Flash Tutorials

Flash Player 10 Drawing API

Learn about the new drawing API features in Flash Player 10. New features include support for shaders, 3D perspective transformations, and object representations for all drawing APIs!

Getting Started with ActionScript 3.0 in Adobe Flash CS3

Start digging into ActionScript 3 using Adobe Flash CS3 and learn just how different it is from ActionScript 2.

Beginners Guide to Getting Started with AS3 (Without Learning Flex)

Flex 2 is here supporting a brand new version of ActionScript, ActionScript 3. Flash, however, is still a long ways off. Would you like to learn ActionScript 3 without learning Flex? Learn how to for free (without Flex Builder) in this tutorial.

Dealing With Flash Button Event Capturing

Find out how Flash treats button events for timeline instances and learn workarounds for dealing them.

Preloading in Flash

Learn the ins and outs of preloaders in Flash, how to make them, how they can go wrong, and gain the knowledge to make them so they won't go wrong.

Understanding the Transformation Matrix in Flash 8

Develop a better understanding of what the transform matrix does in Flash 8 and how you can best make use of it yourself.

Using senocular.com's Ease Class

Learn how to use the Ease class available here on senocular.com.

Depths in Flash MX

How depths function in Flash MX including the functions like attachMovie and removeMovieClip that deal with them.

Understanding the Color Object

Find out the details of Flash's Color Object, what it does and what its properties and methods mean.

Listeners and AsBroadcaster

Get a better understanding of how listeners work and how to enable your objects to add their own using AsBroadcaster.

Date Countdown Timer

Learn how to manipulate dates to create a countdown timer with Flash.

Flash Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Answers to common questions asked about Macromedia Flash and Flash Actionscript.