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Archive for June, 2010
OnDemand: Going Multiscreen with the Flash Platform
Last week I participated in the eSeminar series “Going Multiscreen with the Flash Platform”and some of the presentations have been recorded and assets uploaded. All are worth watching, (especially Thibault’s on optimizing web content). Best Practices in Optimizing Web Content Thibault Imbert: @thibault_imbert, http://www.bytearray.org Slides Recording: Coming soon The Quickest Way to Build Cross-Platform Apps [...]
Adobe AIR 2 SDK Available
The Adobe AIR 2 SDK is now publicly available for download (Windows, Mac and Linux).
Creating Flash Content for Mobile Devices
Props to Flash Evangelist Michael Chaize, Thibault Imbert and others on the Flash Player team for help with the content.
Video Encoding Format for Mobile
I’ve recently been working on encoding video for mobile devices and these are the best settings for the current device set that will support Flash: Preferred Alternate Video codec H.264 Constrained Baseline Profile, up to 30 fps On2 VP6 Simple Profile or Sorensen Spark, up to 30 fps Audio codec AAC-LC, 44.1 kHz, stereo MP3, [...]
Designer/Developer Workflow Conference
Next week is what is known as D2WC. Let’s face it, most organizations has some pretty wacky workflow processes made up of legacy systems and “that’s the way we’ve always done it” thinking. This conference is aimed at easing the pain and even making the development of a project seamless for any size team. If [...]
Adding Animation, Audio and Video to Flash Catalyst
Adding Animation, Audio and Video to Flash Catalyst from Paul Trani on Vimeo. In this video you’ll see how easy it is to add audio (MP3), video (FLV) and animation (SWF) to your Flash Catalyst Project. Download Source Files
Creating Components in Flash Catalyst
Creating a Scroll Panel in Flash Catalyst from Paul Trani on Vimeo. In this video you’ll see how easy it is to convert your custom deigned scrollbar into a fully functional component that scrolls the content of your choice — all without writiing code! Download Source Files
Adding Page Transitions in Flash Catalyst
Adding Page Transitions in Flash Catalyst from Paul Trani on Vimeo. In this video you’ll see how easy it is to add some simple cross fade and animation moves from page to page in Flash Catalyst. Download Source Files
Roundtrip Editing with Flash Catalyst
Roundtrip Graphic Editing with Flash Catalyst from Paul Trani on Vimeo. In this video you’ll learn how to update Flash Catalyst graphics using Illustrator and Photoshop. Download Source Files
From Illustrator to Interactive Using Flash Catalyst
From Illustrator to Interactive Using Flash Catalyst from Paul Trani on Vimeo. In this video you’ll learn how easy it is to take an Illustrator design, bring it into Flash Catalyst and add interactvity to it (using buttons and pages) all under 10 minutes. Download Source Files
OnDemand: Building Mobile Applications: Create a Game
I delivered a presentation on creating mobile applications using Photoshop and Flash Professional CS5 as well as Device Central CS5. The result was a game playing on a Nexus One. The presentation is now available on demand at the link below. Building Mobile Applications: Create a Game
Simulating Paper in Photoshop CS5
Simulating Paper in Photoshop CS5 from Paul Trani on Vimeo.
