Flash Developer Center

Creating a 3D button animation for Flash

Tom Green and Tiago Dias (July 17, 2007)
See how you can easily create short animations in After Effects and embed them in your Flash projects.

Mapping Flash video to 3D objects

Find out what it takes to map your videos to 3D objects using the Papervision 3D engine.

Creating animation in ActionScript 3.0

Jen deHaan (April 16, 2007)
Learn how to programmatically create motion effects to move, resize, transition, and fade movie clips easily in your Flash projects. (Updated for CS3)

Train Simple videos: Introduction to Flash game development

Train Simple and Jiro Ietaka (Feb. 5, 2007)
Learn some of the fundamentals necessary for building a Flash-based game that makes extensive use of ActionScript.

Spin objects in 3D space using Flash and After Effects

Tom Green (Oct. 18, 2006)
Learn how to use Flash to rotate an object around the vertical axis, and then dig into After Effects to create a rotation using the horizontal axis.

Creating self-voicing puzzles in Flash

Thea Eaton (July 24, 2006)
Make games accessible outside the browser by relying on system-level voices instead of screen readers.

Designing and Animating Characters in Flash

Breathe life into complex characters with these custom techniques and tips.

Basic Motion Tweens

Master the art of animating objects on the Flash Stage with
motion tweens.

Adding movement to graphics and characters is one of the core features of Flash. From motion tweens to ActionScript classes, explore the many ways to create and control animation in this learning guide.