Category Archives: Software

Saving Flash graphics as image files at runtime

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Nuno Correia

This tutorial explains how to make a screen capture of graphics generated in Flash, within the same file. Very useful for generative graphics that you to be able to create snapshots of, or for creating drawing apps with a save … Continue reading →

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Detecting microphone activity

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Nuno Correia

I found this on the Adobe website: Programming ActionScript 3.0 > Working with sound > Capturing sound input > Detecting microphone activity http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000301.html It’s still in the Flash 9 documentation, but might be useful for a simple sound detection application.

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Generating sounds dynamically in Flash Player 10

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Nuno Correia

Very good examples about dynamic sound generation in Flash: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/dynamic_sound_generation/index.html

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Adobe unveils CS4 September 23rd

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Nuno Correia

Adobe is hosting a webcast to publicly unveil Creative Suite 4, on September 23rd. Advance registration is required. http://www.adobe.com/go/somethingbrilliant

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Flash 10 – Adobe makes some noise

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Nuno Correia

Adobe is developing Flash 10 Player: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/ You might be aware of the “Adobe, Make Some Noise!” campaign to bring more sound features to Flash: http://www.make-some-noise.info/ Well, it seems Adobe is making some noise. Check out Tinic Uro’s blog: http://www.kaourantin.net/2008/05/adobe-is-making-some-noise-part-1.html … Continue reading →

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Adobe – Open Screen Project

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Nuno Correia

Is Adobe opening up Flash Player? From http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/ The Open Screen Project is dedicated to driving consistent rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics. (…) The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent … Continue reading →

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New Adobe app, codename Thermo

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Nuno Correia

Adobe is working on a new tool – “Flex for designers” – codenamed Thermo. Watch the videos here.

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Flash / PHP / MySQL samples

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Nuno Correia

Here is the link to the samples Rasmus Vuori has prepared for this course: http://mlab.uiah.fi/~ooland/courses/0708/ria/

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XMLList in ActionScript 3.0

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Nuno Correia

XMLList is a practical way to represent a section of an XML document in Flash: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/XMLList.html

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Adobe Flash samples

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Nuno Correia

In this page, many Flash sample files can be found (such as the ones used for the Programming ActionScript 3.0 .pdf also mentioned before). http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flash/samples/

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