Flash Cs3 Tutorial (16)
- 3D Menu on a Cube with Perspective, Distorting Images in ActionScript 3
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In this tutorial, we provide several custom classes which make building 3D menus like the cube menu below easy. On this page, we provide an overview of the classes. We discuss each class on the subsequent pages of this tutorial.
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- Loading and Unloading SWFs in ActionScript 3
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In our tutorial, Loading External Clips in Flash CS3, we discussed many aspects of loading at runtime external SWFs and controlling them afterwards. In the series of experiments presented in this tutorial, we address the situation when a loaded SWF has references to 'stage'.
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- Flash CS3 External Clips
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A feature that adds considerably to the versatility of Flash is its ability to load and control movie clips already built as swf files. In this short tutorial, we will demonstrate the basics for loading and controlling simple movie clips saved as independently built swf files.
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- Contour Map Plotter and 3D Function Grapher Combined in Flash CS3 and AS3
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We present here another example how our custom ActionScript 3 classes in the package flashandmath.as3.* can be used to build advanced graphers and math applets. We show an applet which combines a contour diagram plotter and a 3D grapher. The user can input function formulas and variables ranges.
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- Simple 3D Drawing in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3
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3D drawing and manipulating 3D objects is a vast and complex subject. In this easy tutorial, we show simple techniques of dynamically drawing and rotating 3D objects in ActionScript 3.
Tags: 3d, actionscript, flash, flash cs3 tutorial, tutorial - view - prasanth - 11/01/2009 - 22:01 - - -
- Align Objects in Flash CS3
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There are various tools to help you align objects in Flash CS3. These can be accessed from the Modify menu > Align option.
The "Distribute Widths" Alignment Option
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- Paste in Place in Flash CS3
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Use "Paste in Place" to make a copy exactly one over the other in Flash CS3.
By default, Flash pastes in the center of the stage. There are 3 paste options under the Edit menu:
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- Resize and Rotate Objects in Flash CS3
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You can resize and rotate objects in Flash CS3 using the Free Transform tool.
Continuing with the tutorial let's make the bars between the railway track now. We will reuse the line symbol again for this.
* Make another copy of the symbol “line”.
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- Reuse Symbols in Flash CS3
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Reusing symbols reduces the file size of the animation and makes it faster to load.
We can make copies of symbols which are called instances of the symbol. Each instance can also be given a different name in the Properties window.
Continuing with the tutorial, let's reuse the "line" symbol to create the 2nd line of the railway track.
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- Draw Lines in Flash CS3
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Draw lines in Flash CS3 using the Line Tool.
Continuing with the tutorial let's begin to draw the railway track using the line tool.
Railway Tracks
* Create a new layer named “railway tracks”.
* Ensure that it is the top most layer. If not, drag it to the top.
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