Ok, well let me just start by saying that I am extremely new to flash and these forums. I am a “webdesigner” (meanign that I made my own site and a friends so im not like a proffesional at that either). I found these forums and thought that they would be able to help me find what I’m looking for.
My objective: To take my logo and have it fade into the frame. So like the page woudl just be dark grey, and then seemingly out of nowhere the logo would fade in. I know this doesnt seem like that hard of a task, but for me it is impossible, I tried following a tutorial and got stuck when it said “Create a new movie file” (to give you guys an idea on how new I am).
I would appreciate any help anyone could give me.
PS. Are there any books that are particularly good for teaching beginner flash that will teach me what I need to know to be able to integrade flash decently with my sites? I looked at “Flash 8 For dummies” lol and thought it might help, just want to ask you guys though.
Thanks alot.
Hi Ignite101,
Welcome to the boards!
I think what you may be looking for you can find right here on Kirupa.
Firstly, let’s deal with your mask question/situation.
http://www.tutorialized.com/
There’s even excerise files incase you get lost, hopefully you have Flash 8 or MX 2004. If you play the animation located at the bottom of that page it does exactly what you are asking for.
Secondly, a good place to look for tutorials would be here on kirupa.com.
Make a list of baby steps or simple things you’d like to do in Flash first. Then work your way up.
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm
Thats some basic stuff you can start with, under basic.
In the Flash8 forums, Senocular was kind enough to start a Flash8 tutorials and resources thread. Check that out when you get a chance.
You might also want to try doing a google search from time to time for specific tutorials that you can’t find elsewhere. I googled the tutorial you were asking about and it took me less than 2 minutes to find one specific to your question that seemed well written and clear.:}
Cheers,
Hetlicht
Hey man thanks alot. That Tutorialized site looks like it will help a ton!
Oh I forgot to add, as far as books go. Even though keep in mind there are like a gajillion tutorial sites out there and forums.
I first started with http://www.friendsofed.com and have a couple of the oreilly books which are heaven within themselves.
O’reilly Flash books
peace.
