There was a rumor that the new Sandy AS3 version and Tweener could not be combined. That would’ve been a real shame … if it was true Fortunately, it isn’t. Since I just made a minor change to Sandy’s Collada parser (now it also reads vertex normals) I decided to combine these things into [...]
Good things are happening at Sandy 3D. I’ve given Thomas (the brains behind Sandy) a helping hand with the ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3 conversion. He’s done an incredible amount of work on this library, which he started working on in 2005. So I recommend keeping an eye on the Sandy site for a new [...]
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!
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() : void
{
var tmpVar:int;
for(var i:Number=0; [...]
[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 segments [...]
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 [...]
[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. This [...]
A very useful ActionScript 3.0 reference sheet: http://www.flex.org/download/AS3API_01.pdf
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!
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 links [...]
