The Tutorial Collab '07

[Depredation]

The Tutorial Collab '07
Start Date : 30th June
Finish Date : 30th August
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Welcome To The Tutorial Collab '07! I decided to finally start this old girl up, after months of preparation,
Hours of flash and doing some favours I'm not too proud of, production can finally begin. I hope this collab
can be bigger, better and trump the 100,000 hits the last collab received.

What Its About

Pretty simple really, this collab is aimed to teach, inform and show people how to make flash, along with
other programs such as FLStudio, 3DMax, Swift3D, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flex and tons of other things. Hopefully this one
will break the 100 tut mark and help even more people :).

Pay/Sponsorship

After the last collabs successes, there should be definite sponsorship,but I am
waiting for your quality entries so I can give the sponsor something to go on, but I'm hoping for something like an $800+
sponsorship. This will be split between the number of tutorials and distributed for each part.

Also, if you want to make music or art for the collabs intro, then you will be paid accordingly. If anyone has any music to suggest
for the collab, I would be grateful (the current tracks are temporary).

Tutorial(Part) List

Here's a list of all the parts that will be available, I'll explain them in more detail later on. It's a long list, so there's
bound to be something for everyone. If a tutorial you would like to make is not here, feel free to email/ pm me with your
idea and I'll give you the go ahead.

You can find a real time part list here if you want to see what is taken and whats free.

AS2

Basic

# Variables
# loadMovie
# Simple frame actions
# ClipEvents
# Variables
# Basic Movement
# Simple Buttons
# Basic Math
# Using the Webcam
# Using the Mike
# Digital Clock
# Analogue Clock
# Actionscripted Colour
# Drag and Drop
# Loaders
# Setting parameters (_x, _y, _alpha etc)
# JavaScript and Flash

Intermediate

# Arrays
# Intervals
# attachMovie
# Starfield
# Platformer Game (Must be detailed)
# More Math
# Collision Detection
# Walk Cycle
# Functions
# Printing
# Scripted Camera
# Filters
# More Movement (On Slopes)
# MP3 Player
# Right Click Menu
# Copyright Protection
# Fireworks
# Starfield
# Actionscripted tweens
# Shooting at Mouse

Advanced

# Basic 3D
# 3D Shapes
# Blackface Culling, lighting etc (3D)
# OOP
# Drawing API
# BitmapData API
# Components
# Binary
# Springs
# Friction
# Pong
# Tile Based programming
# XML

AS3

# Starting Out
#Converting AS2 to AS3
# New features
# Changing Framerate
# Event Handlers
# OOP
# Shooting at Mouse
# Preloader
# Movement
# Spectrum Analyser
# Displacement Filters
# AS3 and Flex
# More will be added, if you want to do one, PM me or post!

Design

Web Design

# Php
# Html
# Xml
# Java
# Colour Schemes
# Headers
# Mascots and Logos
# Flash and Web Design

Flash Design

# Guidelines
# Outlining and Planning
# Tips and Tricks
# The Pen tool
# Smooth Design
# Bevelling
# Glow effects
# Sharp text
# Pixel art
# Spacing Text

Art

Photoshop

# These will have to be made up by you since I do not own a copy of Photoshop. If you have an idea, pm me or email me at
[e-mail].

Illustrator

# Again, These will have to be made up by you since I do not own a copy of illustrator. If you have an idea, pm me or email me at
[e-mail].

Fireworks

# Finally, These will have to be made up by you since I do not own a copy of fireworks. If you have an idea, pm me or email me at
[e-mail].

Flash

# Using the brush tool
# Shading
# Cartoon
# Anime/Manga
# Vector
# Pixel Art
# Importing
# CS3s new import tools.
# Flash and Photoshop
# Drawing Hands
# Faces
# Eyes
# Hair

Animation

People

# Lip Syncing
# Walk Cycles
# Facial Expressions
# Hands
# Forces
# Emotions

Animals/Nature

# Sky
# Four Leg Walk Cycle
# Trees
# Wind

General

# Explosions
# Blood
# Reflections
# Crashes
# Falling
# Bouncing
# Wounds
# Shooting

Music

FLStudio

# Intro
# Drum Beats
# Looping
# Add what you wish.

Editors

# Compressing
# Audio Effects
# Converting
# Reducing Background noise.

Links

# Any links to flash/photoshop/flstudio etc tutorials.
# If you have made a tutorial, you can give me a link to your site and I'll add it here. Its very good exposure :).

Extras

# If you are interested, you can make signatures, banner ads, wallpapers or icons for the collab and I will publicise them where
possible. Any amazing additions will be paid for. Any music made specifically for the collab will also go here and be paid for.

