Category Archives: FlashMedia
Degrafa, Graphics Framework for Flex
Flex and ActionScript combined give you a very powerful environment for programming graphics intensive application. The technology makes it easy to design and create animation rich interfaces. And now Degrafa adds yet another compelling choice if you want to easily create complex graphical interfaces.
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YouTube ActionScript 3.0 Player, Welcome to the ActionScript future
This weekend, I finally brought The Couch TVs frontpage up to date. It had been broken for a while, ever since my little YouTube ActionScript 3 hack stopped working. Since YouTube announced their ActionScript 3.0 player, a few months ago, there is no need for a hack anyway. Now there is a clean way to [...]
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2010 is almost here and I like to end 2009 with a clean slate. One of those slates that needs cleaning is my starred items in Google Reader. I tend to star everything that looks like it might be interesting. The idea is that I can back to it later when I have a little [...]
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Exporting Models From Blender to Flash Sandy 3D, Experiments in 3D
Last week, reader rafbaf asked how to use Blender models in Sandy 3D. There are a few options, for instance Sandy 3D can import the Collada format that Blender exports. But there is also an easier way. A Python script for Blender allows you to export models straight to ActionScript code. However, as you will [...]
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Tweetcoding Demonstrates That 140 Characters is Enough for Every One
If you’re an ActionScript programmer and you haven’t checked up on #tweetcoding, you owe it to yourself to take the rest of the day off and look it up. #tweetcoding is an ActionScript coding competition, organised by Grant Skinner, where you have exactly 140 characters (a tweet) to program something interesting.
You might think that this [...]
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ActionScript Motion Tracking
Inspired by a reader question (keep them coming, I love those), I got into the subject of motion tracking in Flash. Following the project Natal announcement, I expect motion tracking will become huge over the next few months. So while I’m searching for my webcam, here are a few pointers to get you started.
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Sandy 3D Tutorial: Getting Started with Sandy and FlashDevelop
Over the last year or two, developing 3D applications in Flash has become increasingly feasible, for almost any ActionScript developers. A number of open source 3D engines, like Sandy 3D, have popped up. Combined with the incredible FlashDevelop, any one can get started, right away. However, because FlashDevelop does not have the authoring tools of [...]
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Flash Lite Developer Challenge, Adobe Bribes Developers
If you’ve been wanting to get your feet wet with Flash Lite, the Flash for mobile, now’s your chance. Adobe is bribing you with $100.000 to write a killer application for their mobile platform. The Flash Lite Developer Challenge will award 6 applications in 6 categories with $15.000 and pick one overall winner that gets [...]
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ActionScript 3 Minimal Comps for Quick Prototyping