Category Archives: Flash

3-2-1… Toronto!

Posted on April 16, 2008 by keith

Saturday afternoon I leave for Toronto for my fourth FiTC attendance and speaking engagement. FiTC has always (in the years I’ve gone) been one of the highlights of the Flash conference tour. Great speakers, great attendees, great parties, great memories. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 1 Comment

Flash CS3 on OS X and syslogd

Posted on April 15, 2008 by keith

Another one related to component creation, but a question this time… Does your syslogd sometimes go out of control? Whenever I save the Component Definition dialog, export a SWC, Convert to Compiled Clip, or Save the file I’m creating my … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 15 Comments

AS3 graphics.drawCircle() glitch

Posted on April 12, 2008 by keith

Not sure if I’d go so far as to call this a bug, but it’s one of those little things that usually never bothers you, but every once in a while, comes up and bites you. Take the following code: … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 5 Comments

Jing to video

Posted on April 11, 2008 by keith

I’ve been using Jing for screen captures. It also has video capture capabilities. There are a few problems with it though. One is that the output is a SWF, so you can’t edit it or upload it to YouTube or … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 4 Comments

More on Verlet IK System

Posted on April 11, 2008 by keith

I wanted to clarify a few details about the Verlet IK engine I posted some videos on earlier. First of all, it’s not just the editor you see there. It is an engine comprised of several classes that I will … Continue reading →

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Verlet IK Engine Preview

Posted on April 11, 2008 by keith

A little project that I have been working on this week. More to come… [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/verletdemo1.swf” width=”743″ height=”635″ /] Actually, I’ve built this about three times in the last year. I’m getting pretty good at it. This one should see … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 12 Comments

I'm going to Harvard

Posted on April 10, 2008 by keith

Well, for a couple of hours anyway. I’m actually doing a presentation to the Harvard University Flash Users Group, led by Philip Desenne, who is also a regular member of the Boston Flash Platform User Group. Anyway, I should probably … Continue reading →

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CS3 Component Glitch #3

Posted on April 7, 2008 by keith

As I’ve mentioned, I’m building out the UI component set for Ribbit. There have been quite a few setbacks on this process, the biggest ones being bugs in the Flash IDE itself. I’ve already blogged about the problems with inspectable … Continue reading →

Posted in Components, Flash | 11 Comments

New MinimalComps. And now on Google Code

Posted on April 6, 2008 by keith

I know people are using these. It’s fun randomly running into them here and there on the web. I even have people submitting changes and fixes for them. And, I’ve been continuing to add to them. So it’s time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Components, Flash | 9 Comments

Speaking of Synthesizers

Posted on April 6, 2008 by keith

I can’t wait til this comes out:

Posted in Flash | 2 Comments