Flash Preloader Tutorial
Flash preloaders come in handy to show your visitors that your movie is still loading. This should go a long way in helping them realise that there is something on the page even though they cannot yet see it. It also keeps your visitor amused for a short time and stops them closing the page or quickly moving on to the next website.
This tutorial will show you how easy it is to create a flash preloader as well as demonstrate numerous tools including:
1. layers
2. align palette
3. swatches palette
4. library
5. drawing and coloring shapes
6. snapping
7. converting to symbols
8. converting to movie clips
9. action scripting
10. dynamic text
If you've never used action scripting before, then this is a great tutorial to follow as it shows you exactly what flash code to type in so your bar actually loads properly.
To start the Flash preloader tutorial press the go arrow. The software used in this tutorial is Adobe Flash
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Comments (5)
Thanxs for the tutorial really helped me understand setting up a preloader in flash 8. Since i started learning to flash on swish max, I kinda wanted to learn flash 8. Since it seems less restrictive. again thanks
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Your welcome. I'm glad to hear you found the flash tutorial useful.
Kind Regards
Tanya.
Posted by S Williams | April 12, 2007 7:22 AM
Posted on April 12, 2007 07:22
Hi there, this was a brilliant tutorial, really helpful, you make it sound very easy and to me now it is easy, thanks again!
Now i can make my own site and stop badgering my friend for it ^^
Hello Art,
I'm glad you found the tutorials useful. All the best with your Flash animations.
Kind Regards.
Tanya.
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Posted by Art Williams | May 12, 2007 9:10 AM
Posted on May 12, 2007 09:10
Wow! That was a fantastic tutorial. Perfect for me. Do you do any php tutorials?
Hello Jonathan,
We don't have php tutorials at the moment, however they are planned for the near future.
Kind Regards
Tanya.
Posted by Jonathan Bauer | May 22, 2007 8:50 PM
Posted on May 22, 2007 20:50
Thanks for it! It was very helpful :}
Posted by Mieganti | May 27, 2007 3:38 PM
Posted on May 27, 2007 15:38
Thanks!
I wasn't able to analize how the action script in preloader works at first but this video help me a lot in it.
Posted by AliyaTanaka | August 29, 2007 3:28 PM
Posted on August 29, 2007 15:28