Color Matrix
You can use matrices to manipulate colors in Flash. Before Flash 8, the only way you could manipulate colors was by varyin …
Convolution Matrix
Flash 8 introduces some very powerful tools for manipulating bitmaps at the pixel level. Included in this list of to …
ActionScript is the scripting language used by Macromedia Flash. It makes your Flash content interactive. ActionScript provides a more …
Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Learning Guide: Overview
ActionScript is the scripting language for Macromedia Flash. It makes your Flash co …
About Script Assist
If you are uncomfortable writing ActionScript code or syntax, you might want to try using Script Assist mode in the …
ActionScript 2.0 Language Details
ActionScript 2.0 introduces several programming keywords and concepts, including classes, inheritance …
Understanding Data
Data refers to the numbers, strings, and other information that you can manipulate within Flash. Using data is usual …
About Syntax and Statements
Learning ActionScript syntax and statements is like learning how to put together words to make sentences, w …
Handling Events
Events are actions that occur while a SWF file is playing. An event such as a mouse click or a keypress is called a use …
Object-Oriented Programming
ActionScript 2.0 is fully object-oriented programming (OOP) language that provides several benefits to prog …
Introduction to ActionScript 2.0
As the scripting language for Macromedia Flash, ActionScript has evolved incrementally over many relea …
ActionScript 2.0 Language Details
ActionScript 2.0 introduces several new programming keywords and concepts, including classes, inherit …
Migrating from ActionScript 1.0 to ActionScript 2.0
The first thing to understand about updating existing (Flash MX) ActionScript to Ac …
Object-Oriented Programming
ActionScript 2.0 is fully object-oriented programming (OOP) language that provides several benefits to prog …
Note: The following article is an excerpt from Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript: Training from the Source by Derek Franklin and Jo …
ActionScript Matures to Version 2.0
If you’ve been involved with Flash for any length of time, you’ve seen it evolve from a …
Differences Between ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0
If you’re familiar with ActionScript 1.0, you’ll find that ActionScript 2.0 is …
Similarities Between ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0
Okay, up to this point we’ve only talked about everything that’s different be …
Why Learn ActionScript?
Today, if you’re a Flash developer, one thing is certain: animation skills, no matter how phenomenal, are …
ActionScript Elements
ActionScript is a language that bridges the gap between what you understand and what Flash understands. As such, …