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As a service to web viewers, we have posted links to 108 free, high-content video FLASH tutorials from one of the best sources on the web. And they are all FREE!

Please check back often as we are constantly adding more Free Flash Video Tutorials as they become available.

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But why Videos?
Videos are great at getting you up to speed on a particular topic very quickly.  We've read our fair share of 1000 page technical books, and many of them are great, but sometimes you just need to see someone performing a task and listen to their explanation.  As the old adage goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words."  As visual and audio learners, videos help us quickly understand 80% of what we need to know to get started, and after we have a fundamental grasp on a given technology, we can find the last 20% in the online help, in books or on the discussion forums.

Flash Tutorial Videos
Smoke Effect from: LearnFlash.com Learn how to create a really cool smoke effect using Flash Professional 8's new filters!	Flashing Face Effect from: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you'll learn how to highlight a picture on the stage by causing it to flash a couple times.
New Year Fireworks from: LearnFlash.com In this special New Year tutorial, you will learn how to play with fireworks without setting any grassfires, and you will do so by learning how to create a fireworks show from scratch in Flash Professional 8.	Falling Flakes from: LearnFlash.com Once you've drawn your snowflake in Flash, this video will teach you how to animate multiple instances of your snowflakes falling before your eyes. This tutorial uses the Math.random method in order to give your snowfall a more natural feel.
Gradient Mask Reflections from: LearnFlash.com A gradient mask is a great way to make a reflection effect. However, there arises a problem when you try to make a gradient mask visually in Flash. Flash treats the gradient like it was just a solid fill. But don't worry! There's a way to overcome this if you apply the mask using actionscript, and in this video, you'll learn how.	Fixing Unruly Shape Tweens from: LearnFlash.com Sometimes complex shape tweens can get a little rambunctious, even when we add all the shape hints we can think to add. In fact, sometimes the shape hints only serve to make things worse. In today's tutorial, you'll learn a quick cheat that might fix some of the less desirable shape tween effects that might pop up.
Cursor Replacement And Blending Modes from: LearnFlash.com You're going to need Flash Professional 8 for this tutorial. In this video, you'll learn how to use Flash 8's blending modes to create a circle that follows the cursor around on the stage, inverting the colors of the image in the layer below the circle.	Rotating Globe Effect from: LearnFlash.com Unfortunately, Flash doesn't have any functionality for creating true 3D animations by itself, but if you know a few tricks, sometimes you can fake it. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a somewhat 3D-esque rotating globe effect in Flash.
Animating Filters In Flash Pro 8 from: LearnFlash.com You can motion tween a lot of things in Flash--position, transparency, color, etc -- but did you know you could ALSO tween a filter in Flash Professional 8? In this video, Craig will show you how!	Creating A Bounce Animation With Actionscript from: LearnFlash.com Creating a bouncing ball animation can be a little tedious if you do it visually in Flash. In today's video tutorial, Craig will show you how to create a bounce animation with only a few lines of ActionScript by calling on the Tween class and the Bounce class.
Creating & Animating Clouds from: LearnFlash.com One of the most popular features of Flash Professional 8 is the new "Filters" feature, which lets you add blurs, drop shadows, glows, and other filters to your objects. In today's tip, you'll learn how to use the "blur" filter to create some very realistic clouds, and then you'll learn how to animate those clouds in Flash. Unfortunately, if you don't have Flash Professional 8, you'll just have to sit back and watch.	Continuous Animation from: LearnFlash.com In this video, you'll learn how to set up a looping animation that doesn't seem like it's looping. It will look like a continuous stream flowing through a pipe.
Semitransparent Buttons from: LearnFlash.com In today's beginner-level tutorial, you'll learn how to create a very simple, yet elegant, button symbol with a semitransparent background that loses its transparency on rollOver.	Typewriter Effect from: LearnFlash.com Today's tip is a simple, though somewhat tedious effect, that allows us to create a typewriter animation where the user can see the text being typed onto the stage. The animation will be synced up with a sound file.
Animating Lines from: LearnFlash.com In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to animate a series of lines to make it look like they're drawing themselves onto the stage. This is done using a simple mask.	Symbol Instances from: LearnFlash.com I was asked recently about how to alter the label on one instance of a button without having the labels of the others instances of the same button change along with it. In this video, you'll learn an important distinction between the way symbols work and the way symbol instances work.
Rotating Sunburst Effect from: LearnFlash.com In this basic tutorial, you will learn how to highlight your logo by putting a rotating sunburst effect behind it. You'll also learn an important lesson about reusing graphic elements whenever possible.	Text Swipe Effect from: LearnFlash.com In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to create an animated text swipe effect, where the text is quickly and smoothly revealed from left to right. Text effects like this can be a little tedious to achieve, but the end result is usually well worth the effort.
Creating A Gyroscope Animation from: LearnFlash.com Creating a spinning ring is as easy as flipping it over and tweening it. In this video, you'll learn how to create a gyroscope effect using multiple instances of this simple technique.	Countdown Timer from: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a timer in Flash that will count down the time to a given date in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This is a great tool for counting down to holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
Bungee Ball from: LearnFlash.com In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a circle that the user can drag around the stage. But when the user releases his mouse, the circle will snap back to the center of the stage as though it were tied to a bungee cord.	Dynamic Lines from: LearnFlash.com n this tutorial, you will learn how to create two draggable circles that will always remain connected via a dynamic line that you will create in Actionscript. No matter where you move the circles, they will always be connected by the line.

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