Best Practices of Flash Design

Macromedia Flash Professional 8 offers a complete set of tools and full creative control for designing interactive experiences on the web. With such a wide-ranging and comprehensive feature set, learning how to effectively build professional-quality Flash content can be challenging.

Every day, professionals struggle with finding answers to questions like:

When working with video in Flash, how do I balance file size with quality?
How can I save file size by leveraging run-time effects like filters and blend modes?
What is the most efficient way to go from creating design comps to production Flash content in order to launch our project sooner for our client?
If I want to build an online game in Flash what are the common mistakes to avoid?

With our best practices of Flash design resource center we will cover the best ways for you to do all of these things from integrating Flash video to creating rich visual effects to building complex Flash games. We will feature leading designers and developers from top interactive agencies showing you how they solve these same challenges to build the most innovative Flash sites on the web for their clients. Following the best practices of Flash design from these industry leaders will help you take your own Flash projects from just good to amazing and help you take your Flash skills to a whole new level.

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Customer Case Studies

Orbit / EVB

Watch how EVB developed an immersive web site for the Orbit whitening gum brand.

Coca-Cola / Dannon / Juxt Interactive

See how Juxt Interactive created an engaging and educational site for a new water brand with Flash Professional 8.

Big Spaceship / Sony Pictures

See how Big Spaceship built the first major motion picture web site and interactive online game with Flash Professional 8.

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Articles and Tutorials

Comping Your Next Design in Flash by Euro RSCG 4D

Find out how Flash is well-suited for comping any project that includes a high level of interactivity.

Flash 8 Best Practices

Get the best practices for organizing and structuring your Flash files, maintaining version control, optimizing for output, and making the best use of behaviors, screens, and video.