Creating a button that senses the mouse and then expands. Requirement: Flash MX Step 1: Open a
new document. In the actions for frame 1 of layer name layer 1 type: menutriggerdist=150;
menumaxscale=300; menumultiplier=1.5; This control how and when the mouse interacts with button.
Once you have completed all the steps, change them around and see how each one changes the effect.
Step 2: Cntl+f8 (Insert --> New Symbol) Click on new movie click, call it Ibutton. In the
frist frame create your image or whatever you want the mouse to interact with , to make it...

Sprites, as you may or may not know, are pictures in a series used for animations. They are very
helpful in flash as you can use pre-made/pre-sized pictures and don't have to draw the animation
yourself. To use a sprite, first open a new window. Make sure the sprites are saved as separate
files, and then click file->import->import to library and import all the sprites. select the first
frame, and drag the picture from the library to the stage. Take note of where it is located on the
stage by looking at the properties tab. click 2-6 frames later(depending on how fast ...

Quick and Easy Webcam Chatroom Required: Flash Communication Server 1.5 Flash Step 1: Create a
new folder called webchat in the c:\(Where ever you put your server files)\flash
communication server mx\applications folder. Step 2: Open notepad file. Type: load(
"components.asc" ); Save file as "main.asc" in the webchat folder. Step 3: Open Flash and save
file as "webchat" in the webchat folder From the Communications Components side bar: 3.1 Drag a
SimpleConnect onto your flash page 3.2 Drag a SetBandwidth onto your flash page, in the properties
b...

This is something I worked at for a while. I used to play sounds by selecting start on the
properties tab, and the animation never lined up with the sound waves on timeline. If you switch it
to stream, it changes the wave and allows animation to be aligned to the sound. Also, a sound can be
cut short by not extending the frames enough, so beware. Hope I helped again Peace Aaron...

HOW TO MAKE A ROLLOVER MUSIC SIG IN FLASH MX 04 its a n00b job, but for you who cant do it...
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new document. 2. Now, bearing in mind the sig you want to use, set the size of the flash
document like so: Note: These are the settings for my sig, you must make the size of your
document the size of the sig you are using 3. Now, hold "ctrl" and press "r" to open the import
window. find the sig you want to use and click open. 4. If it hasnt centered automat...

Flash Tutorial 4: Symbol Effects The last thing I will cover with this series of tutorials for
Flash Macromedia is effects/transitions/transformations which are probably the easiest to use but
since there are so many things that can be done with them easily - I feel it's worth covering
and learning for any begining flash designer. 1. 1st open a blank Flash Document 2. create a
keyframe(select and press F6) on the first frame in the timeline(top of flash window) 3. Use the
circle tool and draw a circle of desirable size on the canvas. If you have been following ...

Flash Tutorial 3: Mask Layers Mask Layers are a good way to show content underneath the top layer
in a flash movie. To get familiar with the effect you really need to do it a few times to
understand the potential. 1. Start with the bottom layer you have already. Paste something into it
that takes up most of the canvas ie. jpeg or something. 2. Insert a new layer into the timeline.
(select the layer 1 and click the button in the lower left corner of the window) 3. Lock 'Layer
1'. (There is a lock next to the colored box for the layer on the left panel of th...

Flash Tutorial 2: Shape Tweening Shape Tweening is basicall where you have 2 shapes and you morph
one into the shape of the 2nd shape. The procedure to do this is quite simple really : 1. 1st open
a blank Flash Document 2. create a keyframe(select and press F6) on the first frame in the
timeline(top of flash window) 3. Use the circle tool and draw a circle of desirable size on the
canvas. 4. Select a subsequent frame on the timeline like frame 24 (sec @ 12frames/sec) press F6 to
insert a keyframe. Your drawn cirlce should appear again after this step. 5. DO NOT CO...

As many know - Flash Macromedia is en vogue these days and you can actually do some pretty cool
stuff with it. I'm going to do a couple of simple tutorials to get those people started using
flash. Once you start to use it and get some of the basic concepts, you can do some cool simple
animation for your websites or whatever. Tutorial 1: Simple Motion Tweening Motion tweening is
basically a quick way to animate something. 1. First you need to draw an object on the screen (you
can also import a graphic or something too). Make sure you get the graphic or drawing ...