ActScript 2.0 Stop & restart animation

ActScript 2.0 Stop & restart animation .swf files loop by default, if the timeline is more than one frame. With simple actionscript you can control and navigate a frame-by-frame animated sequence.

Layer Masks

Layer Masks Layer masks create a viewing window to the layer(s) behind it. Manipulating the mask can create certain effects or animation without editing the object or layer directly.

ProgBar Actionscript

Progress Bar Preloader Actionscript. Preloaders indicate the rate at which a file is being downloaded or displayed. This tutorial shows the actionscript 2.0 method to create such a progress bar. Go to the Flash Files section to download the actual .fla file. Make sure to check out the other tutorial on progress bars to help create the correct components.

Progress Bar Preloader

Progbar Preloader Viewing and loading files on the web often takes time, especially multimedia. Progressbar preloaders are important to show the viewer that content is coming. This tutorial is the first of two tutorials that will show you how to create and code a preloader. It will show you how to make a graphical and numerical representation of downlaod progress of the file.

Intro to Movie Clips

Intro to Movie Clips A tutorial covering the very basics of Movie Clips. Movie clips offer the ability to nest time-lines within time-lines. It also is an important part of creating interactive flash elements later with actionscript and important to know about.

Motion Tween Fading in & out

Motion Tween Fading In & Out A short tutorial showing how to make an object or a photo fade in and out using a motion tween. Pressing F8, turn the object into a graphic. In the properties panel under the 'color' area set one frame of the object to a desired alpha and change it in another frame. A motion tween will tween between the two attributes creating a fade in or out effect.

Motion & Shape Tweens

Motion & Shape Tweens This episode is a very basic introduction to shape tweens and motion tweens.

Shape tweens can allow you to give the impression that an object morphs into another. Motion tweens are used when the same object merely changes location or minor attributes (such as alpha).