January was a record month for snorkl.tv and I reached a number of goals simultaneously. I put together this report to give you an idea of what’s been happening a bit behind the scenes here. I launched this blog very secretly in an attempt to track just how well online content can be found without...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Here is an effect I get asked about quite a bit. Instead of highlighting objects that are being rolled over, we de-emphasize the items we are NOT rolling over. Confused? Just rollOver the icons in the swf above. Want to learn how? come on in.Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Have you ever tried to tween the tint of some text that has a drop shadow filter only to find that the shadow changed color too. YUCK! This tutorial will show you how to use the TweenMax hexColors plugin to tween the textColor property of a dynamic TextField. This...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 The first in my “What I Learned Today” category. This is one of those things I can’t believe I didn’t know sooner. With TweenLite and easeParams you can pass in additional ease values that will allow you to fine tune your Elastic and Back eases. I’ve always loved ease:Back.easeOut...Read More

Here is just a little overview of a cool effect that appears to use a mask. At the heart of this effect is simple Invert blend mode. We get a little loopy with an Array and TweenLite to make it super dynamic. This movie requires Flash Player 9Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 In today’s Fireside Chat I have a few tips that will greatly help AS3 beginners or those migrating from AS2. Sit back and relax as I walk you through a few ways of optimizing your code and creating functionality that was impossible with AS2. These tips are sure to...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Click the buttons to see Fred traverse along his simple path. TimelineMax allows you to create amazing animation sequences. With the addLabel() and tweenTo() methods you can easily navigate to any part of a timeline. This simple example will open the door to a world of opportunities with much...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 Here is a super slick effect that takes very little effort. Plug 3 tweens into TimelineMax and you’re off to the races! Forget the Flash timeline and those horrible new Motion Tweens. We’ll touch on some extra goodies like the immediateRender property and visible plugin. Watch The VideoRead More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 It is with great pleasure that I reveal to you how easily you can create complex text effects using GreenSock’s SplitTextField class. No longer do you have to manually break apart textfields into individual symbols and manually tween them. SplitTextField does all the heavy lifting for you, behind the...Read More

This movie requires Flash Player 9 So here it is. A step by step walkthrough of using TimelineMax to control the sequenced animation of hundreds of items. Here I’m using bubbles, but this code can be easily adapted for twinkling stars, falling snow, or leaping frogs. If you watch all three parts I guarantee you...Read More