Tips for code hints in Flash CS5
4 Jun, 2010
ActionScript 3.0 Flash CS5 workaround
Jen deHaan
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There are a number of forum posts about code hinting not showing up as expected in Flash CS5 documents. There are a number of possibilities about why code hints do not show up, but the following post will collect some troubleshooting tips that may help you out.Buttons in Flash using ActionScript 3.0: Going to next frame and previous frame
5 May, 2010
ActionScript 2.0 ActionScript 3.0 buttons FLA files Flash CS3 Flash CS4 Flash CS5 Migration
Jen deHaan
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Some people have been asking how to create button code in Flash (CS3, CS4, or CS5) that progresses the playhead in a SWF to the next or previous frame using ActionScript 3.0. This is not too difficult, and is a super simple code modification from any other button in...Getting started with the TLFTextField class in ActionScript 3.0 and Flash CS5
5 May, 2010
ActionScript 3.0 Flash CS5 Flash CS5: new features text TLF
Peter deHaan (ActionScriptExamples.com)
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The following examples show how you can get started with the TLFTextField class in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Professional CS5.Flash CS4 and CS5: Motion tweens and looping animation
4 May, 2010
General
Jen deHaan
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I’ve seen a couple questions in regards to looping new motion tweens – essentially having all of the properties copied from the beginning of the tween span to the end of the tween span. This is something I also ran into when testing, so requested a feature found in...New templates in Flash CS5
3 May, 2010
General
Jen deHaan
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Flash CS5 ships with a bunch of templates that haven’t been seen in Flash before. The “Advertising” templates are still in there as with previous versions, but you’ll also see new categories for Animation, Banners, Media Playback, Presentations, and Sample Files. These FLAs all contain content within them to...Go download Flash CS5, it’s available now
29 Apr, 2010
Flash CS5 Flash CS5: new features General
Jen deHaan
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It’s available for a trial – go download it and let us know what you think! www.adobe.com/products/flash/XFL and live edit in Flash CS5
27 Apr, 2010
Flash CS5 Flash CS5: new features Migration XFL
Jen deHaan
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One of the great new features you’ll see in Flash CS5 is XFL, the new file format that is XML-based. This gives you so much more control over your documents, and saves you from encountering nastiness like corrupt files. And Live Editing lets you edit your images easily from...Flash CS5: screenshot tour
23 Apr, 2010
Flash CS5 Flash CS5: new features General Migration text TLF
Jen deHaan
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So the Flash CS5 announcement is a little buried perhaps under the weight of other related news, so here are some screenshots of CS5. For the Adobe announced features of Flash CS5, see this page here: www.adobe.com/products/flash/whatsnew/. The following post has screenshots from Flash CS5 to show you the...Scaling and moving new motion tweens in Flash CS4
6 Oct, 2009
animation Flash CS4 Flash CS4: motion Flash CS4: new features Migration Motion Editor motion path motion tween new stuff symbols timeline transform tweens
Jen deHaan
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A “FAQ” about new motion tweens is how to scale the entire animation after you have created it. New motion tweens “auto-keyframe”. This can be very helpful when animating, because it saves you a step – you can just make your changes and everything tweens nicely. However, it also...Hold down Shift to play sound in individual frames in the timeline
5 Oct, 2009
General sound timeline
Jen deHaan
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Pretty much as the subject says! Hold down the Shift key when selecting frames with sound will play that frame’s sound. We’ve had this request from users to be able to play a snippet of sound when you click a frame. It seems that was written into Flash with...123456