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How to confirm Flash Professional update 11.0.1 2 Jul 2010 | 02:23 am
The latest Flash Professional update, 11.0.1, does not modify the version number in the About box. This is because the update adds and alters support files but does not update the application binary. ...
Flashbelt 2010 Tips and Tricks Session 16 Jun 2010 | 07:19 pm
Here is a partial set of files from my Tips and Tricks session at this year’s fabulous Flashbelt conference. (The remainder of the material covered revolved around live demos or use of code by those a...
Flash CS5 still uses AS3 10 May 2010 | 03:24 pm
Update: To answer some of the questions coming in, Flash CS5 still uses AS3. ActionScript 3.0 is the core scripting language of the Flash Platform. Flash still supports AS1/2 as well as AS3, but Flash...
Advisory Board 12 Mar 2010 | 10:50 am
We’re trying to organize possible improvements to our book, Learning ActionScript 3.0 (O’Reilly) and we’re looking for opinions about which changes are needed. We hope to have exchanges with readers ...
Collecting Colors 24 Feb 2010 | 05:04 pm
Some of you may have seen these preliminary test images images on my flickr: If your up for it …. i am working on collecting colors and words for use with this project … so watch the video (below) an...
Inverse Kinematics in Flash CS4: FOTB’09 21 Sep 2009 | 12:02 pm
Over at LearningFlashCS4.com, I posted the files from my Flash on the Beach presentation on IK in Flash CS4 Pro. You can read about it here, and look for more posts on the subject in the future.
AS3 Tips, Tricks and Experiments 1 Jul 2009 | 04:31 am
Back in late October of last year I started up a new website called ActionSnippet.com. I created the site because I really enjoy reading code - I often skip all the paragraphs in a blog post and just ...
Grids: Image Gallery 12 Dec 2008 | 07:36 am
Making image galleries in flash is very common. There are lots of different approaches, but the basic concepts stay the same. They're usually XML driven and they usually have external image files that...
Passing Arguments with Events 11 Nov 2008 | 04:19 pm
One of the questions about ActionScript 3 that I am most often asked is how to send arguments to a listener function along with an event. Recently, a reader named Jim asked just such a question. To p...
Welcome 2 Nov 2007 | 06:35 pm
Welcome to the companion website for Learning ActionScript 3.0 (O’Reilly). Ideally, you have found your way here after acquiring a copy of the book, and you are looking for further information about m...