Flash > Drawing and Basics

how to apply a water effect to some text using the mask layer.

Learning to use the blending filters in Flash 8 pro by making a glassy orb inside a metal ring.

An introduction to the basic concept of applying a mask, performing a test render and creating a cut out in Fluid Mask, a Photoshop plug-in.

Easing is an important part of Actionscripted(AS) motion. It adds a realistic feel by speeding up and slowing down an object depending on its position to its final destination. This tutorial will teach you the basics of easing by moving an object to where the mouse is (aka mouse trailing/following). This is probably the simplest form of easing.

This is the second edition of tutorials on easing, if you missed the first one, it can be found HERE. This tutorial will teach you the basics of easing by moving an object to where the mouse was clicked on the stage. Other than being an important part of AS motion, it just looks cool.

A style sheet is simply a collection of rules that specify how HTML (or XML) elements within your Flash movie or web page should be formatted. Styles for Flash can be loaded from an external CSS file or created in Flash itself using ActionScript.

Drawn clouds never look realistic. This tutorial will show you hot to create a realistic clouds from your drawings.

Unfortunately, Flash does not have any functionality for creating true 3D animations by itself, but if you know a few tricks, sometimes you can fake it. In this flash video tutorial, you will learn how to create a fake 3D rotating globe effect in Flash.

You are going to need Flash Professional 8 for this tutorial. In this video, you will learn how to use Flash 8's blending modes to create a circle that follows the cursor around on the stage, inverting the colors of the image in the layer below the circle.

Sometimes complex shape tweens can become a little out of control, even when we add all the shape hints we can think to add. In fact, sometimes the shape hints only serve to make things worse. In this flash 8 tutorial, you will learn a quick cheat that might fix some of the less desirable shape tween effects that might pop up.

Why can't I mask dynamic text or device fonts yell's the inspiring flash developer! It makes no sense! I can mask static text, why not dynamic text or device fonts? Well Macromedia has a somewhat of an explanation here, but I'm going to try and explain this the best I can.

Learn how to create an Analog Clock in Flash MX 2004. Live example and .Fla file also included.

Learn how to create a bouncing effect animation using Motion Tween and Shape Tween in Flash MX 2004. The .fla download file is also included at the end of the tutorial.

Learn how to create a simple circular Ripple effect in Flash MX 2004. Live example and .Fla file also included.

This tutorial you teach you how to create the a Preloader based off of using the Total Bytes action (function). This Tutorial is for Flash MX.