Particle effect in ActionScript 3.0

Nice looking “particle effect” in Flash using ActionScript 3.0.

View Tutorial: Flash ActionScript 3.0 Fountain (particle effect) tutorial

Editor’s Review:

Very short tutorial with some nicely commented code that shows you how to do a colorful particle effect. While this tutorial simply creates a set of colorful circles bouncing up from the bottom of the stage, if you dissect the code a little and experiment a little bit you can probably find some great uses for this type of effect (personally, I’m thinking “sparkler”… I’ll have to play around a little bit when I have the time).

Bottom line, nice effect using a short amount of ActionScript 3.0 code (it only looks like a lot of code since it’s well commented).

Additional Info
Level: Beginner
Version: CS3
ActionScript: 3.0
Online example: Yes
Source files available: No
Video Tutorial: No