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45+ Awesome Actionscript 3.0 Tutorials

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:41:38 +0000

ActionScript is an object-oriented language that was originally developed by Macromedia and is now owned by Adobe Systems. It is a dialect of ECMAScript, which means that it is a superset of the syntax of JavaScript. ActionScript is currently used for the development of websites and software that is targeted for the Adobe Flash Player. ActionScript 3.0 is the programming language for the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtime environments. To get a better understanding of some of the applications that you can build with knowledge of ActionScript 3.0, I have listed some tutorials below.

A Wonderwall-Like Effect, with Traer AS3

AS3 Shuffle Grid Class

AS3 Webcam Motion Tracking

3D Menu on a Cube with Perspective

3D Texture Mapping with ‘drawTriangles’ in Flash CS4 and AS3

AS3: ByteArray – Saving an image

Basic Flash AS3 -tutorial

Building Flash Video Player

Circle Collisions

ColorPicker Component in Flash CS3

Cool particle effects in Flash

Contour Map Plotter and 3D Function Grapher in Flash Combined

Controlling the Timeline with ActionScript 3

Cool Particle Effects In Flash

Create a 3D Sliding Puzzle Game in Flex with ActionScript 3.0 and Away3D

Create a 3D Image Reflection in AS3 and Flash CS4

Create a poll and chart component in Flash CS3

Creating a 3D Tunnel Effect in Flash

Creating Gradients in Flash

Custom Classes for Playing Cards in ActionScript 3

Customizing Flash Context Menu Using AS3

The CylindricalGallery Class

Dragging in 3D – The Right Way

Driven 3D Billboard

Event bubbling

Expanding the Flash AS3 Videoplayer

Flash AS3: PDF attachment with email

Flash CS3 Particle Effect Tutorial

Flash CS3 Tutorial – Fractals in AS3

Flash Mouse Trailer with Stars

Flower Twist Particle Effect and the Methods Behind It

How to Set Perspective Projection of Display Objects

Image Accordion Effect in AS3 Flash CS4

Implement the basic Flash CS3 drag-and-drop technique

Infinite Gallery / Menu

Lorenz Attractor in Bubble Form – AS3 Flash CS4 Visual Effect

Magnifying Glass Effect in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3

Making Lip-Syncing Simple

Modern Preloader with ActionScript 3

MP3 Player

Realistic 3D Snowfall Effect in ActionScript 3 and Flash

Rotation Movie Text presentation

Shaky Flash Menu with ActionScript 3

Traer AS3, the Mandatory Cloth Simulation

Trendy Custom Cursor Using the Action Script 3

Tween Tricks in ActionScript 3 and Flash CS3

Using the Tween class in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3

Vertical 3D Carousel with ActionScript 3

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Getting Flash and AIR Support In December

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:07:33 +0000

Adobe is preparing to launch Flash support for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus by the end of the year. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will run Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and Adobe AIR 3.1 next month. This will be the last version of Flash that is headed to Android since Adobe is stopping the support of Flash for mobile devices to focus on HTML5. [Adobe Blog]

Adobe To Stop Supporting Flash On Consumer Electronics

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:31:34 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporation (NASDAQ:ADBE) announced yesterday that they would no longer be supporting Flash on mobile devices. The company has also revealed yesterday that they would no longer be supporting Adobe Flash on consumer electronics including web-connected TVs. Adobe plans to focus their energies on Adobe AIR and contribute to HTML5.

According to an Adobe spokesperson:

“Adobe will continue to support existing licensees who are planning on supporting Flash Player for web browsing on digital home devices and are using the Flash Player Porting Kit to do so. However we believe the right approach to deliver content on televisions is through applications, not a web browsing experience, and we will continue to encourage the device and content publishing community down that path.”

Adobe’s plans to bring Flash to connected TVs and Blu-ray players were part of their Open Screen Project. The idea for Open Screen Project was to have developers create Flash applications once they were able to get the technology distributed across web browsers, TVs, and mobile devices.

[GigaOm via Techmeme]

Adobe Product Users May Wish to Avoid OS X Lion

Riley Kennysmith — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:16:10 +0000

Since Apple released OS X Lion to the general public yesterday, it’s already gotten more than 7,000 five-star ratings in the App Store. In contrast to this positive response, Adobe has released a list of issues with Adobe products on machines running Lion. One such issue is that Apple may have disabled Flash hardware acceleration. In some cases Adobe offers suggestions of how to change Lion settings to better work with Adobe devotees’ expectations of product performance, but in other cases Adobe simply recommends that users do not update to OS X Lion. Many of the issues are small but obnoxiously annoying for anyone who uses the affected feature frequently, such as droplets not working in Photoshop CS3-CS5.

