Actionscript 3 Tutorials

CartoonSmart now teaches tons of Actionscript 3 tutorials. All videos are high quality and in Quicktime Format. Here's a rundown of the Actionscript 3 courses we teach.... Learn the Basics of Actionscript 3.0 using Flash CS3. At a glance, this tutorial teaches... Basic Property Changes, Programming Buttons, Listener Events, Navigate to URL's, Object Scope, Detecting Object Collisions, Using GetChild commands, Motion Tweening with Script, Text Fields and Embedding Fonts, Replacing the Mouse Cursor , Loading External SWF's, JPG's, Gif's, PNG's, Attaching Movieclips at Runtime, Using If Statements, Functions, and Variables, Programmably Moving or Dragging Objects, Using Sprite Objects instead of Movieclips. This tutorial teaches a lot of the most commonly used code so those of you familiar with Actionscript 2 don't have to bang your head against the wall for much longer. And if you've never written Actionscript before, this lesson is perfect for you as well. Excellent for beginners!

How to Program a Flash Rotating Carousel Gallery for and Actionscript 3 -Thumbnail links can be setup to jump to another frame, another URL, or load larger images. -Thumbnail orbit can optionally be tied into the mouse location to create a 3D effect (roll mouse above) -Change the number of thumbnails orbiting PLUS instead of thumbnails, you can use anything! -Thumbnails can be faded or blurred out in the background (optional if using Flash 8 or CS3) -Completely customizeable. Easily change thumb sizes and orbit, scrolling speed, mouse-over areas, colors, etc

Using Actionscript 3, MYSQL, and PHP to create and program an Ecard. Learn to program a Flash Ecard system using Actionscript 3 or Actionscript 2 , and connect to a MySQL database using PHP. This Flash Ecard tutorial teaches how to capture and store input text as well as x and y locations for objects, so the card can be customized using drag and drop methods to "dress up" characters or move around movieclips for other reasons. Also sending the card to an email address is possible, but optional. Cards can be generated without sending to an email address. After creating the card, a URL is displayed for the card location. Capturing a From email address is also possible, but not recommended.

Learn to program a Flash based Mp3 music player using Actionscript 3. The tutorial and features list includes... Dynamically load track locations from a text document (or simply write them in the Flash file). Easily update your player without republishing by simply editing file names (like "track1.mp3" ) in a text document. Use ID3 tags (embedded meta-data) in the MP3 file to display track name, artist, album and year. All this player requires is the location of your MP3 file, you do NOT have to specify the track info yourself. * Change the audio balance by sliding between the left and right speakers. This is the first two types of sliders you'll learn to programm, the volume slider is the second. * Minimize or Maximize the player (using that triangle in the bottom right). Switch the player to a more compact mode while not choosing tracks. You can decide how much you want to mask out. * Spectrum bars animate based on highs and lows of the left and right speakers. Yes finally a player with working spectrum bars. You can adjust the visuals for this to look however you want. * You always have the option to change the visual appearance of the player. Tint it, stretch it, brand it, do whatever you want to the player art. * Drag it! The entire player can be repositioned by dragging the shell.

Learn to program a dynamic scrolling gallery for Flash using Actionscript 3 and Actionscript 2. Thumbnails are loaded dynamically from a folder outside of the .swf file. When viewers click on the thumbnail a larger version of the image is also loaded externally. This Flash tutorial teaches both Actionscript 3 and Actionscript 2. Key features include... -Dynamically load thumbnails and larger-sized images from external folders.Simply tell the Flash file how many files to load, and a base file name (like "universe.jpg") then publish and upload! -Load images (JPG, PNG, GIF ) or other Flash files (.SWF) -Thumbnail links can be setup to jump to another frame, another URL, or load larger images (as above). Each thumbnail link can run a different Action. The example above only loads images, but you can program links to do anything. -Completely customizeable. Easily change thumb sizes, scrolling speed, mouse-over areas, colors, etc.Remember, you're buying training, not just a template. By the end of the videos you'll know exactly how to modify the Flash files.

This two part lesson covers the Drawing API using both Actionscript 3 (in Flash CS3) and Actionscript 2 (in Flash 8). The Drawing API allows you to create shapes using only code. So don't let the word "Drawing" in the title of this lesson confuse you. The traditional Flash drawing tools are totally off limits. Part one covers the basics of creating shapes (circle, squares, etc) and scripted filters (bevels, blurs, glows, etc). Part two teaches various ways to animate them. A note about the code: Most of the line-by-line programming and code explanations will be covered using Actionscript 3. At the end of each example, we'll look at the same code using Actionscript 2. For the most part, its very similar.