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Downloads are live – go get the goodies!

The downloads section has just been added to Flash Explained! In this new section, goodies will be available for download! For starters, all the lessons on animation in Flash CS3 have been added for you in PDF format! Download them, print them and learn even more easily! Jump immediately to the new download area on Flash Explained [...]

Moved over to a new host

FlashExplained.com has finally been moved onto a new hosting server! In the next few days, you can expect a few disruptions here and there until I tweak all the things necessary for the seamless functioning of the website. However, the good things you can expect now: Improved service, because the hosting at mediatemple.net is simply awesome. But… New [...]

New host, new tutorials, new features

Hi friends, It’s been long since I posted anything new. Well, rejoice, for new tutorials are in the works! Also, I’ll be changing the host for flashexplained.com because I need something more powerful to handle my 100K+ monthly visits. So don’t sweat it if the site goes down for 1-2 days. It will be back – [...]

Flash CS3 animation basics: Motion guide

With this simple and straightforward tutorial, you will learn one very handy animation technique: how to use a motion guide to make an object follow a certain path. I’ll show you: How to create a motion guide (inside a guide layer), How to make a movieclip follow the motion guide you made, How to make the guided animation [...]

Wishing you all the best

Happy New Year! Wishing you lots of love, health and money in 2009! Luka Maras

Flash CS3 animation basics: Animating effects

In this easy lesson, you will see how to animate effects in Flash. You’ll learn how to animate a filter and create a glowing effect and more along the way. Take a peek at what you are going to learn to create below: 1. Creating a simple movieclip 1.1 Open a new document: choose [...]

Flash CS3 animation basics: Shape tween

After learning how to make a motion tween in Flash CS3, it’s time to see how a shape tween is made.You will see and learn: How to animate a drawn line, How to animate a shape and morph it into something different, You will also learn some really simple drawing and shape manipulation techniques along the way. The first [...]

Making the ultimate dynamic image gallery in Flash 8 – part 1 of 2

In this Flash 8 lesson explained in extreme detail, I will teach you how to make a powerful image gallery. Before proceeding, please note that this lesson is made for intermediate and advanced Flash users — the ActionScript code behind this image gallery is nearly 250 lines long. This image gallery will have the following [...]

Coming soon

Hello everybody, I am back in Europe. My ISP sucks so you’ll have to wait a little bit. But, here is a little tease of the tutorials that I am going to create and post soon: Shape tweens in Flash CS3 explained (how to animate outlines, fills, colors) How to animate cool effects like blurring, glowing etc. How to [...]

A brief wait & new Flash CS3 tutorials

Hi everyone, This is a flashexplained.com update: I am currently moving from Africa back to Europe. This being said, I won’t be able to reply to your comments and questions until somewehere after November 15th, once I settle down. I have so much things to do – moving from one continent to another is no small [...]