http://ajarproductions.com/blog Animation | Design | Development Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:01:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just as you were getting used to CS3... I can't say that I'm not looking forward to it after seeing the new features previewed at Flash Forward. http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/09/05/cs4-already/ Just found this funny nerd cartoon on SuperDeluxe, check it out. While you're there, though it's not animation, Maria Bamford's series is fantastically funny. http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/09/03/the-ted-zone/ Just finished an animation. Had an idea this weekend and it was just short enough to pull off in the remaining two days of the long weekend. The result is below. Description: Obama and Mccain go head to head on their vice presidential selections. WARNING: includes juvenile humor. <br /> <a href="http://ajarproductions.com/animations/vp_pick_08.html">VP Selection ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/09/02/vp-selection-match-animaton/ Had a great time at the Flash Forward Festival. I took tons of notes on most of the presentations, so I decided to write up a short version and a long version. The SHORT Version While the official theme of this year's Flash Forward conference was passion, the serendipitous theme that seemed ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/08/29/flash-forward-2008-in-review/ I may be doubling somebody's efforts out there. I'm not sure if someone else has already written this one, but just in case, here's the one I wrote. I find with graphic symbols that I often use them in the 'play once' mode and at the end of their animation I'll ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/07/22/new-flash-extension-set-graphic-to-final-frame/ I was copying a big block of text from a Word doc and needed to animate each list item with the text and I got the idea for this one. This will take selected textfields and break them into separate textfields based on line breaks (returns). Free download Break text into lines.mxp (backward compatible ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/07/22/new-flash-extension-break-text-into-lines/ I've just completed updates to the Queasy Tools Flash extension. New Features in 1.5.0 Strong easing! Motion easing options now include in/out/inOut for Regular, Strong, and Bounce. Scale up and down buttons (hold SHIFT key to constrain to 100% increments, scale down with SHIFT bottoms out at 100%, so the scale can be ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/07/15/queasy-tools-panel-v150/ A simple, self-explanatory Flash plug-in. On the right projects it can be a big time saver. Invert Frame Selection.mxp http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/07/08/new-flash-extension-invert-frame-selection/ Ever get halfway through a project and wish you'd put everything into a symbol instead of on the main timeline? This extension takes care of that. It's also helpful for combining multiple files into one. Download (Compatible with Flash MX 2008, Flash 8, and Flash CS3.) Convert timeline to symbol.mxp Or, if you'd like ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/06/26/new-flash-extension-convert-timeline-to-symbol/ I am officially addicted to making Flash extensions. It seems to tickle some very nerdy part of my brain. This one sets the size of the stage based on a selected element. That element can be pretty much anything on the stage (shape, symbol, text, etc). Compatible with Flash MX 2008, Flash ... http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/06/23/new-flash-extension-set-stage-to-element-size/