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Learn How-to Create Flash Components using Actionscript 3.0, XML and Flickr API
This tutorial will allow you to learn to create custom Flash Components using Actionscript 3.0. I have opted an image gallery component where we would show thumbnails of various images and user could see respective enlarged image by clicking any of the thumbnail. I have used FlickR image search to show various images using this component.
Continue reading...Saving User Generated Imagery from an AIR Application Using the JPG and PNG Encoder Classes and Flash CS4
1. April 2009
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
31. March 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...Dynamically loading fonts with FontLoader and applying styles with CSS stylesheet in Actionscript 3.0
18. March 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
12. March 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...Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D – Part 2
23. September 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
17. September 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...Extending the Actionscript 3.0 / Flash CS3 Slideshow with XML
10. September 2008
In this second part flash tutorial we're going to add some more features to the slideshow application. Those would be forwarding and rewinding slides, play and pause the slideshow and linkable slides. If you haven't read the first part tutorial yet, you should do it before continue. You can read it here.
Continue reading...Creating a AIR Web Service Package with Flash and Actionscript 3.0 – Base Service Class And Simple Twitter API
3. September 2008
In this series of tutorials, you will learn the basics of architecting a simple but powerful Web Services Package. We'll start off by creating a class which will be the base of all our services and then continue to create a very simple Twitter API.
Continue reading...Expanding the Flash Actionscript 3.0 Videoplayer
14. August 2008
Alright, here's the second part of the video player tutorial. We will be adding the following new features: - Playlist support - Fullscreen support - Save volume - Clickable progress/volume bar
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22. April 2009
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