Macromedia Flash Tutorials

Drawing in Flash: The Drawing Tools

The Drawing Tools
The Pen Tool
Now that you’ve found the Tools panel, you’re ready to begin. The first tool you’ll us …

Drawing in Flash: Drawing a House

Drawing a House
Open a new document by selecting File > New, selecting Flash Document, and clicking OK.
You’re ready to begin …

Drawing in Flash: Completing the Scene

Completing the Scene
Making sure you’re on the Windows layer of your timeline, draw a few windows. Hold the Shift key down to mak …

Flash 8 Best Practices

Macromedia Flash designers and developers must structure applications in a way that is intuitive and beneficial to themselves as well a …

Structuring FLA Files

Structuring FLA Files
Creating FLA files that are consistent makes it easier to work with Flash on a regular basis. It is not uncommon …

Organizing ActionScript in an Application

Organizing ActionScript in an Application
One of the most important aspects about programming is consistency, whether it relates to var …

Behaviors Conventions

Behaviors Conventions
Behaviors are prewritten code snippets that can be instantly added to parts of a FLA file. The introduction of be …

Screens Conventions

Screens Conventions
Screens let you organize and develop applications using a unique way of arranging assets, which can dramatically re …

Video Conventions

Video Conventions
The use of video in Flash 8 has improved from earlier versions of Flash, and the number of websites using FLV has dra …

Projects and Version Control Guidelines

Projects and Version Control Guidelines
Projects in Flash introduce a way for members on a team to work together on a single Flash appl …

Guidelines for Creating Flash Applications

Guidelines for Creating Flash Applications
The best way to create different Flash applications depends on the application you create an …

Guidelines for Accessibility in Flash

Guidelines for Accessibility in Flash
Screen readers are complex, and you can easily encounter unexpected results in FLA files develope …

Advertising with Flash

Advertising with Flash
Many opportunities exist for creating interactive and engaging advertisements using SWF files. Adobe recommends …

Optimizing FLA Files for SWF Output

Optimizing FLA Files for SWF Output
SWF file performance is important, and you can improve performance when you create your FLA documen …

Using Flash: Adding Symbols, Animation, and Ac ...

Macromedia Flash – Adding Symbols, Animation, and ActionScriptWelcome to Part 2 of this three-part introduction to Macromedia Fla …

Using Flash: Adding Text

Macromedia Flash – Adding Text
You need to add some text to your banner for decorative purposes. You can add several types of tex …

Using Flash: Creating a Symbol

Macromedia Flash – Creating a Symbol
A symbol is an object that you create in Flash. As you discovered in Part 1, a symbol can be …

Using Flash: Adding Animation to the Timeline

Macromedia Flash – Adding Animation to the Timeline
You have already used the Timeline in Part 1 of this tutorial to insert new l …

Using Flash: Creating a Button

Macromedia Flash – Creating a Button
When you create a banner, you need to let your user click anywhere in the banner area and op …

Using Flash: Writing Simple Actions

Macromedia Flash – Writing Simple Actions
You need to add some simple ActionScript to your banner in order for the invisible butt …

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