Tag Archives: Flash

The Golden Age of Flash 0

Video after the jump

11 Flash Resources & 11 Must-Have-Utilities for 2009 0

Hydrotik has posted quite a comprehensive list of resources and must-have-utilities for 2009. I’ve picked a few of my own favorites that I’ll definitely will use or play with during 2009.

25 lines of code 0

The 25-Line Actionscript Contest for decemeber has ended, and I must say i’m extremely impressed with what you can do with just 25 lines of code.

MVC Design patterns 1

The last few days I’ve been researching MVC Design patterns for AS3, thinking that it could be something I could apply to a project I’ve been working on (Integrating WordPress and Flash), and also a chance to study while working.
Anyways, Sam Rivello has written an excellent introduction about PureMVC over at Adobe Edge.
I also found [...]

ExportImage 0

Hasan Otuome over at Flex.Rocks! has written a nice JSFL for exporting library bitmap assets, which is really nice when you dont have the original assets ( say when a designer done the asset layout and you need to re-edit them).
Read more and download here.

FDT 0

I’ve bitten the bullet…
Sick and tired of not having code completion for AS3 / AS2 i decided to order FDT 3 Professional. What can I say? It’s like manna from heaven! SWC browsing, Code-completion, ANT build, etc etc.
I also found a great kit for making the repetative process of setting up a new Project in [...]

Text Layout 1

Adobe just released a beta of the “Text Layout Framework” for Flash Player 10, which enables among other things:

Bidirectional text, vertical text and over 30 writing systems including Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Lao, the major writing systems of India, and others.

Selection, editing and flowing text across multiple columns and linked containers, and around [...]