This web roundup joins handpicked articles and experiments that you can use to improve your techniques and skills. Flash is a powerful platform, deployed with over 95% success rate at all browsers. It allows you to create dynamic, animated and dimensional content for your web applications.

Learn How-to Create Flash Components using Actionscript 3.0, XML and Flickr API

By using a flash component, allow you to save time and make your work easier. And my knowing how to create them, allow you to adjust the components to your projects as also make some money at Flash Exchange. This tut will step you in creating a flickr image gallery as3 flash component.

Exploring the new 3D features in Flash CS4 Professional

The bright new Flash CS4 bring the new 3D features with it. This Adobe Developer article, is very extensive, with several videos and chapters, that will teach you the first setups to create cool 3D experiments.

The art of interface design

The interface is one of the most important things in a flash project. This cool article will explain how to do amazing interfaces for your flash projects.

Contour Plotter and 3D Function Grapher Together – the Applet and the Source Code

Maths & 3D. A more advanced tutorial, explaining how to create complicated graphers. This example combine a 2D plotter with a 3D grapher.

Futuristic city, 3D techniques in Flash

This tut was published some time ago, before 3D flash engines been on the top. However still a good example of importing a 3D Max scene to implement on a flash project, such as banner. Creating a cool 3D effect to your animation.

Papervision 3D Flash Gallery Tutorial

A great tutorial showing how to build your own 3D image gallery, using actionscript 3.0 and Papervision3D.

Parallax Gallery

Webdesignerwall is a great site not only for the usual web tutorials, but to some awesome flash articles like this one. Learn to create a parallax gallery, which will enable the user to enjoy a nice interactivity.

Saving User Generated Imagery from an AIR Application Using the JPG and PNG Encoder Classes and Flash CS4

Adobe create the JPG and PNG encoder classes, which enables user to save their own generated images. This flash tut will teach you how to use these classes, as also how to create your own AIR application.

Experiments

Here are two cool experiments made on flash and actionscript 3.0. Enjoy, investigate, and create your own.

Branching Experiment: Flaming Hairball

Generative art is a cool way to create cool random animations to your site. In this experiment, G.Skinner uses the recursive algorithm to create a hairball.

Pixelator – Yet another transition effect for AS3

One experiment that you can use in page transitions within your flash website, or in a flash slideshow.