23 Useful Flash Actionscript 3.0 Tutorials

Flash allows you to create stunning visual effects and offer you wonderful user interaction.

Its strength lies in its ability to showcase unusual visual solutions, including graphic motion, videos and sound effects. This article provides 23 useful Flash Actionscript 3.0 tutorials which can enhance your skills to an unlimited high for your flash projects.

Customizing Flash Context Menu Using AS3

This tutorial will teach you how to customize the context menu by removing the default items and adding your own items instead.

Create an iPhone Inspired Switch CheckBox Using Flash and ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial, we’ll create a Switch checkbox inspired by the iPhone Graphical User Interface. Read on to find out how!

Create a Virtual Wind Farm in ActionScript 3

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a virtual wind farm using ActionScript 3.0.

Develop an Encryption App Using Flash and MDM Zinc

Using Multidmedia Zinc we’ll create an encryption application in ActionScript 3, capable of encrypting text and files with a user specified key.

Creating a Reusable Flash Uploader with ActionScript 3.0 and PHP

In this tutorial You’ll learn how to build a Flash uploader for uploading files from the user’s computer. The result will be ideal for large file sizes as it will display a progress bar and the percentage left to upload. We’ll even show the user the number of bytes uploaded per second.

Create an Analog Clock Screensaver with Screentime for Flash

In this tutorial, You’ll learn how to build a stylish Analog Clock using ActionScript 3.0. We’ll use the resulting swf movie with Screentime for Flash to create a fully functional screensaver.

Create a Mac Dock Style Menu with AS3

In this tutorial You’ll learn how to create a menu like Apple’s Dock using AS3 classes. We will create a single .as file that will perform all the magic, extending it to add new features.

Create a Brightness Editor in ActionScript 3

In this tutorial You will learn how to modify the brightness of a Display Object using ActionScript 3.

Create a Drag and Drop Puzzle in ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial You’ll learn how to create a Drag and Drop Matching game using ActionScript 3.0

Create a Password Masking Class in ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial, we’ll create a Static Class that will convert an Input TextField to an iPhone-like password field.

Create a Custom Color Picker in Flash

In this tutorial, You’ll learn how to create a custom Color Picker in Flash using ActionScript 3.0.

Create a Customizable Tooltip in ActionScript 3.0

In this tut, You’ll learn how to create an easily customizable tooltip using Classes in ActionScript 3.0. Take a look!

Create an Attractive Digital Clock in Flash

In this tut, we’re going to create something simple, a basic and good looking digital clock in Flash.

Create a Basic Drawing Application in Flash

In this tutorial, we’ll create a Drawing Application with basic functions and an easy to use interface.

Create a Simple and Attractive MP3 Player

We’re going to build a simple mp3 player which you can embed in any webpage (a band’s homepage for example). By following this tut you will learn how to import Illustrator graphics, how to build button sprites with movieclips and how to use the Timer and Sound classes.

Develop a Useful Font Picker App with ActionScript 3.0

When working with typography, like designing logos, choosing the correct font is crucial. The selection process can be a little slow if you’re testing each font in a design application. This tutorial will help you create your own font-testing app using Flash and ActionScript 3.0.

Create an Impressive Magnifying Effect with ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial You will learn how to create a magnifying glass effect, demonstrating use of the displacementMapFilter. The effect can be achieved in a relatively short space of time and with very little code.

Build a Promotional Ticker For Your Site With AS3 and the Flash IDE

We’re going to be creating a simple promo ticker for a website. This is great if you are running low on space on the home page, or if you just want the latest news or products to catch the viewers eye.

Create a Responsive Image Scroller in ActionScript 3.0

This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a horizontally scrolling image viewer. It will cover xml parsing, loading and resizing external images, and creating intuitive and responsive scrolling!

Improve Your Memory With an Away3D Game

In this tutorial we’ll build a 3D memory game. Along the way we’ll look at adding variables and mouseEvents to Away3D objects