Author Archives: Nuno Correia

Adobe Flex 3 for free (education)

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Nuno Correia

For Flash platform developers: Adobe Flex Builder 3 is now available for free, to students/faculty/staff. A great opportunity to develop ActionScript 3 applications for free, or to expand your Flash toolkit. https://freeriatools.adobe.com/flex/ (via Matti Luhtala)

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Flash CS5 announced

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Nuno Correia

At Adobe MAX 2009, Flash CS5 was announced. The iPhone apps publisher is the main news, but other features include: New text capabilities via the Text Layout Framework (TLF) — Get unprecedented text control and creativity with projects created in … Continue reading →

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Flash apps for iPhone coming up soon

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Flash CS5 will allow the development of iPhone apps, as Adobe demonstrates: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/appsfor_iphone/ TechCrunch report on Adobe MAX event, where this was announced: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/adobe-shows-off-flash-apps-for-iphone-yes-you-read-that-right/ It’s not a Flash plug-in for iPhone, but a very nice workaround…

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Flash (not Flash Lite) on mobile phones in 2010

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Nuno Correia

BBC reports on widespread adoption of Flash 10.1 on smart phones by 2010 (with the notable exception of iPhone): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8287239.stm

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Accessing the library dynamically

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Nuno Correia

For an upcoming Video Jack project, I’ve been trying out accessing random elements from the library – without knowing previously if they were present there or not. I found some tutorials/references on the subject. To find if a class exists: … Continue reading →

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Physical Computing and Flash @ Wonderfl.net

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Nuno Correia

A web community to share DIY experiences for physical computing and Adobe Flash: http://physical.wonderfl.net/ (via Michihito Mizutani)

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HTML 5 and Flash

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Link to a InfoWorld- Yahoo! article regarding the emerging HTML 5 and the challenges it poses to Flash, Silverlight and Java: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/infoworld/20090616/tc_infoworld/79291

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Adobe Flash secures TV set-top deal

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Nuno Correia

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8008070.stm: Adobe has secured a deal to put its Flash software into many of the chips that go inside TVs and set-top boxes. It will enable developers and content providers to create applications to deliver web-based content such as … Continue reading →

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Importing Google SketchUp Models to Flash Using Papervision 3D

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Google SketchUp is a very practical, and free, way to develop simple 3D shapes and scenarios. With Papervision 3D, it’s now easy to import SketchUp models into Flash. Found this tutorial on the topic: http://www.elctech.com/tutorials/importing-google-sketchup-models-into-papervision-3d

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Course end / projects / documentation

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Nuno Correia

The Multimedia Authoring Course part 2 (2009) has just ended. Thank you to all participants. The projects can be found in this link (source code included): http://mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/coursefiles/course_2009_03/projects/ Videos of the project presentations can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunocorreia/sets/72157623538599815/ And photos here: … Continue reading →

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