4 June 2009

Exporting Dynamic SWF Art to Illustrator

Now that I’m delving further in dynamic abstraction, I needed a way to convert my ActionScript-driven artwork into a workable vector file. After overcomplicating the issue the light bulb when off, and realized a very simple process was sitting right in front of me. It always seems to be the case right?

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24 August 2008

Flash/ActionScript Resources

People have often come to me asking for recommendations on resources for learning Flash and ActionScript. Each time I’ve gathered a list of what I think are excellent resources for getting into this field, and over time this compilation has become more thorough. I thought I’d post my suggestions here for others to refer to as well.

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1 August 2008

Flash and the Timeline *gasp*

It’s always interesting to hear people talk about this topic year after year – should people use the Flash timeline or not? It’s amazing to see how heated discussioins on this topic can get. I thought I’d weigh in a bit on this never ending debate of the Flash timeline.

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28 May 2007

MathUtilities Class (AS 3)

While the core classes in Flash have most of what I need, I often find myself wishing there were a few extra elements built into those classes.

A couple of years ago I put together a class called Math2. It’s an ActionScript 2.0 class that extends the core Math class in Flash.

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