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Flash and ActionScript

Introduction to Flash basic rules before beginning

Understanding Frames and Timelines description and screenshots of different types of frames: Placeholder frames, keyframes, regular frames and tweened frames.

Symbols, Tweening and Properties how to create a basic motion tween

Shape Tweens how to create a basic shape tween using objects or text

Text Effect #1: Split fade

Text Effect #2: Broken text (move letters individually or split text in half); example of this effect with the film PSYCHO

Text Effect #3: Jumpy-text; example of this effect from the film SEVEN

How to Import a Bitmap: bring a photograph into Flash

Intro to Sound: how to bring sound into Flash and adjust sound properties

Advanced Sound: how to use sound with load movie to create a jukebox

ActionScript I: Introduction Frame based actions vs. button actions

ActionScript II: Basic Actions Get URL, buttons and on mouse events

ActionScript III: Load movie and Unload movie

ActionScript IV: Creating a Preloader

ActionScript V: Communicating Between Timelines, by naming an instance of an mc (movie clip symbol) on the stage.

ActionScript VI: Draggable Images, drag an image on the screen

Download FLA source files

Download music loops for Flash

Flash Tutorials

See also Flash Software Help Index for exporting Flash content, using Flash with Dreamweaver, using the bandwidth profiler and controlling looping in movies.