Random Tip 33
This week a really basic random tip is how to make quick duplicates in your Adobe Design Premium apps. I am often surprised to find so many people are completely unaware of this basic skill so here it is presented in video, and in five apps! … Read entire article »
Filed under: Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Podcast
Random Tip #16
When you apply a motion preset in Flash CS4, by default, the current location of the object becomes the start position of the animation – to change that and make the current location the end position of the animation, hold down the Shift key when you click Apply. Don’t forget to become a fan on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Flash
Flash Catalyst
Flash Catalyst (formerly codenamed Thermo) has been around on Adobe Labs for a while now but I’m still meeting lots of people who know nothing of it – if you’ve ever wanted to create interfaces in Photoshop or Illustrator and then add simple functionality without coding (you’d need to hand over the completed project to a Flex developer to get the most out of it) then your day has arrived. Click this link to watch a movie about it and visit the FC page here. There are feeds from the Labs site which you can subscribe to in any feed reader – Firefox would be an excellent choice (if you’re using Apple Mail then it has a built in feed reader) so you can keep up with the latest developemnts at Adobe. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Flash, General, Illustrator, Photoshop
4T.18 Loopy Background
The last in the current string of animation basics using Flash CS3 builds on the previous exercise by adding a background to our truck animation, in the form of a shape-tweened hill and another motion-tweened scenery movieclip. The concepts you will learn here are simple shape-tweening and creating a cyclic animation using a movie clip designed for that purpose. Registered users of the site can download the source files by using the link below – registration is free and you can register by using the link on the right. Support files are available to registered users of the site only. Please Login or Register to access the link. … Read entire article »
