Category Archives: Software

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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Flash and Facebook

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Adobe is now pushing Flash as a development tool for building Facebook apps, with the new ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform API: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/

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Flash sound update

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Nuno Correia

About a year ago I posted about the new sound capabilities in Flash player 10: http://mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/archives/110 It seemed to be a direct result of the “Adobe Make Some Noise” campaign: http://www.make-some-noise.info/ Although the results were not what was expected originally, … Continue reading →

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Flash Sound Visualizer Links

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Some assorted links of examples, tutorials and reflections regarding sound visualizers in Flash: 1. Tutorials http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00000296.html http://www.ultrashock.com/tutorials/flash8/spectrum.php http://www.thetechlabs.com/sound/create-a-as3-flash-9-mp3-player-with-spectrum-display/ http://www.thetechlabs.com/3d/create-a-as3-mp3-player-with-papervision3d-spectrum-display/ http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=8E9A0 2. Examples with source code http://www.terrypaton.com/as3-sound-spectrum/ http://www.anttikupila.com/flash/revolt-actionscript-3-based-spectrum-analyzer-source-released/ http://labs.blitzagency.com/?p=118 http://clockmaker.jp/blog-en/2008/11/pv3d_visualizer/ 3. Links to visualizers http://diaghe.com/blog/?p=19 http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2006/10/as3_music_visua.html http://theflashblog.com/?p=197 4. Discussion http://www.ultrashock.com/forums/actionscript/as3-soundmixer-computespectrum-82605.html http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=176574 … Continue reading →

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ProcessingAS

Posted on March 27, 2009 by tkuyanov

Processing.as is a port of the Processing programming language to ActionScript. It includes a fully functional parser and evaluator, as well as an API layer, to run many existing and new Processing scripts. To check out Processing.as in action, take a … Continue reading →

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