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Flash Tips and Tricks: Motion Tweens and Special Effects
OC Flash – Tuesday, July 7, 6:30 p.m.
Cynthia Gordon, Owner and Principal of MedAnimations, will give a presentation on motion tweens, using an example from her work in developing patient education animations. Cynthia will explain what motion tweens are, and how to create and use them. Topics will include:
- Creating a motion tween to animate symbols
- Difference between a motion tween, a shape tween, and frame by frame animation
- Customizing the motion path
- Using the motion editor to further modify your motion tween animation
Mark Dickinson, Senior Production Artist for Marshall Advertising, Costa Mesa, CA, will demonstrate several effects from Chris Georgenes' book "How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4", and will also discuss the Custom Easing Tool 1.1 created by Ladizlav Zigo. Mark will show us:
- How to use the blur filter to create motion in your animations
- Creating a handwriting effect through masking that makes text "write" itself
- Creating special effects such as a bounce through use of the Custom Easing Tool
As always, there will be plenty of time for questions and answers.
See the Orange County MultiMedia Association website for meeting location.
(Photos courtesy of Levine Productions, c. 2009)
June Meeting
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Program: Flash Team Tools
Iman Khabazian will give a presentation on tools that can be used to support Flash & ActionScript development. Iman will cover the following tools:
- Mantis, a popular, free web-based bugtracking system
- Subversion, an open-source source code version control system (no, that's not a typo)
- Alcon, a lightweight debugging tool for ActionScript developers
- Wireshark, a free packet sniffer used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development.
Iman Khabazian oversees all phases of the software development life cycle for Flash applications. Currently he serves as the Chief Product Officer at D4 Media, and as Managing Director of iMAN IT. As Managing Director of IMAN IT, he directed the development team for the Beanie Babies virtual world, consulted on re-engineering the Lord of the Rings Online UI development process, developed the Tacori Male micro-site, developed a game framework, and consulted numerously regarding software design and software development life cycle. Iman has presented at OC Flash numerous times previously.
May Meeting
Program: Introduction to ActionScript 3, Part III
In May we will continue our ActionScript 3 tutorial series with a discussion of how to create buttons. Using event listeners to respond to mouse events will be discussed. Also covered will be techniques for creating up, down, and over states for buttons. Creating buttons in this way can reduce SWF file sizes by tens of KBs compared to using Flash components. It also allows you to create custom buttons with a unique appearance. For a head start read the article Designer perspective: How to approach ActionScript on adobe.com
Download the sample files from this month's presentation (ZIP, 95 KB).
We'll also open the floor to questions so bring yours. And if you have a tip or a technique to share bring those, too.
Earn Raffle Points Toward Winning an Adobe CS4 Bundle of the Winner's Choice. Earn raffle points at this OC Flash meeting simply by attending. Earn additional points by sharing a project or tip. The prize is an Adobe CS4 Software Bundle of the winner's choice (limit
*Note: Please don't bring messy snacks or leave a mess. We would like to continue to be welcome at Travelland USA.
