Category Archives: Flash

Embedding whole SWFs in AS3

Posted on August 28, 2008 by keith

So I’ve been embedding stuff in AS3 for like 10 years. (give or take a few years 🙂 ) And I think I’ve pretty much always done it like: [as][Embed(source=”some.swf”, symbol=”someSymbol”)] private var SomeThing:Class;[/as] And never had a problem with … Continue reading →

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No Flash? Sorry, that's not the REAL Internet.

Posted on August 27, 2008 by keith

At least that’s what the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency says. They pulled an iPhone ad because it claimed to give you “all parts of the Internet”. But the omission of Flash and Java was enough for the agency to call … Continue reading →

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Big Ass Bitmaps in Flash 10

Posted on August 24, 2008 by keith

I remember reading, I think possibly on Tinic’s blog, a while back that BitmapData maximum sizes would be increasing. Then I heard Jim Corbett mention it at FiTC this year, along with some details. I know I could probably find … Continue reading →

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New Flash 10 Class: SavingBitmap

Posted on August 23, 2008 by keith

I’ve been creating a lot of AS3 generated graphics over at Art From Code and have faced the problem of how to get the generated bitmaps (or vectors) out to files. For a lot of the files, they are quick … Continue reading →

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FlashForward Photos Posted

Posted on August 23, 2008 by keith

I really didn’t pull out my camera til the last day, but put up most of what I took that day: Check em out. Here’s Stacey doing her groupie dance: And here’s a panorama of what it’s like to be … Continue reading →

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FlashForward 2008 Retrospective

Posted on August 23, 2008 by keith

In addition to the play-by-play, I wanted to give an overall response to the conference. Personally, I enjoyed the hell out of it. I applaud Beau and crew for taking a big risk on changing up the format. It really … Continue reading →

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FlashForward Day 2 and 3

Posted on August 23, 2008 by keith

Carrying over from the last post, Thursday wrapped up with Lynda Weinman and Erik Natzke. Lynda talked about her views on education. A bit of a dry presentation – page after page of bullet points, few if any images and … Continue reading →

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I'm at FlashForward

Posted on August 19, 2008 by keith

Arrived in San Francisco around 1pm. Just before we landed I was looking over some conference logistics stuff I’d printed out, and the guy sitting beside me asked if I was going to FlashForward. Turns out he was too. So … Continue reading →

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Profiled in Create Digital Motion

Posted on August 18, 2008 by keith

I’ve been subscribing to CDM for several weeks now. Lots of awesome visual stuff to be inspired by there. Got a nice surprise today when they ran an article at least partially on me. Stuff like this just makes my … Continue reading →

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More on Flash 10 Security

Posted on August 18, 2008 by keith

Lee Brimelow has just posted some more information in regards to the issues WordPress, Flickr, SWFUpload have with the Flash 10 Beta. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the behavior is going to change, but I do understand a bit more … Continue reading →

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