Tutorials
Flash has definitely come a long way since its initial release in 1996. From simple tweening and drawing effects, Flash now gives designers the capability to create much, much more. Here's a short list of some articles / tutorials / sample files that demonstrate a couple of interesting semi-realistic effects created in Flash.
1. Coffee Steam Effect
This tutorial teaches you how to create a coffee steam effect using curvy lines and tweens. I have to say, this tutorial is quite long and very tedious to follow. But the author does provide a download link to the source file with the finished effect at the end of the tutorial.
[http://www.flashvault.net/tutorial.asp?ID=201]
2. Underwater Effect
This underwater effect has a very nice and subtle feel to it. It makes use of a combination of masks, gradients, AS3 and the perlinNoise() method. The effect was placed over an illustration, but you can try modifying the technique to make it suitable for a photo-realistic underwater image as well.
[http://www.andrewnprice.com/content/how-create-semi-realistic-underwater-enviroment-flash-using-perlin-noise-as3]
3. Water Ripple Effect
This is another water type effect that produces a nice, subtle water surface ripple. However, it's written in AS2. But nonetheless, it's one of the nicest effects of this type that I've seen. It uses the perlinNoise() method as well. No step-by-step guide on this one, but the source files are available for download.
[http://www.freeactionscript.com/2009/03/realistic-water-wave-effect/]
4. Lightning Effect
For this one, the author uses AS3 to create these really cool lightning / thunderbolt / electric discharge effects. The code is a little complex, and the author doesn't really explain it much, but still, the effects are pretty awesome.
[http://blog.oaxoa.com/2009/07/27/actionscript-3-as3-lightning-thunderbolt-electric-discharge-class/]
5. Waterfall Effect
This one uses a particle system to create a stunning waterfall effect. The author created a custom AS3 Waterfall class, which allows you to change the appearance and style of the waterfall by changing a few parameters. You can even set the waterfall's background to transparent and then place it over an image. This effect is quite beautiful.
[http://www.flashandmath.com/flashcs4/waterfall/index.html]
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Tutorials
5 Cool Semi-Realistic Effects in Flash
Flash has definitely come a long way since its initial release in 1996. From simple tweening and drawing effects, Flash now gives designers the capability to create much, much more. Here's a short list of some articles / tutorials / sample files that demonstrate a couple of interesting semi-realistic effects created in Flash.
1. Coffee Steam Effect
[http://www.flashvault.net/tutorial.asp?ID=201]
2. Underwater Effect
[http://www.andrewnprice.com/content/how-create-semi-realistic-underwater-enviroment-flash-using-perlin-noise-as3]
3. Water Ripple Effect
[http://www.freeactionscript.com/2009/03/realistic-water-wave-effect/]
4. Lightning Effect
[http://blog.oaxoa.com/2009/07/27/actionscript-3-as3-lightning-thunderbolt-electric-discharge-class/]
5. Waterfall Effect
[http://www.flashandmath.com/flashcs4/waterfall/index.html]
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Watercolor effect on any water resistant surface Tutorial at Homemade Hooplah Blog "It’s been a while since I’ve done a crafty post, so to get back into the swing of things I wanted to keep it light with a seriously easy watercolor effect that...
- Tutorial - How To Make A Digital Animated Snowfall
Neat Effect Animated Snowfall Tutorial at Tutorial Bunch Blog "Follow this example to learn a different technique to make an animated snow fall effect on any picture. This example has complete steps to design same effect, I am sure you will also make...
- Creating Realistic Lightning In Photoshop
In this video tutorial, Photoshop expert Deke McClelland teaches you how to make this pretty cool lightning effect, which looks pretty realistic in my opinion. This video is from an ongoing series called Deke's Techniques from Lynda.com, which contains...
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In the last part of this tutorial, we are going to add the spotlight effect that you may have noticed in the preview video from the first part of this exercise. Let's take another look. As the text tilts and swivels, you should see a glare that moves...
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