Flash

Jul 18, 2007

Put the world on your desktop

Posted by Dennis in Flash 1 comment

Need a new desktop wallpaper? Download them here in various formats. This flash application contains wallpapers with photograph from places such as India, San Francisco, Indonesia, France, Istanbul, Ireland and many more. Bulgaria, Macedonia, Croatie, Buenos Aires and other places will be added soon. Enjoy!


May 1, 2007

Some ActionScript 3.0 Optimizations

Posted by Dennis in ActionScript, Flash, Flex 47 comments

I’ve been digging into ActionScript optimization and found some interesting results. Mind though that there’s nothing really new here, many of these tricks can be found in articles that I reference at the bottom of this posting. Array indexing Let’s start with a simple loop through the items of an array: private function method1() : [...]


Apr 5, 2007

Papervision3D Tutorial Part 2: Basic shapes, movement and segments

Posted by Dennis in 3D, ActionScript, Flash, Flex 46 comments

[Update 15/10/2009] The most comprehensive work about Papervision3D is this book. This beginner’s tutorial is a follow up on part 1 where we set up a basic project and imported a Collada file to the scene. This tutorial will focus on adding multiple Papervision3D objects and making them move. There’s also a little bit on [...]


Mar 30, 2007

Papervision3D tutorial updated: embedded Collada

Posted by Dennis in 3D, ActionScript, Flash, Flex 3 comments

Papervision3D has had a little revision which affected my tutorial. Some people had problems loading the .dae file because they used a different directory structure. I thought it would be a good idea if Papervision3D supported embedded Collada files. Turned out I wasn’t the only one, so this feature is now supported in Papervision3D’s latest [...]


Mar 25, 2007

Papervision3D tutorial from the ground up

Posted by Dennis in 3D, ActionScript, Flash, Flex 137 comments

[Update 15/10/2009] The most comprehensive work about Papervision3D is this book. There are some Papervision3D tutorials out in the wild, but the ones that I’ve seen don’t start from scratch. That’s why I decided to put together this step-by-step tutorial to show you how to create a simple 3D object with Papervision3D and 3ds Max. [...]


Dec 8, 2006

ActionScript 3.0 Class Diagram

Posted by Dennis in ActionScript, Flash, Flex 3 comments

A very useful ActionScript 3.0 reference sheet: http://www.flex.org/download/AS3API_01.pdf


Nov 8, 2006

Flash MX 2004 Certified Designer

Posted by Dennis in Flash No comments

Yesterday I passed the Flash MX 2004 Certified Designer exam. So that makes me a Flash certified developer and designer . The exam wasn’t that difficult, it was easier than the developer exam. The Peachpit book covers enough ground to prepare you for this one!


Oct 18, 2006

Windows Vista Gradient

Posted by Dennis in Flash 4 comments

I’ve tried to mimic the Windows Vista gradient in Flash. It’s not 100% equal, but it comes close, imho. If you’re interested in using it then you can download the swatch here. Update: I’ve also made a Photoshop version of this gradient. Download it here


Oct 15, 2006

Flash MX 2004 Certified Developer

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I just passed the Flash MX 2004 Certified Developer exam. It was more difficult than I expected. The sample exam in Macromedia’s study guide and the exams on the accompanying website are much easier than the real exam. This is contrary to what they say in the book, so be warned! Here are some useful [...]