Regardless of whether you are a seasoned developer or a designer or a complete newbie, (re)familiarizing yourself with the software and basic terminology is a good place to start. Here is a list of tips all Flash users should know.

1. Frame rate -> 12fps for mobile phones, 18fps to 30fps for general usage
2. Scene -> Please do not use scenes, it is outdated and unstable
3. Time line -> Onion skin is good for working with multiple frames
4. Library -> Ctrl + L
5. Button -> Try not to use it because it is very inflexible as compared to the movie clip (more another time)
6. Graphics -> Great for animation as it has live preview from the timeline
7. Bitmap text/Pixel font ->Round up all X, Y axes to whole numbers or risk getting blurry text
8. Align panel -> Ctrl+K

Shang :: Mar.09.2008 :: beginner, good-to-know :: No Comments »

And the screengrab speaks for itself.

All the best to us.

Shang :: Mar.09.2008 :: news :: 1 Comment »

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/mediaplayer/

Back in 2006 MAX conference, someone asked whether Adobe would release a FLV Player. They replied that they had some plan. 2 years later, their plan was finally revealed. More than just a FLV Player, it’s also a desktop YouTube and it is “professionally very very pretty”.

Coming out at the same time as AIR, it’s a perfect “one stone two birds” strategy. If you want to try AIR you definitely should start with Media Player because it’s by far the most useful AIR application for everyone (not only for developers or designers). If you want to try Media Player you have to install AIR.

Shang :: Mar.08.2008 :: adobe, news :: No Comments »

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