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Easy Back Button
A fast and simple way to make a "back" button, which takes the user back to the previous page.

Drop Down Menu
Ever wanted to know how to make a drop down menu in Flash.

Making A Banner Part 1
Banners are everywhere. We're going to look at making a professional banner in Flash. It could be used on your website, if you have one, or you could have it put on other sites to get more visitors to yours.

Morphing Effect
A tutorial showing you how to morph one word into another. Great for banners.

Custom Text Effect
There are lots of different text effects possible in Flash. We're going to look at a nice simple effect, where the letters fall into place.

Text Filters
Text effects are very easy to create in Flash, especially since the release of Flash Professional 8. This tutorial focuses on the new Filters and how they can be used to make some great text effects.

Alpha Text Effect
Learn how to make a very professional looking alpha text effect.

Bouncing Text
Learn how to create a cool bouncing text effect.

Text Using UIScrollBar
In this tutorial we'll be making use of the UIScrollBar component to make a scrollable text field.

Shine Effect
This tutorial shows you how to add a shine effect to text. This is a nice little effect that you see around. Usually on sites to highlight their logo, or just on some random banner, perhaps? Well either way, it looks decent, and you can complete it in a few minutes.

Making A Lightsaber In Flash
Ever wanted to know how to make a lightsaber in Flash.

Cigarette Smoke Effect
Easy tutorial covering how to make a nice looking smoke effect.

Pulse Tween
Learn how to make the famous pulse line.

Line Mask Effect
Create a killer mask effect, this is a great little effect that can be used as a banner or header or whatever else you might have in mind.

Rotating Star With Filter Effects
We're going to make a rotating star, ideal for "Sign Up" buttons. They are commonly used around the internet, though often they do not animate. For this tutorial you should know the basics of Flash - how the tools work and how to use the features.

Pendulum Effect
This is a tutorial demonstrating how to use math to simulate the movement of a pendulum, until it stops, taking advantage of two elementary mathematical functions, which is "sine" and "power", with the possibility to dynamically vary the parameters that regulate the movement of the pendulum.

Text Fading Animation
Learn how to create a simple but highly effective flash based text fading animation.

Drag And Drop Items
Dragging and dropping is used everywhere. Not only in general file moving and placing, but also within games. It my be necessary to move a certain item elsewhere for a puzzle or adventure game. We're going to take a look at the basics of dragging and dropping in Flash. It is a very simple effect to conquer. It only requires a few lines or Actionscript to work, and I shall explain what the Actionscript is telling Flash to do.

Crosshair Target Custom Cursor
Today you'll learn how to create a custom cursor, to replace the regular white pointer. This is often seen on Flash websites and within games, if the white cursor is out of place or takes away from the theme of the site. This tutorial was made with Flash Professional 8, although most, if not all can be done in previous versions.

Flash Reference Guide
A fairly comprehensive reference guide covering the terms in Flash.