Flash Tutorial: Growing Vines Flourish Animations Tutorial

Flash Tutorial: Growing Vines Flourish Animations Tutorial

In this tutorial we will use Flash to create the oh-so popular growing vines animation look. We will do it in two different ways; first, we will do a quick masked shape and shape tween under the mask after that we will do it the “right” way and build a frame-by-frame animation that makes this little flourish look like it is really growing. If you want to learn how to animate this effect, this is the tutorial for you. Enjoy!

Spry Collapsible Panel: Dreamweaver CS4 Tutorial

Spry Collapsible Panel: Dreamweaver CS4 Tutorial

In this tutorial we will learn about a very cool widget in Dreamweaver CS4 that will allow you to create a very cool and easy to edit Collapsible Panel which basically allows a user to click and tab and a content box drops down below it and the user it able to click the tab and retract the box so it is just the tab again. It is really a cool way to display some content and adds a neat little effect to your website. Go ahead and grab the files from this link: http://tutvid.com/tutorials/dreamweav…

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Warm Grungy Background!

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Warm Grungy Background!

 

Here we have a great tutorial on creating a textured grunge style background for web and photo use and even create a little place-holder for images form scratch.

Link to the metal photo: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/424649
Link the the Brush Pack: http://www.brusheezy.com/brush/471-De…

We will talk about applying texture to colored layers, a little dodging and burning, Smart Objects, Custom Brushes, and more!

Tuesday News n’ Stuff

Tuesday News n’ Stuff

 

-Tutvid Redesign:

 

I have started in earnest the re-design of Tutvid.com. The new site is going to be a bit simpler and very, very easy to use and very easy for me to update. Because of how the new site will function there will be a whole bunch of cool new aspects of the site that I can’t wait to show you guys. The new site will also take much less time to keep updated so I will have a lot more tutorials (written and video), resources, free downloads and more that will be available. Long story short the new site should really kick some serious butt. You guys will love it. I am hoping to have the final design finished and all setup by early next year, but it may come even sooner.

 

-FlashCamp Philadelphia:

Well it’s that time! FlashCamp Philadelphia is upon us! This Saturday we will get together and have a grand time! If you are interested in going get your ticket(s) now because there are barely any tickets left at all, so go to the site and get your tickets now!

http://flashcamp.pfpaug.org/

 

-Newsletter Archive coming soon:

 

I have been getting a whole bunch of requests for the older newsletters and I really don’t have a great way of displaying/showcasing them on the site so they are easily accessible. Pretty soon I am hoping to get a some kind of a nice way for folks to check out the older newsletters.

 

-HDR Photography DVD Course to be released:

 

I have been talking about this HDR Photography Course on DVD (it will be available as a download as well) since early Summer and I finally think I will have it finished and ready for download and viewing at the end of this month. Some really great stuff in the course and a lot of you should really enjoy it.

 

Well that is it for now, it’s been a bit of a crazy start to the week with my 3 month old nephew in the hospital as I write, but everything should be OK and he should be home in about a week, but I hope you guys have all had a great week so far! Enjoy!