One of the first daunting tasks that confronts most aspiring gamemakers is a simple one: making a character jump and land predictably. If you're gotten to this point and wonder what to do, you're in the right place. This video will teach you how to use Actionscript 3 in Flash ...more
Tom Green wraps up his Flash 3D series with this project which uses all of the functions he has covered in his previous tutorials. For more Adobe software tutorials from Layers Magazine, search Layers Magazine on WonderHowTo. WonderHowTo indexes all Layers Magazine tutorials ...more
Add subtle realism to your Flash cartoons by incorporating intermittent blinking. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration o ...more
If you find yourself viewing a lot of Flash content, you've probably seen a moving object or cursor that has a ghostly likeness trailing behind it. Have you ever wanted to create that effect yourself? Now you can, quickly and easily. This video will teach you how to create a g ...more
Blinking is one of the most basic things that mammals do, and making your animated characters do it properly will make them look much more natural and expressive. This Flash CS5 tutorial video will show you how to make an animated character blink using movie clips. Trust us, t ...more
In this video, you will see how to create a complete, simple XML gallery using Adobe Illustrator CS4. This tutorial is somewhere between intermediate and advanced level, so if you know a little bit about ActionScript you should be just fine. Whether you're new to Adobe's popul ...more
Learn how to create flowing glass rollover buttons. This clips takes a look at tweening in the timeline to create a seamless loop, using the pen tool a little, masking, and reversing frames. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web dev ...more
In this Flash CS4 video tutorial, learn how to animate 3D rotations using actionscript 3, as well as a demonstration of the new features in Flash CS4. Get started using the features in Flash CS4 with this visual guide given by this Flash expert.
This tutorial shows you how to import an external image into your Adobe Flash CS4 animation project using Action Script. Choose any image you like and incorporate it into your current project using the steps outlined in this tutorial. Part 1 of 2 - How to Load an external imag ...more
Looking to get into flash animation and not sure where to start? With this great video series you'll learn how to create a silly stick man animation that'll get your flash animation skills up and running! Go from the beginning to the end with these simple tutorials showing you ...more
See how to generate custom screensavers when working in Adobe Flash CS4. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration of the app ...more
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to k ...more
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to know how to use it. In ...more
Motion tweens are an important part of creating digital animation, and they work differently in Flash CS4 than in previous versions. This video tutorial teaches you how to use the new motion tweens to create great animation in adobe Flash CS4. It is much more intuitive than it ...more
This tutorial shows you how to code an intro sequence for the first page of your Flash-based website. You're also shown how to code a dynamic loader bar, so visitors can easily tell how long the content will take to load in their browser. Part 1 of 2 - How to Structure a Flash ...more
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to k ...more
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to k ...more
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to k ...more
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to k ...more
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to k ...more
This video tutorial will show you how to start animating using the basics in Adobe Flash CS4. This is basically just an introduction to Adobe Flash CS4. You will learn about the Welcome Screen, Defaults, Properties, Layouts, and Tools. Adobe Flash (previously called Macromedi ...more
Creating buttons in Flash CS4 is a similar process to what you used in Flash CS3. Using a more updated version of Adobe Flash, this tutorial demonstrates how can create your own Flash buttons and incorporate them into your animations and projects.
Want to animate a background you've designed for scrolling? See how to do just that using Adobe Flash CS4. See how to use the Code Snippets panel to add ActionScript functionalities to your Adobe Flash CS5 projects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platf ...more
Transition between menus in a Flash user interface when working in Adobe Flash CS4. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration ...more
Creating Flash animation is one of the most popular ways for beginning digital animators to cut their teeth. This video will teach you how to animate one fairly basic effect in Flash CS4, making text write itself out using a mask layer. For Flash beginners, this is a great way ...more
Use Flash CS4 to create a simple scene animation and then use Dreamweaver to include it into a web page. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this ...more
Flash CS4 has a lot of powerful new tools, and if you've used previous versions of the software it can be difficult to figure out how to use the new features. This video explains how to use one of the new features, the Deco tool, to animate cool backgrounds and other parts of ...more
See how to create armatures using the Adobe Flash CS4 Bone tool. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration of the application ...more
See how to create animated tilting button menus using the 3D rotation tool in Adobe Flash CS4. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particula ...more
See how to create a simple navigation bar with rollover buttons when working in Adobe Flash CS4. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particu ...more
Learn how to create a simple mute button for a movie or media player when working Adobe Flash CS4. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this parti ...more
This Adobe Flash CS4 tutorial shows you how to create a graphic symbol. Creating a graphic symbol lets you reuse the image in other projects, and set up a few other interactive and dynamic functions when you incorporate graphic symbols into your animations.
