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 the respective project folders.
What I’d like from each of you:
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.vimeo.com/album/177582
And photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunocorreia/sets/72157623249650673/
This is a good resource for particle emitter libraries. They also supply good documentation, examples and a useful tutorial that covers the basics.
From gotoAndLearn.com: a video tutorial for creating a “throwable” slider, with physics behavior (source file available):
Reposted from my blog:
Rhizome.org has recently showcased several interactive online music projects (mostly built with Flash):
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 far, regarding threats and opportunities for Flash:
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Why_Flash_Isn_t_Going_Anywhere__iPad_Be_Damned
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
Tutorial on rich media ads from Adobe Flash Developer Center:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/rich_media_ads.html
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
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
