I have a very simple ActionScript/Flash Movie where I create a movie clip and then move it across the screen by changing it's _x and _y properties inside of ...

Adobe Flash enables you to create dynamic animations using an intuitive interface and the ActionScript scripting language. Perhaps you want to create a countdown timer in your Flash movie that ...

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Scaleform has announced that its new GFx 4.0 UI tech will begin supporting Flash 10 ActionScript 3.0, as well as featuring significantly improved performance on previous iterations. The new ...

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