Stefan did a really good job on this and best of all is that he is offering cu3ber free of charge. When the page gets loaded, the CU3ER is initiated and first what it will look for is an XML configuration file (optionally .swf font file too, if the defined variable of this file was found). This will be loaded for future use. After loading and parsing XML, the CU3ER configures itself by its defined settings. Then it starts loading images (slides). As soon as the first image is fully loaded, it is displayed and the rest of the images are loaded in the background. Either a 3D transition to the next image is applied after the specific amount of time has passed or the user’s input (mouse click) is “listened” to and an action performed accordingly, depending on the configuration settings. It is as simple as that!.
I finally joined Active Den formerly know as Flash Den. ActiveDen is an Envato Marketplace. At ActiveDen you can buy and sell royalty-free Adobe Flash and Flex files for just a few dollars. Items are priced on the complexity, quality and use of the file. The site is home to a bustling community of Flash designers and developers and is the largest Flash library on the web.
Envato really hookedup a nice site and a handy resource if you looking for some awesome flash files. There’s also Audio Jungle, Theme Forest, Graphic River and Video Hive. Not only is it a market place but a some really good info about these topics. They recently changed their submission
I want to share a really nice resource on the Adobe site called The Adobe cookbook. Find, share, and comment on code with the developer community. It basically covers most of their apps. Although still in the startup stage, there’s really a lot of helpful code snippets. So head over and start creating some snippets.
I am so excited about the news of Flash CS5 being released before the end of this year. Not only for the new features we can expect but also the ability to develop Iphone apps
Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store.
A public beta of Flash Professional CS5 with prerelease support for building applications for iPhone is planned for later this year.
De MonsterDebugger is an open source debugger for Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR. De MonsterDebugger is made in Flex and AIR by design studio De Monsters.
Some of the main benefits of using this monsterdebugger
Tree structure.
When De MonsterDebugger is connected with an application it will show the structure of the application and show it in a tree structure. This allows you to walk through your entire application and inspect every little detail if you like. When you click on an object that is on the stage at that time, it will highlight, showing a clear connection between the structure of your code and its visual representation.
With large applications the tree can become quite big, so to make sure that you can find exactly what you need you can filter the tree. And to make sure that your application does not slow down, only those elements of the tree that you open are loaded.
Flash Player is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough Web experiences to over 99% of Internet users.
Great new features
3D effects
Create more intuitive, engaging interfaces using built-in support for 3D effects. Get started quickly without being a 3D master by designing in 2D and easily transforming and animating in 3D. Fast, extremely lightweight, and simple-to-use APIs, along with 3D tools in Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional software, make motion that was previously accessible only to expert users via ActionScript® language or custom third-party libraries available to everyone.
Custom filters and effects.
Create high-performance, real-time effects for cinematic experiences that quickly engage users. With new Adobe Pixel Bender™, the same technology behind many filters and effects in Adobe After Effects® software, these dynamic and interactive effects can be used both in production with After Effects CS4 and live with Flash Player 10. The Pixel Bender just-in- time (JIT) compiler can also be used to process other types of data, such as sound or mathematical functions, asynchronously in a separate thread.
Advanced text support
Take advantage of a new, flexible text engine that brings print-quality publishing to the web, building on more than 25 years of Adobe expertise in typography. Gain more control over text layout using the Text Layout Framework, an extensible library built on the new text engine in Adobe Flash Player 10, which delivers advanced, easy-to-integrate typographic and text layout features for rich, sophisticated and innovative typography on the web. Create multilingual web applications using device fonts that can now be anti-aliased, rotated, and styled, or build your own unique text components.
Doug shows you how to work with encapsulated timelines in MovieClips, and introduces how to control internal MovieClip animations from the main timeline.
See Doug build a clock in Flash using ActionScript to manipulate objects’ properties and add mouse and timer events. Everything we’ve learned from his tutorials is combined into one project.
Using your advanced knowledge of ActionScript, Doug Winnie walks you through how to combine time events with event listeners to create and control time-based events.
