(OT) Great Flash Animation

Getting away from the technical subjects for a few minutes..
you gotta see this animation. The Flash IDE turns into a
battleground.
The Flash tools turn into weapons for the stickmen to use.
This is truly amazing animation work! I had to post it.
http://abum.com/file/shadow/animations/17632.swf
tralfaz

i never tire of watching it - it's really quite clever -
especially the UI stuff. Love when the
duplicate symbols shake hands :)
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> "urami_"
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>>
>>tralfaz wrote:
>>
>>>Getting away from the technical subjects for a
few minutes.. you gotta see this animation. The Flash IDE turns
into a
>>>battleground. The Flash tools turn into weapons
for the stickmen to use. This is truly amazing animation work! I
had to post
>>>it.
>>>
>>>
http://abum.com/file/shadow/animations/17632.swf
>>
>>hi there tralfaz
>>you about one month late with that :)
>>we were talking about it with Chris about two weeks
ago.
>>Nice stuff
>>
>>
>>--
>>Regards
>>
>>Urami
>
>
> Oh.. ok, I hadn't seen it. Someone sent me the link
today. I was really impressed with it. I think it's extra funny
watching the
> parts of the Flash interface flying around.
>
> 'ave a gud 1
> tralfaz
>
>

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> Hey everyone i have been trying to learn dreamweaver 8,
flash 8, and
> others in
> a short time. My question is,
>
> I am trying to create a website in dreamweaver 8 but i
am having trouble
> making a link to another page of the site out of the
flash animation once
> it's
> done. I can't find a option for that anywhere, I was
able to link the
> table in
> which the animation sits but it does nothing. For now i
just have the word
> ENTER below the animation so the rest of the site can be
viewed.
>
> here's the link to the site where the animation first
page is
> www.fatcatzcreative.com
>
> I have spent days trying to figure this out and being
the typical man i
> have
> finally broken down and am askin for help.
>
> Thanks in advance to all.
>

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