Archive | June, 2009
SWFObject and Best Practice Implementation
With more and more full screen Flash web sites appearing on the internet, it's important to understand how to properly embed the Flash movie in the browser window. In this tutorial we will cover best practice embedding of SWF movies using SWFObject with a custom function for adding browser scrollbars for smaller browser windows.
Continue reading...Giveaway – O’Reilly Books!!!
29. June 2009
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Continue reading...Flash Builder 4 – Deep Look Into Improvements!
26. June 2009
Adobe released early June 2009 the Flash Builder 4 and we took the chance to look deep into this awesome program. The news are many.... starting in IDE improvements to native Action Script handling, many other things were added. In this article we will show you some examples distributed in topics about some of these new features.
Continue reading...Create a 3D Bowling Game with JiglibFlash and Papervision 3D
24. June 2009
Possibly the hottest thing to hit the Flash community since the advent of several excellent 3D engines is the recent debut of 3D physics engines. Here we'll examine a way of using one of the more popular 3D engines, JiglibFlash, in conjunction with the prominent 3D engine Papervision3D to create a bowling game.
Continue reading...Create a Dynamic Event Calendar in Flex Builder 3 with Actionscript 3.0
22. June 2009
This tutorial will allow readers to create an Event Calendar application using Flex. The final user will be able to plan over a daily, weekly or monthly plan. You will learn on this step by step Flex tutorial, to create from scratch those Graphic User Interfaces, integrate them, and create a complete Rich Internet Application with a professional look.
Continue reading...Web Roundup: 21 Creative Flash Portfolios
19. June 2009
Flash portfolios are a great way to showcase what you’ve done and how you did it. Besides, as Internet have no boundaries, the geographical barriers are avoided, being your work accessible world wide. Your Flash Portfolio should be one of your best works. Every single detail can count on whether a customer will contact you or not.
Continue reading...Build a Dynamic Accordion Menu in Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0 and XML
17. June 2009
In this tutorial you will learn how to build an accordion style menu from scratch that can be configured by using an external file. The menu items can bet totally configured in XML with label and can load text, image or swf on it's open "state". Just follow the tutorial, it's quite simple. At the end you will see a secon example achieved by this procedure.
Continue reading...Build a contact manager in Flex 3 with ZendAMF; Part Two – Coding the CRUD & Final Release
15. June 2009
The complete result of this 2 part tutorial is a contact manager built in flex that uses ZendAMF to store data in mysql. In the this second part we will code all the application and backend functions using Flex 3 + ZendAMF + Php 5 + MySql. This part will use a general crud system (Create, Read, Update and Delete) that is similar to the most applications needs. You will be able to write you own application from scratch.
Continue reading...Giveaway: 5 licenses of Rainbow Live – XML Editor + CMS
15. June 2009
James McNess of Code and Visual has generously offered up 5 licenses worth $99 each for the Rainbow Live XML Editor + CMS! In James’ own words “Rainbow Live provides most of the key functions of a lightweight CMS, without the overhead of complex server side scripts and SQL databases. Rainbow Live was specifically built for Flash based websites and components which typically use external XML data to provide their content”.
Continue reading...Freebie: lynda.com offers Free Access to Adobe Flash Catalyst Training
15. June 2009
The well known online training company lynda.com launched a complete set of free video tutorials on Flash Catalyst. As mentioned by Steve Johnson, in this "Flash Catalyst Beta Preview, Mordy Golding demonstrates a workflow that emphasizes the intuitive nature of the tool, and shows how to achieve results in a short time. Meant to bridge the gap between designers and developers, Flash Catalyst allows the designer to work with familiar applications, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, while automatically generating the necessary code in the background for the developer."
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- Expanding the Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer
- Create a AS3 MP3 Player with papervision3d spectrum display
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- Create a Flash Actionscript 3.0 Slideshow with XML (98)
- Giveaway – O’Reilly Books!!! (96)
- Build a Dynamic Accordion Menu in Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0 and XML (88)
- Expanding the Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer (86)
- Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML (73)
- Building a 3D album with FIVe3D and TweenLite (67)
- Learn How-to Create Flash Components using Actionscript 3.0, XML and Flickr API (42)
- Creating a Weather Widget with XML and Actionscript 3.0 (40)
- Create a AS3 / Flash 9 MP3 Player with spectrum display (35)
- Away3D Shoot’em’Up Tutorial – Sound Effects
- Create from Scratch a Away3D Shoot’em’Up Game: Part 4
- Getting Started With BetweenAS3
- Web Roundups: 7 Free Flash CMS
- Create from Scratch a Away3D Shoot’em’Up Game: Part 3
- Create an intelligent XML image Gallery & Slideshow in Flash CS4 (+PHP) – Part I/II
- Create from Scratch a Away3D Shoot’em’Up Game: Part 2
- Create from Scratch a Away3D Shoot’em’Up Game: Part 1
- Build a Creative “Swirl Animated Menu” with Flash CS4
- SWFObject and Best Practice Implementation
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29. June 2009
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