Adobe Dev

Written by Andrew Lechlak

Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:02

One of the quickest ways to learn Adobe Flash is to look at existing sample files to see how they are built. This page contains links to several Flash samples, with instructions on how to use them.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/

FLASH ACTIONSCRIPT 3 SAMPLES

Web video template: Spokesperson presentation with synchronized graphics

Dan Carr (July 13, 2009)
Bring corporate-type presentations to life on the web by synchronizing text with video. (Updated for CS4)

ActionScript 3 samples for Flash CS4 Professional

Learn about Flash by doing: These samples demonstrate features common in Flash development. Investigate how each was constructed, explore the graphics and timelines in the FLA files, and examine the associated ActionScript code. (Updated for CS4)

Web video template: Showcase website for personal video

Dan Carr (July 13, 2009)
Combine multiple videos into a single showcase that's easy to edit and comes with visual subnavigation and editable captions for chapters within each movie. (Updated for CS4)

Puzzle Game

Start this Flash sample application with eight randomly positioned puzzle pieces, and then solve the puzzle by arranging them so they form an image.

Flash CS4 Professional samples

The samples in this ZIP file demonstrate features of ActionScript 3. Each sample is described in detail in the CS4 version of Programming ActionScript 3. Download the ZIP file to investigate how each sample was constructed, explore the graphics and timelines in the FLA files, and examine the ActionScript code in the associated AS files.
Flash_ActionScript3.0_samples_CS4.zip (ZIP, 15 MB)

Flash CS3 Professional samples

The samples in this ZIP file demonstrate features of ActionScript 3. Each sample is described in detail in the CS3 version of Programming ActionScript 3. Download this ZIP file to investigate how each was constructed, explore the graphics and timelines in the FLA files, and examine the ActionScript code in the associated AS files.
Programming_ActionScript3.0_samples.zip (ZIP, 42 MB)

ActionScript 3 components samples

The samples in this ZIP file help you learn ActionScript 3 components in Flash CS3 Professional and earlier versions of Flash. They demonstrate the use of animation, arrays, strings, bitmaps, filters, context menus, file upload, text, images, XML, and so on. Many topics in Using Flash and Learning ActionScript 2 refer to these samples.
Flash_ActionScript3.0_samples.zip (ZIP, 8.10 MB)

Note: These samples are ActionScript 3 versions of the ActionScript 2 samples available below in Samples.zip.