With the new version of actionscript (AS 3.0), we have assisted to awesome works on particle systems. Here i show you some of the best tutorials, articles and resources that will help you to became an ace on producing this Flash “Special Effects”.

Tutorials

Creating a particle system in Flash may sound difficult, but as Seb Lee-Delisle shows you, it’s not rocket science.

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A nice article showing you how to create a Rotating Bitmap in 3D that explodes into Particles.

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This tutorial introduce you to the basics to the impressive Flint AS3 Particle System Framework, through a project to create a snow effect.

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Resources

Flint is an open-source project to create a versatile particle system in Actionscript 3. The aim is to create a system that handles the common functionality for all particle systems, has methods for common particle behaviour, and lets developers extend it easily with their own custom behaviours without needing to touch the core code.

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An artistic Alphabet Particles system using AS3 by SoulWire. You can try the demo and download the source.

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