Specifications

# Stage Size : 600x600
# You must use the template file so it keeps in with the tutorials design.
# No music, it's included in the template.
# Sound effects are fine :S.
# 27fps
# All frame based coding must be in AS2. However, AS3 tutorials can put AS3 on the stage etc.
# When you are writing 'code' on the stage, please use the font 'Tahoma', or another easily readable font.
# Test all the code before you make a tutorial, no point teaching someone something that doesn't work.
# More instructions etc in the 'instructions' layer in the template.

Doing a Tutorial

At the end of this long post, you'll see a link to the template .zip . This folder will be the root of your tutorial,
it contains the template you have to work around, instructions, two fonts you will need and contact info.

The template .fla in this folder is the basis of everything. Basically, you can put whatever you want (to an extent) inside the
marked red box. This can include examples, images, text, flash, videos etc. It'll also contain the actual writing :P.It's advised that you make an example (if you can) for your tutorial on the first frame. This gives the reader an idea of what
the hell they're doing, and it helps show them that they are being taught by someone who knows what they are talking about.

If you do a part, please PM me with a pm titled like so.

"Tut Collab - Part Name - Your Name"

It just helps me sort out my pms and keep everything organized. When you're finished, send me another pm (or email) titled like this.

"Tut Collab - Part Name - Your Name - FINAL"

Again, it's just for organisation, this pm/email should contain your paypal address if you want to be paid for your part(s) :).

Co Authors

Now that newgrounds allows 10 co-authors, I can pick more people to submit it with me. It'll be based off the best tutorials,
most tutorials (they must be good), examples and promotional material.

So, even if you don't do a tut, but you spend hours on a wallpaper, you still have a chance of getting the co-author position.
If you spent 10 minutes on a tutorial, with no examples and a messy layout, don't expect to get co-author.

DON'T POST!

[Depredation]

Rating System

I decided to add a rating system to this collab, so that all the entries are great. Basically, there are 4 categories.

# Layout
# Examples
# Text
# Effort

I'll mark your tut out of 10 for each category, and if it scores above 5/10 for each cat, then it's in :).If not, I'll send
you a reply telling you what to improve, so you can send it back to me, ready to add to the main .swf.

What am I doing?

If you were thinking,"whats this lazy jackass going to do whilst were all working our asses off?" then here you go. I'll be
organising this collaboration, and by that I mean, collecting all the parts, responding to emails, making menus/credits/intros
etc and putting all the parts into one enormous .swf.

I am also making posters, sigs and games to promote the collab a bit more :).

Files

# Demo .swf (Will be updated regularily, right click>save as)
# Template.zip (Contains Sig making pack, template .fla (for tuts) help file and fonts)
# Updated Part List (Updates when a part is taken.)

Contacting Me

If you need to contact me for any reason, pm me (Depredation) or email me at [e-mail]. I'll check my emails/pms
when I can, but don't expect a reply within the next 5 minutes.

If you have any questions, post now, otherwise, Let the Tutorial Collab '07 Commence!

[fuzz]

All I have to say is good luck with this and hopefully i might take part

[Josh-B]

I'm definately in.

But, uh, can I do a tutorial on the basics of Audacity? It's an easy to use sound editing program that many people use. I'm sure sound editing is important in the making of a Flash.

[Paranoia]

I can take some scripting stuff. I'm only really good at AS2 right now, but I still know how to use the events and things and a lot of the principles are pretty similar.

[Toast]

Count me in

[Kool-Aid]

i think ill go with this....ill try to get started on the different flash art tuts such as shading, glowing, coloring, etc

[enquencle]

I think you could make a drawing section, and include the drawing hands, perspective, heads and all that stuff in there.

I could take some of those if you let me, i'd give my best!

[Jay-Cee]

I'm definatley giving this a go.

[Jimp]

Cool man, the intro and menus look shit hot! Sounds like it should be awesome when its finished.

I might do some stuff for this later on, but im pretty busy atm. Let me know if you need something filled that no one else wants to do or whatever :P

[Kart-Man]

The menu looks hawt. I'll do something, for sure.

[Josh-B]

Um, can anyone with Flash 7 save the .flas as Flash 6 for me? That would be really helpful.

[Toast]

I could do any of these, preferably the ones from intermediate
Basic

# Variables
# loadMovie
# Simple frame actions
# ClipEvents
# Variables
# Basic Movement
# Simple Buttons
# Actionscripted Colour
# Drag and Drop
# Setting parameters (_x, _y, _alpha etc)

Intermediate

# Arrays
# Intervals
# attachMovie
# Collision Detection
# Functions
# Starfield
# Shooting at Mouse

Advanced

# Drawing API
# BitmapData API
# Friction
# Pong
# Tile Based programming

[CybermonkeyStudios]

I might give the walk cycle tutorial a shot. If this is good enough...
http://denvish.net/ulf/230707/46916_zomb ie_movie_skezz_walk_cycle.php

I'll do a new one for the tutorial obviously.

