyama)
- Using Vanishing Point to map a 3D environment - video tutorial (Ko Maruyama)
Color
- Color management in After Effects (Peter Constable)
Text
Sound
- The fundamentals of working with sound in After Effects and Flash (Tom Green, Tiago Dias )
Export/compression
- Export an After Effects project as a web video (Jeff Foster)
- Manic Compression (Bob Donlon)
- Rendering and Outputting (After Effects Classroom in a Book)
- Tips for rookie video producers (Scott Fegette)
- Create an animated DVD menu transition using Encore and After Effects (Bob Donlon)
Cross product integration
Premiere CS3
Getting Started
Video editing and effects
- Using Scene Detect in Adobe Premiere Pro (Jeff Schell)
- Apply video effects to clips with alpha channels (Jeff Schell)
DVD creation
- Team Adobe Premiere Pro with Encore DVD (Chad Perkins)
Titling
- Creating and modifying titles in Adobe Premiere Pro (Jeff Schell)
Color
- Using the Three Way Color Corrector in Premiere Pro (Jeff Schell)
Soundbooth CS3
Getting Started
Audio Editing
Export
Encore CS3
Text
- Working with text in Encore (Chad Perkins)
Menus
- Team Adobe Premiere Pro with Encore DVD (Chad Perkins)
- Create an animated DVD menu transition using Encore and After Effects (Bob Donlon)
CS3 Integration
- Creating a 3D button animation for Flash (Tom Green, Tiago Dias)
- The fundamentals of working with sound in After Effects and Flash (Tom Green, Tiago Dias )
- Spin objects in 3D space using Flash and After Effects (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
- Team After Effects text animation with Flash (Tom Green and Jordan Chilcott)
- A glance at Photoshop integration with Fireworks (Jim Babbage)
- Discover seamless integration with Adobe Dynamic Link (Chad Perkins)
- Integrate Adobe Premiere Pro with After Effects using Dynamic Link (Jeff Schell)
- Use Flash text to display text in your website (Garrick Chow)
- Team Adobe Premiere Pro with Encore DVD (Chad Perkins)
- Create an animated DVD menu transition using Encore and After Effects (Bob Donlon)
Migration
- Migrating from Flash 8 to Flash CS3 Professional (Jen deHaan)
- Migrating from GoLive to Dreamweaver (Garrick Chow)
General web/video and design
- Color workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Adobe)
- Adobe PDF in creative workflows (Adobe)
- Color management workflow in After Effects (Adobe/Peter Constable)
- Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Adobe)
- Adobe PDF in Creative Workflows (Adobe)
- PDF/X files in Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe)
- A designer’s guide to transparency for print output (Adobe)
- Transparency in Adobe applications: A print production guide (Adobe)
- Adobe InDesign CS3 conversion guide: A hands-on resource for switching from Quark to InDesign CS3 (Adobe)
- Adobe InDesign CS3 and XML: A technical reference (Adobe)
About this blog
This blog specializes in the new motion model of Flash CS4, and is brought to you by team tween of Flash at Adobe. The blog will includes tips, techniques, and info on tweening in Flash using the Timeline and Motion Editor (as well as some stuff about motion runtime with code). From time to time, we might also talk about ActionScript 3.0. So if you're interested in tweens, this blog is for you. We also want to hear your feedback in the comments. All views expressed here are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the opinion or views of Adobe Systems Inc.
