This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The Math and ActionScript of CurvesWe’ve tackled drawing curves, and finding their quadratic and cubic roots, as well as handy applications for using quadratic roots within games. Now, as promised,… Read More

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Flash Tips and Best Practices for DesignersThe first time I used Flash was around 13 years ago. It was version 3 and Flash was hailed as the fancy new vector… Read More

not new tech, I think we can do this the day after adobe release AIR packager on IPhone but I just have time to play with (poor me), and result is amaze me how easy it is! As you can… Read More

Let's start with what pretty much anyone would start with in Flash (or any design application for that matter) drawing. Be it drawing regular shapes or tracing lines, drawing is one of the most fundamental actions in Flash.Category:…Flash Read More

After many months of learning how to program from the ground up, you're ready to put it all to use: we're going to build a simple drawing application.Category:Flash Actionscripting TutorialsAuthor: KingDogDate:… May 11, 2011 Read More

After many months of learning how to program from the ground up, you’re ready to put it all to use: we’re going to build a simple drawing application. We will focus on Object-Oriented Programming techniques, specifically the use of interfaces.… Read More

In the closing chapters of our Object-Oriented Programming series, we will take a look at some more advanced concepts, focusing on interfaces (the programmatic kind). This may be the final installment, but we’ll be splitting the content into two parts.… Read More

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in August, 2009.… In this tutorial, we’ll create a Drawing Application with basic functions and an easy to Read More

Welcome to this introduction to working at pixel level with ActionScript 3′s BitmapData object. We’ll take some 2D images, break them into their component pixels, then re-assemble them as 3D images which we can move and rotate. Final Result Preview… Read More

For this mega-installment of our introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in ActionScript 3, we’ll take a look at a few outstanding topics, as well as putting everything together and organizing a simple project around several independent, yet cooperative, objects. If you’ve… Read More

In the tutorial, we will learn how to create a dynamic, bubbling photo displayer using the FLiNT particle engine and flash. This application will randomly select images from an array and place them into floating bubbles. We will also add… Read More

Today, we have another Active Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members! Carlos Yanez walks through building a striking yet straightforward Breakout game; “Brick Breaker”, from scratch, using Flash and AS3. This Premium Tutorial is Filled with Creative Tips Using… Read More

This tutorial will show you how to create a Multicoloured drawing app in Actionscript 3. The line drawings will change colour as you draw. I have used the draw application as a base for this... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This… Read More

This tutorial will show you how to create a Multicoloured drawing app in Actionscript 3. The line drawings will change colour as you draw. I have used the draw application as a base for... Copyright © 2011 ilike2flash. This Feed… Read More

//Flash CS4 came with some big changes and features that still amaze us even after the more recent release of Flash CS5. Flash now has the ability to work with objects in 3D space directly within the working environment. Although… Read More

In this tutorial you will be converting your text to give it a glass-like effect, using filters in Flash. This technique also works on vector graphics. We will achieve it with a fairly simple method of overlaying multiple layers with… Read More

So, I started working on my first AIR on Android application that’s on the Android market. It’s called SolarLogger and it’s a small application that allows you to monitor your solar panel installation using a SolarLog device. If you’ve been… Read More