Layers Magazine » Flash http://layersmagazine.com The How-to Magazine for Everything Adobe Tue, 21 May 2013 20:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 SpriteSheets in Adobe Edge Animate http://layersmagazine.com/spritesheets-in-adobe-edge-animate.html http://layersmagazine.com/spritesheets-in-adobe-edge-animate.html#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:48:34 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=17168 In an earlier tutorial, Tom Green showed viewers how to animate with a SpriteSheet in Flash CS6. In this new tutorial, Tom demonstrates how to take that sprite sheet into Adobe Edge Animate and create an animation there.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/spritesheets-in-adobe-edge-animate.html/feed 0 PNG Sequence from Flash CS6 http://layersmagazine.com/png-sequence-from-flash-cs6.html http://layersmagazine.com/png-sequence-from-flash-cs6.html#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:37:09 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=16875 Exporting a PNG Sequence from Flash CS6 turns an animation into a series of static images. It is a technique being used in gaming, which is becoming a very popular use for Flash. Follow along with this video and see how to export PNGs of your Flash animation.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/png-sequence-from-flash-cs6.html/feed 0 Animating with Sprite Sheets in Flash CS6 http://layersmagazine.com/animating-with-sprite-sheets-in-flash-cs6.html http://layersmagazine.com/animating-with-sprite-sheets-in-flash-cs6.html#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:15:50 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=16865 Sprite sheets are an efficient way to add looping animations to games. Tom Green goes over this brand new feature in Flash CS6. Learn about the new Sprite Sheet Generator, its settings, and how to export a sprite sheet from Flash CS6.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/animating-with-sprite-sheets-in-flash-cs6.html/feed 1 Adobe Edge Preview 4: Web Fonts http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4-web-fonts.html http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4-web-fonts.html#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:08:04 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=16220 The new Adobe Edge Preview 4 includes the ability to use web fonts. In this video, Tom Green shows users how to get the embed code for the fonts they want to use and bring those fonts into Adobe Edge. He also demonstrates the new clipping feature, which can be used to animate the appearance of type and graphics in a new way.

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]]> http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4-symbols.html/feed 0 Adobe Edge Preview 4: Events Panel http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4-events-panel.html http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4-events-panel.html#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:45:48 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=16157 Continue exploring Adobe Edge Preview 4 with this new video about the Events Panel. Whether you write code or use code snippets, Edge’s new scripting features in the Events Panel allow users to add actions to elements, symbols, or to the timeline, simply. Check it out in the video below.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4-events-panel.html/feed 0 Adobe Edge: Preview 4 http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4.html http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4.html#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:09 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=16144 Tom Green explores the new Adobe Edge Preview 4. In this first video, Tom gives an overview of the interface and talks about the new importing options, the transform tool, toggling element display, and new stroke and fill menus.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/adobe-edge-preview-4.html/feed 5 Completing the Animation in Adobe Edge http://layersmagazine.com/completing-the-animation-in-adobe-edge.html http://layersmagazine.com/completing-the-animation-in-adobe-edge.html#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:09:29 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15725 Tom Green wraps up his video series about Adobe Edge, a new web motion and design tool. In this tutorial series, Tom creates an animation based on the LayersMagazine.com logo. Click here to see the first 3 videos of this tutorial series.

Download a free trial of Adobe’s Edge software from AdobeLabs.com

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Part 4

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]]> http://layersmagazine.com/completing-the-animation-in-adobe-edge.html/feed 0 Design a Scroll Bar with Illustrator and Flash Catalyst http://layersmagazine.com/design-a-scroll-bar-with-illustrator-and-flash-catalyst.html http://layersmagazine.com/design-a-scroll-bar-with-illustrator-and-flash-catalyst.html#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:22:01 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15411 After designing a grungy scroll bar in Illustrator, Tom Green takes the AI file into Flash Catalyst and creates a functioning vertical scroll bar.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/design-a-scroll-bar-with-illustrator-and-flash-catalyst.html/feed 3 Flip Slide Animation Using Catalyst http://layersmagazine.com/flip-slide-animation-using-catalyst.html http://layersmagazine.com/flip-slide-animation-using-catalyst.html#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 18:14:41 +0000 tom green http://layersmagazine.com/?p=15298 Animations that might be complicated in Flash become easy in Catalyst.

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