Flash and AS3 links - tutorials

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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
  • Oman3D. Contains both good text and video tutorials (the latter from learnflash.com).
  • Flalog, self-described as Flash Actionscript Tutorial Solution Experience
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  • Flash Kit Index of Tutorials (lots of outdated ones too).
  • 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).
  • Flash Tutorials @ smartWebby. I haven't tried any of them, no idea what they are worth.
  • Flash @ TutorialsOutpost. I haven't tried yet. Not clear whether covers CS3.
  • 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)

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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:


Game Programming

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