This tutorial will teach you a very neat trick for customizing the right-click (context menu) of any Flash movie by using the AS3 ContextMenu and the ContextMenuItem Classes. Click here to view this tutorial.

 Our latest AS3 tutorial will teach you the basics on how to create a text field, configure its properties, and use an embedded font using the TextField and TextFormat Classes. You can view the tutorial here.

In this new AS2 tutorial you will learn how to create a simple currency conversion tool that uses a number of components and a little bit of ActionScript. Click here to view the tutorial.

  A loop is a tool used to execute a segment of code repeatedly for a specific number of times or while a certain condition is satisfied. Using a loop saves time and effort as the same code will not have to be typed multiple times for it to be executed repeatedly. This tutorial will teach you the basic usage of the five types of loops available for use in ActionScript 3.0.

 Functions are fundamental tools used in ActionScript to reduce the amount written code, save time, and add a logical structure to your code. This tutorial will describe the basic usage of functions in ActionScript 3.0.

 This is the ultimate noob tutorial that will introduce you to the fundamental ActionScript 3.0 tools that are used in every single project, namely: variables, data types, classes, properties, and methods.

 Learn how to encode your video, prepare your file, and set up the skin of your video component in this new Flash AS3 tutorial.

  This tutorial will teach you the very basic concepts for creating fluid layouts in Flash AS3. This sort of layout expands and repositions its contents automatically according to the window size.

As look forward to the new year 2009, we thought we’ll show you the most popular tutorials we published in 2008! We hope that you enjoyed reading these as much as we enjoyed writing them.

Flash ActionScript Tutorial

The most popular tutorial which was published in 2008 was our famous Flash XML Image Gallery, with close to 100,000 page views on its own, this tutorial teaches you in a detailed step-by-step guide how to create a Flash XML image gallery using ActionScript 2.0 which you can update and configure by manipulating the XML file.

Creating a Basic Flash Website is probably the most sought after subject ever, our tutorial will teach you how to create your first full-Flash website using ActionScript 3.0.

3D Studio Max Tutorial

Another basic tutorial which was viewed thousands of times is the tutorial on how the poly modeling technique  to create a fine pen in 3D Studio Max. This technique could be utilized in all sorts of projects.

This tutorial will teach you an advanced technique for creating a missile animation that tracks a target object by using the Particle Flow Source System.

Photoshop

Learn how to create your own Patters Using Photoshop and then apply it for the Paint Bucket, Pattern Stamp, Healing Brush, and Patch tools, as well as in the Layer Style dialog box.

Create funky Rich Flame Swirls using the Blur and the Shear Distort Filters. 

Website of the Year

Out of the 12 selected “Website of the Month” winners, we are blown away by the awesome website of Samuel Eschiavo. It won our hearts by its innovative concepts and nice integration of video, vector graphics, and sounds.

These were our ultimate highlights of the year 2008, we wish you a happy new year and the best of luck in 2009!

(You can view our last year’s list here)

 This tutorial will teach you how to display objects on the screen in ActionScript by making use of the Display List API. Check out this topic on the of the AS3 fundamentals here.