Author Archives: Nuno Correia

Flash and PHP

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Here is a link to Adobe Flash Developer Center’s PHP Page: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/php.html And a link to an important PHP resource: http://www.php.net/

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XML links

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Some useful links about XML: Wikipedia XML page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML W3C XML page: http://www.w3.org/XML/ O´Reilly´s XML page: http://www.xml.com/ XML-related portal: http://www.xml.org/

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Sound in Flash CS3

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Nuno Correia

The sound implementation in Flash has been greatly improved with Flash CS3: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00000283.html Here is a great example of a simple sound visualizer: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00000296.html Note the following limitations: Because sound data from a microphone or from RTMP streams do not … Continue reading →

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Flash Video

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Some useful links about video in Flash: Adobe Flash Video developer center: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/video.html Article on video encoding: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/encoding_video.html Article on selecting a video encoder: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/selecting_video_encoder.html Article on using the Adobe Flash CS3 Video Encoder: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/video_encoder/

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Adobe Flash documentation page – recommended

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Here is a great link to several (very useful) Flash PDFs and live docs: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flash/

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Course files and topics

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Nuno Correia

With this entry I intend to match the course files with the course topics. Some exercises belong to several topics, but still this classification could be useful. A reminder: the course files can be downloaded (or viewed, in the case … Continue reading →

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Han Hoogerbrugge

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Nuno Correia

The work of Han Hoogerbrugge uses interactive animation in his explorations of alternative narration. His surreal world belongs, in my opinion, to the same universe of David Lynch, Residents, Charles Burns and Daniel Clowes. Highlights: his Nails and Hotel works. … Continue reading →

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James Paterson

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Nuno Correia

The illustrations and Flash animations of James Paterson are quite unique: http://www.presstube.com/

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tokyoplastic

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Worth exploring… I sometimes feel frustrated by the navigation options, and long waiting times, but the animation and use of sound is quite good: http://www.tokyoplastic.com/

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Adobe Flash-related applications — Flex and Apollo

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Adobe’s Flex and Apollo (still in “Adobe Labs” stage) both use Flash technology. Both are worth checking out. About Flex: Adobe® Flexâ„¢ 2 software is a rich Internet application framework based on Adobe Flash® that will enable you to productively … Continue reading →

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