Skip to Content

Podcast Showcase

Faculty of Design - Flash

Subcategory Section

Subcategory Listing

image description

How to make Flash talk to a database - Part 6

Flash really becomes powerful though when it's combined with PHP and MySQL to create database driven web based applications. There are numerous advantages to storing your website data inside a database rather than in the Flash movie, but the main one is the ease in which you can create a WSIWYG editor to update the content without ever needing to go back to the original source file. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of database driven Flash websites and will also work through the development of a basic PHP Content Management System.
  • Date:Oct 20, 2008
  • Duration: 10:52
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  17.79Mb
image description

How to make Flash talk to a database - Part 5

Flash really becomes powerful though when it's combined with PHP and MySQL to create database driven web based applications. There are numerous advantages to storing your website data inside a database rather than in the Flash movie, but the main one is the ease in which you can create a WSIWYG editor to update the content without ever needing to go back to the original source file. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of database driven Flash websites and will also work through the development of a basic PHP Content Management System.
  • Date:Oct 19, 2008
  • Duration: 16:30
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  24.87Mb
image description

How to make Flash talk to a database - Part 4

Flash really becomes powerful though when it's combined with PHP and MySQL to create database driven web based applications. There are numerous advantages to storing your website data inside a database rather than in the Flash movie, but the main one is the ease in which you can create a WSIWYG editor to update the content without ever needing to go back to the original source file. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of database driven Flash websites and will also work through the development of a basic PHP Content Management System.
  • Date:Oct 18, 2008
  • Duration: 15:34
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  21.12Mb
image description

How to make Flash talk to a database - Part 3

Everybody knows that Flash is cool. Flash really becomes powerful though when it's combined with PHP and MySQL to create database driven web based applications. There are numerous advantages to storing your website data inside a database rather than in the Flash movie, but the main one is the ease in which you can create a WSIWYG editor to update the content without ever needing to go back to the original source file. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of database driven Flash websites and will also work through the development of a basic PHP Content Management System.
  • Date:Sep 30, 2008
  • Duration: 15:42
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  19.4Mb
image description

How to make Flash talk to a database - Part 1

Everybody knows that Flash is cool. Flash really becomes powerful though when it's combined with PHP and MySQL to create database driven web based applications. There are numerous advantages to storing your website data inside a database rather than in the Flash movie, but the main one is the ease in which you can create a WSIWYG editor to update the content without ever needing to go back to the original source file. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of database driven Flash websites and will also work through the development of a basic PHP Content Management System.
  • Date:Sep 29, 2008
  • Duration: 18:19
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  21.75Mb
image description

How to make Flash talk to a database - Part 2

Everybody knows that Flash is cool. Flash really becomes powerful though when it's combined with PHP and MySQL to create database driven web based applications. There are numerous advantages to storing your website data inside a database rather than in the Flash movie, but the main one is the ease in which you can create a WSIWYG editor to update the content without ever needing to go back to the original source file. This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of database driven Flash websites and will also work through the development of a basic PHP Content Management System.
  • Date:Sep 29, 2008
  • Duration: 12:07
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  14.82Mb
image description

How to Make Flash Talk to PHP

Flash is an incredibly powerful program but it lacks the ability to perform many fundamental web based tasks . That's when PHP steps in. This tutorial will show you to connect these two technologies so that the power of PHP can be utilised by a Flash front-end.
  • Date:Sep 24, 2008
  • Duration: 15:54
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  17.29Mb
image description

Basic Tween Animations In Flash

Although Flash has grown to a powerful development platform, it stills contains the tools and the functionality required to create beautiful animations. This tutorial will get you started with an introduction to 'Tweening', including: Keyframes, Creating shapes and symbols, Shape and Motion Tweens
  • Date:Sep 23, 2008
  • Duration: 8:17
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  10.89Mb
image description

Flash Games: Basic Catch Game - Part 3

This tutorial focusses on creating a score board for your new Flash catch game through the use of Actionscript. This software tutorial includes: Variables, EnterFrame functions, Setting and clearing variables

  • Date:Sep 16, 2008
  • Duration: 19:54
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  25.13Mb
image description

Flash Games: Basic Catch Game - Part 2

This tutorial focusses on collusion detections needed to create a basic catch game using Flash Actionscript. This software tutorial includes: Arrays, Hit tests, Splicing
  • Date:Sep 15, 2008
  • Duration: 18:20
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  21.79Mb
image description

Flash Games: Basic Catch Game - Part 1

This tutorial focuses on the first steps of creating a basic catch game using Flash Actionscript. This software tutorial includes:
Linkage identifiers, Variables, Setting and clearing intervals
  • Date:Sep 14, 2008
  • Duration: 16:07
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  16.96Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 5: Build a Rebirth Style Sequence - Part 3

