This book by Fred Gerantabee and the AGI Creative Team is great if you are learning Flash or want to learn the new features in Flash CS4 Pro. This book is sectioned into 15 lessons beginning with an introduction to Flash, a touch of ActionScript and ending with advanced animation techniques.

This book by Derrick Ypenburg is a great reference manual for the seasoned Flash and ActionScript programmer and a good starter book for the novice.

This book by Todd Perkins will teach you what to do to get your Flash website noticed and indexed by search engines.

How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4 by Chris Georgenes is a fun way to learn Flash.

Now that we programmed Flash to move our movie clip from the Flash Library and place it on the stage, we can work on the ActionScript that will close this movie clip. The easiest way is to create a Close button and add ActionScript to go with it that will remove our movie clip from the stage.

Many indie iOS developers are looking for an easy way to record a demo of their iOS apps. Now we have an app for that called Reflection.

We have many packaged particle systems that range from free open source to commercial.

In this tutorial, we will examine the Random Movement Organic Template which I recently used to create an animation of spiders swarming over the stage.

Now that you have finished and tested your Flash(R) website, you are ready to publish to the web. However, you will need more than just the finished .swf file. You will also need some HTML files that work with this .swf file on the web.

You are finally ready to publish your Flash movie to the web. Some people find this a confusing process the first time through. There are a few points that we should cover to make your life easier.