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As Adobe developers we may not like Steve Jobs but we should respect him. Seeing the turnaround of Apple Computer upon his return and the stellar growth of companies such as Pixar Animation Studios should lead any of us to deduce he is a man with a plan. Just a few short years ago we had never heard of i-devices and now none of us can sit and enjoy our latte without seeing at least one.
Suppose you watched a video presentation online and want to save it on your system to enjoy it later offline. Maybe you are thrilled with a cartoon animation and you want to create a wallpaper out of it using few assets from the movie. Or you could be a student with a curious mind who wants to learn the ‘behind the scene’ stuff.
Understanding how Actuate is using data driven BIRT reporting in combination with Flash presentations to create highly interactive business applications.
Currently there are many choices when it comes to monetizing a web game. It can be daunting to decide which model is best for a developer. On top of this, there are conflicting reports as to which ones are truly lucrative.
There is more to the ActionScript Object class than meets the eye. In the first of a new series, Huw Collingbourne looks at associative arrays
Flash offers great built-in solutions for loading several types of external content into SWF applications. However, that doesn’t help you much when it comes to loading numerous units of different kind of data at the same time. Thankfully, there are some third-party utilities that can take care of the job. In this article you will see how to make use of the open-source BulkLoader class.
Adobe Alchemy is an Adobe project that allows users to compile C and C++ code to be run on the Actionscript Virtual Machine (AVM2). With this possibility developers can take advantages of hundreds of powerful C and C++ libraries on the Flash Platform. These libraries will be compiled as a SWFor SWC files that run on Adobe Flash Player 10 (as well as Adobe AIR 1.5).
Flash Media Server is able to detect the client connection speed and serve up video at the appropriate bitrate. It allows your application to avoid the annoying „Choose the size of video” message and let the FMS do it for you. In this article you’ll learn how to do that.
A story of enthusiasm and love to Flash-platform which turned a small meeting into one of the brightest events in flash-industry.
Sean Carey President of HD Interactive, a premium provider of branded games, rich internet applications, social media & memorable online experiences.
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Intel recently released a new App Store specifically for Netbook Apps: Intel AppUp (http://www.appup.com/). Included in this program is a partnership with Adobe (Melrose SDK … NOW in Public Beta!), a Million Dollar Developer Program Accelerator, and the Intel Developer Challenge 2010.
We Flash and Flex developers and for that matter, anyone developing Web 2.0 content have enjoyed a free ride on the bandwidth bandwagon. While fiber optic vendors have scurried to lay the last mile of our super highway, none of us have paid much attention to the weight of our applications. But that is all soon to change. Resolution be damned, we are all being ushered into the wireless era, and like it or not, the game is changing.
A Visual Studio user who wants to create a rich internet application (RIA) has, up to now, had only one real choice: Microsoft Silverlight. With the launch of Amethyst, that’s all changed. Amethyst puts a powerful suite of Flash Platform design and coding tools right inside Visual Studio.
Onyx-VJ is an open source video performance tool based on ActionScript 3 language. The project was started by Daniel HAI back in 2003.
The avenues for delivering innovative products and services to vast groups of clients are unlimited as internet media platforms evolve, become widely used, and are made more accessible.
Currently there are many choices when it comes to monetizing a web game. It can be daunting to decide which model is best for a developer.
Flex 4 containers are not close relatives of Flex 3 Containers. If you want to avoid family feuds, you need to take care of the children. In this article, we’ll find out how.
Sometimes Flash just isn’t enough to get the job done. Often times you might need to communicate with code outside the Flash Player, such as JavaScript in an HTML page.
Mobile is big. The web is big. Services are big. It is no secret that in the past several years the API has become king. Simply accessing a web site is not sufficient any more.
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Check out my Special Report talking about the hints from Adobe on a brand new 3D API coming out for Flash the Fall at Adobe MAX.They say it is going to be unlike anything you've seen before.
I was just surprised to see when I was downloading the latest edition of Flash & Flex Developer Magazine, that the Special Report I wrote became the title of this month's edition: The Flash on iPhone War. Kind of nifty and unexpected!
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Hi! I'm Lee Graham. I'm a GOAT (Geek Of All Trades)! I'm also a Flash Platform Developer, eLearning Developer for BB&T University, Android fanatic, & husband to the world's most beautiful girl!
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