Monthly Archives: February 2010

Project posts – links and recommendations

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Nuno Correia

To the Multimedia Authoring course participants: Again, thanks for your enthusiasm and great projects! As you can see in the previous post, I’ve uploaded documentation videos to Vimeo, and photos to Flickr. I’ve also uploaded screenshots of your projects, to … Continue reading →

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Course ended / projects / documentation

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Nuno Correia

The Multimedia Authoring Course (2010) has ended. Thank you to all participants. The projects can be found in this link (source code included): http://mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/coursefiles/course_2010_01/projects/ Videos of the project presentations can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunocorreia/sets/72157629693724784/ And photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunocorreia/sets/72157623249650673/

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Flint Particle System

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Ben Dromey

This is a good resource for particle emitter libraries. They also supply good documentation, examples and a useful tutorial that covers the basics. http://flintparticles.org/

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“Throw” tutorial with physics behavior

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Nuno Correia

From gotoAndLearn.com: a video tutorial for creating a “throwable” slider, with physics behavior (source file available): http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play?id=81

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Recent interactive online music projects @ Rhizome

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Nuno Correia

Reposted from my blog: Rhizome.org has recently showcased several interactive online music projects (mostly built with Flash): String Theories (2008) – Sinem Erkas http://rhizome.org/editorial/3254 Play (And Record) The Piano (2010) – Kokokaka http://rhizome.org/editorial/3255 Raindrop Melody Maker (2009) – Lullatone and … Continue reading →

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Flash, HTML5 and iPhone/iPad – Web Monkey article

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Nuno Correia

There have been a lot of articles lately regarding the “future of Flash”, with recent moves by YouTube and Vimeo towards H.264 video, and Apple’s launch of a “flashless” iPad. This Web Monkey article is the best I’ve read so … Continue reading →

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Mobile apps – case studies

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Nuno Correia

Article from Adobe Mobile and Devices Developer Center about mobile apps and brands (with case studies): http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/taking_brand_mobile.html

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Rich media ads with Flash

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Nuno Correia

Tutorial on rich media ads from Adobe Flash Developer Center: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/rich_media_ads.html

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Animation by code: Motion as XML

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Nuno Correia

The “Copy Motion as XML” functionality in Flash can lead to some very interesting results. Besides a video mention in a previous post, you can also follow this tutorial on the subject: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/creating_animation_as3_07.html

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Animation by code: Tween class

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Nuno Correia

As a complement to today’s focus on animation, the Tween class (and related classes) in AS3 can be used to quickly create animations by code. Link to a tutorial on the Tween class: http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3tweenclass/ Adobe AS3 reference: http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/transitions/Tween.html

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