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Flash is a program by Macromedia for creating interactive, animated online content. Animated simply means “to have movement” — Flash content does not have to be a cartoon. It is commonly used to mimic software interface elements such as scroll bars, drop-down menus, buttons, and navigational systems. The term “Flash” has also come to mean [...]

This article focuses on an often-neglected but all-important aspect of any software application – the user interface. For years, desktop applications have had boring gray rectangular windows, buttons etc. Animation, multi-media, visual effects and custom elements were possible, but required large amount of custom programming. Even making a non-rectangular button would need good C++ skills. [...]

The first time you try to import a layered Photoshop file (.PSD) into a Flash (.FLA) document, you might be surprised at the results. Flash MX 2004, and all previous versions, does not actually know what to do with .PSD file. The only thing it can import is the flattened composite version of the file, [...]