Creating Sound Effects
Creating effects with sound is easy in Flash ®. You can create stereo effects from mono files for example by placing the same sound file you wish to affect in proximity on separate layers. In the diagrams below, we took one sound file and placed it on two separate layers in the timeline...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jun 20, 2005
Balance Slider or Panning Effect
Using the predefined Objects for sound under Frame Actions, you can manipulate the volume and pan of a particular sound. In this tutorial, we will take up creating a balance slider which will allow you to shift the sound from one channel (right or left) to the other channel...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Experienced
Added : Jun 20, 2005
Creating a Sliding Volume Control
Create a MC (we'll call it "ambience2") In our MC's timeline we will do the following:
Layer1: this is the layer we will place our frame scripts in.
— first frame we leave blank,
— second frame : (place a lablel on this frame, we will call it "on")...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Experienced
Added : Jun 20, 2005
Loading Variables From a .txt File Into Text Fields
In this tutorial I shall use this e-mail address as an example: fktutorials@snooboo.com Here is the very basic command that will work on a button or hot text in Flash (or HTML for that matter)...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jun 20, 2005
Compression settings in Flash
It is always best to import the best quality sound into Flash® and not anything less. Let Flash® do the work of compression. Generally the best quality sounds are in 44Khz Stereo 16 bit format. This is CD quality sound...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Experienced
Added : Jun 16, 2005
In / Out points
If you do not have access to a sound editing application in which you can optimize your sounds, Flash® gives you limited ability to "edit" your sounds. That is, you can delete from your sound files any unnecessary silence or gaps which you would not want to include in your presentation...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jun 16, 2005
Creating a colored masking effect
Editor's Pick in Flash Tutorials, June 2005
This tutorial covers the creation of a masking effect where different colored shapes will appear to pass through a given object.
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jun 16, 2005
Envelope Points
Once a sound is attached to a frame in Flash ®, you can use a maximum of 8 envelope points to manipulate that sound. Envelope points (appearing as little squares in the diagram below) are really volume controls that allow you to create effects such as panning, muting, and fading...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jun 16, 2005
Trouble Shooting Sound in Flash
When I set one of my sounds to loop, it doesn't do so seamlessly. Why? Most likely, your sound contains gaps or silence and has not been edited properly. You can remedy this in two ways...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Experienced
Added : Jun 16, 2005
Sync Setting in Flash
There are 4 synchronization options from which to choose: Event, Start, Stop and Stream as shown in the diagram below...
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jun 16, 2005
