Category Archives: Flash

FLARToolkit tutorial

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Nuno Correia

1. Introduction 1.1 What is AR? “Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related … Continue reading →

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SoundManager

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Nuno Correia

From the SoundManager website: “Using HTML5 and Flash, SoundManager 2 provides reliable cross-platform audio under a single JavaScript API. (…) SoundManager 2 gives you a simple but powerful API that supports both new and old, using HTML5 audio where supported and an … Continue reading →

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Unity and Flash

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Unity will soon be able to publish to Flash. This will allow for powerful 3D web applications, integrating physics and advanced 3D techniques. “This means that next to the already existing build targets of a Unity project, one will be … Continue reading →

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Adobe releases preview of Edge, new HTML5 Web motion and interaction design tool

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Yesterday, Adobe released a preview of Edge, “a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.” The preview is free, for the time being. … Continue reading →

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Research into Flash and HTML5: Which One is Right For Your Project?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Our Research into Flash and HTML5: Which One is Right For Your Project? From Periscopic, via @SethSandler http://now.periscopic.com/2011/05/our-research-into-flash-and-html5-which-one-is-right-for-your-project/

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Flex 4.5 – Developing for multiple mobile platforms

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Three recent tutorials (including 1 video) about the new functionalities in Flex/Flash Builder 4.5 for deploying to multiple mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Blackberry Tablet) simultaneously: http://tv.adobe.com/m/#!/watch/adobe-technology-sneaks-2011/sneak-peek-of-mobile-application-development-with-flex-and-flash-builder/ http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/mobile-development-flex-flashbuilder.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash-builder/articles/whatsnew-flashbuilder-45.html [updated] More related info and links from here: http://bit.ly/bundles/flashplatform/9

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Useful video tutorial channels on Flash/Actionscript

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Nuno Correia

There are now several interesting channels with tutorials on Flash, ActionScript and Flex on AdobeTV: http://tv.adobe.com/show/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/codedependent/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/adc-presents/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/flash-platform-in-action/

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Tonfall audio library for Flash

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Tonfall is “an Actionscript framework to get you started in audio dsp programming within the Flashplayer”. It is “focussed on readability and simplicity than performance optimizations” http://code.google.com/p/tonfall/ Its author is Andre Michelle, one of the creators of the Popforge library, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Kinect controller hacked

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Nuno Correia

Via BBC News: Microsoft’s Kinect controller has been hacked only a few days after it officially went on sale. Code to control the motion-capture device has been produced that allows it to be used with a PC rather than the … Continue reading →

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Adobe demos Flash to HTML5 converter

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Nuno Correia

Adobe has recently demoed a tool to convert a Flash file to HTML5. Quoting Mashable: (Flash) animations or interactions will now be viewable on all kinds of devices — including the iPhone and iPad. This is where we think that … Continue reading →

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