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Source | Papervision 3D and FogFilter
2008-06-03 22:53:00
Andy posted a cool example on recreating the fog effect with papervision 3d. View Demo, and check his post with explanation.
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Tutorial | Getting Started with 3D Methods in Flash Player 10
2008-06-03 22:46:00
3D effects that took a lot of coding before will become very easy in Player 10 because of its native 3D support. In this tutorial, we show a few basic 3D methods that are new in Player 10. We show how to easily rotate bitmaps in 3D and how to flip a playing card in ...
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Tutorial | Simple GunMetal Interface
2008-06-02 23:00:00
Simple tutorial however it does give quiet a good foundation to those who are interested in starting metallic interfaces. Read Tutorial
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Tutorial | Pastel color menu with dynamic submenu using CSS
2008-06-02 22:52:00
This tutorial illustrates how to design a nice pastel color menu with a dynamic submenu which appears when you select a link in the main menu, using CSS and some lines of javascript code. Read Tutorial
More About: Tutorials , Color , Menu , Dreamweaver

Resources | The Tech Labs - Free Adobe Air, Flash and Flex Tutorials to Eve
2008-06-02 17:19:00
After spending one week on it, i got the new site, The Tech Labs, ready. This site will be showing on a regular basis new tutorials on Adobe Air, Flash and Flex. All the content is free and source files too. If you are a web designer or developer give your contribute and earn USD 100 ...
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News | Alternativa3D available for download
2008-06-02 15:41:00
The Alternativa Platform team has annouced yesterday the release of their Alternativa 3D Engine for Flash . The download is free for non-commercial use. They have also released documentation and tutorials so you can begin your own experiences and projects. Just let me know the link of your works and i will feature them here. ...
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Tutorial | Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop
2008-06-02 15:07:00
How to create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience. View Tutorial
More About: Tutorials , Photoshop , Text , Effect

Tutorial | Dramatic Text on Fire Effect
2008-06-02 14:48:00
Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop , but this tutorial show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We’ll render the look on a nice dark background with a gorgeous text effect to complete the image. Read Tutorial
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Review | PSD to HTML by PSD2HTML.com
2008-05-31 01:45:00
You have a project in the hands, and running against time? Or do not you feel at ease by coding? No need to do everything yourself. A service like PSD2HTML.com may be the solution to your problem. The PSD2HTML was the first service to be set up offering the conversion of PSD or PNG files ...
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Tutorial | Building a Flash site using PureMVC
2008-05-30 22:03:00
In this tutorial, Hubflanger will show you how to build a Flash site using PureMVC. If you?re familiar with the Flash IDE and have some experience with OOP and writing classes, you?re pretty much ready to go. Read Tutorial and download support files
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Tutorial | CSS Decorative Gallery
2008-05-30 20:55:00
In this tutorial you will know how to decorate your images and photo galleries without editing the source images Read tutorial and download support files
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Tutorial | Glowing Orb With Dial
2008-05-30 17:20:00
In this Photoshop tutorial we?ll be experimenting with layers and styles to create a cool glowing orb and dial effect. Read Tutorial and download support files
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Tutorial | 6 Quick?n?Dirty Photoshop Text Effects From Scratch
2008-05-30 17:15:00
In this tutorial you will create 6 different effects using just layer styles. So really this is like 6 tutorials in one! Read Tutorial
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Tutorial | Creating Starburst glints of light
2008-05-29 23:26:00
Here is a nice effect that looks like the sun glinting off a metallic or shiny surface. This starburst effect even includes a little lens flare. A tasteful replacement for the sometimes over used lens flare filter. Read Tutorial
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Tutorial | Wheel rotation control with AS3
2008-05-29 23:18:00
In this Flash actionscript tutorial we will see how to make an animation rotation, how to control speed with buttons, just a small and fun example. Read Tutorial
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Tutorial | Create an Impressive Mock-up of a Grunge Box
2008-05-29 22:55:00
Learn how to create impressive mock-up designs. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Vanishing Point Filter to get quick and professional presentation results. The final result is a realistic looking box, which looks well-worn, as if it was shipped worldwide. Use these techniques to create other mock-ups in your design work ...
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Resources | Flash Maps API?s and Tutorials
2008-05-29 16:14:00
Franto posted a very complete list with the available Flash Maps API’s as also lot’s of documentation available. He points also lot’s of Tutorials where you can learn how to start using these amzing API’s and some map collections which can inspire your works. Read full article
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Tutorial | Create a AS3 / Flash 9 MP3 Player with spectrum display
2008-05-28 23:32:00
In this tutorial, we’re going to build a Flash mp3 player with a spectrum analyzer written in AS3. We’ll focus on the spectrum analyzer and build just the basic functionality for the player itself. Actionscript 3 has a new class called SoundMixer which gives you global sound control in the SWF file. It comes with the computeSpectrum method that takes a snapshot of the current sound wave and places it into the specified ByteArray object. The values are formatted as floating-point values, in the range -1.0 to 1.0. There are in total 512 values. Half of them for the right and left channel. With these values you can easily create a visual spectrum. Let’s take a closer look at our renderSpectrum function, which is automatically called, when Flash enters a new frame. First of all, we set a reference to the spectrum graphics: function renderSpectrum(e:Event):void { var g:Graphics = this.mcMp3Player .spectrum.graphics Next, we compute the spectrum in the byte array “s...
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Components | Video & MP3 Players Collection
2008-05-28 18:37:00
Today i bring you some of the most cool Video and Mp3 players to use in your flash projects. Putting a video player or a mp3 player in the frontpage of your website, can make the difference. Here are some nice options you can bear in mind. Video Players MP3 Players
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Tutorial | BitmapRoll and BitmapCylinder custom AS3 classes
2008-05-28 16:10:00
In this tutorial, Flash & Math presents two custom AS3 classes: BitmapRoll and BitmapCylinder. The former takes a bitmap image and coils it into a coil that can be rotated in 3D by the user. The latter, wraps a bitmap around a cylinder. Both the coil and the cylinder respond to clicks. Read the tutorial and download support files
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Tutorials | 3 great tutorials on Flash CS3 and Away 3D
2008-05-28 15:51:00
Fabrice Closier, posted 3 great tutorials on Flash and Away 3D 2.0, about reading the elevation values, using the fog filter and using the Lathe class. If you want to start using this great 3D engine, defenitly i would keep an eye on Fabrice’s blog. Tutorials Away3D Lathe Away3D Fog filter Away3D Surface Tracking
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Tutorial | Combine photos to create surrealist landscapes
2008-05-27 21:55:00
This project demonstrates how Mike Harrison combine stock images to construct a landscape, outlining some simple but extremely useful techniques that will help you in your own compositions. Download Tutorial
More About: Photos , Photoshop , Landscapes , Create

