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* Article Index - Getting Started
Adobe Flash has its own vocabulary and ActionScript scripting language. In these articles, you will learn the basics of the Flash software.

A Tour of the Flash Workspace and Tools
Take a tour of the Flash Professional workspace and the Flash tools.

Add a Tooltip to a Button in Flash CS3 Professional
In this tutorial, we will add a tooltip to an invisible button. Tooltips tell your site visitors the purpose of a button. Your button does not need to be an invisible button for you to add a tooltip.

Bitmap Graphics in Flash
Flash animators are moving toward the use of more bitmap graphics in their projects. So how does the Flash designer decide what type of images to use in a project?

Create an Invisible Button in Flash Professional CS3
In this tutorial, we will add an invisible button to our Flash website. Invisible buttons are easy to make in Flash because there are no visible characteristics to add to the button states. You need only to designate the clickable area for the button in the Hit frame of the button´s Timeline.

Create and Edit Symbols and Instances in Adobe Flash Professional CS3
In this tutorial, we will create and edit a symbol and its instances working within the Flash Library and Properties Inspector.

Exploring the Flash Workspace and Panels
In the last tutorial, we took a look at the Flash tools you will find in the Flash workspace. Now we will take a look at some of the panels that will help you build your Flash movie.

Flash CS3 Button Component Parameters
A Button component is something very different from a Button symbol. A Button component is a simple pre-built movie clip. But, this component is only useful if you can customize its look and behavior to your own needs. Let´s take a look at just what you can do to customize the Button component.

Flash CS3 Publish Settings
When it comes to publishing your Flash movie, all the guesswork has been taken out of the process for you by the Publish Settings dialog box. Let´s take a tour of this wizard.

Flash User Interface and Video Components
One of the most useful features in Flash is the Flash component which is a pre-built movie clip that has controls, called parameters, that can be used to customize the generic component for your project´s needs.

How to Import Photoshop Files Into Flash Professional CS3
In the last tutorial, we took a look at the various options you have when importing vector, shape, text and layer styled Photoshop images in to Flash Professional CS3. Now we will look at the rest of the options for the Flash import feature.

Introduction to the Flash CS3 Drawing Tools
This tutorial will introduce you to the drawing tools in Flash CS3. First we need to discuss a few basics. Flash has its own way of doing things and its drawing tools behave a little differently from other graphics programs.

Moving Adobe Illustrator Files into Flash
One of the most long-awaited upgrades to Adobe Creative Suite is the improvements to the integration between Illustrator and Flash. Now, with the new release of CS3, you have more options when moving your Illustrator files into Flash.

New Import Options for Photoshop Layers and Adobe Flash Professional CS3
Adobe Creative Suite CS3 has greatly improved the integration between its software, especially the import features for Flash Professional CS3 which gives you more control over importing bitmap and vector layers into Flash.

Publishing Your Flash Movie
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.

Symbols, Instances and the Library in Flash CS3 Professional
Three of the most important features of Flash are Symbols, Instances and the Library. By using these three together, you can keep the size of your Flash file smaller and your movie will download more quickly.

The Two Types of Flash Movie Files
There are two types of Flash movie files. Learn the difference between them and how to use both.

What Is Adobe Flash Software
What can you create with Flash? Anyone from the beginner to professional can get great results with Flash.

Working with Individual Instances and Color Styles in Flash CS3
To give our snowflake scene more realism, we will need each snowflake to be slightly different. In this tutorial, we will change some of the Color Styles properties for each of our snowflakes. The Color Styles properties that we will be changing are Brightness, Tint, Alpha and Advanced.