You can make simple graphics in Flash, if you choose; I've chosen to make mine in Photoshop, just some quick gradient-highlight buttons saved as transparent GIFs, nothing particularly professional or fancy. (In fact, they're rather clunky, but they serve the purpose.)
Flash Animation 21: Flash for Web Design: getURL Command
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com Guide
In the last lesson, we touched on simple text links; they're quick and easy, but also a little difficult to use and not all that functional. So now we're going to make a graphic menu of links, using ActionScripting.
Prev
- Introduction
- Creating a New Document
- Importing Graphics
- Setting up the Menu
- Creating the Symbol to Link
- Adding the getURL command
- Specifying Parameters
Explore Animation
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