Flash Web Design

Flash has become an integral part of web design these days. Flash can be found on most good sites, though it might not be very obvious. Interactive images, cool looking menus, and a beautiful logo – they are almost always made with Flash. Not only is Flash usable on almost all platforms, it is very versatile and can be modified exactly as per the persons
requirements. There are a few precautions you need to take while using Flash. You must keep file sizes small, and ensure your flash animations will play across all platforms and screen resolutions. Enough about the precautions, let me explain on some techniques you can use for a good flash web design.

1. Rollover effects

These are some very cool effects which will surely impress a visitor no end. It basically means that the content on the page will change when a person brings his mouse pointer over a particular picture. So you can have a picture saying “Home”, another saying “Contact us” and yet another saying “Games” and whenever the user moves his/her pointer over any of the images, the link would simultaneously change to that page. It’s a very cool effect which will make the browsing experience much easier for the visitor, as well as leave an imprint on his mind.

2. Use unique and stand out fonts

Sometimes, you don’t even need to do hocus pocus with images to make your site look cool. There are hundreds of free fonts available on the internet which are professionally made and are usable by the general public. These fonts will help you achieve the effect you see in the banners of big companies….totally free of cost! A good font logo negates the need to have a flash logo made, which might cost a lot of time, effort and money.

3. Use plenty of white spaces

This might not seem terribly important to you, but white spaces play a major role in moulding user perceptions about your site. Simply said, white spaces are empty spaces on your site. They help create a feeling of space on your site. You can create more white spaces by reducing images/flash animations on your site and increasing the space between various objects. This of course, should not be at the cost of maintaining a comfortable page length.

4. Put image effects to good use

Use effects like fading and transparency to make good flash designs on your site. Techniques like sepia, watermark and grayscale help images on your site stand out to the eye. Fading and transparency can be used to good effect in making collages of various pictures, which when done correctly give a fabulous effect.

Apart from this, you can follow the standard guidelines like making a sitemap, ensuring there are no broken links on the site to ensure you have a good design. Remember, one can have a good flash web design only when you get the basics right. You start thinking of the finer aspects after that only.

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