Make your own custom XML image gallery using Flash CS4 and a little bit of ActionScript. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iter ...more
Want to create simple animations in Adobe Flash CS4? Follow the bouncing ball. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration of t ...more
After you've created an animated character in Flash CS4, one of the first things that you are probably going to want to do is make them walk. This video will show you how to do so quickly and easily using motion tweens. Whether you are making a banana man or a model of Barack ...more
Syncing the lips of animated characters to dialogue is one of the most painstaking tasks that any animator has to perform, especially when working on the localization of foreign animated films. This video will teach you the basics of how to sync the lips of animated characters ...more
Here's how to make a simple animation you can apply in more complex animations - a bouncing ball. This tutorial shows you how to start a brand new project, and then how to create an animated bouncing ball in Adobe Flash CS4.
The typewriter effect is a popular text effect for games and movies that makes text appear letter-by-letter on the screen as if it is being typed as your watch. It's cumbersome for actual reading, but looks cool and old-school. This video will teach you how to create this effe ...more
This video tutorial will show you how use the 3D rotation tool in Flash CS4. The 3D rotation tool in Adobe Flash may be a bit tricky for people that are new to Flash, because if you just draw a square, you're not going to get anything. See exactly how to use the rotation tool. ...more
The CS4 version of Adobe Flash has altered the appearance and layout of your screen. If you draw often in Flash, this tutorial shows you how find and use the Smooth and Straighten functions efficiently and add them to a menu using the history and saving as a command.
In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to animate symbols with a bone tool in Adobe Flash CS4. Open up a stage in Adobe Flash and put say five oval symbols vertically like links in a chain. All the symbols are in one layer. Grab the bone tool from the right side, c ...more
The custom spray brush tool in Flash CS4 is a powerful one indeed. It allows you to spray colors in shapes governed by movie clips, which is very handy for making your paint brush tool match areas that you have to color in frequently. This video will show you how to use the to ...more
In this video, we learn how to create a free flash website using Wix. First, log online and go to "www.wix.com" and either create a screen name or log into your account. Now, click on "create" and choose a premade template or make one from scratch. Now, change the background t ...more
The Numeric Stepper component in Adobe Flash CS 4 is a small but very useful feature which allows users to select any number in a particular quantity - such as giving a birthday or indicating how many of a particular product they want to buy. Watch this tutorial to learn how y ...more
Build a simple looping walking animation by utilizing Adobe Flash CS5's bone tool and symbols. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particula ...more
Once you've created a walking animated character in Flash, if you want them to look realistic you're going to have to give them a shadow. This video will show you how to do just that using the same movie clip as your character, which is the easiest way to do it. Don't let your ...more
The bone tool is one of the most important tools in Flash for creating basic animations. It allows you to give your characters virtual bones which you can manipulate to make them move. This video tutorial will show you how to use the bone tool to create a simple animation of a ...more
The Color Picker component lets users change colors of a designated item - like choosing red lilies or white lilies in a Flash-based game. This tutorial demonstrates how to construct your items in ActionScript 3 and then attach them to the Color Picker function in Adobe Flash.
Updated from the old CS3 tutorial! This video demonstrates how you can set up a simple spin animation using the most recent version of Adobe Flash, Creative Suite 4. Start with a simple square animation, and then make it spin!
For loops throwing you for a loop? Don't fret. This free video tutorial will see to it that you know everything you need to know in order to understand and use for loops in your own Flash projects. For more information, including step-by-step instructions on how to code your o ...more
Video: . I'm a actionscripter who is learning all the time about the language. Here I am working on a panorama that scrolls according to the mouse in the direction left or right of center. All the fish are movie clips, or sprites. This is a work in progress, and I hope it will ...more
Using the new XFL file format in CS4 makes integration between After Effects and Flash better than ever. This Adobe CS4 tutorial will show you how to export a file from After Effects CS4 into Flash CS4 using the XFL format. See how to create content in After Effects CS4 for ex ...more
This tutorial shows you how to create a scroll bar for text on a website using Flash 8. Create a scroll bar on a website using Flash 8. Click through to watch this video on template-help.com
This tutorial shows you how to change stagnant text into a dynamic text field on a website using Flash 8. Create a dynamic text field for a website using Flash. Click through to watch this video on template-help.com
This tutorial shows you how to add the current date and time to a website in Flash 8. Set up current date and time on a website in Flash 8. Click through to watch this video on template-help.com
This tutorial shows you how to create masked text on a website in Flash 8. This type of effect allows you to hide part of an object or text and slowly reveal or "animate" it. Great for making spotlight kind of effects. Create masked text on a website using Flash 8. Click throu ...more
Allow visitors to your website to leave comments and feedback on your website with Flash and Action Script 3. This tutorial walks you through the process, also using PHP and MySQL, to create your guestbook and then add it to your website.
Add an extra level of functionality and user interactivity by adding sound to your menu buttons on your Flash-based website! This tutorial shows you how to create these sound files, and then incorporate them into your dynamic Flash-based menu by using the ActionScript code.
The Java windows can pop up and alert your user to important aspects of your website - such as receiving a forum message. This tutorial shows you how to make your own Java-style popup alert window using Action Script 3 and add it to your Flash-based website.
This tutorial shows you how to use the Math.random() in Flash 8 to display images randomly without making a user click on the image. The original template being modified required users to click the image to change it. Display images randomly on a website using Flash 8. Click t ...more