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Tutorial: Creating Mobile Apps Using Flash CS5
Flash has long been the choice of designers and developers alike for creating rich, immersive interactive experiences across browsers and platforms, including mobile devices. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple game app for mobile devices. You’ll see how to adjust graphics for different screen sizes, access the accelerometer and publish to Android and iOS devices. Open the Start File Download the exercise file for this tutorial and unzip it onto […]
Read MoreAdobe MAX 2010 Recap
The Adobe MAX conference this year was epic on a technology level as well as a personal level for me. Here’s the breakdown of some hot new things that were shown, as well as some things I was personally involved in. Day 1 Keynote: 3D in Flash. There is now a new 3D API codenamed Molehill that runs on the GPU for great performance. Kevin Lynch played a 3D race car game that was phenomenal […]
Read MoreRIA Unleashed, Nov 11th and 12th
RIA Unleashed is the premier event for Adobe Flash, Flex, AIR and ColdFusion developers in the New England area that you’ll need to check out. This year the event has expanded to two days, including one devoted to your choice of hands-on training in areas such as Flex, Flash, Air, AIR for Android and ColdFusion. The conference day (day 2) includes 4 tracks and over 20 sessions from the top speakers in the industry focused […]
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Tab – Android Tablet
Samsung is at FITC Mobile in Toronto and they happened to have a Samsung Galaxy Tab. One of the first Android tablet devices (with the full web) so I thought I’d show you just a couple of its features: Samsung Galaxy Tab from Paul Trani on Vimeo. Samsung Galaxy Tab Specs: Network 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz 3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps) : 900 / 1900 / […]
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Read MoreLynda.com: Flash Animation Projects
My latest Flash title is available on Lynda.com! Flash Professional CS5: Animation Projects, The title was created in response to people asking how I created the Flash animations for the various Dreamweaver courses. In this course I demonstrate how to create and import assets, and then take those assets and bring them to life using dynamic motion, 3D, depth, and ActionScript just to name a few. Here is a list of everything I cover. Creating […]
Read MoreFITC Mobile: All Aspects of Mobile in One Place
Back for its second year, FITC Mobile is one of the only events covering all aspects of mobile content development including Flash, HTML, Unity3D, and mobile usability just to name a few topics. Spans two full days of presentations with three tracks of presentations, plus one optional day of pre-conference workshops Covers iPhone/iPad, Android, Flash 10.1, Windows Mobile, HTML5, Unity, Marketing, Usability, and other relevant topics in the mobile world Includes more than 30 presentations […]
Read MoreDesign Fundamentals for Developers
There are many resources on development for designers but what about design for developers? This presentation shows how to create an effective layout, which fonts to choose, and how to make proper color choices. Skills that can be used in any graphic presentation. (Presentation was given at the Heartland Developer Conference 2010.)
Read MoreThe Golden Ratio for Great Layouts
Have you ever seen a beautifully composed photo, painting, or website and wondered if there is any science behind it? Well, there actually is. Great artists, designers, and architects have been using what is called the Golden Ratio since 400 BC. Most use it intuitively to divide space and create compositions in a pleasing way, but it really boils down to a simple mathematical formula. (Or you can use this AIR app that I created […]
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