Flash Professional tutorials and articles
Synchronization and captions in video for Flash
Adobe (Feb 22, 2011)
Get an overview of the key concepts involved in content synchronization and captioning.
Extending custom classes with methods
Doug Winnie (Feb 15, 2011)
Learn about the class-specific function known as a method. (6:18)
Using the Flash OSMF Media Player template
Dan Carr (Feb 14, 2011)
Deploy and customize this simple, robust media player to synchronize the display of different graphic media and video elements.
Working with custom classes
Doug Winnie (Feb 08, 2011)
Learn about the usefulness of customized classes in object-oriented programming in Flash Professional CS5. (3:38)
Custom classes for object-oriented programming
Doug Winnie (Feb 01, 2011)
Learn more about creating customized classes and how a class constructor works for custom classes. (5:47)
Modifying simple graphics in Flash
Katherine Ulrich (Jan 27, 2011)
Use the selection, lasso, and subselection tools to select and modify the elements in Flash, and see how the Property inspector modifies elements' attributes. (Excerpted from Flash Professional CS5 for Windows and Mac: Visual QuickStart Guide.)
Creating symbols in Flash
Adobe (Jan 27, 2011)
Select the different parts of the imported Adobe Illustrator graphic and convert the various pieces to symbols. (Excerpted from Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book.)
Adding ActionScript using code snippets in Flash CS5
Adobe (Jan 27, 2011)
Use prebuilt chunks of ActionScript 3 code that you can easily add to your projects and modify to suit your purposes. (Excerpted from ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Classroom in a Book.)
Character animation with scripting for Flash CS5
Chris Georgenes and Justin Putney (Jan 27, 2011)
Build a character by working with symbols, the building blocks of Flash. (Excerpted from Animation with Scripting for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Studio Techniques.)
Document classes in object-oriented programming
Doug Winnie (Jan 25, 2011)
Learn in this video how to associate a Flash project to the Document class and create the class using ActionScript 3. (5:58)
Controlling web video with ActionScript 3 FLVPlayback programming
Dan Carr (Jan 24, 2011)
Use ActionScript 3 to create your own controls for loading, starting, looping, seeking, and stopping video playback.
Creating custom components
Adobe (Jan 18, 2011)
Create your own custom-built components or install third-party components using Adobe Extension Manager.
Examining ActionScript 2 components
Adobe (Jan 18, 2011)
Explore the four sets of ActionScript 2 components: data, media, user interface, and video.
Examining ActionScript 3 components
Adobe (Jan 18, 2011)
Explore the set of user interface components, a set of video components, and a new component designed to integrate Flash content with the Flex framework.
Object-oriented programming
Doug Winnie (Jan 18, 2011)
Learn about the role that classes play in an object's behavior. (2:21)
Migrating from ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3
Dan Carr (Jan 17, 2011)
Get an overview of key concepts that will help you migrate your applications to ActionScript 3.
Animating with ActionScript 3
Buck DeFore (Jan 17, 2011)
Learn the the most popular and useful ways to use ActionScript in Flash Professional to create animations, including animating with frame events, animating with the Tween class, animating with Motion XML, and sequencing animations.
Physical computing with Arduino: Accelerometers
Kevin Hoyt (Jan 04, 2011)
Learn in this video how to enhance your Flash apps with accelerometers, found in phones and game controllers, which detect the tilt of a surface. (8:40)
Creating your first Flash Professional CS5 document
Adobe (Dec 22, 2010)
Never used Flash before? Follow these simple steps to create a FLA file, add a simple animation, and publish your work in Flash Professional.
Lip-syncing automatically with SmartMouth in Flash Professional
Justin Putney (Dec 20, 2010)
Leverage the SmartMouth and FrameSync extensions to automate the process of lip-syncing characters in Flash animations.