The plug-ins for Adobe Reader and Acrobat no longer work in the new Lion-ized Safari 5.1. If you’re a heavy user of these products, Adobe recommends you don’t upgrade to Lion or Safari 5.1.

Flash Builder 4.0.x and Flash Catalyst CS5 don’t work in Lion at all, and Flash Builder 4.5 and Flash Catalyst CS5.5 are compatible with Lion but problematic to the point that Adobe recommends users of these products don’t upgrade.

There are further issues listed by Adobe, including small problems for Lightroom, Illustrator, Flash Player, Dreamweaver and more.

Adobe Flash 10.2 Beta Now Available For Android

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:59:21 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) has announced that Adobe Flash 10.2 will be available on Android devices running on Froyo, Gingerbread, and Honeycomb. Adobe 10.2 has increased performance from the previous version. The beta release of Adobe 10.2 does not utilize full hardware acceleration as that feature has been turned off. Hardware rending and compositing will be added in a later release. That release “will bring 720p playback to a really smooth, enjoyable level.” [Engadget]

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 To Be Available On Android Market On March 18

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:56:46 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) has announced that they have launched the Flash Player 10.2 application for download on the Android Market on March 18th. The GA (General Availability) production of the Flash Player 10.2 application will initially be released as a beta for Android Honeycomb 3.0 tablets.

Adobe has been working closely with Google for tight Flash Player 10.2 integration. The March 18th beta release of Flash Player 10.2 with Android 3.0 will work with the Motorola Xoom tablet. This website has a list of certified smartphone, tablet, and digital home devices that works with Adobe Flash Player: http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/.

[Adobe Blog]

Adobe Officially Announces Flash Player 10.2

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:16:21 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) today announced Flash Player 10.2. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. As part of the launch, Adobe announced a full hardware accelerated video pipeline called Stage Video. Other features include custom native mouse cursors, multiple monitor full-screen support, IE 9 hardware accelerated rendering support, and enhanced sub-pixel rendering. Vimeo, YouTube, Epix, and Brightcove have started enabling support for Stage Video. [Adobe Blog]

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen: “Let The Games Begin”

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:11:32 +0000

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit conference earlier this week for an interview with John Battelle. The theme of the conference is “points of control” and he said that this statement describes what is happening between Adobe and Apple: “There’s a war happening for developers.”

Narayen said that Apple and Adobe are on different sides for points of control. “Apple would like to keep things closed and proprietary,” stated Narayen. On the other hand, Narayen said Adobe wants customers to create content for multiple platforms. “We want to help them express their creativity.”

“Let the games begin, I guess,” added Narayen. Narayen added that HTML5 is not going to be a replacement for Flash. Adobe customers also like HTML5 too.

[TechCrunch]

It Turns Out Adobe Flash Was A Bad Idea For The Galaxy Tab

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:25:48 +0000

One of the selling points for the Samsung Galaxy Tab was that it had Adobe Flash support. One of the arguments for having Flash on the Tab is that it gives you fuller access to the web. But what is the point if the device’s performance suffers as a result? I haven’t used the Tab myself, but there are a lot of reviews out there and all of them focus on how Flash slows the device down. Below are some of those reviews:

Gizmodo Review:
“The browser is miserable, at least when Flash is enabled.”

New York Times
“Because the Galaxy runs Android 2.2, it can also play Flash videos online (touché, iPad!). Or at least it’s supposed to. After some delay, I got Flash movie trailers and CNet videos to play, but at ESPN.com, the Play Video button just stared at me sullenly. (My Samsung rep says they play fine for him.)”

Wall Street Journal:
“I tested several Adobe Flash videos and websites written in Flash. Sometimes they played and sometimes they didn’t. In all cases, they slowed the browser down. On one site written in Flash, I got a warning saying I might want to ‘abort’ lest the computer become ‘unresponsive.’ In another case, the Tab crashed. So I conclude that while the Tab does play Flash, it needs work on that score.”

Engadget:
“The Tab’s Flash capability is a nice fallback, but if you’ve been thinking it’s the killer tablet app you should think again.”

[BusinessInsider]

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Will Work On BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:11:23 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) said that Adobe Flash Player 10.1 will be added to BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 devices. Adobe announced this at the MAX conference. The plug-in will also be added to WebOS 2.0, Symbian, MeeGo, and the LiMo platform. However there is no word on when the plug-in will hit each platform. [Engadget]