Sandy is an intuitive and user-friendly 3D open-source library developed in Actionscript 2.0 for the Flash environment.

Understanding the transform matrix will be the topic of this tutorial. They are used both in manipulating movie clips, and bitmaps when dealing with the new BitmapData object. This makes understanding them quite helpful.

Now jump to AS3 with mxmlc. There is no timeline. Embedded assets and all classes load in prior to frame one as in a default IDE-created SWF. So, how do you create a preloader?

I used a fake antique (replica) that I picked up for cheep on ebay. I took out the clock work, and replaced it with a servo and used a phidgets USB - servo controller so I could control the servo from my computer. I had to use some gears so that the needle shaft would turn 360 degrees, since the servo only turns about 180. I also re-designed the face of the clock keeping a similar look to the original time piece. Once that was all set I created a little flash application that would connect to yahoo! weather service, and update the servo. I made it so it could toggle between current condition and the local forecast, and also made it so I could enter another zip code to see what the weather is in other places.

WFAddress is a small script that sits on top of SWFObject and provides deep linking for Flash websites and applications. In other words it enables the Back, Forward and Reload buttons of the browser and creates unique URLs with page titles that can be sent over email or IM. SWFAddress uses the ExternalInterface functionality introduced in Flash Player 8 and comes with a technique that enables search engine indexing for deep Flash links.

ActionScript 2.0 animation and filter management tools

The following procedure shows you how to build an application that lets you upload image files to a server. The application lets users select an image on their hard disks to upload and then send it to a server. The image that they upload then appears in the SWF file that they used to upload the image.

video conversion software, faster than Flash at creating flvs

a musical realization of the motion graphics of john whitney as described in his book "digital harmony"

fun flash game