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== Tutorials ==
== Flash Tutorials==
 
This section only should index good and free tutorials. '''No''' junk indexes with nothing but advertisements.
There is a problem with Flash Version. Various Flash versions are considerably different and most sites include older stuff...
 
=== Web sites with tutorials ===
* Both just links or "real" repositories
* Since there exist very little Flash 9-only collections, I also include sites with older information. There is quite a huge difference between ActionScript 2 and 3, but drawing and the elements of the Flash environment (timeline, etc.) are not that different.
 
; Collections - both text and videos
 
* Lloyd Rieber's [http://www.nowhereroad.com/menu.html Flash Tutorials] (both text and video)
 
* [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/ Adobe Flash Developer Center]. Includes some tutorials, including video tutorials
 
* [http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/ Oman3D]. Contains both good text and video tutorials (the latter from learnflash.com).
 
* [http://www.video-animation.com/flash_01.shtml Steve tutes] (good, but Flash 8)
 
* [http://www.flzone.net/ FlZone.net] has a [http://www.flzone.net/categories.asp?TypeId=2 tutorial section] with ratings (links to other sites)
 
* [http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2007/09/05/the-best-flash-game-creation-tutorial-sites/ The best Flash game creation tutorial sites]
 
; Collections - mostly video
 
* [http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/ Video tutorials] at Adobe
 
* [http://wikivid.com/index.php/Flash Wikivid Flash]. Index of Video Tutorials (mostly Flash 8, but CS3 is similar) from the whole web. Probably the '''biggest''' index of training videos.
 
* [http://cartoonsmart.com/ cartoonsmart.com/] Includes three good Flash video tutorials, e.g. shape tweening and a button tutorial.
 
* [http://learnflash.com/ LearnFlash.com]. (Some good free ones, scroll down, for more registration is needed)
 
; Collections - mostly text tutorials
 
* [http://www.lukamaras.com/tutorials/tutorials-index.html lukamaras.com] Probably one of the best short tutorials site (mostly Flash MX/Flash 8)
 
* [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm Flash/ActionScript] Tutorials at Kirupa. Gook, but mostly < Flash 9
 
* [http://www.webwasp.co.uk/index.php WebWasp] (some content is free, *.fla files are sold)
 
* [http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tutorials/flash/index.php3 Webdeveloper notes]
 
* [http://www.w3schools.com/flash/ W3School Flash Tutorial]. Short step-by-step tutorials.
 
* [http://www.toxiclab.org/default.asp?ID=2 ToxicLab.org]. About 99 little Flash tutorials submitted by various people. The ones I have seen are short and nice.
 
; Collections - to sort out
 
* [http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/ cbtcafe flash tutorials]
 
* [http://www.echoecho.com/flash.htm EchoEcho.com Flash Tutorials] (including drawing, tweening and buttons, etc.)
 
* [http://www.flashkit.com/ Flashkit.com] (A Flash Developer Resource Site)
 
* Find [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Adobe+Flash+CS3%22&search= "Adobe Flash CS3"] on YouTube.
 
* [http://www.webworksite.com/flashtutorials.shtml Flash Tutorial at webworksite] (For Flash 5, but still useful).
 
* [http://www.flashvalley.com/ Flash Valley]
 
* [http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/ Flash Kit] Index of Tutorials (lots of outdated ones too).
 
* [http://netdiver.net/toolbox/flashware.php Netdiver Flashware]
 
* Subsites of http://about.com, e.g. [http://webdesign.about.com/ webdesign] and [http:animation.about.com animation] have several flash related resources. You need to search ...
 
=== Recommended introductory CS3 tutorials ===
 
; Basics (graphics and animation)
 
??
 
; ActionScript 2.0
 
* [http://www.mindtrove.info/articles/flash.html Simple Design Patterns in Adobe Flash MX] by Peter Parente. ActionScript 2.0
 
; ActionScript 3.0
 
* [http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/ Getting Started with ActionScript 3.0 in Adobe Flash CS3]
 
=== Academic Flash courses ===
(should include lecture notes or Slides, plus examples)
 
* [http://voyager.deanza.edu/~marie/caos114a/index.shtml Introduction to Flash], [http://voyager.deanza.fhda.edu/~marie/ Marie Taylor-Harper] ([http://voyager.deanza.edu/~marie/caos118a/index.shtml Advanced Flash], under preparation ?)
 
== Actionscript 3.0 and related tutorials ==


=== General AS 3 Tutorials ===
=== General AS 3 Tutorials ===

Revision as of 18:03, 31 October 2007

Flash Tutorials

This section only should index good and free tutorials. No junk indexes with nothing but advertisements. There is a problem with Flash Version. Various Flash versions are considerably different and most sites include older stuff...

Web sites with tutorials

  • Both just links or "real" repositories
  • Since there exist very little Flash 9-only collections, I also include sites with older information. There is quite a huge difference between ActionScript 2 and 3, but drawing and the elements of the Flash environment (timeline, etc.) are not that different.
Collections - both text and videos
  • Oman3D. Contains both good text and video tutorials (the latter from learnflash.com).
Collections - mostly video
  • Wikivid Flash. Index of Video Tutorials (mostly Flash 8, but CS3 is similar) from the whole web. Probably the biggest index of training videos.
  • cartoonsmart.com/ Includes three good Flash video tutorials, e.g. shape tweening and a button tutorial.
  • LearnFlash.com. (Some good free ones, scroll down, for more registration is needed)
Collections - mostly text tutorials
  • lukamaras.com Probably one of the best short tutorials site (mostly Flash MX/Flash 8)
  • WebWasp (some content is free, *.fla files are sold)
  • ToxicLab.org. About 99 little Flash tutorials submitted by various people. The ones I have seen are short and nice.
Collections - to sort out
  • Flash Kit Index of Tutorials (lots of outdated ones too).
  • Subsites of http://about.com, e.g. webdesign and [http:animation.about.com animation] have several flash related resources. You need to search ...

Recommended introductory CS3 tutorials

Basics (graphics and animation)

??

ActionScript 2.0
ActionScript 3.0

Academic Flash courses

(should include lecture notes or Slides, plus examples)

Actionscript 3.0 and related tutorials

General AS 3 Tutorials

  • Adobe's Developer Center includes many "quickstart" articles but also more substantial tutorials and finally book excerpts. Examples:


Component programming

(to sort out)

  • $.console A console for debuggin, pops up over your application (looks good, not tested so far).

AS 3 Example-based tutorials

AS 3 Examples

Sites with codes and Examples