There is very little that will push users away quicker than a bulky Flash website with no preloader. Without a preloader, your users will have…
ActionScript 3 Tutorial – What Happened to getURL?
For those of you who are new to ActionScript 3, you might be wondering what happened to the getURL() function. It used to be so…
Papervision 3D
As a trainer, one of the questions I get a lot from beginners is “How do I do 3D in Flash?” And historically, I’ve always…
Tutorial – Using Sound in ActionScript 3
Lately it seems that everyone has become somewhat of a music snob. Everyone is convinced that his or her taste in music is perfectly objective…
Before There Were Keyframes
As I watched the goat leap gracelessly into the air, I thought to myself, “What an amateurish attempt at animation!” Where’s the anticipation, when the…
Flash CS3 Particle Effect Tutorial
7. Randomize the size and opacity. Randomizing the size and opacity of our particles involves just a couple simple lines of code that we’re going to…