Flash and ActionScript Tutorials

Since 1999, this page has been dishing out a regular dose of Flash and ActionScript tutorials that do a body good.

• Be Water
   
• Introduction to Animation in Flash
• Creating a Motion Tween ( No Popup | Video )
• Property Based Animations
• Creating a Simple Animation ( Flash 8 )
• Frames and Rates
• Motion Tweening ( Flash 8 )
• Principles of Animation ( Flash 8 )
• Principles of Animation, Part 2  ( Flash 8 )
• Creating and Applying a Custom Ease
• Using the Bone Tool on Shapes
• Motion Presets
• Using the 3D Translation Tool ( No Popup | Video )
• Fading Text ( Flash MX )
• Problems with Rotating Animations ( Flash 8 | Video )
• Simple Page Transitions ( Flash 8 | Video )
• Frame Jumping ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Simple Custom Scrollbar ( Flash 8 )
• Using Code Snippets in Flash CS5 ( Flash CS5)
• Workspaces in Flash ( No Popup | Video )

• Drawing Shapes in Flash
• Introduction to 3D Using Flash CS4 ( Flash CS4 )
• A Guide to Shading in Flash
• Fill Techniques ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Drawing Line Art in Flash
• Flash Vector Illustration: Part 1
• Stop Blurry Images
• Tiled Background in Flash 8
• Bevel in Flash ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Converting Bitmap to Vector ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Using Pixel Fonts ( Flash MX )
• Creating a Shadow Effect ( Flash MX )
• Symmetrical Round Objects ( Flash 8 | Video  )
• Creating a Wooden Frame ( 1, 2, 3 )
• Illustration Optimization ( Flash 8 | Video  )
• Creating Masks ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Logo Replication ( Flash MX )
• Skinning a Scrollbar
• Shiny Orbs ( Flash MX 2004 )

• Buttons in Flash
• Using the Library ( Flash MX 2004 )
   
  • Using the Shared Library
• JavaScript Pop-Up Windows ( Flash 8 | Video  )
• Common Mistakes using Buttons ( Flash 8 | Video  )
• Magic Cursor ( Flash 8 | Video  )
• Hide/View the Scrollbar Component ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Creating Drop-Down Menus ( Flash MX )
• Creating Multi-Column Text in Flash
• Hyperlinks in AS3
   
  • Creating a Hyperlink ( Flash MX )
• Editing the Registration Point ( Flash MX )
• Making an Object Transparent ( Flash MX )
• Using Video ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Full Screen Flash Page ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Flash Can Do More

• Developer Basics - Starting Point ( Flash CS4/CS5 | Video )
• Introduction to OOP
• Strings as our First Variable  ( Video )
• Classes in ActionScript 3
   
  • Classes and MovieClips
• Arrays in AS3
   
  • Introduction to Arrays using AS3  ( Video )
  • Shuffling an Array
  • Finding Maximum / Minimum Value in Array ( AS 1 )
  • Parsing External Array Data
  • Finding Values in an Array  ( AS 2.0 )
  • Associative Array Access  ( AS 3.0 )
• Random Numbers in Flash
• Advanced Random Numbers in AS3
• Introduction to 3D using AS3
• Specifying a Document Class
• Hiding Mouse Cursor After Some Time
• If and Else Statements
• Physics-Based Bounce Effect
• Trigonometric Animations
• What removeMovieClip Becomes in AS3
• Removing Things using Code
• Measuring Performance in Flash/AS3
• Output vs. Compiler Errors  ( Video )
• Changing Color in ActionScript 3
   
  • Random Colors in AS3
  • Changing Colors ( AS 1.0 )
• Counting in Hexadecimal
• Reading RGB/aRGB Color Values
• Using the Keyboard in AS3
• Tweening with Code
• Animating with TweenLite
• Using the Drop Shadow Filter in AS3
• Introduction to XML in Flash
   
  • Using XML in Flash CS3/AS3
  • Displaying XML Data in Flash
  • XML-Driven Drop-Down Menu
  • Photo Gallery using XML and Flash
     
• Animating Dynamic MovieClips in AS3
• Random Movement in AS3
• Displaying Library Content in AS 3.0
• Auto-Resizing and Centering your Content
• Managing Movie Clip Instances
• Detecting When Mouse Leaves Movie
• Detecting Direction of Mouse Movement in AS3
• Finding the Distance Between Two Points
• What is Flex? Why Use It?
• Creating a Hello World Application in Flex
• Flex Application Anatomy
• Duplicate Movie Clips ( AS 1 )
• Detecting Mouse Direction ( AS 2.0 )
• Calculating Distance ( AS 1 )
• Binary-Decimal Conversion ( AS 1 )
• Tab Ordering Forms ( AS 1 )
• Functions  ( AS 1 )
• AS2.0 Variable Names ( AS 2.0 )
• Comment Your Code ( AS 1 )
• Naming Conventions ( AS 1 )
• Global Variables ( AS 1 )
• Variable Scope ( AS 1 )
• Relative Addressing ( AS 1 )
• Conditionals and Toggle Switches ( Flash 8 | Video  )
• Goodbye Complex Code ( Flash CS4 | Video  )
• Flash, PHP, and MySQL Integration
• Live Hit Counter Flash/PHP
• Flash Email Form
• Login Using Flash MX, PHP, and MySQL
• Use Flash with PHP and mySQL
• Displaying Flash Data in PHP
• Displaying Google Maps in Flash
• Working with Native Mouse Features
• Using the Timer
• Fast Sorting with QuickSort
• Depth First and Breadth First Search
• Abstract Data Types
• Detecting What is Supported
• Parallax
• Changing the Mouse Cursor

• Creating a Preloader and Progress Bar
• Simulating Bandwidth
• Displaying a Preloader for External Content
• Loading an External Image
• Connecting to a RSS Feed ( Flash CS4 | Video  )
• Connecting to a Web Service using Flash ( Flash CS5 / FB 4 )
• Loading Files from Disk
• Loading Pictures Dynamically ( Flash 8 | Video )
• XML/Flash Photo Slideshow ( Flash MX 2004 )
• XML/Flash Photo Gallery ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Calling JavaScript from Flash using AS3

• Playing Sounds from the Library
• Playing Sounds using ActionScript 3 ( AS 3.0 )
   
  • Playing Sounds using ActionScript 1 ( AS 1.0 )
• Creating a Sound Bar ( Flash MX )
• Reading ID3 Tags in Flash/AS3
• Using the Microphone ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Working with Dynamic Sound

• Creating a Multi-State Icon
• Fading out Letters in Text
• Easy Drag and Drop in Flash/AS3
• Colorful Explosion ( Flash CS4 )
• Collision Detection among Multiple Objects
   
  • Advanced Collision
  • Predicting Collisions
  • Elastic Collisions
• Falling Snow in Flash CS4/AS3  ( Flash CS4 / AS3 )
   
  • Flash Snow 3.0 ( Flash 8 )
  • Falling Snow 2.0 ( Flash MX 2004 )
• Text Gradient Fills ( Flash 8 |