Category Archives: Flash

Optimized Line Drawing

Posted on August 1, 2007 by keith

Many months ago, I developed an algorithm for optimizing line drawings for another project I was doing. The idea is, you are drawing some lines with the mouse. Via an enterFrame or mouseMove, or even a timer or interval, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 7 Comments

Real Player: Do not install. Spread the word.

Posted on July 31, 2007 by keith

I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, as just about everyone I know cringes when they hear the name of this product. But the latest beta of Real Player isn’t just a crappy audio player that tries to … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 15 Comments

Making Things Move! in Japanese, Chinese, etc.!

Posted on July 31, 2007 by keith

I was really excited to learn the other day, and confirm today that Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move! is in the process of being translated to Japanese! It’s being published by Born Digital of Tokyo, translated by Nagai … Continue reading →

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Cool App: TUN3R

Posted on July 27, 2007 by keith

http://www.tun3r.com/ Another one of those “why didn’t I think of that?” moments. 🙂 [EDIT]OK, OK, this is not a Flash App. I could have sworn I right clicked and saw a Flash menu. I’m hallucinating. Still a cool app though. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 5 Comments

Yeah, yeah, I have more Pownce invites

Posted on July 26, 2007 by keith

Too late. All gone.

Posted in Flash | 1 Comment

In Boston this week? Learn to customize your Flex Apps.

Posted on July 23, 2007 by keith

I’m happy to announce that Joey Lott will be speaking at this month’s BFPUG (Boston Flash Platform User Group) meeting. Joey should need no introduction – author of such books as the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook, Programming Flex 2, Advanced ActionScript … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 3 Comments

My new website: Wicked Pissah Games!

Posted on July 22, 2007 by keith

For a long while now, I’ve been considering where to go next in my Flash career. Some of the very early goals I had when I started with Flash were to get a full time job doing Flash, and to … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 12 Comments

A Conversation with John Grden

Posted on July 21, 2007 by keith

On the off chance that you want to listen to John Grden and myself ramble on about random stuff for 31 minutes, and in the even more off chance that you actually want to watch such a thing, here you … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 2 Comments

Simplify Media: Share iTunes Libraries over the net

Posted on July 13, 2007 by keith

I just ran across a pretty cool program, Simplify Media. It fills a great need to share your iTunes library, not just on a local network, but across the net. I’ve actually had a solution for this for a while … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 7 Comments

Lock your bitmaps!

Posted on July 12, 2007 by keith

Yesterday I posted about offscreen buffering techniques in bitmapdata drawing. And did some time tests that showed that doing a lot of drawing to an offscreen bitmap and then drawing that bitmap to your onscreen bitmap can save a significant … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 6 Comments