Monthly Archives: May 2007

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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Flash-related animation and 3D tools

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Nuno Correia

For those interested in animation and 3D, I recommend two tools that complement Flash very well. For 3D authoring with Flash, I recommend Swift 3D: Swift 3D is the only 3D application to directly integrate with Adobe Flash and provides … Continue reading →

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Extra tutoring session

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Nuno Correia

As agreed last week, tomorrow (8/5/2007) there will be an extra tutoring session at 15h – (…). The topic will be: Flash basics (drawing, animation, symbols).

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Portfolio: Diana Sousa

Posted on May 7, 2007 by ddesousa

I’ve used Flash mostly for building website prototypes and make web promotions. I give you an example from the work I’ve done while working at the advertising agency Adsek, in Tampere. It’s an online teaser to get subscriptions for a … Continue reading →

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Course files

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Nuno Correia

The course files can be downloaded (or viewed, in the case of .swf´s) from here: http://mlab.uiah.fi/mediacode/coursefiles/course_2007_05/ Updates: I´ve uploaded Flash 8 versions of the exercises, with the suffix “_fl8”. I´ve uploaded Flash MX 2004 versions of the exercises, with the … Continue reading →

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Best Practices and Coding Conventions for ActionScript 2.0

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Adobe article on “Best Practices and Coding Conventions for ActionScript 2.0”: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/00001640.html Article on naming suffixes for object types in ActionScript: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43761

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Portfolio: Nuno Correia

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Nuno Correia

It would be interesting if the participants in the course and blog presented themselves / their work / their interests, under the “portfolio” category. I’m interested in interactive and generative audio-visual expression. My personal/index website is www.nunocorreia.com. My research blog … Continue reading →

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Flash – a short chronology

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Flash “pre-history” (Flash creator – Jonathan Gay) 1985 – first games for Mac 1987 – first drawing applications 1991 – IntelliDraw for Mac 1993 – SmartSketch (for pen computers/devices) 1996 – FutureSplash Animator – vectorial animation for the Web Flash … Continue reading →

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MTASC and haXe – Open-Source ActionScript Compilers

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Nuno Correia

About MTASC: MTASC (Motion-Twin ActionScript 2 Compiler) is the first ActionScript 2 Open Source free compiler. It can compile large number of .as class files in a very short time and generate directly the corresponding SWF bytecode without relying on … Continue reading →

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