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Nice buttons easing using actionscript

In this Flash tutorial you will see how to use actionscript to make a nice button click effect, (as you might notice I just started using AS3 instead of AS2) just so you know.

The first thing is to make a nice smooth button, you can use an image or just draw something, I made a simple button using the rectangle tool, and added a drop shadow filter.

Right click your button and convert it to a movie clip, in the properties panel give your button and instance name, I just called mine btn_1.

Now hit F9 to go to the actionscript panel, (not having any movie clip selected if you are using AS3).

Type in the following code, I put in some comments in gray which should help you understand the code better if needed.

Thats it, try to run your flash project, you should have a button like mine, and if you click it, your should "jump" back and forth.