Flash Tutorial Videos

Text Gradient Fills
from: LearnFlash.com
Unfortunately, applying a gradient fill to text in Flash isn't as easy as selecting the text field and then choosing a linear gradient from the Color Mixer panel. So in this video, you will learn two different methods to achieve this effect.

Problems with Rotating Animations
from: LearnFlash.com
Creating an animation of an object rotating is very easy to do, whether you do it with tweens or in Actionscript. Unfortunately, sometimes the rotations don't occur exactly how you would want them to, because by default, the anchor for the rotation is the center point of the object being rotated. In this tutorial, you will learn how to change that anchor point for both tweened animations and Actionscript animations.

Illustration Optimization
from: LearnFlash.com
Many artists prefer using hand-drawn illustration techniques for their Flash graphics, but there's often a big hit on your file size when using these types of illustrations. In this tutorial, you'll learn why this is the case, and you'll also learn a couple of techniques for optimizing those illustrations in order to reduce file size.

Creating and Animating Clouds
from: LearnFlash.com
One of the most popular features of Flash Professional 8 is the new "Filters" feature, which lets you add blurs, drop shadows, glows, and other filters to your objects. In today's tip, you'll learn how to use the "blur" filter to create some very realistic clouds, and then you'll learn how to animate those clouds in Flash. Unfortunately, if you don't have Flash Professional 8, you'll just have to sit back and watch.

JavaScript Popup Windows
from: LearnFlash.com
Unfortunately, there's no way to create a customizable popup window using only Flash. But the good news is that with a little help from JavaScript, you can create popup windows with no scrollbars, no toolbars, no menubars, and you can even specify the size of the popup window. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to do just that.

Conditionals and Toggle Switches
from: LearnFlash.com
A conditional is a way of executing a piece of code only if the circumstances are right. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the if() statement to control a toggle switch in Flash.

Common Mistakes with Actions and Buttons
from: LearnFlash.com
There are two ways to add actions to a button in Flash. You can add the actions to the button itself or you can refer to the button when adding actions to a frame. Unfortunately, the actions you add will be a little different depending on which method you choose. Because of this difference, the ActionScript involved can be a little confusing to beginners. In this video, we'll clear up all the confusion and fix some common mistakes that are made in the process.

ComboBox Interactivity
from: LearnFlash.com
In Flash, the ComboBox component is basically nothing more than your basic dropdown list that you see in forms on the Internet. In this video, you'll learn how to use this component to communicate with another movie clip on the stage.

Animation Setup
from: LearnFlash.com
Animation can be a tricky process if you've never done it before, but Flash makes it possible to reuse pieces of your animation so you don't have to continually redraw everything. In this tutorial, you'll learn some basics for drawing and preparing your drawings for animation in Flash.

Basic Preloader
from: LearnFlash.com
This tutorial is an excerpt for an upcoming training series, to be released by LearnFlash.com on March 31. In this excerpt, you'll learn how to create a simple preloader for your Flash website.

Simple Page Transitions
from: LearnFlash.com
This tutorial is an excerpt for an upcoming training series, to be released by LearnFlash.com on March 31. In this excerpt, you'll learn how to create simple animated transitions for your Flash website.

Loading Pictures Dynamically
from: LearnFlash.com
The loader component in Flash is a very handy tool for loading external images into your Flash file. In this video, you'll learn the fundamentals behind creating a photo gallery, using the loader component to load pictures one at a time.

Digital Clock
from: LearnFlash.com
It's always helpful to know what time it is, and in today's video tip, you'll learn how to pass this information on to the users of your website. In this tutorial, you'll discover how to use dynamic text fields and Actionscript to create your own digital clock for your Flash website.

Disabling Buttons
from: LearnFlash.com
If you're on the homepage of your website, obviously it won't do the user much good to click on the "home" button of your menu. In this video, you'll learn how to disable a button when you're on the page that the button is designed to take you to.

Random Jumping
from: LearnFlash.com
Predictability is way overrated. Web users all over the world expect a button to stand still when they click on it. So why not take a little of that predictability away from them? In this video, you'll learn how to generate random numbers in Flash and then use those numbers to create an elusive button or graphic that jumps to a random position on the stage every time your user hovers his mouse cursor over it.

Magic Cursor
from: LearnFlash.com
If you want to learn to make your Flash websites truly interactive, then it's very important that you understand how to alter the properties of your objects dynamically. In this video, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to alter the "alpha" property, or the transparency, of an object in Actionscript so that the object fades in and out as you move your mouse cursor left and right across the stage.

Button Basics
from: LearnFlash.com
Creating buttons in Flash may seem fairly straightforward--and it is--but there are a few things that many Flash novices don't realize about making their buttons interactive. For instance, did you know that there are two places where you can add your actionscript for your button? Watch this video to find out more.

Creating Movie Clip Buttons
from: LearnFlash.com
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create animated buttons by storing your button as a movie clip symbol instead of a button symbol. Movie clip symbols will give you much more flexibility.

Animating with ActionScript
from: LearnFlash.com
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a simple animation using ActionScript instead of motion tweens.

Falling Text Effect
from: LearnFlash.com
In this video, you'll learn how to create a really sharp animation effect by animating the letters of a block of text onto the stage separately.

Smoke Effect
from: LearnFlash.com
Learn how to create a really cool smoke effect using Flash Professional 8's new filters!

