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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Flash Video

I think one of the coolest things that can done with Flash is the ability to add video.

Adding video to swf files has been around for 4 or 5 years. It wasn't until the last two versions of Flash that flash video became widely used on the web. Websites like YouTube and MySpace are good examples of sites that use flash video.

Web designers now can take advantage of all the benefits flash video has to offer. It used to be that video on the web could only be played back using QuickTime, Real, or Windows Media. These formats didn't give designers many options on how to work video into their websites.

Flash video gives designers options such as transparent backgrounds, subtitles, progessive downloads, and most importantly user interaction. The ability to mix ActionScript with flash video is the key to making your video work with your website

Below are some examples of how flash video can enhance a website.

http://www.flyworld.com
http://www.greatpockets.com/index.php
http://cars.com/waitingroom
http://eccoworld.ecco.com.pl
http://www.quitdoingit.com

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