Early hardware sound modules often utilised a user interface known as a step sequencer. More recently, software audio applications such as Reason and Rebirth used the concept as an intuitive way of building up a repetitive rhythm. This software tutorial will show you how to create your own step sequencer using Flash Actionscript.
  • Date:Jul 25, 2008
  • Duration: 14:39
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  16.03Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 5: Build a Rebirth Style Sequence - Part 2

Early hardware sound modules often utilised a user interface known as a step sequencer. More recently, software audio applications such as Reason and Rebirth used the concept as an intuitive way of building up a repetitive rhythm. This software tutorial will show you how to create your own step sequencer using Flash Actionscript.
  • Date:Jul 24, 2008
  • Duration: 20:41
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  22.76Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 5: Build a Rebirth Style Sequence - Part 1

Early hardware sound modules often utilised a user interface known as a step sequencer. More recently, software audio applications such as Reason and Rebirth used the concept as an intuitive way of building up a repetitive rhythm. This software tutorial will show you how to create your own step sequencer using Flash Actionscript.
  • Date:Jul 22, 2008
  • Duration: 21:22
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  21.62Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 4: Switch Sounds and Stay in Sync

This tutorial focuses on a Flash application that contains multiple sounds all playing in sync with each other. Boy-band jokes aside, how would you swap one of these sounds with a sound from the library and keep them all playing... in time? It's not hard - this tutorial will show you how.
  • Date:Jul 16, 2008
  • Duration: 13:05
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  36.9Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 3: Recording User Interaction - Part 2

By storing data in arrays to it possible to record and playback the user's interaction with your Flash movie. This software tutorial will show you how.
  • Date:Jun 25, 2008
  • Duration: 15:07
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  94.67Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 3: Recording User Interaction - Part 1

By storing data in arrays to it possible to record and playback the user's interaction with your Flash movie. This software tutorial will show you how.
  • Date:Jun 24, 2008
  • Duration: 20:01
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  94.58Mb
image description

Flash Sound Object 2: Multiple Volume Sliders

This software tutorial will show you how to use multiple instances of a volume slider movieclip to control multiple sounds in Flash. It includes:

- for loops
- contolling multiple sound objects
- setVolume()
  • Date:Jun 19, 2008
  • Duration: 21:54
  • Format: .MP4
  • Download Button  30.56Mb
image description

Create a Flash Web Gallery - Part 1

This software tutorial will show you how to create a basic Flash based portfolio website that contains images and video. Parts 1 & 2 include information on:

- Preloaders
- loadMovie()
- Importing video
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 14:22
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  81.08Mb
image description

Create a Flash Web Gallery - Part 2

This software tutorial will show you how to create a basic Flash based portfolio website that contains images and video. Parts 1 & 2 include information on:

- Preloaders
- loadMovie()
- Importing video
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 17:04
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  80.48Mb
image description

A Guide to Fonts in Flash

This software tutorial introduces fonts in flash. In particular, the following key points are highlighted:

- For static text boxes, the font is automatically embedded in the .swf (by default). This an blur the text
- For dynamic and input text boxes, the font is NOT automatically embedded in the .swf. Using the default settings, the text remains sharp but if Flash cannot find the font used in the text box it will display the text using a system font (such as Verdana or Ariel)
- You can manually embed the font for each dynamic and input text box in your movie but this will cause the text to anti-alias.
- To keep your text sharp, use a pixel font, make sure the font is embedded for all text boxes (only really an issue with dynamic and input text) and ensure that the text box is placed at a whole pixel position.
- See the User Guide at www.fontsforflash.com for more info

  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 7:15
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  35.35Mb
image description

Flash and XML - Part 1

Storing your website data (text, image and video names etc) in an external XML file which gets loaded into Flash makes it easy to update your Flash website without ever needed to republish the swf. This tutorial will introduce you the basics of loaded XML data into Flash.

Part 1 of this software tutorial highlights the basics of XML.
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 8:08
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  42.1Mb
image description

Flash and XML - Part 2

Storing your website data (text, image and video names etc) in an external XML file which gets loaded into Flash makes it easy to update your Flash website without ever needed to republish the swf. This tutorial will introduce you the basics of loaded XML data into Flash.

Part 2 of this software tutorial highlights loading XML data into Flash.
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 9:43
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  50.34Mb
image description

Flash and XML - Part 3

Storing your website data (text, image and video names etc) in an external XML file which gets loaded into Flash makes it easy to update your Flash website without ever needed to republish the swf. This tutorial will introduce you the basics of loaded XML data into Flash.

Part 3 of this software tutorial shows you how to create an interface in Flash using the loaded XML data.
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 12:46
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  64.94Mb
image description

How to Create a Gallery in Flash using XML data - Part 1

Using XML with Flash makes it easy to update the content of your Flash website. This is particularly useful for portfolio websites that need to be constantly updated with your latest work. This tutorial will show you how to store your portfolio data in an XML file and create a dynamic web portfolio in Flash.

