FAQs, Help, and Tutorials

ActionScript.org
Detailed articles about Flash, Flex and ActionScript.
http://www.actionscript.org/resources/categories/Tutorials/

A Blog About Flash
Where Flash developer Kenny Lin blogs about ideas and tricks he acquired from his experience of working with Flash.
http://www.blogaboutflash.com

CartoonSmart.com
Free Flash files and tutorials. Lesson covers animation, drawing cartoons, creating cool buttons, and text design. Free files posted weekly.
http://www.cartoonsmart.com/

CBT Cafe - Flash Tutorials
Flash tutorials in both HTML and QuickTime Video formats.
http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/

Complete Idiot's Guide to Flash Tutorials
Collection of Macromedia Flash tutorials.
http://www.unleash.com/davidk/flash/

The Cortex Project
Examples of using Macromedia Flash 5. Source (.fla) files are provided.
http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~cortex/

The Dude
Flash tutorials for beginners, with working examples and source code included.
http://www.the-dude.co.uk

Flash Audio Spectrum Analyser
A standalone advanced tutorial covering theory and step by step guide to build a Spectrum Analyser using Flash and Spectrum Lab.
http://www.designcontest.net/tutorials/spectrumanalyser/

Flash Bible
Tutorials about Flash and ActionScript. Includes source files.
http://www.flashbible.com/members/

The Flash Files
Information about how to make Flash files search engine friendly and optimized.
http://www.the-flash-files.com/

Flash Magazine: Tutorials
Tutorials about Flash, ActionScript, associated technologies and Flash plug-ins.
http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/index/

Flash My Mind
Free Flash and Actionscript 3 tutorials.
http://flashmymind.com

Flashgeek
How to mix Macromedia Flash and Microsoft Powerpoint. Includes tutorials, discussions, code, and pointers.
http://www.flashgeek.com/

FlashKid.org
Offering tutorials, open source, custom Flash development, books, games, news, Flash applications and means of contact between developers.
http://www.flashkid.org

Foundation Flash
A site to help those learning Flash and ActionScript development — games especially — through the use of tutorials and video tutorials.
http://www.foundation-flash.com/

Free Adobe Flash Tutorials
A site that offers basic video instructions for Flash. Learn the basics, animation, ActionScript, and publishing step-by-step.
http://www.freeadobeflashtutorials.com

French Squared
Website created to help teach programmers how to use ActionScript 3.0 and Adobe Flash CS3, including Flash CS3 tutorials, with their source files.
http://www.frenchsquared.com/

GabrielBianconi.com
Offers tutorials, tips, resources and guides for Adobe Flash, ActionScript and other programming languages.
http://www.gabrielbianconi.com

Geoff Hill: Flash and ActionScript Tutorials
Tutorials for beginners and intermediates, with the focus on game development.
http://geoffhill.com.au/index.php?page=flash-tutorials

gotoAndLearn
Site providing a huge number of video tutorials about Flash, including up to date examples taken from the latest and pre-release versions.
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/

JamesKyle.net: Flash Tutorials
Small tutorial site, offering video tutorials on basic animation and coding principles.
http://www.jameskyle.net/JamesKyle/Flash_Tutorials/Flash_Tutorials.html

Kirupa.com
A wide range of Flash and ActionScript tutorials, including ones related to CS3 and ActionScript 3.
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/

KnowFlash
Site providing Flash and ActionScript tutorials, both in written and video form.
http://www.knowflash.com/

Meet the Flash
Animated Flash tutorials for beginners. The tutorials cover Flash essentials - creating still graphics, animations, text, and interactions.
http://meettheflash.com/

Moock.org - Flash
News, tutorials, experiments, source files, games and cartoons for Flash designers and developers. Includes information about programming fundamentals, motion code, multi-user applications, server connectivity, interface widgets, and a Flash detection scheme.
http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/

Polar Lights Studios Labs
Tutorials, .fla Macromedia Flash 5 source files and sounds. Examples of integrating Flash with Java, Perl, PHP, ASP databases and etc.
http://polar-lights.com/en/

Round World Media
This self-paced Macromedia Flash 5 tutorial uses animation and narration to guide you: on one side of the screen you watch the tutorial, while other side, you work in Flash.
http://www.roundworldmedia.com/prflash.htm

Salekede's Blog
Includes tips, tricks and a selection of original tutorials about Flash.
http://salekede.blogspot.com

SiteOwners
A collection of tutorials aimed at new users of Macromedia's Flash 5 software.
http://www.siteownersdesign.com/design-tutorials/flash/

SmartWebby's Guide to Flash 'n' ASP Unleashed
Learn integrating Flash and ASP. This guide teaches, challenges and initiates you into trying to build products by yourself.
http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash_and_ASP/

Technology Makes Life Easier
Provides tutorials about Flash and its integration with FMS, Red5 Media Sever and other technologies.
http://sunil-gupta.blogspot.com