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Michael Chen is a Flash Developer currently working in New Zealand. He has strong interests in Interactive Web Design and Animation.
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Animate a Continuous Quad Run Cycle With Flash

Animate a Continuous Quad Run Cycle With Flash

Michael Chen on Oct 22nd 2010 with 72 comments

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in June, 2009.

In this tutorial we’ll create a quad run cycle. The animation will be created using simple lines. Along the way we’ll cover a bit of work flow and animation theory, then near the end we’ll use Motion Tween and ActionScript to move the animal across the screen.

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Comparing Filters in Flash

Michael Chen on May 1st 2009 with 12 comments

In this tutorial, we’ll create a filter program which will allow the user to apply different filters to an image, change intensity levels and compare the original and filtered images. We’ll also be using components for our controls.

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Create a Slick Image Revealer in Flash Using ActionScript 3

Michael Chen on Mar 28th 2009 with 57 comments

In this tutorial, we’ll create an animated mask image revealer, which will involve movie clips, masks and ActionScript 3.

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