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High Performance AS3 3D Ornaments

December 05th 2007 Posted to Flash

I was reading Neatorama today when I saw a SWF file which I’ll call Ornaments (since it’s getting to be that time of year).

I tried to learn more about the file and its author but the page featuring Ornaments is written in Japanese and the BabelFish translation didn’t really provide much more insight. Whoever created the Ornaments file sure knows their stuff.

It starts out with 512 ornaments/particles rearranging to form various geometric configurations as the camera flies around to show it all off. You can click and drag inside the SWF to affect the camera view and you can make it a bit more interesting by pressing the plus sign to add more particles. I got to about 5,000 ornaments before it was a little choppy.

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Flash CS3 Undo Button Wastes Space

December 03rd 2007 Posted to Flash

I don’t know about you but when I’m interacting with the Flash graphical user interface (GUI), the command I tend to use most frequently is the “Undo” command. If you’re familiar at all with keyboard shortcuts you know that “control/command Z” is THE universal Undo key combination. That’s handy and all if you don’t mind constantly being tethered to your keyboard while drawing or animating in the Flash GUI. But what if you just want to use your mouse alone? You know, use the FLash GUI like say maybe, a GUI?

Of course Flash has an Undo button but for some reason it’s inextricably locked to the Main Toolbar panel (Menu>Window>Toolbars>Main) which is bad news for anyone trying to make efficient use of their monitor’s screen space. For some unknown reason, the Main Toolbar can only be docked (snapped into position) in the most bizarre space-consuming places imaginable …
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Questions for Adobe?

July 24th 2007 Posted to Flash

Would you like to ask Adobe a question? ActionScript.org has a thread where they’re asking people to submit interview questions for Adobe’s product team members and potentially some “higher-ups”. Is there something you’re dying to ask Adobe? My question about ActionScript’s “ease of use” started a debate which is probably a good thing. What might your question be?

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