Posted on 30 July 2008
The popularity of Flash Particle Engines have risen over the last six months and for good reason. Being able to create light dynamic effects during runtime has been a long awaited toolset many Flash users could only dream off. Flashloaded has joined the cause by releasing a new tool called Partigen.
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Posted on 09 May 2008
FlashVars is Flash answer to Query String. It's a way to pass data or variables from html to a Flash movie. Variables passed via FlashVars will go into the _root level of the Flash movie.
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Posted on 01 May 2008
For the price to quality ratio of today's Flash stock is heavy in favor of quality. There aren't many 3 level horizontal menu's available especially one that is completely XML driven. Additionally, each menu item can launch its own URL, swf, or image.
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Posted on 25 April 2008
The command getURL used to a be very easy way to create an outbound link within Flash. This one line of code code easily fitted perfectly within a button onRelease event. Not so easy anymore. Along with many other easy Actionscript 2.0 calls, getUrl has changed.
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Posted on 17 April 2008
TweenMax builds on top of the TweenLite core class and its big brother TweenFilterLite, to round out the tweening family with popular (though not essential) features like bezier tweening, pause/resume capabilities, easier sequencing, hex color tweening, and more.
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Posted on 15 April 2008
Creating drag and drop functionality in is Actionscript 3.0 quite different than in older versions. While still relatively straightforward, it can still be a little odd to those not really familiar with the new Actionscript 3.0 structure.
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Posted on 06 April 2008
Here is a Flash component that allows you to instantly manage the content within your XML driven Flash website. It comes equipped with an impressive list of features.
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Posted on 02 April 2008
If you are still scratching your head trying to grasp the concept and structure of Actionscript 3, then this tutorial will help you get your feet wet. This Flash tutorial is great for users looking to begin using sound with Actionscript 3.0. It touches on the basics of sound integration and breaks its functionalit
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Posted on 30 March 2008
A number of great Flash-related Firefox plugins have begun to emerge. I personally take advantage of these plugins as they are very useful when needing to debug your Flash movies.
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Posted on 30 March 2008
As a Actionscript 2.0 programmer, one of the first hurdles to overcome when first using Actionscript 3.0 was _parent and _root. They've respectively changed to parent and root and they don't entirely work as intended.
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