‘actionscript 3’

Tips & Tricks 12: Change the color of a MovieClip using ColorTransform

If you ever wonder how to change the color of a MovieClip in Actionscript 3 here’s a very useful tip. All you have to do is use the ColorTranform class. There are many methods to be used, one that come in handy is the color property which I’ll show it to you.

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Using Caurina Tweener Class AS3

Using Caurina Tweener Class AS3

I enjoy to use in my flash projects the caurina tweener class, because it’s simple, elegant and flexible. You can use multiple properties in one transition without having problems, create complex animations with a few lines of code. If you’ll use the caurina tween you’ll have a better performance on the transitions relative to the built-in Adobe Flash transitions.

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Create a Magnifying Glass Effect in ActionScript 3.0

Create a Magnifying Glass Effect in ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial I’ll explain how to create a magnifying glass effect in AS 3. All you need is a proper height resolution picture (I used a 1200px x 800px image) for a good magnifying effect and a few minutes to read the following guide lines. The picture is loaded from code so you can easily change it. Check the example below for the final effect.

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Tips & Tricks 8: Actionscript 3.0 – Easy Made Tooltip

A tooltip is a brief, descriptive message that appears when you hover the mouse over an object. It is very useful and simple to create. I will create a basic one for you in Actionscript 3.0 with an “alpha” effect when you point the mouse over a movieclip.

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Tutorial: Simple Transition Menu – ActionScript 3.0

Tutorial: Simple Transition Menu – ActionScript 3.0

This tutorial is addressed to those flash beginners who want to find out how tweens works in ActionScript 3. I’ll create a simple and useful menu from scratch. I’ll try to be as clear as i can but for those who get lost on the way i’ll gladly answer your questions/comments. Here is what we’ll end up with: 1. Open up Flash and create a new ActionScript 3.0 file. 2. Create a new MovieClip (Insert->New Symbol). I named it “mainButton”. Check the “Export for Actionscript” box. We will use this generic button to create [...]

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Tips & Tricks 7: Create Popup Windows in Flash – ActionScript 3.0

A couple of days ago a fellow asked me how can he makes a popup window in Flash for his website. I showed him how and I was thinking why not to share with you also. It’s an easy and very powerfull trick. Here we go (this example is for Actionscript 3.0):

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Tips & Tricks 4: Loading data from XML file in Actionscript 3.0

In a previews post I wrote about how can you load data from an xml file in Actionscript 2.0. For today’s trick I will show you how can you do that using Actionscript 3.0.

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Tips & Tricks 3: Loading of external resources such as images or SWFs using ActionScript 3.0

Maybe you have tried many different ways loading an external resource such as images or SWFs inside an empty movie clip from the stage and no matter what you have tried when loading another image / SWF again you saw two or three versions of it playing and hogging resources. Not good.

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