We’re with Adobe Flash Animation Tutorials, flash allows you to design awesome visual effects and helps you wonderful user interaction, now a days most of the TV ads, online banner advertisements, movie trailers using flash elements, videos with sound and motion graphics, we listing some latest and useful Adobe Flash tutorials for learn about animations and Actionscript 1, 2 and 3.0 which will help you to boost your animator skills.

Create an Animated Car Banner using Flash CS5

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an animated banner using Flash CS5. You will learn how to create a car moving on a road with its tires spinning. You can also download the free .fla file of the banner animation.

Optimise Flash movies

Create a Flash Cover Flow-style menu

Flash navigation menus made easy

Flash AS3 Tutorial: Random Puzzle Effect

Recently we got quite a few questions about how the random puzzle animation (if you scroll through months) on our WordPress Calendar is made. Some people found it really cool and so we decided to make a tutorial about it. As you will soon see, implementation is fairly easy and doesn’t require a lot of coding.

Instead of calendar days we will use puzzle pieces that will come together with a random animation. We used a puzzle piece that can be found on ShutterStock. Please note that vector is not available in source files (only png file is) and that if you wish to use it you will have to buy it.

Creating user-activated animations

Flash comes equipped with a set of powerful filters that, in the right hands, can add excitement and an animated punch to your Flash work. In the wrong hands they can make your work look cheap and amateurish. The temptation for designers is to become filter-happy, adding them anywhere and everywhere.

A subtle approach is always best and in this tutorial you’ll learn how to use filters to create animated Flash neon-style graphics. We’ll then add some code to make them user-initiated. Finally, we’ll use a very simple masking technique to create an effective site opener.

You can easily adapt the techniques shown in this tutorial for your own work. Perhaps you want to create glowing neon text for your site or have an animated site border with a subtle glowing neon style? It’s easy to rework the steps shown here.

Follow this tutorial and you’ll be on the right path for adding animated filter effects to your own work.

Flash AS3 Tutorial: Falling Leaves

TweenLite is my favourite Flash tweening Engine for animating objects. It is extremely fast, lightweight and flexible which makes it very easy to learn. In this tutorial I will show how to you use one of their premium plugins physics2D to create a nice falling leaves effect similar to the one used in our WordPress Falling Leaves plugin.

Please note that this is a paid plugin that can be bought and downladed from TweenLite official page. SWF file that is included in source files is working properly but you won’t be able to export the fla file without the physics2D plugin.

Vertical 3D Carousel with ActionScript 3

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a vertical 3D carousel with the help of ActionScript 3! We will determine the rotation speed according to mouse movement.

Interactive characters in Flash

Alexis West explains how the combination of and ActionScript can bring your characters to life with animation and interactivity.

Character creation has really caught on, and can be applied to a wide range of media while remaining true to the original conceptualisation. Animation is a natural progression for character art to take, because dynamic, well-designed personalities just burst with life on the page and benefit hugely from the addition of movement.

Flash makes it possible to take your characters to the next level, with fluid animation and interactivity that enables you to fully engage with your characters and really grab the attention of your audience.

The following tutorial takes one of my Swinging Seesaw characters and uses the power of Flash to create a small animated scene in which the character’s gaze reacts to your cursor movement. All it takes is a bit of imagination and a pinch of ActionScript for ultra-smooth animation. When you’re finished you’ll have a number of techniques to add to your skillset, which you can then apply when animating your own characters.

Stars animation above the city – Flash Animation

This thoroughly explained, detailed tutorial will show you how to create full stars animation above the city using a mouse. You also have to use a lot action script code to make this tutorial. You can use this animation for any presentation, flash banner. You will also learn, using this tutorial, how to create instance name, how to convert star into a Movie Clip Symbol and much more. Let’s go!

Create an iPhone-like Flip Effect in Flash Using ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial, we’ll recreate the Flip Effect used in the iPhone’s UI using Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0.

Animate a Cartoon Explosion With Flash Professional – Basix

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to animate an awesome explosion in Flash, which you could use for an cartoony action game. We take you from conception to completion, then show you how to export it as well as how to import it into other scenes.

