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10.13.10File hand-off checklist
Interactive, Learning Is Fun, Resources Comments OffSeveral weeks ago, I had the opportunity to help Catalyst Studios host a short workshop for print designers looking to make the transition to interactive. As with many people in this situation, our attendees wondered how to streamline the process of moving their design from concept to production and specifically how to improve the Designer/Front-End Developer partnership. One of the results of this session was a checklist of details and considerations to be applied before turning all those hours of sweat and blood over to the developers who must bring it to life. I realize that the interaction between designers/developers ...
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01.21.09CS3 Video Tutorials
assignment, Resources Comments OffSeems that Adobe has managed to keep the CS3 video workshop alive even after the release of CS4. Here's the link.
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09.10.08One Question:Many Answers
Learning Is Fun, Resources Comments OffWhats the most important thing I would tell a design student? Always always come to class on time, sit in the front row, do your homework... Just kidding. Here's a great post by Brian Yerkes about the "Most important thing I would tell a design student". This is a pretty valuable list for anyone just starting out in the field.
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07.11.08Make it Shiny
Resources, tutorials Comments OffWe all know that sometimes the very best ideas can be overlooked in favor of something thats much prettier, but lacks depth. So now you've got a great idea, but maybe you could use a little help with the polish. Here's a round up of tutorial sites on various topics that I find extremely useful when I want to make things look slick. Tutorial websites (photoshop, illustrator, flash, more): PSDTuts PSHero Tutorial9 Tutorial Dog Tutzor VectTuts NetTuts Tutorialblog Abduzeedo
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03.03.08Mac FTP Apps
Learning Is Fun, Resources, Software Comments OffOk so its time to get your project online. Step 1: Find some FTP software so you can upload your files to the server. Here are a few favorites Transmit (mac) CyberDuck (mac) - free FileZilla (Mac/PC) - free
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02.18.08Display Flash in a HTML page with the SwfObject
Learning Is Fun, Resources, Software Comments OffSo you've worked for hours on that award winning Flash project and you need to place your SWF in a HTML container for the world to see... The obvious solution is to open the publish settings and check the HTML format, allowing Flash to build everything you need. But is that really all you need? The default Flash embed code works fine for the little stuff, but lets say you want to make your code standards compliant or you want an easy way to make your site friendly for viewers without the Flash player installed (your grandparents or ...
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02.05.08The all important webhost
Learning Is Fun, Resources Comments OffOk so your building a website but where do you put it so everyone in the world can see? You need hosting and a domain name. On the up side both hosting and domain names have become very inexpensive so there's really no excuse not to have one. Shake out the couch cushions for loose change and find the perfect web host from one of these links. http://www.comparewebhosts.com http://www.cheaphostingdirectory.com http://www.webhostingsearch.com/cheap-web-hosting.php Most hosts will help you register a domain name, but if you want to do that on its own check out Godaddy.com
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02.05.08Actionscript Libraries to make your life easier
Animation, Resources Comments OffSome times its just not worth the time and effort to write all that code. Actionscipt code libraries are pre-built functions that you can use for the desired effect. Here are a few of my favorites Movieclip tweening prototypes (LMC Tween) Fuse Kit (heavy duty animation, but watch out it has a learning curve)
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02.05.08Sometimes its ok to cheat
cheatsheets, Class Notes, Resources Comments OffIt's not very easy to remember all kinds of code unless you write it every day and even then memory fails. Enter the code cheat sheets. Actionscriptcheatsheet.com provides a great reference for both AS2 and AS3. Grab em today... Actionscript 2 Cheat Sheet Other helpful cheat sheets Javascript (Functions & Methods) Javascript (event handlers) HTML HTML Character Entities CSS
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02.05.08Tutorial: Flash as page background
Actionscript, Flash, Learning Is Fun, Resources, tutorials (12)Introduction This tutorial will teach you how to use a Flash movie under HTML content as a full page background. As an added benefit you'll also learn to create a Flash movie that fills 100% height and width of the screen. This tutorial assumes a basic understanding of Actionscript and makes use of the swfObject to place the swf file on the page. [edit] This tutorial was written in 2007 and is based on version 1x of the swfObject and not the newer 2x version hosted at Google Code. I'm also using Actionscript 2 for all Flash scripting. However, the process and ...
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