Flash Basics

Welcome to the basics, Here we will take you through getting to know flash in an oh so personal way, and get you on the road to being that masterful Flash CS4 user!

Flash CS4 Lesson 1 – Interface and Face your inter.. hmm.. I guess I could have a better name than that.

Flash CS4 Lesson 2 –  Okay here is a very long video about the tools you need to become the Masta O Flash :-)  Enjoy

Flash CS4 Lesson 3 –  Learn all the cool and pretty things about colors and gradients!

Flash CS4 Lesson 4 –  All about the Frames, Get your Frame on.. or does the Human Torch yell FRAME ON!!! .. hmm I guess not.

Flash CS4 Lesson 5 –  Frame by frame animation is one of the basic ways of animation in Flash CS4, but some might argue.. ITS Too Hard and Time consuming (imagine in a whiney voice)

Flash CS4 Lesson 6 – Here is it.. The Shape Tweening at its best.. Learn the basics of this cool option in Flash CS4 to Animate some cool morphey looking things.

Flash CS4 Lesson 7 – Putting what you know to use.. You are going to create a Bouncing Ball using the very same Shape Tweens you just learned. Now Get to it!

Flash CS4 Lesson 8 -Shape Tweening a Shape into Text using Shape Hints – CS4 version Coming soon – CS3 Version can be found Here

Flash CS4 Lesson 9 – Creating graphic symbols in Flash CS4, Learn how to make your own graphic symbols, duplicate and add properties to it such as, Alpha, Tint, Brightness and Advanced options.

Flash CS4 Lesson 10 – Creating a Classic Tween in Flash CS4 – Tutorial Coming Soon!

Flash CS4 Lesson 11 – Creating an animated Graphic Symbol, in this tutorial you are gonna put your balls where your symbols are.. Literally, the bouncing ball project with an extra spin.

Flash CS4 Lesson 12 – Creating an animated Graphic Symbol PART 2.  They say Sequels suck but not when your doing tutorials.. This one definitely follows the first ones story line and there are no Plot holes!!  In this lesson you are going to learn how to take that animated graphic and animate it to give a more dynamic look.. If it sounds confusing.. just watch, it will all make sense.

Flash CS4 Lesson 13 – In this lesson we learn the difference between Movie Clips and Graphic Symbols.  There are benefits to each one so pay close attention

Flash CS4 Lesson 14 -Creating Buttons in Flash CS4, oooh I love those buttons

Flash CS4 Lesson 15 -Okay time to put on your programming hat.. Its time to get some commands in action..script that is :-)

Flash CS4 Lesson 16 -Motion Tweening Basics… In AutoTune!! yes that ever so famous T-Pain Effect is in effect in this Musical Tutorial.. I Promised it was coming and here it is. And Yes I already know it makes a Movie Clip but I really wanted to keep the Graphic Symbol line in there :-) Enjoy

Flash CS4 Lesson 17 – The Spinning Square. This is a practical project teaching you how to embed a button in a movie clip to control its timeline.