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So this AIR thing was released but I use Flash CS3… what now?
So even though I knew there was something released for Flash CS3 today, it might not be too obvious when it comes to actually finding out about it and installing it and such. Without further ado, what...
View ArticleLoading and displaying video in Flash CS3 using ActionScript 3.0, no more...
A pretty common thing to do with Flash is to play an FLV file. In ActionScript 2.0, you would do the following: 1. Create a new Video object in your Library (choose New Video from the Library’s Options...
View ArticleAdding more than one button to a FLA file while rocking it in ActionScript 3.0
So there have been a number of questions on my kinda recent post about making a button in Flash CS3 or Flash CS4 using ActionScript 3.0. I will do the next couple posts on how to do the things in the...
View ArticleSet Transformation Point and Reset Transformation Point in Flash CS3
When you right-click a symbol instance on the Stage in Flash, there are a couple new options that were added in CS3: “Set Transformation Point” and “Reset Transformation Point”. There’s not much out...
View ArticleCreating buttons that link to different scenes, and within a scene, using...
A common request in the comments is for information on how to create a button that links to a scene using ActionScript 3.0 in Flash CS4 or CS3. Luckily, it’s largely the same as creating a normal...
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(Flash CS3) Masking using ‘donut’ shapes within movie clips or with AS3 –...
You may have tried creating a shape that has a hole in it for a mask in Flash, and it may not have worked. Or maybe it did work and sometimes it didn’t, and you grew some extra gray hairs and threw...
View ArticleMovie clip buttons in a fight: it’s AS2 vs. AS3 (again)
You might have created movie clip buttons in Flash CS3 or Flash CS4 (or Flash 8 or 7 or…) before to get those animations on your buttons. Either way, creating one would have proceeded a bit like the...
View ArticleDownload this Flash command – Automatically name selected instances…...
So you have a bunch of instances on the Stage. Say you sprayed them using the new Spray Brush tool in Flash CS4, or maybe you just have a bunch of buttons in a menu that you need instance names for....
View ArticleControlling the window target a button click opens using ActionScript 3.0 in...
One of my frequently asked questions in the comments is how to control what window a button click opens using ActionScript 3.0. For example, you might want your button to open in the same window, a...
View ArticleButtons in Flash using ActionScript 3.0: Going to next frame and previous frame
Some people have been asking how to create button code in Flash (CS3, CS4, or CS5) that progresses the playhead in a SWF to the next or previous frame using ActionScript 3.0. This is not too difficult,...
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