Eyes following mouse cursor AS3 September 22, 2009

Eyes following mouse cursor AS3

by flashuser in ActionScript 3.0, Flash Tutorials

A simple and easy tutorial for you to know how to use the mouse interactivity in Actionscript 3. We’ll create the eyes for an alien character that will follow the mouse. Also we’ll hide the mouse and change it with something else. All this is done in a general Movie Clip so you can drag it in your project.

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14 Comments | Tags: as3, cursor, eyes
Flash of the Day 79 September 21, 2009

Flash of the Day 79

by flashuser in Flash of the day

Because we like to keep up the inspiration, we post daily sparks both for designers and developers.

If you’d like to contribute send us via contact form the link that inspired you and specify in the message for “Flash of the day” or via Twitter http://www.twitter.com/flashuser

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No Comments | Tags: application, as3, music
Build an image slideshow in Flash September 1, 2009

Build an image slideshow in Flash

by flashuser in ActionScript 3.0, Flash Tutorials

In this tutorial I will describe how to create an image sliding in Actionscript 3.0. For creating the transition we’ll use the standard Tween from Flash. You can use this in your projects, product presentation, anywhere you need such a tool.

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9 Comments | Tags: as3, banner rotator, flash tutorial
Flash of the Day 43 August 15, 2009

Flash of the Day 43

by flashuser in Flash of the day

Because we like to keep up the inspiration, we post daily sparks both for designers and developers.

If you’d like to contribute send us via contact form the link that inspired you and specify in the message for “Flash of the day” or via Twitter http://www.twitter.com/flashuser

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No Comments | Tags: art, as3, ecological
Tips & Tricks 10: Using Drag & Drop in Actionscript 3.0 August 7, 2009

Tips & Tricks 10: Using Drag & Drop in Actionscript 3.0

by flashuser in ActionScript 3.0, Flash Tips & Tricks

A really simple and useful tip. The drag and drop functionality in Actionscript 3.0. You can use it to drag pictures from one spot to other, to put items in a shoping cart, to arrange objects in a specific order etc. I’ll show you how to match 3 different shapes in their corresponding spots.

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3 Comments | Tags: as3, drag&drop, flash
Freebie: XML Image Viewer AS3 August 5, 2009

Freebie: XML Image Viewer AS3

by flashuser in ActionScript 3.0, Flash Gallery, Freebies

This freebie is a XML driven image viewer built in Actionscript 3.0. It’s very easy to integrate in your projects, change the images path and description text from XML.

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7 Comments | Tags: as3, image gallery, xml image
Tips & Tricks 3: Loading of external resources such as images or SWFs using ActionScript 3.0 June 12, 2009

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

by flashuser in ActionScript 3.0, Flash Tips & Tricks

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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2 Comments | Tags: actionscript 3, as3, load swf