Monthly Archive: March 2010

Mar 31

Advanced Graphics in Swishmax 1, 2 or 3

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Creating advanced graphics in swishmax without the expense of other graphic editing software. (swishmax 3 has been used for this tutorial.) you can follow along in 1 and 2 the only difference is in 1 a movie clips is a sprite.
Example:

Note: i will be doing this example using swishmax 2, if you are following along …

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Mar 31

Full Screen Flash (swishmax)

fig.1

So you want to know how to get flash to play in fullscreen.
Method.1 – (Projector File *.exe  or *.swf file.)
Create a button that will activate the fullscreen mode. see fig.1 below for examples.

so on the normal button add the following code.
on (press) {
fscommand(“fullscreen”,”false”);
}
and on the fullscreen button add the following code.
on (press) {
nextFrameAndPlay();
fscommand(“fullscreen”,”true”);
}
So you …

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Mar 29

Create a Divider Graphic with Microsoft Paint

divider

Introduction: welcome to this tutorial were i aim to show you how easy it is to create a simple divider graphic for use in a website, print or presentation.
Example:

Step.1
Open microsoft paint and set your canvas size to whatever you want, it doesnt have to be very big.
using the elipse tool drag out an oval …

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Mar 26

Logo Design Work

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here are a few logos i have produced, these logos are all vector work done with swishmax. then exported to png.
These images are subject to a copyright.

Mar 25

Create 3D Text With Microsoft Paint

example

ever wanted to create 3D  looking text with microsoft paint, then you have found the right tutorial for you. see the example below.
Example:

Step.1
First of all open up Microsoft Paint, set your canvas size to suit the text you wish to make 3D.
Now using the Text Tool
Type your text that you want to make 3D. …

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Mar 24

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Mar 24

Microsoft Paint Pixel Art Tutorial

fig1

In this tutorial you will learn an understanding on how to creat artwork using pixels, ideal for the game designer, or if you just wish to create clipart, icons etc.
Step.1
Open Microsoft Paint set your canvas size to 50 x 50 pixels
fist of all we are going to set our work area up for creating pixel …

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Mar 24

Make Custom Brushes In Microsoft Paint

brushes

In this tutorial i will show you how to make custom brushes in microsoft paint, many people have the wrong impression of MS Paint thinking it is prety basic and useless i have read on the net. well it is prety basic but also prety good and fun if you know how to use it. …

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Mar 24

Change Brush Sizes In Microsoft Paint

brush

in this tutorial i will explain how you can change the brush size to a larger or smaller size than the 3 preset sizes, most people think that they only have 3 choices of brush sizes in Ms Paint, this is not true.  you are in full control of your brush.
Step.1
This is the brush tool …

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Mar 22

Create An Icon With MS Paint

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In this tutorial you are going to learn how to make an icon using Microsoft Paint, which is a free application that come installed on most windows operating systems, you dont need to shell out x amount of money to buy icon maker software when you can do it freely with Microsoft paint.
Step.1
Preparing our work …

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Mar 17

Display Curent Url in Swishmax 3

if this small tutorial i will explain how to display a browsers curent url in swishmax.
i am not sure if this is supported across browsers but in firefox it is.
Example:

Step.1
Using the text tool create a dynamic text box to fit the width of your movie, name it output and the var as outputVar

Step.2
Click on scene_1 …

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Mar 15

Swishmax 3 Onscreen keyboard

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Screenshot:

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