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Custom Cursor
This is a simple effect that let's you replace the user's cursor with a custom one (it can even be animated).

Super Preloader
Making a preloader is a common topic for tutorials, but here's a new twist: download rate/remaining time.

Random Movement
Giving objects automatic random movement can be helpful for games or even simple effects like falling snow or swarming bugs.

Game Movement [the basics] - Part 1
If you've ever wanted to create a game in Flash that uses the arrow keys as the controls, here's the quick and easy way to do it.

Working With XML
Sometimes you need to pass a flash file information. Perhaps you're making a flash-based photo gallery or an mp3 player. Maybe you want to use flash to parse server information. Whatever you need to do, it may make the most sense to use XML to pass your data to flash. Using XML is good because it's easy to parse as flash has built-in XML tools. In order to use an XML file, you need flash to do 2 things: read it and parse it. Here's an example of the code you'd need to read in an XML file (called info.xml) and parse it.

Anti-Theft Techniques
Anti-Theft Techniques will show you how to ban sites from hosting your flash videos.

Super Preloader
Making a preloader is a common topic for tutorials, but here's a new twist: download rate/remaining time.

Custom Cursor
This is a simple effect that let's you replace the user's cursor with a custom one (it can even be animated).

Random MC Movement
Giving objects automatic random movement can be helpful for games or even simple effects like falling snow or swarming bugs.