After trying my best to decypher the ActionScript 3. 0 Help in Flash CS3, I’ve decided to put together a list of my favorite sites to learn ActionScript 3.0. I like them because they provide sample files to use. Enjoy! http://www.friendsofed.com http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/as3withflashcs3 http://www.monkeyflash.com/flash/drag-and-drop-in-as3 http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3_migration_08.html http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/migration.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/ AS 3.0 Classes/Packages: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000242.html http://handmadesign.info/?p=39

So Fireworks is often underappreciated and outshined by Photoshop’s penetration and audience.  But Fireworks has power beyond Photoshops.  More layer modes, better at optimizing, way better at web graphics and page creation.  The CS4 version has something that the Photoshop team should steal from (below).  But judge for yourself by downloading the Beta here. Live Style improvements Now when you update a style, all the elements the style has been applied to are instantly updated. […]

That’s right. The new version of the acclaimed Soundbooth.  And I have one word for you: multitrack.  Download it now, but it might only work for one day in June.  Read the notes, and download it here.

That’s right.  DW CS4 beta available on labs! Download it now, but I have to warn you that supposidly it will only work for one day in June due to “an error in a line of code”.  Either way, here’s my favorite new feature.  A hat tip to GoLive… Photoshop Smart Objects Photoshop and Dreamweaver integration has evolved to the next level of compatibility and functionality. Drag and drop an Adobe Photoshop® PSD file into […]

Tomorrow I have an exciting, free Adobe eSeminar planned: Put Your Assets in Motion – Create and Deploy Print Creative Across Multiple Media Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:00 A.M. PDT Description: In this session, you’ll learn how easy it is to move your print design from InDesign to multiple media deliveries such as the web, mobile, and even video! You’ll get a solid understanding of web, mobile and video design, while maintaining the integrity of […]

From NAB ’08.  Imagine playing a video and, while it’s playing, rotate it to a different angle.  Immersive Media did a great job.  Check it out.

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Adobe has posted all the onDemand recordings of Developer week.  These are rock’n sessions on the latest tips, and how to’s, directly from the experts. Here’s the list of sessions: Adobe AIR Extending web to the desktop with Adobe AIR Building Adobe AIR applications with Flash CS3 Adobe AIR local data storage options with emphasis on using embedded SQL databases Adobe AIR native drag and drop ColdFusion What’s new in ColdFusion 8 ColdFusion-powered rich applications for the […]

On Tuesday, May 6th at 11am PST I will be talking all about streaming video!  Ideal if you want to get into online video, or even want to know the creative possibilities available through the Flash Media Servers.  And don’t worry, it sounds expensive but you can always download the Flash Media Development Server for FREE!  At any rate, see where the future of pretty much everything is going.  To interactive video (in my opinion). […]

Sofirst off, what is Flash Media Server? Flash Media Server is a media server that allows you to deliver high quality video, on demand video, live video and audio content, and much more.  So really it opens up a whole new world of options for making money.  Whether you need to stream prerecorded video, a live video event, or even create a social networking app, you can do it with Flash Media Server. And all the end-user needs is […]