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Smooth Looping Fade Animations in Flash PDF Print E-mail
Flash Tutorials
Written by Stephan   
Friday, 16 May 2008 16:48

I love tweening the alpha value in my Flash symbols. It's one of the prettiest effects for fading content—especially text— in and out. If you combine the effect with some easing and a minimal motion tween, you can turn plain old text into an elegant visual effect. This is particularly useful if you are working in a tight space like a banner, skyscraper or microsite where you need to present multiple pieces of information but don't have a lot of real estate.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a simple Flash animation that does a smooth perpetual fading loop.

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Three Methods for Screen Captures PDF Print E-mail
General Tutorials
Written by Stephan   
Thursday, 15 May 2008 21:22

I frequently see people struggle with creating print-friendly screen captures. Most people know how to take a snapshot of their screen, but they aren't sure what to do with it next or how to get a nice, crisp print.

In this tutorial I'll focus on three ways to do screen captures, from quick-and-dirty to top-quality printouts.

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