Category Archives: Software

Flash for surface computing

Posted on March 26, 2009 by tkuyanov

In recent years, surface computing has gained a lot of steam. “Surface computing” is a broad term that is promoted by proponents of large-screen interactive display technologies. Several such technologies have been developed, including Perceptive Pixel from Jeff Han (NYU), … Continue reading →

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Flare. Data visualisation in Flash.

Posted on March 26, 2009 by tkuyanov

http://flare.prefuse.org/ Flare is an ActionScript library for creating visualizations that run in the Adobe Flash Player. From basic charts and graphs to complex interactive graphics, the toolkit supports data management, visual encoding, animation, and interaction techniques. Even better, flare features … Continue reading →

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Open-Source Web Graphics

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Mozilla, Google Back New Plan for Open-Source Web Graphics From Wired: http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/mozilla-google.html

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Papervision3D

Posted on March 24, 2009 by tkuyanov

http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/ http://blog.papervision3d.org/   Flash have some tools for manipulating 2D data in 3D space, but for real 3D, check this one.

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3D in Flash CS4

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Using 3d in Flash, both as timeline animation and using ActionScript, is now very simple. Check out this Adobe article: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/3d_support.html

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Microsoft launches Silverlight 3

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Nuno Correia

It seems that finally Silverlight will be a worthy competitor to Flash. From Webmonkey: The new beta shows off new hardware integration, interactive controls and the ability to download Silverlight applications to your desktop. Silverlight 3 takes advantage of the … Continue reading →

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wonderfl

Posted on March 15, 2009 by tkuyanov

wonderfl is a service where you can build a Flash(swf file) online. Usually when you want to build Flash, you need Flash IDE or Flex, FlashDevelop or any flash building tool to write code and compile it. With wonderfl, you … Continue reading →

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Conduit for Flash Pixel Bender

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Nuno Correia

From http://lacquer.fi/conduit/pixelbender/ (via Timur Kuyanov): The latest Flash Player version 10 introduces a powerful new feature: Pixel Bender shaders. Using shaders you can bypass Flash’s built-in image effects and blending modes and instead manipulate pixels at will. Shaders are rendered … Continue reading →

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Popforge Sound Library (AS3)

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Matti Luhtala

Popforge sound library is bundled with many sound processing and manipulation possibilities. The library is developed by Andre Michelle and Joa Ebert. Please note that Flash example files are under trunk menu. One needs to download them as well as … Continue reading →

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Flash and the iPhone – opportunities and threats

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Nuno Correia

Adobe is working with Apple on bringing Flash support to the iPhone: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a19HIOO8r_6c&refer=home On the other hand, WebKit now supports explicit animations in CSS, which will mean increased competition for Flash: http://webkit.org/blog/324/css-animation-2/

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