http://www.flashmagazine.com/site/rss0.92/ Tutorials en Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:00 +0100 http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/detail/as3_photo_gallery/ In this tutorial we will build a photo gallery. We will load the paths to the photos from an xml file and will use the Tweener class to add some nice transitions. http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/detail/scrolling_photos_loaded_dynamically_with_actionscript_3/ In this tutorial we will learn how to scroll some photos that we will load dynamically from an xml file and we will scroll the photos using a custom scrollbar. http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/detail/create_the_earth_and_heavens_in_less_than_an_hour_with_away3d/ 3D is one of the many cool things made possible with Flash Player 9 and the super fast Virtual Machine. This tutorial will show you how to create a realistic looking interactive earth, complete with a sun and a starlit sky. Scared? Don't be - it's easy with Away3D! http://www.flashmagazine.com/news/detail/welcome_back_m_axna/ MXNA is back online, but the last traces of Macromedia disappeared in the process http://www.flashmagazine.com/news/detail/open_screen_project_opens_adobe_even_more/ Today, Adobe skips all licensing fees for devices and opens up the SWF and FLV specs for anyone to create devices supporting Flash. According to Dave McAllister of Adobe, the goal is to create a consistent experience across all devices and they're not afraid this will cause player fragmentation. http://www.flashmagazine.com/news/detail/sony_ericsson_to_extend_flash_lite_capabilities/ SonyEricsson has lagged behind other phone vendors in terms of Flash support, but today they announced 'Project Capuchin' - a plan to Flash-enable most of their phones. By creating a bridge between Flash and the Java based phone API, Flash developers should be able to access all the phone features including bluetooth, motion sensors, payment and more using a new SWF2JAR packaging tool. http://www.flashmagazine.com/reviews/detail/flex_builder_3_review/ This is a review that is kind of odd to write. I've been using Flex Builder 3 for such a long time that I'm now having a hard time remembering how Flex Builder 2 was. It's strange how public betas and the new open policy at Adobe changed this. The Flex 3 release offers nothing new in terms of Flash Player features but the new IDE, an expanded SDK and authoring for the AIR runtime is definitely worth the upgrade. http://www.flashmagazine.com/news/detail/mxna_improvements/ The Adobe community aggregator MXNA as well as a number of Adobe blogs on the same server has been down for some hours now. That's nothing new to it's users, but this time it seems like a planned move. http://www.flashmagazine.com/news/detail/3d_image_wall_component/ Have you seen the PicLens browser plugin? It takes browsing images to a brand new level and now you can do this easily in Flash as well. It's been a while since we've checked out component vendor Flashloaded. Their 3D wall component for Flash is a seriously cool way to browse and display images. http://www.flashmagazine.com/news/detail/fitc_award_winners/ Want some inspiration? Check out this years FITC Award winners announced yesterday.