Vector Graphics Tips for Macromedia Freehand 9
Tips for Macromedia's program Freehand that is used by a wide range of flash designers.

Create a Document
You're about to experience the power of Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8. You'll see how, in a few minutes, you can create a compelling web experience that combines video, text, graphics, and media control behaviors.

Flash Bugs and Fixes
Like most programs Flash has a few bugs. To improve stability of Flash Macromedia recommend that you install the updater. Learn how to keep Flash up to date on either your Mac or PC. This webwasp tutorial is designed for people who are learning to use Macromedia Flash.

Use Layout Tools
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 offer a variety of ways to place objects on the Stage. This tutorial teaches you how to use the layout tools in Flash to create a user interface.

A Safe Guide to Macromedia Flash: Part 1 - The Basics
An Easy to Understand Course Teaching the Basics of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 or 8. Includes: 1. Introduction 2. Tools 3. Frames 4. Shape Tweens 5. Layers 6. Symbols 7. Motion Tweens 8. Motion Guides

Creating Graphics: Applying Gradients
This tutorial guides you through the process of using the gradient tools in Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8. With Flash, you can create simple color gradients and complex gradient effects. In this tutorial, you learn how to do some of both.

Making a character walk using flash
This video tutorial is all about Macromedia Flash animation. In it, you will learn how to make a character walk using macromedia flash. This is a very basic, easy and fast way of making animations in flash.

Hoe to add motion tweens in Macromedia Flash
Tutorial on how to add some motion tweens and also some sprite hints in Macromedia flash

Add Interactivity
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 offer numerous ways to engage users with interactivity. When you incorporate interactivity, you're not limited to playing each frame in a timeline sequentially; however, sequential playing offers greater design and development options. This tutorial will show you some of the ways to implement interactivity in Flash.

Add Text to a Document
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8 provide a variety of text features and options. This lesson introduces you to the three primary types of text you can add to a document. You can add static text for titles, labels, or other text content you want to appear in a document. You can also use input text options to allow viewers to interact with your Flash application

Creating a banner
Macromedia Flash Basic 8 or Macromedia Flash Professional 8 can seem like a very complex programs to learn. One reason for this seeming complexity is that you can use it for so many different things, such as cartoon animations, media players, and sophisticated software. This tutorial is suitable for you if you're opening Flash 8 for the first time. This tutorial shows you some of the fundamental aspects of the program, and how to get started using them to build a real project. You don't need to know anything about Flash or animation to complete this tutorial; in fact, you'll discover how easy it is to start using Flash 8 to add elements to your web pages.

Work with Layers
In Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8, layers are analogous to transparent sheets of acetate stacked on top of each other. In the areas of a layer that don't contain content, you can see through to content in the layers below. Layers assist you in organizing content in your document. For example, you can keep background art on one layer and navigational buttons on another. Additionally, you can create and edit objects on one layer without affecting objects on another layer.

Mmsave in Flash MX
This function is used internally by the Macromedia Answers Panel as part of the update process. This function is used to save a local copy of a .swf file or a local textfile. This function is exactly the same as the undocumented Flash 5 function, dashboardSave. It can only be used within the Macromedia Authoring Environment, therefore it can only be used in .swf files that are going to be displayed inside of a panel in the authoring environment. With this function exposed, we can now create things such as self updating custom component user interfaces...

Create Accessible Flash Content
With knowledge of a few design techniques and accessibility features in Macromedia Flash Basic 8 and Macromedia Flash Professional 8, you can create Flash content that is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities.
This lesson demonstrates how to create an accessible document, designed for use with screen readers (which read web content aloud for visually impaired users) and other assistive technologies.

Animator vs. Animation (FLASH)
This animation was made using a popular vector drawing and animation program called Flash. The program was made by Macromedia, and Macromedia is owned by now Adobe so new versions are called Adobe Flash. It's for Windows or Mac.