Quick Tip: Copying Timeline Animation into a Class

In this tutorial we will use timeline animation to create a custom class. We will then use the class on two different and distinct MovieClips, effectively duplicating the animation to these symbols.

Quick Basix: Random Animated Blinking

Even when you’re animating on the timeline a touch of ActionScript can enhance what you’re doing. In this Quick Tip we’re going to use a single line of AS3 to add animated realism in the blink of an eye!

Animate a Continuous Quad Run Cycle With Flash

In this tutorial we’ll create a quad run cycle. The animation will be created using simple lines. Along the way we’ll cover a bit of work flow and animation theory, then near the end we’ll use Motion Tween and ActionScript to move the animal across the screen.

Customizing Flash Context Menu Using AS3

The default commands in the Flash context menu (the right-click menu on Windows or the control-click menu on a Mac) let the user change zoom and playback settings in a way that could alter the flow of a Flash movie in a manner not desired by the original developer. This tutorial will teach you how to customize the context menu by removing the default items and adding your own items instead. Accomplishing this task will require using the ContextMenu Class and the ContextMenuItem Class. You are not required to have any advanced ActionScript knowledge except the basics of variables and event handling.

Check the movie below to see an example of what we are going to accomplish by the end of this tutorial.

Making Armatures With the Bones Tool in Flash CS4

Getting started with the bones tool can be intimidating and tricky, but it can be your best friend for animating once you’ve had some practice. You can create bones (armatures) for graphic shapes (like a simple triangle) or a set of movie clips. During this screencast, I’ll demonstrate using the bones tool with shapes and will follow up using bones with movie clips.

Smoothly Animate a Caricature Using Motion Tweens

In this tutorial we’ll see how we can create a caricature, split it into different layers then arrange the pieces properly as graphic symbols. Finally we’ll look at how easily we can smoothly animate the caricature by using motion tweens. This is a lengthy tutorial, so let’s get started!

Create an animated viral game

T-Enterprise’s Sadia Chishti shows you how to make a game that could spread fast and attract web traffic.

Flash games are easy to build and are particularly effective as pieces of viral marketing. A good interactive game with a high-score board will spread round an office quickly, before being emailed to groups of friends or highlighted on social networking sites such as Facebook.

In the following project we show you how to create a Flash game, called Cover Creator, where you can create a fantasy Computer Arts Projects cover using a number of different graphical elements. Simply select icons and drag and drop them around the canvas. The game also includes a dynamic text generator, allowing user-specified text to be dragged and dropped.

You will need a Flash creator such as Macromedia Flash MX Professional in order to work along with this project.

Create an iPhone Inspired Switch CheckBox Using Flash and ActionScript 3.0

A CheckBox is a graphical user interface element that permits the user to make one or multiple selections from a number of options. In this tutorial, we’ll create a Switch checkbox inspired by the iPhone Graphical User Interface. Read on to find out how!

Rain animation

This tutorial will teach you how to create a rain animation in flash 8 with no Action Script. You will also learn how to create a ellipse, how to use Line Tool (N) and more…

Creating quirky online banner ads

Digital expert Paul Wyatt and character animator Tom Baker show you how to get ahead in online advertising,

When it’s well-produced, online advertising can be as funny, entertaining and quirky as any television or cinema ad. When produced badly, online ads can grate on the nerves with their all-blinking Click Me call to action.

However, with the Interactive Marketing & Advertising Awards now in their fourth year, internet advertising has come of age and is now regarded as a ‘proper’ form of advertising. This means online ads should now be given the same amount of originality and creative thought as any other advertising medium. Online banner campaigns are a good way for designers to break into the world of advertising too. If you’re an accomplished banner maker, you’ll always be able to attract new business.

In the following project, we’ll show you the techniques needed for making an ad that moves across the three standard advertising units found on the internet: the leader board, skyscraper and MPU (Message Plus Unit or Mid Page Unit).

Animated Flash stickers

In the real world, people put stickers on things to send out messages and to grab the attention of passers-by, so why not try doing something similar using animation? Rex Crowle shows you how.

