Category Archives: Flash
Loading in local external assets into an Air app
I’ve recently been tasked with turning an existing Flash app (that is to say, a self contained Windows EXE/Mac App) into an Air app. The original was only meant to run locally. It was never meant to be hosted on a web server. This module depends on loading in lots of external XML docs and [...]
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Flash-like effects without Flash, might suck.
The Macheist nanobundle is up, and the site has some Flash-like elements created without Flash. When viewed in Safari 4 on my Mac, everything probably looks as intended. But there are some issues with trying to create these eye-candy effects without Flash. It causes some noticeable lag in the browser. These pieces of eye candy [...]
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Compiling SWFs from TextMate with the Flex SDK
I finally feel like I’m all growds up. Perhaps some details about this transition will follow in the coming days. But let me just say that this is the post that finally got me up and running with the Flex 3.3 SDK and TextMate. I’m not sure how often I’ll use this method. It’s way [...]
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ActionScript TextFormat.font values
One thing I have to do a lot with ActionScript 3 is make TextField instances at run time that use something other than the default font. One way that I’ll do that is like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 // make a new TextFormat object and set its "font" property var myFormat:TextFormat [...]
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Error #2121 when loading external SWF
I’m running into an issue that goes a little something like this: I have an external SWF that I’m loading into another parent SWF The external SWF is simply a still image I created from a PNG using Fireworks CS3 I package up the parent SWF and external SWF and send it to another computer [...]
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No standard for HTML 5 audio and video tags
Will HTML 5 ever kill Flash, even for something as simple as video and audio playback? As long as there is more than one browser out there, no. Further proof.
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Screencast: 4 Issues with Flash CS4 (that the update didn’t fix)
Check out the screencast I just posted on Vimeo. It’s a follow up to the tweet I made a few days ago. Keep in mind that the screencast is in HD (1280×720) so if you hit the Full Screen button on the Vimeo player, you’ll see a lot more detail. Next up: I need to [...]
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Adobe CS4 Error 150:30 (and how to fix it) a.k.a. I Hate Adobe – Reason 34
I fired up Photoshop today and was greeted by this message: Same thing when I started Flash. Awesome… Keep in mind my Mac has been on for days and hasn’t had any other problems. I really hadn’t done anything strange to break something. And I’m sure I’d used an Adobe product yesterday. Rebooting, of course, [...]
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