Joe Dockery

Making Buttons in Flash

Making buttons can be really fun and is an essential skill if you want to give your viewer the ability to interact with your movie. This series of tutorials will lead you through making very basic buttons to complex buttons.

I usually take one week for this. Once students finish they also make the "Super Cool Button Project". This is an open ended assignment asking students to practice what they learn and show off their skills.

Basic Buttons

This is a one period activity.

Glowing Button

This tutorial covers how to include a movie clip in a button.

Tutorial (10:44)

Assignment (pdf)

Invisible Buttons

Cast of Friends

Flash Tools (I don't assign this activity any more)