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Animation by code: Motion as XML

The “Copy Motion as XML” functionality in Flash can lead to some very interesting results. Besides a video mention in a previous post, you can also follow this tutorial on the subject: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/creating_animation_as3_07.html

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Animation by code: Tween class

As a complement to today’s focus on animation, the Tween class (and related classes) in AS3 can be used to quickly create animations by code. Link to a tutorial on the Tween class: http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3tweenclass/ Adobe AS3 reference: http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/transitions/Tween.html

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Adobe Video – Copying animation as ActionScript 3.0

Another of the novelties of Flash CS3 is the capability of copying one animation to another object. That can also be done in ActionScript, as this video exemplifies: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=vid0126 By the way, Flash uses E4X to handle animation data in … Continue reading

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Flash-related animation and 3D tools

For those interested in animation and 3D, I recommend two tools that complement Flash very well. For 3D authoring with Flash, I recommend Swift 3D: Swift 3D is the only 3D application to directly integrate with Adobe Flash and provides … Continue reading

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