To kick off new episodes of Tinkernut, I’m holding a Flash Game contest to see who can come up with the coolest Flash game. The winner will get a $50 itunes gift card as well as promotion in my video on October 24th. You can find the full set of rules here:
http://www.tinkernut.com/forums/topic/tinkernut-flash-game-contest
In this episode you will learn how to create a Flash website from scratch using completely free software. Here is what we will be creating:
http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/279_flash_site/index.html
Links used in this video:
Project Files – http://http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/279_flash_site/279_flash_site.zip
Adobe Rome – http://rome.adobe.com
http://www.foxitsoftware.com
http://www.acrosoftware.com
http://www.hellopdf.com
Static images can cause your web site to fade into the background. Learn the basics of animating them using Adobe Flash CS4. View the Instructables steps at: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Animate-in-Adobe-Flash/
This video covers the very basics of creating an Augmented Reality (AR) application using FLARToolkit and Adobe Flex.
Download the marker: http://www.tinkernut.com/downl…..marker.pdf
Visit this webpage, allow access to your webcam, and hold the marker in front of the camera: http://www.tinkernut.com/downl…..ality.html
Download the source files here: http://www.tinkernut.com/downl…..eality.zip>
Don’t just send people a stack of static photo files; share them in style by creating a photo gallery in Flash.
This video shows some free web based alternatives to common, expensive, software such as Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Camtasia, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc. These web based applications do not require you to pay anything or download anything. You can upload, edit, and save documents from directly within your browser.
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Microsoft Office – Google Docs
Microsoft PowerPoint – Preezo
Adobe Photoshop – Splashup
Adobe Illustrator – Aviary
Adobe Flash – Ajax Animator
Instant Messenger Clients – Meebo
Camtasia – ScreenToaster
Windows Movie Maker – Jaycut
Quicken – Mint
Fax Software – FaxZero
Adobe Acrobat – PDF Escape
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Special thanks to the suggestions by MikeTheDJ4 found here and here.
To enter the special effects video contest, please visit this link: http://www.youtube.com/group/tinkernutcontest. Contest is open to all gigafide youtube subscribers.
Wax 2.0 is a free non-linear video editor that can be used to add advanced effects to your videos. There are many different things you can do with Wax 2.0, but for this tutorial, I will show you how to zoom in on screencasts that we made in the last tutorial.