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Flash Video Tutorial #2: Dynamic MovieClips

This video tutorial shows you how to create dynamic movieclips in Flash with ActionScript3 (AS3). I take you through scenarios of quickly creating multiple movieclips from your library, for use in games or menus. I also show you how to look up anything AS3 in the online live docs (AS3 documentation). Sorry about the video quality; next time it will be in HD.

Flash Video Tutorial #2: Dynamic MovieClips from Christian Kragh on Vimeo.

Flash Video Tutorial #1: Collision Detection (hitTestObject)

Sorry about the audio quality (but video quality is great – press the fullscreen button to view large) and the fact there are 2 parts, I will try to find a better program to record screen captures but for now I hope you find this tutorial helpful. More video tutorials to come!

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Now taking requests!

Hi everyone,
Please let me know if you would like me to post a tutorial on a specific subject, create a specific type of stock Flash file, case study one of my projects or files, or any suggestions you have for a new Flash game you would like to see made, or even to discuss and shed some light on a Flash subject that has been eluding your grasp.
Please email me at ckragh[at]gmail[dot]com or just leave a comment here.
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Flash games have a home! Come play!

My Flash games now have a page devoted to them at ChristianKragh/games/ – please come and try out some of the games!

Currently, there are 3 games online:
> Cotton Clouds
> Ultimate Pong
> Collect The Falling Apples

And in early November there will be a new addition, Archer, as well as many more to come!

Flash games in production!

I’ve started developing Flash games to sell on ActiveDen and have 3 new ones up so far! You can play them all you want there and if you like, buy them for your own site, edit them or learn from them! I plan to have many more games uploaded in the next few weeks. Keep updated on my Twitter page for immediate updates on new files. I’m also thinking of creating a sub page with all my games for everyone to enjoy…

Music loops by ChristianKragh

Once in a while I create music loops, here is a player featuring my newest files on AudioJungle that you can purchase for use on your website or anything else!

Coke cans / product viewer experiment

I was just messing around with some transparent PNG images of coke cans trying to make a cool product viewer of some sort and this is what I came up with. You could add tooltips to make a proper product viewer but I’m thinking of some kind of click a product and more information is shown for that product scenario, maybe have the products moving somehow..

The ‘new’ Class keyword and creating dynamic buttons in AS3

I use dynamic movieclips in almost every project I work on and AS3′s new method of adding dynamic movieclips to the stage makes it easy, instead of using AS2′s duplicateMovieClip() method. I will show you some tips and tricks to easily create applications in which dynamic movieclips are used and easily manage those movieclips.

1. Create a movieclip with a linked Class
First create a new AS3 project in Flash and create a new movieclip (Insert > New Symbol…), let’s call it MenuButton. In the Linkage properties (click the Advanced button if needed), check the Export for ActionScript box and for this example just leave all the settings like they are so click OK. You can put anything inside the movieclip you want but for this example I’m putting in a black box with the following properties: X:0, Y:0, width:100, height:20. Now return to the root scene, highlight the empty keyframe and open the actions tab.

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cBlog is back! + CK on AudioJungle

Hey everyone,

I’m happy to announce that my blog is now equipped with a good spam blocker so I’ll be accepting comments again and plan to post regularly again. Thanks for your patience and support.

Also, I’ve been selling stock Flash files on FlashDen (now ActiveDen) and now I’m starting to sell audio files, specifically music loops for websites, presentations, intros, etc on AudioJungle. The Envato marketplaces are growing fast and I’m excited to see what comes next!

Thanks,
CK

All apologies

I’m sorry I haven’t been active on my blog and I’m also sorry that I am no longer able to sort through your comments because the blog has been completely flooded with spam. But hopefully it will be cleaned up soon and I will post up some new articles. Please follow me on Twitter if you would like updates of my work or my files on FlashDen. Thank you.