Flashing Face Effect
from: LearnFlash.com
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to highlight a picture on the stage by causing it to flash a couple times.

Photoshop Tutorial Videos

Making Changes Across Multiple Photos
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Ever wanted to resize a group of images or add a watermark to a group of images, but you just didn't have the time to do it? Well, with Photoshop's Batch processing capabilities, you can make changes to multiple images all at once. In this video, you'll learn how to add a watermark to a collection of images all at once.

Linking Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Ever wanted to link two objects together in Photoshop so that they seem to weave in and out of each other, kind of like the Olympic rings? Well, it's easier than you might think! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create this linking effect in just a couple very easy steps.

Turning Pictures Into Statues
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Today's tip is a two-for-one for those of you who want to know how to extract a person from an image. After learning how to do this, you'll also learn how to turn that person into a statue in just a few simple steps.

Posterizing Images
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Turning your images into illustrations isn't as difficult as you might think. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make your images look cartoonish in just one simple step.

Addin Smoke To An Image
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Want to make your motorcycle photo gallery a little more exciting by adding a little smoke to your pictures? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create smoke in Photoshop using filters and blending modes.

Making A Vignette
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Today's video is a relatively simple tip on two different ways to create a vignette for your photographs. A vignette is basically a soft-edged border around a photograph. Enjoy!

Saving Color Swatches
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
When designing a web layout or some other type of design layout, you will often need to use some of the same colors over and over again. In this video, you'll learn how to add color swatches to your Swatches palette, save your current set of color swatches, and load a set that you've already saved.

Text That Follows a Path
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Creating text that follows a path in Photoshop is an extremely simple process. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a circle of text using selections, paths, and, of course, the text tool.

Creating a Photo Realistic Tennis Ball
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
I'll give you three guesses as to what you'll be learning in this tutorial! If you guessed that you're going to learn how to create your own photorealistic tennis ball in Photoshop, then you're absolutely right!

Using Layer Masks
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
A layer mask in Photoshop is basically a way of hiding and revealing certain parts of a layer. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create, edit, delete, and modify layer masks in Photoshop.

Making a Panorama with Photoshop
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Ever wanted to take a panorama but couldn't find your wide angle lens? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make a panoramic image out of a few separate images using a little recoloring, retouching and blending.

Flawless Black and White Photos
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
How many of you just convert your images from RGB to grayscale when you want to create a black and white image? How many of you turn to your Hue/Saturation adjustments and completely desaturate the image? Well, in this video, you'll learn how to take control of your black and white images in a much more effective way.

Glossy Reflection Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
All across the internet, you'll find flashy logos and text effects with a glossy white reflection across the top of the graphic. There are many ways to achieve an effect like this in Photoshop, and in this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell shows you his preferred method of creating just such a reflection.

Creating a Grassy Field in Photoshop
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
One of the most underappreciated tools for beginners in Photoshop is the brush tool. Most beginners think that this tool is simply used to paint round or square strokes onto the canvas. These same beginners would be shocked to learn that you can very easily create an entire field of grass using only the brush tool. In this tutorial, Craig Campbell from LearnFlash.com will show you how to use brush shapes and brush dynamics to create your own grassy meadow in Photoshop.

Lightning Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Realistic lightning seems like it would be difficult and time-consuming to create in Photoshop. But it is much simpler than you might think. In this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell shows you how to use a few filters and tonal adjustments in order to achieve a very realistic lightning effect that will look a little bit different every time you attempt it.

Plastic Text Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
One of the most widely used text effects in Photoshop design is the plastic text effect. There are hundreds of different plastic effects you could come with, and in this tutorial, Craig Campbell from LearnFlash.com will show you just one of many ways to add some plasticky depth to your text.

The Shadow/Hightlight Tool
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Sometimes it is necessary to make an image a little brighter. Sometimes it is necessary to make it a little darker. But what if you need to do both? Or what if you only need to brighten up a small portion of an image, perhaps where there are some dark shadows? In this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to use Photoshop's Shadow/Highlight tool to bring out the shadows and calm down the highlights all in one simple step.

Ancient Map Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Photoshop is an amazing graphics program, and with it, you can create some very photorealistic graphics. In this tutorial, for example, you will learn how to create an antique map with holes and burned edges. This tutorial would also be great for creating antique hand-written letters.

Ribbon Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to take an ordinary piece of script text and transform it into a 3-dimensional, semi-transparent ribbon in just two simple steps. This tutorial would also work for a very simple shape that you might want to turn into a logo or something like that.

Grunge Text Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Sometimes it takes a creative mixture of ideas to put together a good effect in Photoshop. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to tweak a photograph for use inside your text in order to make a really cool grunge text effect.

Censoring a Photograph
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
Want to blot out your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend's face from an otherwise perfectly good picture? In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to censor parts of an image in just a couple of very simple steps in Photoshop.

3D Reflection Effect
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
In a previous tip, we talked about how to make a simple reflection effect for a logo. But it gets a little more complicated if you're trying to create a reflection for a 3-dimenisional object, such as a box. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to perform the transformations necessary in order to make a very effective 3D reflection effect.

Perspective Cropping
from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com
If you've ever tried to take a flash photograph of a framed picture straight-on, you've probably noticed that it's impossible to do so without planting a large reflection of the flash right in the center of the picture. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to avoid that unwanted reflection by taking the picture from an angle and then adjusting the picture using perspective cropping.