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Extend this customizable video player which shows multiple videos on the same web page without the need for multiple SWFs.
Learn from this sample which demonstrates how the FLVPlayback component and related ActionScript 3.0 events play and loop a video.
Saving Flash graphics as image files at runtime
Clive Goodinson (Sept. 29, 2008)
Learn how to programmatically generate static image files using the graphic content in a Flash project.
Flash 411: Getting your video questions answered
Lisa Larson-Kelley (Aug. 25, 2008)
Take the fear out of using Flash for delivering outstanding video on the web by watching these introductory overviews.
Learning Flash in a flash
John Schuman (Aug. 18, 2008)
Follow this video training series that takes you through a fun Flash project from start to publish, including working with symbols, creating and controlling animations, adding audio, creating buttons, and video.
Six reasons to use ActionScript 3.0
Lee Brimelow (Aug. 18, 2008)
Find out about the benefits of using ActionScript 3.0 in your Flash projects.
Beginner's guide to streaming live video with Flash Media Server 3
Tom Green (July 28, 2008)
Create a live video stream from your webcam or other source using Flash and Flash Media Encoder.
MAX 2008
Connect with thousands of Adobe users, experts, and staff for four days of education and inspiration.
Developer Spotlight: Focus on creative agencies
Meet Chester Chipperfield, picked for his use of Flex, Flash, and Adobe AIR to deliver digital projects for creative agencies.
In the Flash community
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Getting Started
Using Flash for the first time
Build a simple animated banner in Flash and add it to a web page using Dreamweaver.
Flash learning guides
New to Adobe Flash? Learn how to use the various features of Flash by drilling down on specific topics:
New Flash ActionScript 3.0 samples
Learn about Flash by doing: These samples demonstrate features common in Flash development. Investigate how each was constructed, explore the graphics and timelines in the FLA files, and examine the ActionScript code in the associated AS files.
Learning Flash in a flash
John Schuman (Aug. 18, 2008)
Follow this video training series that takes you through a fun Flash project from start to publish, including working with symbols, creating and controlling animations, adding audio, creating buttons, and video.
Steps to getting started
Follow these simple steps to start building Flash content and applications:
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Download and install Flash CS3 Professional.
Get started using the trial version of Flash CS3 Professional. Most tutorials require Flash CS3 Professional, although some apply still to Flash Professional 8. If you are already familiar with Flash 8, read about all the new features in Flash CS3 Professional and how they compare to similar features in Flash 8, or how they have changed.
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Learn about Flash.
Find out what's new: Richard Galvan, product manager, writes about some of the latest features and Jonathan Duran, Flash quality engineer, talks about his favorite new features in Flash. Watch a short video tutorial that shows you the main parts of the Flash interface, including how to set up the workspace, work with the Stage, and create and open documents.
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Familiarize yourself with Flash Help.
In Flash, select the Help menu, visit the Flash documentation page, or use Flash LiveDocs. The same Help documentation can be found in all three areas.
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Build your first Flash project.
Read this article to create a simple Flash docuent: creating an FLA file, adding a simple animation, and publishing your work using Flash. Watch Jen deHaan's video tutorial to create your first working, interactive FLA file. Learn about the core concepts of Flash: document creation, importing, text, frames, assets, and simple ActionScript.
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Watch and learn with video tutorials.
Watch the Flash in a Flash series on Adobe TV to learn the fundamentals of working with Flash, including working with symbols, creating and controlling animations, adding audio, creating buttons, and video. Also check out the targeted video tutorials in the Adobe CS3 Video Workshop.
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Develop basic skills with the Flash learning guides.
Get a guided approach to learning integral Flash features. Flash learning guides cover video, graphic effects, ActionScript components, and animation.
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Master the finer points of Flash.
Browse the tutorials and articles in the Flash Developer Center—whether you want to comp an interactive design project, create animation in ActionScript 3.0, skin Flash components, or explore video templates and tutorials.
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Take apart our sample files.
Examine the Flash ActionScript 3.0 sample files, which demonstrate various features common in Flash development. Some samples are complete applications, while others simply introduce a concept that you can use to build your own apps.
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Communicate with other Flash users through our community resources.
Find a Flash user group and connect with Flash resources.
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Get inspired by others.
Find out from Rob Ford what some of the best Flash experiences were in 2007 to help inspire your own projects.
Submit your feedback about the Developer Center.
Quick Starts
Flash Quick Starts illustrate some of the key features in Flash CS3 Professional and ActionScript 3.0. Start here to learn how to perform common tasks in ActionScript 3.0.
Flash video
The Flash video format makes it possible for almost anyone to view video that you put on a web page. To take full advantage of this technology, understand the FLV file format and learn how to put a video player in your Flash application.
ActionScript 3.0
As the programming language of the Flash Player runtime, ActionScript enables efficient programming of Flash applications. By repackaging commonly used classes and objects as easily accessible APIs, ActionScript 3.0 provides faster, more direct access to the functionality you need for your applications.
User interface components
These ActionScript 3.0 class objects implement commonly used web page user interface elements. Accelerate website development by using these components that you can easily plug in and customize.
- Using the Button component
- Using the Label component
- Getting started with Flash CS3 user interface components
- Creating, populating, and resizing the DataGrid component
- Customizing and sorting the DataGrid component
- Filtering and formatting data in the DataGrid component
- Displaying images with the TileList component
More getting started content
Getting started with Flash
Follow these simple steps to get started building Flash content and applications, then learn from the pros by watching targeted video tutorials in the Adobe CS3 Video Workshop.
