Articles by: Paul Trani

Da Vinci Code website

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thedavincicode/  Very nice site with Flash video.

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Flash Video Loops

http://www.advanceflash.com Buy videos for your flash sites here. Seem pretty cool and fairly cheap.

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Ikea Dream Kitchen

http://demo.fb.se/e/ikea/dreamkitchen/ Imagine the movie The Matrix.  Now imagine it as being interactive.  Frozen time that you can then manipulate.  Cool stuff.

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Flash Video :: Nike Air

http://www.nike.com/nikeair/us/ Yeah, another sweet site for Nike using a lot of transparent video and interactivity.  The amazing thing is how smooth it flows.  One of my Favorites.

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Adobe Design Center

http://blogs.adobe.com/designcenter/ Tutorials, articles, and gallery from the mothership.

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ToolFarm.com

http://www.toolfarm.com/jezra/display.php  These guys have the cheapest, largest selection of AE plugins around.  Plus, they have tutorials that are created really well, with source files.  Fun stuff!

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When does After Effects save out vector objects?

There are four cases where AE saves out elements as vector objects:1) Solid layers with Masks 2) Illustrator files (without gradients) 3) The Path Text plug-in 4) The Audio Spectrum and Waveform filters

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AE exporting properties in XML for Flash

http://www.drwoohoo.com/store/AE2Flash-Transform/AE2Flash-Transform-Product.html With this plugin you can take the Transform Property Keyframe values, eg., the x- and y-Positions, out of Adobe After Effects® (AE), bring it into Flash and map it to the properties to: 1) replicate the AE transform in Adobe Flash®; 2) replicate the process of mapping Expressions to sprites in AE; and 3) expand the capabilities of Flash. If you so desire.

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flashearth.com

http://www.flashearth.com Hasn’t anyone told them about Google Earth?  Actually this Flash version of Google earth works online and not as a seperate app. And seems incredibly smooth.  Check it out!

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