For this installation of Flash Template reviews, we are covering portfolio styled flash templates. Two very different portfolio style flash templates in the just released flash templates for 2010 have been chosen above the rest. As far as portfolio styles go these are as different as you can get and stay true to form, yet stand out equally well.

Somebody call the fire brigade, ’cause there’s a fire running wild. It’s too late to tell who started it, but whether it was Apple or Adobe doesn’t matter anymore. It’s on. Flash is currently proving to be a dominant force in web design, breaking all limits of visual creativity and allowing more and more people to experiment with building websites easily. At the end, the answers might come from the web design community, if it decides to fight for the right to Flash.

A flash intro to your site can be visually stimulating for the visitor. Keep it simple. This is a generation of people demanding instant gratification. When pages take too long to load, they will either skip the flash into or leave the website altogether.

Checking out other websites or Flash tutorials can give some ideas of what you can do with your own site. In this post, you will see a step-by-step video Flash tutorial where you will learn how to create cool lightning effects using the pen tool and glow filter.