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Flash Tutorials


Flash Tutorials are a great way to learn more coding and design strategies and principles of Flash. Below is our collection of articles and tutorials where you should be able to find the right Flash tutorial to suit your need.

Flash Race Car Tutorial
Dec 15th by Matt Carpenter

This tutorial will teach you the basics of making a keyboard controlled racecar in Flash. You could apply this to a spaceship, a gorilla or whatever else you want to control with your keyboard.
Flash Momentum Tutorial
Dec 15th by Matt Carpenter

This tutorial will show you how to make items in Flash "throwable" using Actionscript. So if you like throwing things around, this is the tutorial for you.
Customized Cursor in Flash MX 2004
Apr 13th by Oleg Lazarenko

You want to create an advanced presentation or a shooter game? Need a cursor in the shape of a target or simply tired of dull default cursors? No problem! With this easy tutorial you will be able to change the cursor in your flash presentations to anything you want.
Dropdown Menu in Flash MX 2004
Apr 13th by Oleg Lazarenko

Learn how to make dropdown menus with Macromedia's Flash MX 2004. This tutorial outlines the process with screenshots to help guide you through.
How to Change the Movie Visibility Using Action Script in Flash MX 2004
Apr 6th by Oleg Lazarenko

Movie clip has a lot of properties and many of them may be changed using action script coding. I want to teach you how you may influence the visibility of your movie clip.
Changing Colors for the Flash Movie in Flash MX 2004
Apr 6th by Oleg Lazarenko

You need you movie clip changed color? Piece of cake! This tutorial will show you how to change movie color using simple actions script technique.
Using Symbols in Flash
Apr 4th by Darren W. Hedlund

In Flash, a symbol represents a movie clip, button or graphic that you have created. Symbols make it easier to use the same object over and over again without having to re-create it, which is a waste of time. In this section, we will learn how to create, modify and remove symbols you have created.
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004
Mar 21st by Oleg Lazarenko

This tutorial is for people who want to know how to set up customized right click menu for Flash MX 2004. Why somebody needs the customized right click menu in Flash MX? Imagine you want to protect your work with copyright information or just include your website address so everyone who saw that movie could visit your...
Creating a Professional Looking Animated Preloader
Mar 16th by Oleg Lazarenko

Learn a quick and professional way to create an animated preloader that lets your user know the progress site's loading process.
Flash 5 Tutorial
Mar 15th by SiteownersDesign.com

Flash is a vector graphic based application. It is used worldwide to produce movies, animation, presentations and more. You can use it to create presentations for your company, equipped with an up to date database to show the right information at the right time to creating a button for your web site. An example would be a...
Flash MX 2004 Layers and Animation Explained
Mar 15th by Oleg Lazarenko

This tutorial is for people who want to know the basic techniques of layers manipulation and animation creating.
Building Easy Text or Images Scrolling with Flash MX 2004
Mar 15th by Oleg Lazarenko

There are many websites in the Internet built using Macromedia Flash technology. You probably saw different types of scrolling on those websites. I would like to show you one of the easiest ways to create a scroll bar with the mask. It may be used not only for text scrolling but you may also put images into that scrolling.
Using the Flash Toolbar
Dec 3rd by Darren W. Hedlund

One of the things I really like about Flash is how easy it is to draw basic animation with the tools provided. Let's take a look at these tools:


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