Flash learning guides
New to Adobe Flash? Learn how to use the various features of Flash by drilling down on specific topics:
Samples
One of the quickest ways to learn Adobe Flash is to look at existing sample files to see how they are built. This page contains links to several Flash samples, with instructions on how to use them.
Flash ActionScript 3.0 samples
New Flash ActionScript 3.0 samples
Learn about Flash by doing: These samples demonstrate features common in Flash development. Investigate how each was constructed, explore the graphics and timelines in the FLA files, and examine the ActionScript code in the associated AS files.
Puzzle Game
Start this Flash sample application with eight randomly positioned puzzle pieces, and then solve the puzzle by arranging them so they form an image.
Many topics in the Flash documentation books—Using Flash, Learning ActionScript 2.0, and Programming ActionScript 3.0—refer to samples. You can download those samples to get started using Flash.
Flash video samples
Check out updated Flash video templates
Download and explore these sample files with video clips to learn about the video authoring capabilities of Flash.
Examining the ActionScript 3.0 Flash video gallery source files
Take a look at the source files for this popular video gallery project, now updated for Flash CS3 Professional.
Creating a video player using the state design pattern and ActionScript 3.0
Learn about design patterns from this simple state machine that starts and stops a video, and then adapt it to run on Flash Media Server 2 by adding more states and player controls.
Flash ActionScript 2.0 samples
Creating web photo galleries in ActionScript for use with Adobe digital imaging software
Use the Adobe Media Gallery XML specification and open source gallery code to customize Flash-based digital photo and video albums.
Creating self-voicing puzzles in Flash
Make games accessible outside the browser by relying on system-level voices instead of screen readers.
Legacy samples
If you are using earlier versions of Flash (MX and MX 2004), you can find sample files here:
- Sample files (Windows) (ZIP, 5 MB)
- Sample files (Mac OS) (ZIP, 7 MB)
Downloads
Download the trial of, and software updates to, Flash CS3 Professional.
Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Professional
Adobe (Feb. 25, 2008)
Package and preview .air application files from within Adobe Flash CS3 Professional.
Updates
Flash updates
Get the latest updates and additions to Flash.
Flash Exchange
Browse and download extensions for Flash, or create and post your own.
Trial downloads
Community
Share your development knowledge, see what other developers are creating, and ask your coding questions in the Flash development community.
Find a Flash user group
| Location | Name | Website |
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| Alberta, Canada | Calgary Adobe Flash User Group (CAFUG) | http://www.flashcalgary.org/ |
| Alberta, Canada | Edmonton Flash User Group (eFUG) | http://efug.org/ |
| Arizona | Flash and Multimedia User Group (FMUG) | http://gotoandstop.org/ |
| Brazil | Adobe User Group Rio Grande do Sul |
http://www.augrs.com |
| Brighton, UK | FlashBrighton | http://www.flashbrighton.org/ |
| British Columbia, Canada | Vancouver Flash User Group |
http://www.flashinvan.com/ |
| California | Los Angeles Flash Industry Professionals |
http://www.laflash.org |
| Denmark | Danish Flash User Group (DFUG) | http://www.flashforum.dk/ |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Flash Adobe User Group | http://www.in2flash.com/ |
| Indiana | Indiana University Flash User Group |
http://www.indiana.edu/~iufug/ |
| Manitoba, Canada | Flash in the Peg |
http://www.flashinthepeg.org/ |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Flash User Group |
http://www.flashmn.com |
| New York | FlashCodersNY |
http://flashcodersny.org/ |
| Online only | Sierra Flash Adobe User Group | http://www.flashusersgroup.org/ |
| Ontario, Canada | Toronto's Flash User Group (FlashinTo) |
http://www.flashinTO.com |
| Pennsylvania | Pittsburg Adobe Flash User Group (PittMFUG) | http://pittmfug.blogspot.com/ |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Flash User Group | http://sanflashcisco.com/ |
| Switzerland | Swiss Flash User Group (SFUG) |
http://www.sfug.ch |
| Texas | Houston Adobe User Group (HoustonAUG) | http://www.houstonaug.org/ |
| Washington | Seattle Flash User Group | http://www.seattleflashusergroup.com/ |
Find a Flash user group
Get involved with like-minded Flash developers in your local area.
Don't see a Flash user group in your area? Apply to start one! The requirements for starting an official Adobe Flash user group are very basic: you must have an active website dedicated to the group and you must hold a monthly user group meeting. That's all!
If you are interested in applying to start a Flash user group in your area:
- Fill out an application.
- Start building your user group site and start planning your first meeting.
- E-mail the program contact, Rachel Luxemburg, for more information.
Connect with Flash resources
Engage with the Flash community using the following resources.
Flash Design Center
Learn the latest in digital design and motion graphics. Check twice monthly for fresh tutorials and articles, and inspirational gallery pieces.
Flash support forums
Looking for the answer to a specific question you have about Flash? Post your question to the forums to get help from Adobe Community Experts and others in the Flash community.
Flash Adobe Community Experts
Get to know the Community Experts for Flash, or converse with them on the Flash forums.
Flash Exchange
Browse and download extensions for Flash, or create and post your own.
Flash LiveDocs
Access Flash documentation and add your own comments to it.
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Flash blogs
Read what people are saying about Flash in developer blogs.
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Learn from the Flash community
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Attend a conference in person, or take one of our online seminars to learn more about Flash.
