Graphics World - Tutorials

Glowing Text Effect

In this Flash tutorial you will learn how to make text glow (this effect will also work for anything drawn in Flash). The glowing edges around the text will ease in and ease out in this animations. Topics include: soften fill edges, alpha control, and basic tweening. No actionscript involved and source file is included.

Flash Plugin Detection in Flash 8

Flash plugin detection is very easy to implement in Flash 8. Its actually built-in. In this tutorial I will show you how to activate Flash plugin detection for whatever version of Flash that your Flash document requires.

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Gradient Sweep Photo Effect

Learn a simple photo gallery effect in this Flash tutorial. Topic include: motion tweening, gradient color fill, alpha property. No actionscript involved. Source file included.

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Simple but Highly Effective Box Animation

Effect: You have 2 or more boxes (circles, triangles, whatever). The middle of one is colored, you click on a different box and the middle color slides to the box you clicked with a cool sliding effect (a faded trail). This effect is highly re-usable and easy to implement with different shapes and several of them. Source code included! Concepts: actionscript animation, button press.

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The Tank: Part 2: Rotating and Shooting the Cannon

In this Flash tutorial you will learn how to make the cannon on the tank rotate wherever the mouse is pointing and shoot whenever the left mouse button is clicked. Topics covered in this tutorial: mouse angle detection, onMouseDown event, duplicateMovieClip, rotation and actionscript controlled motion.

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The Tank: Part 1: Basic Movement and Artillery

In this Flash tutorial, you will learn how to move a tank using the arrow keys and shoot using either the spacebar or a mouse click. The topics covered in this tutorial include: using the onEnterFrame, onMouseDown, and onKeyDown events, proper actionscripting technique and basic animation techniques. This is the first in a series of Flash tutorials involving the movement of a tank. Enjoy!

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Password Protection / Loading External Text

In this tutorial you will learn how to password protect your Flash Movie or Application by loading in a password that is located in an external text file. This will be presented in a step-by-step format.

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Drag and Drop Initiates Action Effect

In this Flash tutorial you will first create a symbol (object) that you can drag and drop around the screen. Next you will create a drop zone area that will cause the symbol (object) to react when it is dropped into the target area by performing a hit test. As always the completed source file is included.

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Crosshairs Rollover Text Effect

In this Flash tutorial you will create a rollover effect using masks. The crosshairs will follow your mouse cursor as you move over the text. Topics involved: startDrag actionscript, masking, drawing a target using radial gradient tool. Source file included.

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SVG Format

Learn what stands behind the SVG format.

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