Tutorial | Give Your Site a Little Flash with CS3
2008-05-27 21:49:00
The day that everyone has long predicted has arrived: Video is no longer a novelty online and Flash video has become the darling of the Web. In this column, you?ll get a quick look at how the well-integrated programs in Adobe CS3 Production Premium make it easy to get your video ready for the Web. ...
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Tutorial | Masking Hair (Video Tutorial)
2008-05-27 21:41:00
Masking hair is one of the harder challenges faced when you want to move a subject from one background to another. Here are two techniques for getting this done.
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Tutorial | How To Build Flash Player 10 Applications using Flex SDK
2008-05-26 23:07:00
A tutorial on how to build Flex applications for Astro flash player. This will be a step by step tutorial which is intended to help you install the last Flex SDK from daily builds. Read Tutorial
More About: Applications , Tutorials , Flash , Flash Player

Tutorial | How to Load In and Animate Content with jQuery
2008-05-26 22:51:00
In this tutorial we will be taking your average everyday website and enhancing it with jQuery. We will be adding ajax functionality so that the content loads into the relevant container instead of the user having to navigate to another page. We will also be integrating some awesome animation effects. Read Tutorial ...
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Tutorial | Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop
2008-05-26 20:10:00
In this tutorial Fabio will show a quick way to simulate that effect using only Photoshop and some Brushes. Read Tutorial
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Source | Draggable text selection in AIR with AS3
2008-05-26 14:55:00
Here is a nice post by 9media.com regarding the text drag, where you can find the source code that enables you to do it. This feature is missed in the Flash Plugin, so for sure it will be a nice resource for you. Get the source
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Tutorial | Adobe Air Collada-Papervision3D Viewer
2008-05-26 13:35:00
Mike Lively posted another great video tutorial and source, this time on Adobe Air. View tutorial and download source
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Tutorial | Flash 10 Drawing API
2008-05-24 16:16:00
If you are interested in learning about the Drawing API with the goal of creating something using it, this is the right read for you. Read Tutorial
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