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1. Internet Explorer Fix (Running Time: 13:23)
If you’ve been working with Flash at all recently, then you’ve probably noticed an annoying little quirk when trying to view your Flash files in Internet Explorer, where you have to click to “activate” your Flash file in the browser before you can interact with it. Fortunately, there’s a way to get around this little quirk, and in this tutorial, trainer Craig Campbell will show you how.

2. Creating a Custom Scroller (Running Time: 18:56)
In this tutorial, Craig will show you how to make your own scrollbar from scratch that will cause a text field to scroll up and down as you drag the scrollbar around.

3. Creating a Coin-Flip Button (Running Time: 18:29)
In this tutorial, Craig will show you how to create a round button in your Flash file that flips over when you hover your mouse over it and then flips over again when you move your mouse away.

4. Focus Change Animation (Running Time: 9:31)
In this tutorial, trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to create a sense of depth in your animations by shifting focus from one object to another.

5. Debugging ActionScript Errors (Running Time: 11:48)
Have you ever had any pesky ActionScript errors that you just couldn’t figure out? Ever had a Flash file that wouldn’t work, and you just couldn’t figure out why? Well, stop your worrying! In this tutorial, Craig Campbell will walk you through a couple steps that should help you as you’re trying to debug your ActionScript code.

6. Animating the Pointer (Running Time: 6:38)
In this tutorial, Bert Lee will show you how to get rid of that boring old arrow mouse pointer, and replace it with a custom animation that may be more suited to the needs of your project.

7. Continuous Scrolling Background (Running Time: 7:00)
In this tutorial, Bert Lee will show you how to make a continuously scrolling background, using repeated graphics, and motion tweens.

8. The Illusion of Depth (Running Time: 6:39)
In this tutorial, Bert Lee will show you how to use multiple layers of scrolling backgrounds to create an illusion of depth and perspective. This is a flash lesson combined with a basic animation lesson, so watch closely and you will see some magic.

9. Morphing Text (Running Time: 6:31)
In this tutorial, Bert Lee will show you how to morph shape into text. In this demonstration, he uses a customized home button and a puff of smoke.

10. Motion Guides and Tweens (Running Time: 7:09)
In this tutorial, Bert Lee will show you how to use motion guides and tweens to automate the animation process.

11. Interactive Gallery (Running Time: 11:13)
In this video, we take a look at creating apparently complex interactivity with action script in Flash, which includes a review of the code for setting image depth, dragging objects, and initializing pages.

12. Mask Magic (Running Time: 17:28)
Here’s how to create soft edge masks in Flash CS3, in a demonstration that shows also how you can use scripts to make masks interactive.

13. Text Animation Trick (Running Time: 12:03)
In this video, Bert Lee will show you a really nice text animation trick that animates the individual letters in words.

14. Circular Motion Guide (Running Time: 14:25)
Learn how to create a perfectly circular motion guide. This demonstration reveals some hidden secrets of the drawing tools in Flash, then shows you how this simple trick can be expanded into a larger scale effect.

15. Page Flip Animation (Running Time: 12:56)
Bert Lee will show you how to use shape morphing, gradient fill and drawing guides to create the effect of a page flipping in 3-D space.

16. Conditional Logic (Running Time: 13:20)
Bert Lee breaks down conditional logic in action script 2.0, using a simple boolean logic construct to show how to create a gaming type interaction in Flash. For intermediate to advanced flash users.

17. Flash CS4 - 3D Text Animation (Running Time: 9:32)
In this video, Craig Campbell will demonstrate how to use Flash CS4’s new 3D tools in order to create an animation that rotates around a 3D axis.

18. Flash CS4 - 3D Text Block (Running Time: 10:42)
In this video, Craig will show you how to create a stack of 2-dimensional objects and place them in 3-dimensional space in order to make it look and move like 3-dimensional block of text.

19. Flash CS4 - Bouncing Ball Tween (Running Time: 6:56)
In this video, Craig Campbell will show you how to use Flash CS4’s Motion Editor in order to convert a straight-line animation into a bouncing ball animation.

20. Flash CS4 - Fade-Blur Transition (Running Time: 6:18)
In this video, Craig will demonstrate how to create an animated transition between two images that involved fading and blurring the images. This tutorial was created in Flash CS4, but it can also be followed using Flash CS3 and Flash 8 as well.