Join Dermot O' Connor for an in-depth discussion in this video Understanding video versus SWF, part of Flash Professional: Animation Tips and Tricks.
Before we begin the course there are some issues that have to be dealt with.…One of the problems that you're going to hit;…everyone's going to hit this problem, is at some point you're going to throw so…many effects at Flash that it will slow down.…What you're seeing right now is an animated smoke effect, and we will be doing…this later on the course.…But I want you to see what's going to happen when you throw a lot of these…different particles at the Flash program; at the SWF, or the swiff, format.…I am going to make it even worse than it is right now by hitting Full Screen.…
And this is a fairly fast computer, and what you're seeing -- it starts pretty…fast, and then as the particles begin to really hit their maximum number, it…slows down, and then it speeds up again as the particles have dissipated. And…what's happening is a combination of stresses on the player. All these…gradients, and the number of them, is simply too much for Flash, even on a fast…computer, to keep up with.…The solution to this;…
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Released
8/9/2011- Overlapping and animating colors
- Creating lens flares
- Animating hair with shape tweens
- Animating an explosion
- Animating smoke with particles
- Animating a scream
- Using Virtual Cam
- Lighting a 3D shot
- Animating cross dissolves
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 1s
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1. Lighting and Gradients
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Lighting a scene10m 24s
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Creating lens flares10m 40s
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Animating ripples7m 2s
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Creating a gradient globe11m 41s
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Creating a gradient bottle10m 26s
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2. Shape Tweening
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Using thumbnails4m 39s
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Animating a magic carpet jump10m 12s
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Shape tweening hair3m 50s
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Intro to overlapping hair1m 57s
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Animating overlapping hair8m 52s
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3. Natural Effects
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Animating waves8m 7s
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Animating clouds7m 48s
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Animating a flame11m 38s
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Animating an explosion9m 1s
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Adding explosion clusters6m 43s
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Optimizing the explosion7m 30s
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Animating smoke with particles12m 45s
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4. Staggers
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Introduction to staggers1m 5s
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Animating a diving board6m 15s
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Animating a tremor5m 56s
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Animating a scream7m 12s
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Refining the scream6m 42s
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5. Fake 3D Space
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Animating parallax6m 8s
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Animating a crane shot6m 26s
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Lighting a 3D shot9m 40s
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6. Fades and Transitions
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Animating a cross dissolve6m 10s
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Animating a wipe3m 34s
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Animating a fadeout10m 4s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye20s
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