convert software written in Flash into standalone iPhone apps?
According to this article in WIRED, it may be happening after all!!
Yes, converting your flash content for the iphone ?!
Adobe is adding support to its Flash Professional CS5 developer kit to convert software written in Flash into standalone iPhone applications.
Many of us have been waiting & hoping for this to happen.
dreaming of selling your flash application and games over the Appstore…?
this may happen..but one day at a time
Flash Animation Tutorials: Animate for broadcast.
Hello and welcome to FLASHARTIST.
Today I will demonstrate how to create some cool collage type character animation using Flash CS3.
this is the example movie I will be using for this tutorial.
The first step is to create your collage character in a photo editing software such as Photoshop or Firework. you need to break down the character in separate layer for each body part. as shown below
Go to Flash and create a new document 720×576 / 30 frame per seconds ( broadcast setting )
Locate and import your layered document to stage .
Make sure your character is layered with each part of the character on separate layers,
head
torso
leg left
leg right
arm left
arm right
Once imported on stage each body part should be on a separate flash layer
Now select the head and press F8 to convert it into a Movieclip
- Name the movie clip HEAD and select the FREE TRANSFORM tool.
- Click and drage the IK point to the most realistic rotation point (around the neck area)
Using the FREE TRANSFORM you can rotate the head side to side and locate where you feel is the best IK point.
Repeat the same operation for each body parts; the arms, the legs and the torso. replacing the IK point as required for each .
Once done , select all the keyframe copy and paste them in a new MovieClip that you can name Walkcycle.
Once all the layer are in the new Movieclip go to frame 10 and insert a keyframe for each layer.
Go over the timeline RightClick and create a Motion Tween for each layer.
That’s it! Now the fun bits, the character is now ready to be animated using the FREE TRANSFORM tool.
Here is a bit of walk cycle reference.
Getting a walk cyle right is one of the trickiest thing to get right in animation, as a guideline for this example make sure that the first and last frame of the walkcycle are the same so that it loops seamlessly . you can use the onion skin tab to help with the animating.
You should get something like that
Now to create the background, in this example I have created a deck scene out of recycled images, the trick to simulate movement is to make it super wide to scroll / pan from one end of the scene to the other.
Make a new MovieClip and import your background image, convert it into another MovieClip and using tweening animate your backgound from left to right.
Finally Go to the main stage and compose your scene using the 2 movieClips of the walk cycle and the animated background
Once you are happy with your animation publish as a quicktime file for further editing.
download all the project files here
Google trends
Here is Another very useful and free addition to google’s vast range of feature. Google trends allows you to compare the world’s interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they’ve been searched on Google over time. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most.
Nokia – flash lite Open Screen Project
Submit your flash apps to the Open Screen Project, this project awards grants to help developers create exciting new Flash lite content & applications for use on Nokia platforms and devices .All types of applications that incorporate Flash Lite can be considered, but those that make the most of Nokia’s platform capabilities are most likely to catch the interest of the judging panel.
Android mobile phone to support Flash !
Adobe and HTC, a global designer of mobile phones has announced that the new HTC Hero is the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe® Flash® Platform technology.
The HTC Hero phone will come with Flash Lite 3.1, allowing ActionScript 2.0 coding. It will support Sorenson and On2 VP6 codecs for higher quality video and playback of existing Web content.
This is looking very exciting and since the new iPhone sadly can’t handle flash content I might go Android .
HTC HERO is is due to be released on July 15, 2009 simFree from Amazon.co.uk
Flash on the beach 2009
Flash on the Beach 09 is back in Brighton September 20th-23rd
Tickets will go on sale on Monday at 10:00AM UK time !!!
http://www.flashonthebeach.com/ For more info.
Flash enabled television set are coming !
The first applications using Flash are expected to hit TV sets early in 2010!
Adobe has secured a deal to put its Flash software into many of the chips that go inside TVs and set-top boxes :
more details here.
3d effect in flash cs4
Another great Flash tutorial from Lee Brimelow at gotoAndLearn describing how to create a cool 3d parallax effects in flash cs4.
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