[CybermonkeyStudios]

Shit, BritishMoose got it first. Oh well.

[sirbobsalot2]

Add a microphone help bit.

[enquencle]

Well, then i'd like to take the drawing hands tutorial if possible, please.

[CaptinChu]

HOLY FLYING FUCK IT'S TUTORIAL COLLAB '07!

I've sharpened up my skills as an actionscripter, and I've started doing some pretty serious shit. (see 3d tic tac toe) I'd like to do my part in this awesome new collab! (perhaps I could even get enough money to get off the trial version of flash cs3.)

I've already done a tutorial for "# AS3 and Flex." "# Changing Framerate" isn't that hard; I'll take that. "# Event Handlers" was very frustrating for me to understand in my migration from AS2 to AS3, I'd like that part. That's all I'll take for now.

BTW, I was part of the original '06 Collab. I did some bit parts in fireworks tutorials.

[Depredation]

PM ME IF YOU WANT A PART SO I CAN TICK IT OFF! I WILL LEAVE THE PART OPEN UNLESS I AM PM'ED

At 7/23/07 02:04 PM, CybermonkeyStudios wrote: Shit, BritishMoose got it first. Oh well.

2 people can do one tutorial, there are different ways of doing things, especially in animation.

At 7/23/07 01:34 PM, Masterswordman wrote: But, uh, can I do a tutorial on the basics of Audacity? It's an easy to use sound editing program that many people use. I'm sure sound editing is important in the making of a Flash.

Yeah, read the part list :).

At 7/23/07 01:36 PM, Paranoia wrote: I can take some scripting stuff. I'm only really good at AS2 right now, but I still know how to use the events and things and a lot of the principles are pretty similar.

Sounds good, pm me with the part you want to do.

At 7/23/07 01:36 PM, Toast wrote: Count me in

Hoorah, toasties :). Pm me with the part you want to do.

At 7/23/07 01:51 PM, J1mp wrote: Cool man, the intro and menus look shit hot! Sounds like it should be awesome when its finished.

Thanks, it took a while. I'll pm you if their are any spare parts :).

At 7/23/07 02:05 PM, sirbobsalot2 wrote: Add a microphone help bit.

Read the list.

At 7/23/07 02:11 PM, ToasterDemon wrote: Could I posssiblt do those, or is that too many? :P

I forgot to mention that, thanks :).

4 MAX TUTORIALS PER PERSON

Unless there are spare parts after the finish date.

[Ertyguy]

on intermediate you put starfield twice. Are there two spots?

[Depredation]

At 7/23/07 02:17 PM, Ertyguy wrote: on intermediate you put starfield twice. Are there two spots?

There can be, if 2 people want it, 2 people can do it and i'll add both tuts. It was a typo though, thanks :).

[A-Wahl]

I'll join, could I take:
# Pixel art
# Tips and Tricks

[KyleDaFox]

I'm in, I'll do the topics I suggested in the suggestion thread and more. I'm on a different computer so I'll go on mine and find some more things that I can do, Flash and Photoshop mostly.

I'm looking forward to do some stuff:)

[Depredation]

At 7/23/07 02:26 PM, BritishMoose wrote: Are we allowed to swear humourously in our tutorials?

Of course :). No racism though, obviously :P.

[Warchamp7]

Hey, this sounds like a cool tutorial =D
Would you need someone for like, a sprite tutorial? Sprites are my thing 8^)

If you do want a sprite section, just say so here.

I'll talk about stuff like Movie Clips, and using them to save time and effort (Like Walking Sprites)

[Depredation]

At 7/23/07 02:36 PM, Warchamp7 wrote: I'll talk about stuff like Movie Clips, and using them to save time and effort (Like Walking Sprites)

Sorry, sprites are something that comes inside movieclips and basic. No need for another tut.

YOU MUST PM ME IF YOU WANT A PART, OTHER WISE I WILL NOT ACCEPT IT!!!

[dELtaluca]

is it not a little.. well not a good idea having tutorials that were already part of the '06 one :/ shouldn't this be NEW stuff?

[A-Wahl]

I just noticed in the template the text on the navigation buttons are not aligned properly. http://denvish.net/ulf/230707/46135_Pict ure_2.png
Ya might wanna fix that.

[KyleDaFox]

I'm not going to take what I suggested, those are... Err... Bad. Instead I'm going to take (Please tell me if someone has already taken one of these)

FLASH

Drawing in API
Cartoon
Lip Syncing

PHOTOSHOP

Hopefully Cool Text Effects

Are any of these taken? I want to get working.

[Kool-Aid]

im still gunna do the parts im doing but my flash version screwed up so now i have to reinstall flash...ill do it later