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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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Display an FLV in Flash

Goto the Library panel in Flash and click on the little button on the top right corner of the title bar. Choose “New Video” from the menu. This creates an embedded video object in your library. Drag this video object onto the stage and resize to the dimensions of your FLV. Give the video object the instance name “myVideo“. Create a layer named “Actions” and lock it.  Highlight the first keyframe and open the actions […]

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theflashblog.com

http://theflashblog.com Great site by Lee Brimlow, the man behind gotoandlearn.com. Easy to read and understand, although he underestimates how strong of a programmer he is.  Lots of Flash Video references as well.

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From After Effects to Flash: Poetry in Motion Graphics

A book not out yet but looks to be promising: http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590597486 Video is one of the hottest things on the Web today, and a lot of web developers want to use it to produce mind-blowing interactive experiences for their users. However, there is a shortage of information on how best to do this; friends of ED aims to remedy this with books like From After Effects to Flash: Poetry in Motion Graphics.After Effects ands Flash […]

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