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Great Flash Tutorial Websites
In this article you will find info about some of the best flash tutorial websites on the net. Some of them are really well known in the flash community some of them are not, but that is not because they are bad, on the contrary - they are actually really useful and friendly.
Ok, let's start.
Our number one is:
Toxic Lab - http://www.toxiclab.org
Toxic Lab provides a lot material not only about flash and action script, but Photoshop, Css, java and more. But we are here for the FLASH part of the website and it is a really good part. You may not learn how to make a video game, a nice intro or anything of that kind - what you will learn to make on flash will be one of the following : A great lightning effect for pictures and website templates, all kinds of text effects, picture effects, different styles of navigation menus and buttons.
Basically, the website provides great tutorials which will help you enhance your website with glamorous and eye-catching effects, menus and more. The tutorials are not for total newbies that have started using flash sooner than they can handle it, but nevertheless, the explanation with each tutorial is very detailed and even the "Greenest" of flash designers will be able to use them.
Moving on...
Learn Flash - http://learnflash.com
Now this website is totally different form the rest. Why you might ask? Well, the answer is simple - the tutorials on this website are mostly supported by one man - a flash developer that is the company's very best at what he does. There is a newsletter that will tell you about every new tutorial from the category you have selected and you can pop at the website with a single click from your mailbox. They really are into the thing for their customers to stay tuned for the new stuff. Another good thing about Learn Flash . Com is that the tutorials no matter how complex they may be - they are explained in great detail so that users can augment and use the tutorial to make something different if they feel like it. Also a there is a great deal of video tutorials for the really new at flash people.
The downside of this is that they require - yeah you guessed it - money. For most of their tutorials they require a sign up fee in order for you to view the whole tutorial.
NEXT!
Flash Village - http://www.flashvillage.com
Now this baby right here has some serious stuff it can offer. Flash Village is a flash community that can offer flash developers and web designers some handy and damn useful tips and tricks. In my personal opinion the BEST thing these guys can offer the people of the net is their templates. They got some amazing flash website templates that are totally and exclusively free to download. The most beautiful thing is that when you download a template, in that same template there is a mini-tutorial-like-thing that helps you manage and change it at your desire. I mean how cool is that. THANK YOU FLASH VILLAGE PEOPLE!
Where were we? Oh, yeah...
Wipeout 44 - http://www.wipeout44.com
Now these guys surely know what they are doing. Not only do they provide free tips and tricks considering flash and some nice and nifty flash tutorials to enhance your web design, but they write HUGE articles on how a graphical design should be made - what you need to know, how the graphical design is progressing and what are the basic and professional way to do it. As much as I could investigate the website concentrates more on "educating" than showing just some flashing tutorials. A really good website for people who are seriously standing on their feet and are jumping in the vastness of flash making.
They also have a few links to other flash tutorial websites with a short reviews and such. They use the this as a topic to that part of their website : Sites That Help Build Mountains :). I say "Why the hell not? :) "
And our next contestant is?
Flash Game Design - http://www.flash-game-design.com
Now this here is something for the gaming community of flash making. Ok, right to the point - they offer tutorials, articles and links to some great resources. I read one of their articles for RPG game making and it was not only huge as space, but it offered a great meaningful content. Someone who is into making games and decided that flash is the tool for the job, will find extremely useful information on this website. Not only that, but their tutorials, not as flexible as some other, are about the exact things that games need. How to make something shoot or how to make something move with the press of the directional keys - action scripts for those things that are the "engine" of your future game.
The best thing is, when you read the articles and tutorials you get a feeling that they really care what is going to happen with your product. Isn't that sweet?
Last, but not least.
Luka Maras - http://www.lukamaras.com
No idea what the name means, but that is not important. First, the thing you should automatically put aside is the design of the website. How should I put this so that I do not offend anyone? Hmmm, the design ... bites? Whatever, the thing is that there are some really good and useful as an overall tutorials. Most of the tutorials are about specific symbols like buttons, logo, menu and such that will aid you in your website making. Some of them are spectacularly good and have a large number of visitors. The tutorials them selfs are nicely explained and the subject of the tutorial can be freely downloaded by anyone.
Well, this finishes this review of some really good flash tutorial websites.
Next, we will "see" each other when we review some other tutorial websites about something a bit different.
Stay tuned folks!
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oDesk
oDesk enables buyers of services to hire, manage, and pay technology service providers from around the world. oDesk has been there for all the freelancers and work providers all over the world for the past 4 nearly 5 years. Now with a larger database and freelancers with a lot of history behind their backs "reside" in the oDesk archives ready to make business.
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ITGlobal Marketplace
You may have heard of large companies like DELL and IBM outsourcing work overseas. Why do they do it? Because of the ability to source global talent, and often get the same outcome at a lower cost. Well with IT-Globalized you can do it too! Their online marketplace allows small to medium businesses to join in on the action. Seek and find Freelancers to do the work for you or on the other hand - find the work you desire yourself! Because connecting you with people to do the work for you is what they are all about. Get in, get posting. Find the right person for the job today!
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Remote Hire Man
As a professional Freelancer or an IT company, you can find a project here. Just fill in details about yourself, introduce your work to the community via the forum and answer projects' requests.
For buyers (Hire Men, purchasers, managers...) find a freelancer or a group of freelancers to achieve your projects in the following domains:Softwares, websites, translations, administrative tasks, e-learning, documentation and even more.
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ExLow
ExLow is an online service and outsourcing auction. Freelance IT workers can become financially independent doing what they enjoy as well as build an impressive portfolio. ExLow's users excel in many categories including : ecommerce development, small business website development, and many other professional website development solutions! Choose a developer by comparing prices, past ratings, portfolio, and more.
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CoSwap
CoSwap is a "ONE STOP" full service site where a "Buyer" can post a project for FREE and have one of our highly skilled "Designer's" competitively bid on your projects. At least that is what they have on their website. Don't get me wrong - its true. They have a lot to offer - to freelancers and "Buyers" alike. Right now they are making some modifications and changes - all for the better communication between employee and employer, but still its worth taking a look.
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New York Freelancers
This site here concentrates on freelancing only in the boundaries of New York City - as the name suggests. They say that their "Buyers" - or job providers - are looking for New York designers, PHP, SEO, CSS, Flash, .Net, ASP programmers. That is a good thing considering the fact that there are many freelancers that specialize in these areas, but the problem is on a different scale. There are no freelancers registered on the page, nor there are any "buyers" or projects for you to bid on or do whatever. Still, the website is new and probably still trying to get some traffic - give them a chance.
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Rolancers
"Here at ROLancers.com we invite you to post your projects or search the database for talents who can surely fulfill your needs." In fact they are absolutely right about that. ROlancers is a large gathering of Romanian freelancers and others from all over the world. The simple fact that ROLancers is officially a Romanian freelancer site should not stop people from all over the world to find what they are looking for , or offer their abilities, in there. After all they have a really nice and true thought posted.
Romania is now taking the lead in the outsourcing industry ...
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Programming Outpost
A great resource to have freelance programmers bid on your programming project. All project posting and bids take place on their forum. That is the only back side of this website - its working with a forum-like system. On the other hand the site has a good rating , completely free and concentrates on Programming. Not many sites do that, still it isn't a whole lot better than the average freelancing site.
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FreeLance Center
FreeLanceCenter is an online destination for quality freelance work at a low price. They have a wide range of categories which include everything from Accounting & Finance to Web Design & Programing. Their website is really flexible and they keep track of how much freelancers and buyers they have in their database. The projects are flowing and the bidding is going good. Oh, one more thing - its 100% free. That is a good thing right?
