Learn how to continue fleshing out the UI Design of a Video Player Skin by adding the Video the Video Display and tweaking the the layout using the Flex Properties Panel.
This Video Training Snippet Shows you how to bring in Flex Skin Design assets such as images, video and swf’s into the project and store them in folders in order to use them in the Flex Skin Design process.
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1. From the location you have saved your design files select all of the images.
2. Copy the images from their current location.
3. Right click on the “images” folder in your Flex Navigator Panel.
4. Select Paste from the menu.
5. Repeat the process for videos, audio, swf’s, etc.
View outline for this entire lesson. Skinning a Flex Video Player.
This Video Training Snippet Shows you how to layout a user interface using Flex components in the Flex Design View. For this interface we are creating a Basic Flex Video Player (skin only).
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1. From the Flex Component Panel click and drag the “Vbox” component to insert it into the layout.
This box will hold all the other components into place and lay them out “Vertically” on the screen.
2. Enter a 430 width and a 438 height or leave default for now.
3. Drag a “Video Display” component and drop it inside the “VBox”
4. Drag an “Image” component over to the layout and drop it above the Video Display inside the VBox.
5. Drag an “HBox” component and drop it underneath the Video Display.
This box will hold all the buttons that control the video player and lay them out “Horizontally”.
6. Drag a “Button” component and drop it inside of the HBox. Repeat 4 more times for a total of 5 buttons.
View outline for this entire lesson. Skinning a Flex Video Player.
This Video Training Snippet Shows you how to make a new folder in your project in Flex 3. This is necessary to store files like images, video, swfs. This process is similar to setting up a new website when you are about to take a web design into production.
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1. Right Mouse Button Click on your “src” folder in the Flex Navigator Panel in your project.
2. Go to New > Folder.
3. Type in title for your new folder in the “Folder Name” field.
4. Hit “Finish” Button.
View outline for this entire lesson. Skinning a Flex Video Player.
This Video Training Snippet Shows you how to make a new project in Flex 3. This is the most basic way to make a new project with the default settings.
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1. Launch Flex 3.
2. Go to File > New Flex Project.
3. Type in title for your new project in the “Project Name” field.
4. Hit “Finish” Button.
View outline for this entire lesson. Skinning a Flex Video Player.
For my Flex UI Design contribution to the Flex Community, I Designed this set of icons for developers to use in their Flex Applications. These are free to use in any way you wish. Hopefully these can help you spruce up your next Flex application. Download the source by right-clicking and selecting “view source”.
View and Download Free Flex Icons
The icons are Embedded in the buttons and the background can be changed independently. I did not create .ico files but used .png’s. Have fun.
Using Vector Gradients in Flash to Design User Interface Elements. Read more about my techniques as I take you on an in depth look into the world of gradients.
Programs used: Adobe CS3 Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and Flex 3 Beta.
View my swatch book to see design elements used for Hyphy design.
Programs used: Adobe CS3 Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and Flex 3 Beta.
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