In this short tutorial you’ll be creating an animation that features a vector graphic (which can be replaced with one of your own choice) that’s peeled off the screen just like a vinyl sticker. It’s a simple effect, but it’s also very adaptable to different content and can surprise your visitors. This sticker effect can give static vector images a life of their own, embellishing whatever they’re stuck on to, or act as a call to action, like the email link created here.

This tutorial also demonstrates how masks can be used creatively to change the nature of what they are masking. By using two simple rectangular masks, you can create a believable peeling animation. One mask reveals the front of the sticker while the other simultaneously hides the reverse side and, as you swap from one to another, the sticker magically gets peeled on to your computer screen.

In order to be truly effective, you’ll want to be able to trigger this animation in front of any web content, to give it a surprising and ad hoc feel. For this reason, the final stages of the tutorial look at how to export the Flash animation with transparency so that it can be overlaid over the non-Flash content on the rest of your page.

Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation

For designers, a huge part of Flash’s appeal lies in its ability to let users add motion and interactivity to just about anything. For most new users, the real Wow! factor comes when they first figure out how to bring things to life using the Flash timeline and ActionScript.

Today we will look at how we can make the most of the tools Flash throws at us for adding animation to our symbols. This can be quite a dense topic to cover given how much the application has grown as a multimedia powerhouse since its early days, but I will try and keep things concise and approachable. For more in-depth coverage, feel free to check out other tutorials on Activetuts+ and I’m sure you will find what you are looking for.

Although this post was written for Flash Professional CS5, most of the tips should work just fine in older versions. I will try and make it a point to highlight wherever something is very specific to the latest version of Flash.

Creating a Simple Animation in Flash CS5

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple biker animation in Flash CS5 with a snowfall effect in the background. This tutorial will teach how to create frames, keyframes, blank frames & motion tweens. You will also learn how to use the deco tool to create a simple snow fall effect.

Learn How to Create a Flash & XML Photo Gallery

This tutorial will teach you how to create an XML powered photo gallery in Flash. You will learn about Flash & XML, how to load photos in Flash and finally how to create an awesome gallery with a 3D effect and scrolling thumbnails.

Design and Animate Fancy Menu Buttons

Create a Stylish Portfolio Slideshow in Photoshop & Flash

Blur Effect in Flash

Learn how to create 3D Animation in Flash CS5

How To Draw PT.1 – Construct

How To Draw PT.2 – expressions (part 1)

How To Draw PT.2 – expressions (part 2)

How To Draw PT.3 – poses (part 1)

How To Draw PT.3 – poses (part 2)

How To Draw PT.4 – color / lighting

How To Draw PT.5 – hands

How To Draw PT.6 – hair

How To Draw PT.7 – Animation Setup

How To Draw PT.8 – Animation part 1

How To Draw PT.8 – Animation part 2

Versatile ActionScript 3.0 Menu with Masking

Navigation is a decisive part of your website, but often a bore to build and preserve. In this tutorial I’ll explain a quick and solid way of using basic ActionScript skills, blended with a bit of your creativity, to build instinctive & user friendly navigation systems. Okay, time to get our hands dirty, well… sweaty maybe…

Demo |  Source

Glass Aero Flash Menu with Fade Effect

In this tutorial we will learn how to make vista aero flash menu with overwhelming fade effect in Flash CS3.

Modern Horizontal Flash Menu

In this session I will show you how to create a cool animated horizontal menu. We will use ActionScript 3 for the animation, so no timeline animation is concerned in this tutorial. We use haphazard colors in the menu to give it an extra spice. Check out the end result! Cool eh?

Funky Flash Navigation Tutorial

First of all download the FLA file containing all the graphics needed for this tutorial. Once you’ve downloaded the FLA, open it up and you’ll see that the library contains the graphics shown in the image below.

Colorful Menu with XML and ActionScript 3

I determined that there is still room for at least one more Flash menu tutorial in the web. So in this tutorial I’ll show you how you can create a nice colorful Flash XML menu with ActionScript 3. Check out the end result!

Flash Infinite Gallery and Menu

In this new and attractive Flash and ActionScript 3 tutorial I will teach you how to create an inestimable gallery. This will also work completely for menus and so on. Let’s get started straight away!