Part 1 of this software tutorial shows you how to create an XML file.
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 14:32
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  71.25Mb
image description

How to Create a Gallery in Flash using XML data - Part 2

Using XML with Flash makes it easy to update the content of your Flash website. This is particularly useful for portfolio websites that need to be constantly updated with your latest work. This tutorial will show you how to store your portfolio data in an XML file and create a dynamic web portfolio in Flash.

Part 2 of this software tutorial shows you how to:

- Load XML data into Flash
- Build Flash interface using XML data
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 16:18
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  73.02Mb
image description

How to Create a Gallery in Flash using XML data - Part 3

Using XML with Flash makes it easy to update the content of your Flash website. This is particularly useful for portfolio websites that need to be constantly updated with your latest work. This tutorial will show you how to store your portfolio data in an XML file and create a dynamic web portfolio in Flash.

Part 3 of this software tutorial shows you:
- Sliding the thumbnail slider
- Photoshop Actions
- Loading external JPGs into Flash
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 13:42
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  71.96Mb
image description

How to Create a Gallery in Flash using XML data - Part 4

Using XML with Flash makes it easy to update the content of your Flash website. This is particularly useful for portfolio websites that need to be constantly updated with your latest work. This tutorial will show you how to store your portfolio data in an XML file and create a dynamic web portfolio in Flash.

Part 4 of this software tutorial shows you how to:
- Load big images when required
- Clean up the interface
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 8:01
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  48.9Mb
image description

Intro to the Flash Sound Object - Part 1

Playing sounds using Actionscript gives you much more control over the sound than you would have if you placed the sound on a timeline. This software tutorial will introduce you to the Flash Sound object. In Part 1 we look at newSound()
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 5:25
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  25.79Mb
image description

Intro to the Flash Sound Object - Part 2

Playing sounds using Actionscript gives you much more control over the sound than you would have if you placed the sound on a timeline. This software tutorial will introduce you to the Flash Sound object. In Part 2 we look at attachSound()

  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 20:07
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  76.46Mb
image description

Intro to the Flash Sound Object - Part 3

Playing sounds using Actionscript gives you much more control over the sound than you would have if you placed the sound on a timeline. This software tutorial will introduce you to the Flash Sound object. In Part 3 we look at setVolume()
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 11:24
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  49.48Mb
image description

Intro to the Flash Sound Object - Part 4

Playing sounds using Actionscript gives you much more control over the sound than you would have if you placed the sound on a timeline. This software tutorial will introduce you to the Flash Sound object. In Part 4 we look at duration and position.
  • Date:May 29, 2008
  • Duration: 18:15
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  74.44Mb
image description

Intro to Actionscript 1 and 2 - Part 1

This is Part 1 of a software tutorial covers the fundamentals of Flash Actionscripting including:

- Introduction
- Instances
- Setting properties
- Methods
- Events
- Functions
- Actionscript syntax
- Paths
- Variables
- The order that code is executed

  • Date:May 27, 2008
  • Duration: 14:36
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  78.07Mb
image description

Intro to Actionscript 1 and 2 - Part 2

This is Part 2 of a software tutorial covers the fundamentals of Flash Actionscripting including more about the Actionscript syntax:

- Basic syntax & structure of code
- Case sensitivity
- Semicolons
- Statement blocks & curly braces
- Identifiers & reserved words
- Recommended suffixes
- White space
  • Date:May 27, 2008
  • Duration: 28:57
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  133.21Mb
image description

Intro to Actionscript 1 and 2 - Part 3

This is Part 3 of a software tutorial covers the fundamentals of Flash Actionscripting including more about Variables:

- Numbers
- Strings
- Booleans
  • Date:May 27, 2008
  • Duration: 13:20
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  65.5Mb
image description

Intro to Actionscript 1 and 2 - Part 4

This is Part 4 of a software tutorial covers the fundamentals of Flash Actionscripting including more about Conditionals:
- If statements
- Else if statements
- The enterFrame event
  • Date:May 27, 2008
  • Duration: 22:11
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  107.11Mb
image description

Intro to Actionscript 1 and 2 - Part 5

This is Part 5 of a software tutorial covers the fundamentals of Flash Actionscripting including more about Methods:

- Built-in movie clip methods
- Methods & object properties
- Functions as a method of an object
  • Date:May 27, 2008
  • Duration: 13:56
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  67.24Mb
image description

Intro to Flash with Dylan Davis - Part 2

This software tutorial covers some of the most basic features of Flash including the graphic symbol, the button symbol, the movieclip symbol and the simple menu.

  • Date:May 16, 2008
  • Duration: 14:25
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  65.47Mb
image description

Intro to Flash with Dylan Davis - Part 1

This software tutorial covers some of the most basic features Flash including the user interface, the align tool, the line tool, the oval tool, the rectangle tool, the rounded rectangle tool, the text tool and saving files.
  • Date:May 11, 2008
  • Duration: 19:56
  • Format: .MOV
  • Download Button  93.37Mb