Flash Tutorial: Character Movement with Arrow Keys

Level: This is a basic ActionsScript tutorial. As this is not an animation tutorial, a basic knowledge of the Flash user environment is assumed Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users…

Flash Tutorial: Play a movie clip a set number of times and then stop

Flash Tutorial: Stop a movie clip after playing 3 times Level: This is an intermediate lesson, that focuses on the ActionScript involved. It is assumed the user has basic Flash knowledge that includes creating symbols, creating motion tweens and creating frame lables. Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and…

Flash Tutorial: Button using Movie Clip symbol.

Flash Tutorial: Creating a button using a movieclip and ActionScript Level: This is a beginner lesson, but I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash software including stage, timeline, drawing tools, property window, etc.. Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2…

Flash Tutorial: Play movie clip with mouse click

Update: I have written a second tutorial on playing a movie clip on mouse click that provides a different option for accomplishing this task. Check it out here. Level: This is a beginner lesson, but I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash…

Flash tutorial: Custom mouse pointer

Level: This is a beginner lesson, but I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash software including stage, timeline, drawing tools, property window, etc.. Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and…

Spitshine-design.com is LIVE (well, sort of…)

Ok, so when I started this site about 3 weeks ago, I set myself a deadline of March for the simple reason being, I HATE missing deadlines, so I knew I’d force myself to get it done. And since I hate missing deadlines, I actually worked quite a bit these…