Free Flash Tutorials
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As a service to web viewers, we have posted links to 108 free, high-content video FLASH tutorials from one of the best sources on the web. And they are all FREE!
Please check back often as we are constantly adding more Free Flash Video Tutorials as they become available.
See our links to 93 free video tutorials on Photoshop from the same source.
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But why Videos?
Videos are great at getting you up to speed on a particular topic very quickly. We've read our fair share of 1000 page technical books, and many of them are great, but sometimes you just need to see someone performing a task and listen to their explanation. As the old adage goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." As visual and audio learners, videos help us quickly understand 80% of what we need to know to get started, and after we have a fundamental grasp on a given technology, we can find the last 20% in the online help, in books or on the discussion forums.
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Propellor Effectfrom: LearnFlash.com Creating a spinning animation is very simple in Actionscript, taking only a few lines of code. So since it is so simple, we will take this tutorial one step further and show you how you can allow your users to control the spin and the direction of the spin using their arrow keys. |
Digital Clockfrom: LearnFlash.com Add a sleek element to your site and give your users a real time digital clock to keep time. Design the clock using action script and import into your site as an .swf. |
Adding Gravityfrom: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, we will discuss an effect that is overlooked a lot of the time, its called the ease effect. If you want your animation to stand out and have a better look and feel than the ease effect will help. |
Lightning Effectfrom: LearnFlash.com This is a great way to add some flavor to old photos or animations. A lot of Flash designers use this effect in many different ways and after this tutorial you will have a better understanding of how the Glow effect works. |
Shining Textfrom: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a looping text mask effect. This mask gives the effect of shining metal and is a great improvement to any banner or important text. |
Custom Cursorfrom: LearnFlash.com Create a custom cursor with your own image by simply using action script. This is popular flash effect and adds a level of interactive fun that will WOW your users. |
"Integrating Flash with XML" Previewfrom: LearnFlash.comIn this video, Craig will demonstrate how to add code to the 'next' and 'previous' buttons in order to cycle through the songs in your XML playlist. He also shows you how to automatically start playing the next song when the first song is finished playing. |
Glowing Textfrom: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a professional effect using very simple commands. Learn to create this effect using key-frames instead of action script. You will also learn how to break apart text so that we can edit and add effects. |
Text Flashfrom: LearnFlash.com
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Introduction to Building Games with Flash Previewfrom: LearnFlash.com
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"Introduction to Cartooning with Flash" Preview-1from: LearnFlash.com
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"Introduction to Cartooning with Flash" Preview-2from: LearnFlash.com In this cartoon, we have a ringing phone, and in order to make the cartoon more interesting, we're going to animate the phone receiver bouncing around on the cradle. In this video, Craig will show you how. |
Text Blurfrom: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you will learn to animate a custom text loop. This is a popular effect, and after this tutorial you will feel comfortable adding to text and graphics. |
Motion Guidefrom: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you will learn how to animate a graphic on a guided path using the motion guide. You will also learn how to place your graphic or movieclip on the correct points of the motion guide. |
Invisible Buttons and Soundfrom: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you will learn how to command sounds with invisible buttons. Add invisible buttons around objects that become interactive, and play sounds and songs. |
Classic Film Grainfrom: LearnFlash.com  Place this movie clip over artwork or an imported video to give it that classic scratchy look. This is a fun tutorial that will teach you some simple frame by frame tricks to create a professional grain look. |
Adding Flash Elements to Your Website" Previewfrom: LearnFlash.com  It’s time to replace the boring text link in the bottom-right corner of the home page with something that stands out a little better. In this video, Craig creates an animated button to take its place. |
"Flash CS3 Quickstart" Preview - Nine-Slice Scalingfrom: LearnFlash.com In this video, Craig introduces you to a new feature of Flash CS3 called 9-slice scaling. This method of scaling an object allows you use guides that allow for smarter resizing of objects. |
Create a catchy animation with text. This tutorial with teach you how to add a great effect using the glow filter within Flash 8.
In this chapter, you will learn how to use Flash to create your custom characters. Learn to use the line tool and the fill tool to easily design the Control and Hostile ships for this side scrolling game.
Depending on the style you're going for in your cartoon, you might want to add some shading to your characters to give them a sense of depth. In this video, Craig demonstrates some useful techniques as he adds shading to the robot character.
