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First impressions are very important on a Flash game portal; if your game doesn’t grab the player in the first few seconds, they’ve got plenty of other games to choose from. As the menu is the first point of interface, anything you can do to make it less dull will help. In this tutorial we will create a menu that incorporates swapping depth, smooth roll over effects, and two different  [ Read More ]

Hello, code freaks! This tutorial will show you how to split a running video into blocks as if it has exploded. And all this using just ActionScript. For this tutorial we’ll use the camera as the video source, so you can see the changes live. View Tutorial

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in March, 2010, and is the first part of a series. Simple, maintainable code is beautiful. However, when we have a sequences of actions that need to trigger each other, our code can get messy, making it impossible to change later. The Command Pattern keeps things clean. In  [ Read More ]

This Quick Tip covers how to use AS3′s FileReference class in order to download and save external files from Flash RIAs without the need for server side scripts like PHP. All we need is the path of the file that we want to let the user download. View tutorial

Preloaders are a must have in your Flash applications. They tell the user that the program is running but can’t show any contents until they’re sufficiently loaded. In this tutorial I’ll help you create an Apple inspired preloader MovieClip and teach you how to display some loading information. All this using Flash and ActionScript 3.0. View tutorial

One of the most dramatic improvements to Dreamweaver CS5 is the ability edit WordPress themes, but before you can get WordPress (or Joomla! or Drupal) to work, you’ll need to set up your computer as a Web server. It’s a lot of technical steps, but once you get all this set up, you’ll be able to use all of the great design tools in Dreamweaver. View Tutorial Source (LayersMagazine) By  [ Read More ]

Corey shows viewers how to create motion graphics using the animation features in Photoshop CS5 Extended. View tutorial Source LayersMagazine