Tag Archive | "actionscript 3.0"
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...How to create a simple Flash/PHP mail contact form with Actionscript 3.0 and MySQL
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
In this tutorial I'm gonna show you how to improve our simple php, sending the info by mail and saving it on a MySQL DataBase using a custom MySQL class that we could reuse anytime and phpMailer, an open source class to send mails. And, of course, we gonna use a flash form to send the form instead of the html form.
Continue reading...Alternativa 3D Series – Tutorial 4 – Working with Camera Controllers
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The vast majority of 3D flash applications you see on the net today are quite simple. For the most part they will be advertisements flipping a bunch of pictures around, a 3D photo album or something similar. However the Flash runtime is improving all the time, allowing more detailed and interactive applications. In fact I don’t think it will be long before Flash is the platform of choice for the sort of 3D games that were all the rage maybe 10 years ago. In order to take advantage of these new possibilities provided by Flash it is necessary not to just display a 3D world, but also to interact with and move around inside of it. Thankfully Alternativa already offers the developer a very easy way to move inside a 3D world with WalkController and FlyController (both of which extend the ObjectController class). With just a few lines of code you can move the camera, or any 3D object, around inside a 3D level with full collision detection.
Continue reading...Dynamically loading fonts with FontLoader and applying styles with CSS stylesheet in Actionscript 3.0
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
You are going to learn, how to easily load fonts apply a css stylesheet to a textfield. Until now, it has always been a big mess dynamicaly loading fonts. With the new fontloader from etcs.ru the process got easy as pie.
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...Alternativa 3D Series – Tutorial 3 – Loading Model
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A basic function of any 3D engine is to load 3D models. Alternativa has the ability to load 3D models stored in both the 3DS and OBJ formats. In this tutorial we will learn how to load a 3DS model.
Continue reading...Alternativa 3D Series – Tutorial 2 – Adding Material
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
In part one of this tutorial series you saw how to create a simple Alternativa 3D Flash application. The end result was a spinning cube, drawn with a wireframe material that displayed the edges of the polygons that made up the cube. In this tutorial I will show you how to add a material to the cube to give it a more appealing look.
Continue reading...Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 3
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Step by step guide for creating a PicLens type 3D photo viewer with Flex and Away3d. This is step 3, of a 3 part tutorial that will sweep many useful techniques used in web application design, Flex, and Flash 3D design.
Continue reading...Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 2
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Step by step guide for creating a PicLens type 3D photo viewer with Flex and Away3d. This is step 2, of a 3 part flex tutorial that will sweep many useful techniques used in web application design, Flex, and Flash 3D design.
Continue reading...Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 1
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
This flex tutorial article is a Step by step guide for creating a PicLens type 3D photo viewer with Flex and Away3d. This is step 1, of a 3 part tutorial that will sweep many useful techniques used in web application design, Flex, and Flash 3D design.
Continue reading...Become an Author
Write a tutorial for The Tech Labs and get paid $100 per each published tutorial! Learn More.
Suggest a Tutorial
Got ideas for articles, tutorials or even to improve this site? Send us a suggestion. We can't make any promises, but when we are out of ideas, that's where we go!
- 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 3D Sliding Puzzle Game in Flex with ActionScript 3.0 and Away3D
- 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
What's Coming Next
- No posts scheduled right now.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
4 Comments