I’ve managed to create button areas on a Flash swf file (in Flash 8)with images behind them (so when the mouse pointer goes over a defined area, an image pops up)- only thing is now I need to find a way of making the images “fade in” (or have another good transitional / “soft” effect) when the mouse pointer rolls over the button area. Anyone know how this can be done?

Read the Tutorial: Fade-in or other effects for Flash buttons?

Tips on flash levels { _root } against { _parent }. How to go through it.

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In this tutorial I’m presenting you a little weather widget, that could come handy for travel websites, or our personal page. If you make some changes on the code, you could show a different interface on your website, according to the weather on your city. Pretty cool stuff. We gonna connect weather.com XML data file with our flash widget. Weather.com offers us a free service to do that.

Read the Tutorial: Creating a Weather Widget with XML and AS3

In this tutorial I’m presenting you a little weather widget, that could come handy for travel websites, or our personal page. If you make some changes on the code, you could show a different interface on your website, according to the weather on your city. Pretty cool stuff. We gonna connect weather.com XML data file with our flash widget. Weather.com offers us a free service to do that.

Read the Tutorial: Creating a Weather Widget with XML and AS3

Read the Tutorial: Embedded MP3 Audio Player

This tutorial will show you how to load a random image onto your web page. Every time a user browsers your page a new picture will display. This can be used to make your site look fresh and dynamic or to deliver different messages or ads campaigns.

Read the Tutorial: Using Flash to Load a Random Image

Let’s extend this tutorial a little bit. What I needed was just a small variation on Lee’s gallery. Previous and next buttons change images from 0 index to array length index. When end is reached button don’t do anything. I wanted to change this so when I reach last image in the array click on next button will bring me first image in the array and also, when first image is displayed click on the previous button will bring me last image in the array.

Read the Tutorial: extended Flash XML tutorial

This tutorial was created by Bri Lance, a friend of flashandmath.com. The tutorial uses the same technique of a 3D flip as in our tutorial Flipping a Card Applet in Terms of AS3 Custom Classes. Bri introduces a new and important element: it is movie clips that are being flipped and not bitmaps.

Read the Tutorial: AS3 Widgets Flipping in 3D

In one implementation of the QuickTime VR format, known as QTVR Object Movies, the user can click-and-drag an image to seemingly rotate it, as if spinning the real-life object on a lazy Susan. This simulated 3D interactivity can improve multimedia curb appeal, and makes for a nifty way to showcase merchandise. But it doesn’t stop there: the same basic principle can also bring click-and-drag responsiveness to short video sequences and even user input widgets, such as the click-and-scrub input fields of numerous Adobe dialog boxes

Read theTutorial: Building Click-and-Rotate Content in Flash - Part 1

Sometimes, when you’re coding a Flex application, don’t you just wish you could use a Flash animation, right there? And in Flash, don’t you sometimes wish you could use that one class in Flex, or that one component, which would make your life so much easier? It is at such times that a developer encounters the limitations of their tools, be it in Flex or in Flash. This series aims to explore the possibilities inherent in an integrated Flash-Flex workflow, bridging the gap between the two technologies, enabling a greater range of development options.

Read the Tutorial: Flash-Flex Integration - Part 6: Editing Flash Code in Flex Builder