Layers TV Episode: 20

RC has a tutorial explaining some of the basics of working with buttons in Flash.

• Open a new Flash document
• Drag out a shape (in this case an oval) and convert it into a button symbol
• Insert a keyframe and adjust the properties of the button for its ‘up’, ‘over’, and ‘down’ states
• The ‘hit’ property defines what area of the button is active
• Adjust the hit area so that it’s smaller than the button
• Use many of the same steps to create an animated button from text and a movie clip
• Expand the project using the tutorial materials available for download on this page

Corey explores some of the fun you can have typing on a path in Illustrator.

• Use your shape tool to create a shape
• Select the type tool and find the type on a path tool
• You can flip the text to the inside your path if you like
• Use the type on a path options dialogue to create some different effects
• Remember that your text is editable