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== 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] (ActionScript 2, 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]
 
* [http://www.flalog.com/ Flalog], self-described as Flash Actionscript Tutorial Solution Experience
 
; 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)
 
* [http://www.gotoandlearn.com/ GotoAndLearn], a long list of video tutorials.
 
; 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]
 
* [http://www.tutorom.com/courses/460/Adobe-Flex-2-tutorials-Flex-2-programming-tutorials.htm Tutorom.com]. For now only a tutorial on Flex or some old versions of Flash. Expected to see AS3 tutorials appear in the near future (the site manager is fond of Flex).
 
* [http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/default.asp Flash Tutorials] @ smartWebby. I haven't tried any of them, no idea what they are worth.
 
* [http://tutorialoutpost.com/tutorials/flash/actionscript Flash] @ TutorialsOutpost. I haven't tried yet. Not clear whether covers CS3.
 
* 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]
 
=== CS4 tutorials ===
 
; CS4 introduction
* [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/dwinnie_flcs4.html Introducing Adobe Flash CS4 Professional] by Doug Winnie
* [http://tv.adobe.com/#pd+Flash Video tutorials at Adobe TV] has some CS4 video tutorials
 
; ActionScript 3.0
 
* [http://www.pradeek.co.cc/blog/?p=85 Flash CS4 Tutorial : Using the drawTriangles method to render 3D objects]
 
=== 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 ===
 
* Adobe's [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/ Developer Center] includes many "quickstart" articles but also more substantial tutorials and finally book excerpts. Examples:
 
** [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/filtering_data_e4x_print.html  Filtering XML data in Flash applications using ECMAScript for XML]
** [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/datagrid_pt3/ Filtering and formatting data in the DataGrid component]
** [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/actionscript.html ActionScript and object-oriented programming] (several good tutorials at Adobe's Flash Developer Center)
** [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/as3_cookbook_excerpts.html ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook excerpts: From custom classes to the rendering model] (Several free chapters of this book)
** [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/#migrating_as3 Migrating your Flash applications to ActionScript 3.0]
 
* [http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3/ Getting Started with ActionScript 3.0 in Adobe Flash CS3]
 
* [http://www.actionscript.org/resources/categories/Tutorials/ Tutorials] at ActionScript.org has several action script tutorials, e.g.
** [http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/611/1/Getting-started-with-Actionscript-3/Page1.html Getting started with Actionscript 3]
 
* [http://www.flashandmath.com/ ActionScript 3 Tutorials] (Flash & Math), e.g.
** [http://www.flashandmath.com/intermediate/ Intermediate Techniques - AS3]
** [http://www.flashandmath.com/mathlets/index.html Mathlets for Students and Instructors]
 
* [http://www.learningactionscript3.com/ Learning ActionScript 3.0]. Companion web site for the same book, ISBN 059652787X (but also includes little tutorials and examples).
 
* [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm Kirupa], e.g.
** [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/using_xml_as3_pg1.htm Using XML in Flash CS3/AS3]
 
* [http://www.flepstudio.org/english/blogsection/tutorials.html Flepstudio] has a series of tutorials.
 
* [http://www.flash-db.com/Tutorials/ Flash-db.com] has a series of tutorials.
 
=== Papervision Tutorials ===
 
See also [[Flash Papervision3D tutorial]]
 
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/31862_papervision-programming-tutorial-3d-text Papervision 3D Programing Tutorial - 3D Text]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/12902.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Loading and Displaying a 3D Model]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13650.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Particle Systems with Flint]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13775.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Modify Textures At Runtime ]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13776.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - WOW Physics]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13880.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Shading]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/14251.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Effects]
* [http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/14372.aspx Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Animated Textures]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/31590_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-bitmapviewport Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - BitmapViewport]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/32125_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-environment-mapping Papervision 3D Programing Tutorial - Environment Mapping]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/32650_papervision-programming-tutorial-skybox Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - SkyBox]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/32992_papervision-programming-tutorial-animations Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Animation]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/33410_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-texture-smoothing Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Texture Smoothing]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/33421_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-mouse-selection Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Mouse Selection]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/34039_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-enhanced-fog Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Enhanced Fog]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/34551_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-terrain Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Terrain]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/35656_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-simple-lod Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Simple LOD]
* [http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36723_papervision-3d-programming-tutorial-mesh-splitting - Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Mesh Splitting]
 
=== Alternativa Tutorials ===
 
* [http://www.thetechlabs.com/3d/alternativa-3d-getting-started/ Alternativa Tutorial - Getting Started]
 
=== Game Programming ===
 
* [http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=6077 Actionscript 3 (AS3) Game Primer] @ 8bitrocket
 
=== Component programming ===
 
(to sort out)
* [http://drawk.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/as3-mouse-events-and-mouse-related-user-actions/ AS3 Mouse Events and Mouse Related User Actions] by Drawk - Really useful.
 
* [http://blog.benstucki.net/?id=19 Quick Tips for Making ActionScript 3 Components] by Ben Stucki.
 
* [http://www.kirupa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=141  ActionScript 3.0 Forums] at Kirupa.com. Also includes [ ActionScript 3 Tip of the Day]
 
* [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/animating_dynamic_movieclips_AS3_pg1.htm Animating Dynamic MovieClips in AS3] by Kirupa.
 
* [http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101228  Sending Variables to PHP from Flash And Back again!] (AS2)
 
* [http://blog.3r1c.net/ Eric Cancil]. A blog with AS3 code.
 
* [http://www.uza.lt/ $.console] A console for debuggin, pops up over your application (looks good, not tested so far).
 
=== AS 3 Example-based tutorials ===
 
* [http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/102/index.php Flash Tutorial - Copy Motion as ActionScript 3.0]
* [http://as3.metah.ch/ Metah.ch] has a series of tutorials with source code.
 
=== AS 3 Examples ===
 
* [http://www.zeuslabs.us/flex-2-treemap-component/ Flex Treemap Component]
* [http://drawk.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/updated-list-of-best-animation-packages-for-as3/ Updated: List of Best Animation Packages for AS3]
* [http://labs.zeh.com.br/blog/?p=100 On user-triggered and user-controlled interface animation]
 
=== Sites with codes and Examples ===
 
* [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm#Advanced_/_ActionScript Kirupa.com]
 
[[Category: Actionscript 3]]
[[Category: Flash]]
[[Category: Flex]]
[[Category: Assets]]

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