Flash Essential is an web development full of Articles and tutorials on interactive website design focusing on Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0.

• Announcement
  Tue, 11th Nov 2008 11:45 EST
  
  Flash Essential has been a little inactive of late but theres good reason for it. I promise i'll get around to responding to all your comments on the blog. Flash Essential...
• Adobe Flash CS4 Icon in ActionScript 3
  Wed, 8th Oct 2008 18:49 EDT
  
  I've been playing around in the graphics class with gradients and matrix's ect and decided I would try and create some of the Adobe logo's. Below is my attempt...
• Flash Essential Partners With WPWebHost
  Mon, 6th Oct 2008 12:23 EDT
  
  We've been approached by WPWebHost a WordPress friendly hosting service and have decided to partner with them for the foreseeable future. We've been actively seeking a new host for Flash...
• AS3 Guide Drawing Curves
  Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 17:12 EDT
  
  Drawing curves in ActionScript 3.0 is simple; we'll use methods from the graphics class just as we did for the Drawing Lines Chapter to create our curve. The only difference...
• AS3 Guide Drawing Lines
  Wed, 1st Oct 2008 19:14 EDT
  
  The power of ActionScript 3.0 graphics class allows us to have all the functionality of the flash interface while having a much smaller file size. Drawing lines in ActionScript 3.0...
• AS3 Guide Event Listeners
  Mon, 29th Sep 2008 16:44 EDT
  
  What are Event Listeners? Event Listeners allow objects to become active and listen for specific instructions. For example say you had ten movie clips on the stage but you only wanted...
• Adobe Flash CS4
  Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 07:02 EDT
  
  I've just finished watching Adobes preview of their new CS4 package and more importantly the preview of Flash CS4. In this new series of Adobe software the focus seems to...
• AS3 Guide Timer Events
  Thu, 18th Sep 2008 16:54 EDT
  
  What are Timer Events? Timer events allow us to execute code after a specific amount of time. In the example below we have the Flash Essential logo on the stage which...
• AS3 Guide Mouse Events
  Wed, 17th Sep 2008 18:22 EDT
  
  What are Mouse Events? Mouse events allow us to add mouse functionality in our applications. With the use of mouse events we can make our applications respond to a mouse clicks...
• AS3 Guide Keyboard Events
  Mon, 15th Sep 2008 11:33 EDT
  
  What are Keyboard Events? Well it's simple really keyboard events allow our applications to react to a key being hit on the keyboard. This can help increase the usability of your...

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