Flash Community Says Goodbye To Activetuts+ — The Premiere Resource For Flash And AS3

Flash Community Says Goodbye To Activetuts+ — The Premiere Resource For Flash And AS3

Flash Community Says Goodbye To Activetuts+ — The Premiere Resource For Flash And AS3

As an avid reader, supporter and occasional author of Activetuts+, it was very disappointing news to learn that the site will no longer be publishing new content moving forward. I've been using Flash since version MX and I can honestly say I learned alot from this little ol' website.

An Oldie But A Goodie: A Fun Flash Character Animation Project

An Oldie But A Goodie: A Fun Flash Character Animation Project

An Oldie But A Goodie: A Fun Flash Character Animation Project

We all have projects from our early creative days (when we were green as slime) that we just absolutely love even though when we look back on them now they scream out how much of a novice we were. This is an old project from my early animation days that absolutely cracks me up and I thought might be fun to share. The project is entitled "What is Love" and is a short animation piece featuring my original character Bluto which I created for a Flash animation workshop I was in several years ago. The piece was inspired by the movie, Night at the Roxbury and uses the theme song "What is Love" by Haddaway as the soundtrack for the animation.

Easy AS3 Tips For Conserving CPU In The Flash Player

Easy AS3 Tips For Conserving CPU In The Flash Player

Easy AS3 Tips For Conserving CPU In The Flash Player

A really good tutorial by Patrick Jaoko published on ActiveTuts+ broke down the code of a bloated particle system and then step by step detailed what can be done to increase the speed and overall performance of the SWF. It was amazing to see how some of the littlest tweaks shown a big difference in CPU. The before and after results are worth checking out. Here are a few of the most basic tweaks he employs — some of which I never thought about but are good to know.

What Does The Graphic Symbol Do In Flash?

What Does The Graphic Symbol Do In Flash?

What Does The Graphic Symbol Do In Flash?

Back in September of 2011, I wrote an article for ActiveTuts+ entitled Flash’s Underrated “Graphic” Symbol. If you use the timeline to create animations in Flash (does anyone do that anymore?), or if you ever wondered what the point of the graphic symbol is, then you should give it read.