Advanced Color Menu in Flash with Sound

In this, step by step action script lesson, I will explain to you how to create very advanced and modern flash menu with sound. You can use this menu for any web site. Using this lesson, you will also learn:

1. How to design a menu,
2. How to animate it,
3. How to import any sound file into a flash library,
4. How to apply action script code on menu to make it more powerful,
5. How to use Free Transform Tool (Q) and much more!

Actionscript 3.0 Drop Down Menu (Video)

Creating a Drop Down Menu for your website is possibly the most requested and passionately searched item for designers crossways the web. In this tutorial we will take a look at how to build a Flash Actionscript 3.0 Drop Down Menu which is uncomplicated to add drop down sections to, and attractive simple to setup. The attractiveness of this technique is that once you have built on Menu you can simply take it and do a few color changes, or Menu/ Text changes and you have a brand new Drop Down Menu. In this Tutorial we will learn about: Actionscript 3.0, EventListeners, Children, A few uncomplicated things about the Display List, and much, much more!

Advanced XML Menu

In this tutorial I will teach you how to create an advanced XML menu. We will first set up everything ready in Flash, then create the XML file and finally add some ActionScript 3 for the functionality.

Advanced and Powerful Flash Menu with Sound

In this Flash lesson explained in tremendous detail, I will teach you how to make very advanced and very modern flash menu with sound. You can use this sound flash menu for any web site. To make this lesson, you have to use action script code. Using this lesson, you will also learn:

Rotating Menu

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create a rotating menu. This is a very basic form of the menu. You can edit your Flash movie easily, for instance if you want to make the menu items visually more attractive. All the animation is done with ActionScript 3.0 as usual.

Advanced Drop Down Menu

This Flash tutorial will show you how to create a drop down menu using Actionscript. It’s a fairly advanced tutorial, so you’ll be expected to know some of the basics, such as creating an MC (movieclip symbol), using labels on the timeline etc. If this is something you’re inexperienced with, you might want to check out the tutorial on how to create a basic drop down menu, which will guide you through using the basics, but without any advanced actionscript. The main advantage of this advanced drop down menu is that you can add delete buttons easily, by simply editing an array in the Actionscript code. This tutorial is divided into the following parts.

Black and Orange Flash Menu

In this lesson, you have a possibility to learn how to create contemporary black and orange flash menu using some special flash tips and tricks.You also have to use action script code to make this lesson. Using this lesson, you will also learn how to:

Black Menu Flash Tutorial

In this tutorial you can learn more attaractive menus in diffrent style.

Advanced Flash Menu with Effects and Sound

Using this thoroughly explained, detailed flash lesson, you will see how to create advanced and trendy flash menu with sound. You can use this menu for any web site. Using this lesson, you will also learn:

Vertical Menu with Actionscript 3 and XML

This tutorial will teach you how to create a vertical menu with the help of XML and ActionScript 3. We will first set up everything ready in the Flash stage, then make the XML file and last, we add the functionality with ActionScript 3. Hope you enjoy the tutorial!

Shaky Flash Menu

This tutorial will teach you how to create a cool looking shaky menu with ActionScript 3. All the animation is done with ActionScript, so no timeline animation is needed. Check out the end result!

Drop Down Flash Menu

one of very colorful Adobe Flash Menu after using ActionScripting.

Blue Flash Menu

In this Flash 8 lesson explained in extreme detail, I will teach you how to make a powerful flash menu with sound. You can use this sound menu for any web site. To make this lesson, you also have to use action script code. Using this lesson, you will also learn:

Spore Menu

In this Adobe Flash tutorial, we showing a gradient menu for our website designs.

Advanced Business Flash Menu

In this thoroughly explained, detailed lesson made for Flash 8, I will show you how to create a really cool, attractive and advanced business flash menu which you can use for any web site. Using this tutorial, you will also learn:

XML Flash Menu

XML allows the seperation of content from functionality. Amongst other things, it allows you to update the content without having to open Flash up and wade through all the code (in this case the actionscript). So, first of all we need to create the XML file, so open up any text editor, such as notepad. Enter the following code, which will be explained below.