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ActionScript 3 Tutorials

ActionScript 3 Tutorials
Flashandmath.com Site Search NEW TUTORIALS, EFFECTS AND HOW-TOs AS3 Events Tutorial AS3 Events Properties: target, currentTarget, eventPhase, localX, localY We look at basic properties of events in AS3: target, currentTarget, localX, localY, as well as eventPhase. We provide a simple utility that displays those properties for MouseEvent.CLICK. Some results may surprise you, especially Event.target and localX, localY. Throughout event's propagation, localX and localY remain relative to the interactive display object that was clicked, and that object remains the event's target even if the object itself has no listeners registered to it.

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Compiling big Flash/AIR projects with lot of SWFs for iOS Tutorial GitHub repository. Introduction Today we have released an update to Photoshop CC that includes Adobe Generator. ActionScript 3: The Language of Flex Leading-Edge JavaActionScript 3: The Language of FlexA Conversation with James Ward, Part Iby Frank SommersApril 26, 2007 Summary Adobe announced this week that it would release the next version of its Flex SDK, Flex 3, under the open-source Mozilla license. The language used to create Flex applications is ActionScript 3, an object-oriented, functional programming language. ActionScript 3 is also Adobe's implementation of ECMAScript 4, the upcoming version of JavaScript.

AS3 101: OOP – Introducing Design Patterns After many months of learning how to program from the ground up, you're ready to put it all to use: we're going to build a simple drawing application. We will focus on Object-Oriented Programming techniques, specifically the use of interfaces. By setting up a few rules for our programming, we will make expanding the feature-set and debugging the project much easier.

ActionScript 3.0 Abstract Factory Design Pattern: Multiple Products and Factories This is one of the few design patterns that I worked up directly from the class diagram and from concepts in GoF. Normally, I like to look at some examples, done in Java or C#, but not this time. As you will see in Figure 1, the pattern appears to be fairly daunting, but I found it to be eminently practical, and it seemed to be a direct response to questions that I had about the Factory Method design pattern (See Chapter 2 for an in-depth explanation of the Factory Method.) You can download the entire example here before continuing if you wish.

TV Adobe Flash Professional Adobe Flash Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. To view this content, you need the latest version of the Flash Player. Adobe TV uses the Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) to deliver a superior video experience. Using AS3 to Upload and Encode Images - Substance Labs UPDATE: 10/24/08 ============== After many requests, I’ve updated the demo and source files to work in IE6 (turned out to be a pathing issue), as well as Flash Player 10. FP10 disallows opening the download dialog without user interaction, so I’ve a download button to accommodate this change. ============== Since launching Logobama, we’ve had a number of requests for the project source code. The process of saving images from Flash turns out to be a relatively simple one with Actionscript 3, and after some searching, uploading Flash encoded JPEGs to a web server was pretty simple as well.

as3corelib Tutorial:How to Use JPEGEncoder and PNGEncoder Class in Flex January 9th, 2009 Ntt.cc The most popular image codecs on the internet are JPEG, PNG and GIF. However, GIF( is another stuff I will show you in another article. AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 12: Garbage Collection — Michael James Williams Table of contents for AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial So far, every programming concept we’ve covered has helped to add a new gameplay element. This part will be the exception to that rule; while the changes we’re about to make are very important for the creation of bigger, more complex games, they will not be obvious to the player. In this, the final part of my AS3 and Flash CS3 conversion of Frozen Haddock’s avoider game tutorial, we’ll deal with “garbage collection”. Click the image below to check it out — but you won’t notice a difference unless you play for a long time. If you’ve not been following the tutorial, grab the zip file of the game so far here and extract it somewhere.

Convert Frames To Symbol Script? Sponsored Links: Related Forum Messages For Flash category: Convert Something To A Symbol Without Turning Into Rectangle? I'm making a flash game (pac-man) and i have designed a level (the walls). Now when i convert it to a symbol flash makes it a rectangle (he counts the gaps between te wall as part of the symbol). How to build an Object-Oriented ActionScript 3 Preloader in Flash CS4: 2 Methods The magic of creating a preloader in ActionScript 3 lies in the LoaderInfo class. Every instantiated DisplayObject instance (all objects that appear on the stage, plus the stage itself) have a loaderInfo property that returns a LoaderInfo instance that contains information about the loading progress of that particular display object. Creating a preloader for the whole application is a matter of monitoring these LoaderInfo instances. Method 1: Monitor Stage LoaderInfo instance Under this method the loading progress is monitored via the LoaderInfo instance associated with the stage.

40 Top Flash Game Tutorial Roundup Flash is a very versatile and mature technology used in a number of ways including game development. This however creating a game using can be a challenge for beginners. This is partly because flash can be quite hard to learn and master. On the other hand typically people knowledgeable with flash, finds it to be a very effective and rewarding tool, not only in making beautiful and entertaining games but also for web design and development. ActionScript® 3 (AS3) API Reference The ActionScript® 3.0 Reference for the Adobe® Flash® Platform contains the ActionScript language elements, core libraries, and component packages and classes for the tools, runtimes, services and servers in the Flash Platform. Filter by product using the preset filters This reference combines the information about the ActionScript language elements and libraries for the following Adobe products and runtimes. Click on a product name below to filter this reference to show only the content for the latest version of that product and related runtimes:

Box2D Platfrom Game Tutorial This tutorial is not completed, last update 18 januari 2010 Tutorial result Click once on the game to enable the keyboard. Move the player with the four arrow keys. custom-context-menu - Capture right-click events in Flash / Flex (AS 3) Latest update: September 19, 2012 Javascript and Actionscript 3 code to enable a custom made right-click events in Flash / Flex. References This solution is integrated into Adobe Captivate 4 as a default method for capturing right click events in Actionscript3 / Flex based movies. More information:

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