Using flash, you can hide a standard cursor and create a custom cursor. In this tutorial I will teach you how to create and change the cursor in your flash presentations to anything you want.



Step 1

Open a new flash document. Open the Document Properties dialog (CTRL+J) and set Width to 250 and Height to 150px. Frame rate set to 22fps (Frames per second).





Step 2

Double click on layer 1 and rename its name into a background.

Step 3

Then, press Ctrl+R on the keyboard (Import to Stage) and import any picture.



Step 4

Insert a new layer and name it cursor.

Step 5

Select the cursor layer and draw any shape on the stage that would represent your cursor. Look at the picture below!



Step 6

Select that "cursor" and press F8 (Modify - Convert to Symbol) to convert it into a Movie Clip. Look at the picture below!



Step 7

Open after that the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3), choose alpha and set it to 45%.



Step 8

While your Properties Panel is still open, under   type cursor.



Step 9

Insert a new layer and name it action.



Step 10

Select that layer, click on the first frame, open the Action Script Panel (F9) and paste this script:

_root.cursor.swapDepths(1000);

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {

Mouse.hide();

cursor._x = _root._xmouse;

cursor._y = _root._ymouse;

};

We're done!

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