Weekly Flash tutorial roundup #4

Flash tutorials, actionscript tutorials, 20 of them here to make you learn flash easier. You have some oldschool text tutorials and also flash video tutorials.

Creating a Preloader and Progress Bar in Flash

Ever since this site started covering Flash a few years ago, the topic of preloaders was always the one that was most popular. In case you do not know what a preloader is, it is a small animation or transition that plays while your main content is being loaded.

Rotation Movie text presentation in Flash

Using this thoroughly explained, detailed lesson, you will see how to create very attractive movie text effect. For this lesson, I will present a new 007 Movie – Quantum Of Solace. You can use this text rotation effect Whenever you need to present somethnig. You can alo use this presentation as any flash banner and header. Using this lesson, you will also learn how to rotate any text, how to use flash filters to make your presentation more powerful and much more!

Case study: building a puzzle game using AS3 and OOP

The game is a simple color match game. The goal is to order all colors by the color of the left column. Right now there are up to 6 colors but it can be easily extend to n colors.

Embedding Flash with SWFObject 2.0

Learn how to use SWFObject to embed Flash content into HTML pages.

Working with Sound Objects in Flash

This tutorial is meant to build from information presented in one section to the next. To get the most from this tutorial, it should be read from beginning to end. This tutorial will attempt to use ActionScript techniques that are familiar to the intermediate Flash programmer and that are easily grasped by the less experienced.

A Guide to Shading in Flash

A big bunch of requests came in after my first asking how I went about shading my stuff. In this guide, I’ll go through shading with simple 3 tone shading, using solid colour. I’ll assume that you have already read my first tutorial about the basics of flash vectoring. If not, give it a read!

Again, the methods used can be carried over to any other vector package. I prefer to use a combination of Flash and Illustrator, but do the bulk of the vectoring using Flash’s “organic” tools. Alright. Now that that is out of the way, let’s have some fun!

Basics of Papervision3D

This tutorial goes over the basics how to use the Papervision3D library.

Create a flash custom cursor – Actionscript 2

This is a quick tutorial to show you how to banish the standard mouse cursor and replace it with you own creation in two VERY simple steps.

Modern building appearance in Flash

Using this detailed, thoroughly explained lesson, you will see how to create very modern building appearance. You can use this appearance animation for any flash header, banner, when you like to present some object. You don’t have to use action script code to make this lesson. Using this lesson, you will also learn how to apply flash filters on building, how to use Advanced color options and much more.

How to Create a Quiz with Free Quiz Template in Flash

This article will demonstrate how to create a simple online quiz, complete with options for feedback, scoring and tracking, using free Flash quiz template. Please ensure you can manage to use Adobe Flash MX, Flash 8, Flash CS3, or Flash CS4 (http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/) before attempting this.

Building MMO Virtual Worlds in Flash

In this article we are going to discuss the architecture of a MMO(*) Virtual World featuring the typical community tools (avatar chat, buddy lists, shop, games, trading tools, etc…) found in applications of this genre. (Habbo Hotel, Mokitown, Club Penguin…)

Ethical SWF Decompiling

Learn how decompiling can help you understand what Flash does behind the scenes.

Flash CS4: Animation Workflow Warning

This is something I had meant to post for a while now, but didn’t, and after FlashCamp this past weekend, I regret having waited since I know a lot of people had problems with this…

I don’t know about you (and I know a lot of people are different), but every time I create a motion tween in Flash, I have a specific workflow. That workflow is, creating a symbol, adding a keyframe in the timeline at the end point of the tween (using F6), modifying the symbol at that location, then right-clicking in the generated span and selection “Create Motion Tween”. Tah-dah! a motion tween! Of course now, whenever I do that in CS4, the end result is a stagnant timeline that screams “You fail at life!”

Real Time Magnifying Glass Flash tutorial

Loading External Text in Flash Using AS3 URLLoader

Flash is capable of loading external textual content at run time using the ActionScript 3 URLLoader Class. Loading external text at run time is a technique used to create Flash movies which can be easily updated without the need to go back to the FLA. The URLLoader Class is responsible for loading all textual content and that include in addition to regular text files, XML, HTML, and CSS.

Simple Bad Word Filter in Flash

While searching for a bad word filter script for one of my flash projects I couldn’t really find a simple answer, there were loads of big looping scripts and over the top ways of doing this, but hopefully you will find this the simplest and most effective.

New HTC Touch HD animation in Flash

In this easy lesson, I will explain to you how to create new HTC Touch HD presentation in flash. You can use this presentation when you need to present some product. You can also use this animation for any flash banner. You don’t have to use action script code to make this lesson. Using this lesson, you will also learn how to apply flash 8 filters on picture, how to create mask layer and much more.