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Topics covered on this course include:
About This Tutorial
ActionScript Fundamentals
- Fun With Variables Demo
- Why Strict Typing? Demo
- What Are Classes and Objects? Demo
- Get Off My Properties! Demo
- What the Function?(+Methods) Demo
- Event Handlers Demo
Gettng Organized
- External AS Files pt. 1 Demo
- External AS Files pt. 2 Demo
- Effective Comment Usage Demo
- Organizing ActionScript Demo
- The Art of Tracing Demo
Basic ActionScript
- Communication Breakdown pt. 1
- Communication Breakdown pt. 2
- Modifying MC Properties
- Customized Functions pt. 1
- Customized Functions pt. 2
- Customized Functions pt. 3
- Customized Methods
- Customized Event Handlers
- Conditional Statements
- Easy Animation With OnClipEvent
Using Dynamically Loaded Text
- What Is the LoadVars Class?
- Using LoadVars pt. 1
- Using LoadVars pt. 2
- Using LoadVars pt. 3
- Get Your Scroll on!
- Level Up Your Scroll! pt. 1
- Level Up Your Scroll! pt. 2
- Using HTML with text pt. 1
- Using HTML with text pt. 2
- Understanding CSS
- Working With CSS In Flash
Modifying Type With TextFormat
- WTF!? (TF = TextFormat)
- Setting Up/Down States
- Applying Up/Down States
- Disabling Interactivity
- Enabling Interactivity
- Finishing Touches
Creating a Simple Game
- About Custom Classes
- Extending a Class
- Adding Drag/Drop Interactivity
- Setting Targets
- Checking Targets
- Using hitTest
- Resetting X/Y Positions
Filters and Blend Modes
- Applying Blends With AS
- Importing Filters
- Blur Filter With AS
- Drop Shadow Filter pt. 1
- Drop Shadow Filter pt. 2
- Filter Secrets
Animation Basics With ActionScript
- onEnterFrame vs. setInterval
- Using setInterval pt. 1
- Using setInterval pt. 2
- Stopping Animation
Advanced Animation
- Animating Filters pt. 1
- Animating Filters pt. 2
- Importing Tweens
- Creating a Tween
- Tween Methods
- Reversing a Tween
- Custom Easing
- Creating Transitions
- Transition Differences
- Transition Listeners pt. 1
- Transition Listeners pt. 2
Building Forms
- Form Setup pt. 1
- Form Setup pt. 2
- Simple Validation
- Sending Results pt. 1
- Sending Results pt. 2
- Setting Tab Order
- Styling a Form
Pre-Loaders
- The MovieClipLoader Class
- Building a Preloader
- Using Listeners pt. 1
- Using Listeners pt. 2
Slide Shows
- Setting Up
- Loading a Picture
- picTotal Variable
- Button Functionality pt. 1
- Button Functionality pt. 2
- Button Functionality pt. 3
- Adding Descriptive Text
- Adding a Picture Counter
Building an MP3 Player
- Overview
- Loading an mp3
- Controlling Playback pt. 1
- Controlling Playback pt. 2
- Working With ID3 Tags
- Changing Tracks pt. 1
- Changing Tracks pt. 2
- Showing Progress pt. 1
- Showing Progress pt. 2
Building a Video Player
- FLV Files
- NetConnection and NetStream
- The onMetadata Event
- Using Play and Pause
- The NetStream Class
- Building a Progress Slider
- The onStatus Event pt. 1
- The onStatus Event pt. 2
That is a Wrap!
- Congratulations!!!
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