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bpritchard - who has written 3 posts on Flash Platform and ActionScript Tutorials.
Ben Pritchard is an Interactive Development Manager at New Perspective in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of Pixelfumes. Ben has over eight years of experience in the field and has won industry awards, including honors from the American Advertising Federation and Communication Arts. Ben is also comanager of the Pittsburgh Flash Users Group (PittMFUG) and an active blogger of all things Flash.
Saving User Generated Imagery from an AIR Application Using the JPG and PNG Encoder Classes and Flash CS4
While anyone with an intimate knowledge of encoding bits of information can write their own JPG or PNG encoder, isn't it great to know that Adobe already provides classes to take care of it?
Continue reading...Working with XML, E4X and ActionScript 3
Thursday, March 12, 2009
On more than one occasion I have asked developers if they had experience with E4X. I am often surprised to find that some aren’t sure what this amazing ”thing” is and others have been using E4X without even realizing it! In this article we will try to demystify the E4X.
Continue reading...Create a Card Flip Effect For Flash Player 10 using ActionScript 3
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
It surprises me that one of the most commented upon and downloaded classes from my blog is a card flipping effect. With that in mind, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to recreate this effect targeting Flash Player 10. As of the writing of this article, Flash Player 10 Beta (Astro) and the corresponding API documentation have been released. This article will step you through the classes used to achieve a card flipping effect using the new rotationY property that exists in Flash Player 10.
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- Create a Flash Actionscript 3.0 Slideshow with XML
- How to build a Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer
- Building a 3D album with FIVe3D and TweenLite
- Create a Card Flip Effect For Flash Player 10 using ActionScript 3
- Expanding the Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer
- Build a Dynamic Accordion Menu in Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0 and XML
- Create a AS3 MP3 Player with papervision3d spectrum display
- Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 1
- Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML
- Create a AS3 / Flash 9 MP3 Player with spectrum display
- How to build a Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer (171)
- Create a Flash Actionscript 3.0 Slideshow with XML (116)
- Build a Dynamic Accordion Menu in Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0 and XML (109)
- Expanding the Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer (106)
- Giveaway – O’Reilly Books!!! (96)
- Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML (77)
- Building a 3D album with FIVe3D and TweenLite (68)
- Learn How-to Create Flash Components using Actionscript 3.0, XML and Flickr API (49)
- Create a Dynamic Event Calendar in Flex Builder 3 with Actionscript 3.0 (48)
- Creating a Weather Widget with XML and Actionscript 3.0 (44)
- Connecting Flex Calendar With Database Using AMF-PHP
- CodeIgniter Tutorial – CodeIgniter Explained
- Away3D Shoot’em’Up Tutorial – Powerups
- 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
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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