Regardless of whether you are a seasoned developer or a designer or a complete newbie, (re)familiarizing yourself with the software and basic terminology is a good place to start. Here is a list of tips all Flash users should know.

1. Frame rate -> 12fps for mobile phones, 18fps to 30fps for general usage
2. Scene -> Please do not use scenes, it is outdated and unstable
3. Time line -> Onion skin is good for working with multiple frames
4. Library -> Ctrl + L
5. Button -> Try not to use it because it is very inflexible as compared to the movie clip (more another time)
6. Graphics -> Great for animation as it has live preview from the timeline
7. Bitmap text/Pixel font ->Round up all X, Y axes to whole numbers or risk getting blurry text
8. Align panel -> Ctrl+K

Shang :: Mar.09.2008 :: beginner, good-to-know :: No Comments »

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