Adobe Flash CS4 Professional offers several ways to include animation in your projects. The Animation Learning Guide for Flash explains how to use all of these animation types in Flash CS4 Professional, including the new and improved way of creating and editing motion tweens using the timeline and Motion Editor. Explore the sections below to dive into whatever topic interests you.
Samuel Asher Rivello (Sept. 8, 2009)
Combine the physical world with an interactive, three-dimensional virtual world as you build this sample application.
Mariko Ogawa (Mar. 23, 2009)
Get an overview of 3D: controlling rotations, animating with motion tweens, programming effects with ActionScript, and more.
Tom Green and Tiago Dias (July 17, 2007)
See how you can easily create short animations in After Effects and embed them in your Flash projects.
Find out what it takes to map your videos to 3D objects using the Papervision 3D engine.
Programmatically generate 3D elements in Macromedia Flash MX.
Rafiq R. Elmansy (June 19, 2006)
Spruce up your Flash projects by rotating graphics in 2D or 3D space.
Create 3D scenes in Macromedia Flash using a class-based programming model and quaternion math for fast, efficient transformations.
John Ulliman and Tommi West (Aug. 24, 2009)
Learn how the Motion Editor lets you quickly tune motions, transformations, color effects, and more in Flash CS4 Professional.
Doug Winnie (Feb. 9, 2009)
In this simple tutorial, learn how to import artwork into Flash, create an animation, and change an animation after you've created it.
Chris Georgenes (July 6, 2009)
Breathe life into complex characters using these custom techniques and tips.
John Mayhew and Jen deHaan (May 4, 2009)
Migrate your motion tweening skills from previous versions of Flash to the new motion model in Flash CS4 Professional.
Jonathan Duran (Feb. 2, 2009)
Rapidly generate decorative patterns using the new procedural drawing tools in Flash CS4 Professional.
Jen deHaan (Jan. 26, 2009)
Learn how to programmatically create motion effects to move, resize, transition, and fade movie clips easily in your Flash projects. (Updated for CS4)
Train Simple and Jiro Ietaka (Feb. 5, 2007)
Learn some of the fundamentals necessary for building a Flash-based game that makes extensive use of ActionScript.
Thea Eaton (July 24, 2006)
Make games accessible outside the browser by relying on system-level voices instead of screen readers.
Rafiq R. Elmansy (Feb. 6, 2006)
Learn from specific examples how to create interesting animation effects in your projects.
Learn to perfectly sync animation to dialog with this Macrochat by Chris Georgenes.
Watch as Team Macromedia member Chris Georgenes transforms a pencil sketch into an animated character.
Pro animator and Team Macromedia member Chris Georgenes shares some easy, cool effects to simulate motion.
Find out what it takes to render, compress, encode, and master your Flash stories for distribution on DVD.
Take a guided tour through the Flash Tools panel as you draw a simple illustration.
Get timesaving advice on easing, tweening, and more in these top animation tips from Shane Elliot.
Morph the shape or color of one graphic into another with this fun-to-use Flash feature.
Watch and learn sophisticated animation tips as Team Macromedia member Chris Georgenes presents his Hula Girl animation.
Learn how to build snappy and impressive preloaders that will help set the mood for your site.
Learn to respect, not defy, gravity in this tutorial on creating realistic impact and collision effects.
Consider these best practices from “2001” application creator, Andreas Heim.
Make vectors come alive with this character animation tutorial.
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