Every story has to start somewhere, and in this story we begin with our good friend Sir Isaac Newton. Newton's theories have been, and are still the primary theories studied to understand the way things happen around us. In this series of tutorials we are going to explore various aspects of physics....

One of the cool things with Flash 5 is the ability to hide the cursor. However as many people will tell you this can cause some issues with usability. One of the things with the internet and the cursor is that people get used to having the cursor change once it moves over an area that is "hot" (ie.....

In this tutorial, we are going to add a nice effect like the one below. This effect works particularly well industrial and robotic images as well as objects with curves and fluid lines.

Step 1: Type the text you're gonna dissolve on it's own separate layer. It's good to name this layer so you don't get it confused with other stuff in your movie. Step 2: Convert your text into a movie clip symbol. Either click Insert> Convert to Symbol, or press F8. Name it something like ....

This won't exactly teach you how to make a flash version of virtua - cop but, it's a basic way to make a first person shooter, with a hand that moves - adding a bit more realism to the game. My art work is rubbish - but that...

This is a comprehensive and detailed tutorial on creating a Zoom Blur Effect for using when transitioning from one picture to another. Lets Get started. 1- First decide what images you want to be zoomed in and out of.....

This is the first part of the ActionScript for Newbies series of tutorials. In this tutorial we'll be covering the basics of ActionScript. Stuff you'll need to know before you use ActionScript. I wrote this tutorial using Flash MX Professional 2004 but everything will apply for Flash MX and most .....

Flash's programming language ActionScript is used in a plethora of instances ranging from graphical use right up to technical backend database integration (along with other languages). In this tutorial I will discuss how to create a 1-bit encryption program using ActionScript -for the those who wan....

Masking, in itself, is a very simple process. You take one image, (the mask), and you stick something under it, (the masked). Whatever the shape of the mask is, is how the masked will look. Kinda like cutting a shape out of a piece of paper and laying the paper cutout on top of another sheet of a di...

Motion tweening was introduced into flash as an alternative to more traditional methods such as keyframe animation, which was outlawed because of its limits and boundaries. Tweening for flash covered leaps and bounds because it allowed the user to use flash as an automation. When one would tween, fl...