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! Your end result will be somthing like this:
STEP 1
Open a new actionscript 2 file, set the framerate to 30 and rename layer 1 to ‘cursor’. Create a new [...]
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a very simple yet effective flash countdown timer using actionscript 2. This is great for use in flash games or multimedia applications. The final result will be a countdown timer like this:
I will also show you how to make a standard game timer, with just [...]
In this tutorial I will show you how to make a VERY simple fade gallery in flash, 100% done in the timeline. This is the most simple way of creating this effect, useful for website headers, banners and general looping through images. Of course this can always be done using photoshop to make an animated [...]
In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to use motion guides. These basically create a ‘path’ that a movieclip will follow, without you having to animate all of the frames at turning points etc. Your final result will be something like this:
STEP 1
First off as always we need to set up our stage. [...]
For those of you who have completed the basic buttons tutorial, this will show you a few neat tricks to making you buttons look much more interesting, and you’ll want to play with them for hours! (Depending wether you have a girlfriend or not…) Anyway, here’s what you’ll end up with:
And heres how we make [...]
This is a question I have been asked before, and remember asking myself about 10 Months ago. I had heard them mentioned, but failed to see how they could be useful. How wrong I was! What we are going to do here is learn why frame labels are awesome, and just how useful they can [...]
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a button and add some interactivity for the user. Buttons have countless uses in flash, but in this tutorial we are going to focus on a simple on/off feature you can develop in your own way.
EXAMPLE <—- This is what you will end up [...]
Hello again! So far, we have covered basic shape tweens, creating movie clips and basic motion tweens all animated on the timeline. In these next few parts I will be showing you how to draw a basic flash vector face, apply some animation and allow the user control the animation using buttons.
This will be a [...]
Previously, we learnt how to create a basic shape tween on the stage and some basic navigation around the flash interface. But what other methods of creating movement on the stage are there? In this lesson we will learn how to create create a Movie Clip and add a motion tween.
STEP 1
Open up a new [...]
Welcome to the beginners guide to flash! I will (hopefully) be updating this tutorial section weekly (if not more), and as I learn more so will you! If there is anything you are unclear on just post a comment and ask, or if there is something specific you need to know just email me here.
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