In the St. Louis area this Friday? Then you should check out the St. Louis Flash Camp. One day full of great speakers in a cool venue. Learn how to access geolocation data or learn a few golden rules that can really make or break any design or development project. Get an understanding of usability in Flash player and how to make Flash more accessible, and learn how to “tween the impossible tween” in Jacob […]
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Hey Designer! Make the Logo Bigger!
I made this animation pretty quickly using the Bone tool as well as the new Spring for bones feature, which allows for more lifelike movement. I also used the SmartMouth Flash extension, which makes it easy to swap out various mouths on the fly, allowing you to quickly sync audio to graphics. The song is from Burn Back and the character was created by Wayne Harris. Download source files.
Read MoreFlash Developers in Demand
A recent Wall Street Journal article states that top full-time Flash engineers can command more than $150,000 a year in salary. The article cites the rise in online, social gaming as one reason for the high demand/high salaries. The article also mentions a developer that went freelance and since then has increased his salary 150% over three years ago. Another avenue you can take is going into business for yourself like Yoshikazu Tanaka, who is […]
Read MoreCustomizing Video and Syncing Graphics in Flash CS5
In this tutorial you will see how easy it is to bring video and graphics together for a seamless, custom experience using Flash Professional CS5. Learn how to import video, apply a custom skin, or create your own video buttons without writing any ActionScript code. Then learn how to add cue points, making synchronization between video and graphics a snap. Open the Starter Files Download the exercise file for this tutorial here and unzip it […]
Read MoreUp for a design challenge?
Win $2000 + a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium software ($1899) if your design is chosen the winner in the Threadless t-shirt design competition. Just use your design talents to create a tee inspired by the MAXtopia theme for Adobe MAX 2010. Contest ends August 29th, so don’t delay. Check out the rules here.
Read MoreNew Lynda.com Course: Creating a Website with Flash Pro CS5
Creating Your First Web Site with Flash Professional CS5 shows how to make a fully functional, dynamic web site in Flash Professional CS5. This course covers the fundamentals of creating and importing content, adding smooth 2D and 3D transitions, and adding button functionality that goes beyond links. This course will also show how to integrate and control video and audio as well as how to implement a gallery and a contact form. Exercise files are […]
Read MoreDistribute and Monetize AIR Apps
Melrose (the monetization service formerly known as Shibuya) is now posted on Labs. While it is currently still a private beta almost anyone can sign up. Melrose enables developers and publishers to distribute and make money with AIR applications through application stores. Melrose enables application syndication to multiple stores so that publishers can reach millions of users. Intel AppUp Center and the Adobe AIR Marketplace are the first two storefronts available in Melrose. Developers can […]
Read MoreOpen@Adobe: The New Openness Portal
Open@Adobe is the first instantiation of SourceForge’s new developer platform and aggregates Adobe’s openness programs, which includes source code hosting, such as the Adobe® Flex framework, and contributions from Adobe to standards organizations, as well as specifications. Get access to bug bases, open discussion forums , roadmaps for products, and early access through Adobe Labs.
Read MoreFITC San Francisco: Second only to MAX
FITC is being held in San Francisco for the first time ever! Why is this significant? Because it’s in the back yard of some of biggest names in the business, as well as home to the biggest businesses in the business. This means there will be a ton of great speakers including Kevin Lynch, Richard Galvan, Lee Brimelow, Mike Chambers, Eric Natzke, Grant Skinner, Ryan Stewart, Colin Moock, Yugo Nakamura (sick AR stuff), Jeremy Clark […]
Read MoreeSeminar: Creating Multiscreen Content using Flash Professional CS5
Today I did an Ask A CS Pro session on designing and developing multiscreen content where I went through how to develop Flash content for web, desktop, and for mobile devices. Â Starting out with an overview of design considerations as well as important optimization techniques so your content plays exceptional regardless of platform. Also, I showed how to adjust content regardless of screen size as well as how to take advantage of specific functionality on […]
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