All Flash developers dealing with components like the DataGrid or the List component eventually run into the design limitations in Flash 8. We need a solution to load images into the grid or list. There are many solutions out there but 2 are most known.
2. Sephiroth Image CellRenderer
Each of these solution are great and very well known. They also seem to work perfectly with the DataGrid component. I ran into problems when trying to use these solutions with the List component.
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Just some quick information on something I found today. When loading multiple SWFs into a main SWF there are some important issues to consider, especially with library assets. ( Read More »)
I have recently been working on a Logo creating application. We will be releasing it this month, until then I cannot post a link. Part of the task was to move some items around on the stage and then take a ‘photo’ of them, photo being a bitmap. In the application itself this process was very in depth and went well beyond what I will discuss in this tutorial. This tutorial is merely a sample of how to move multiple MovieClips around on inside a container, and then shoot a bitmap of them. ( Read More »)
One of my favorite websites, Nike Skateboarding, has a great navigation system. The floating menu has been around for a long time, in both flash and javascript. It is nothing new. But the thing that really grabbed me was the rollovers. A very simple drop shadow used so effectively. Very nice work.
After seeing this, I felt the need to recreate it on my own. We have been getting into Flash 9 and Action Script 3.0 over at
nothingGrinder so I thought it would be appropriate to do this tutorial in AS3!
**NOTICE** Recently I have discovered a much better way to manage the buttons than I have listed here. I will be updating this tutorial to match my current knowledge of ActionScript 3.0. Please check back for updates, I assure you it will be worthwhile. Thanks.
Have been working on a new project for a Japanese client.
We are building a system to create and edit personal and professional logos. The tricky part of this application is the fonts. Usually , in English, a font weighs anywhere from 10k to 60k. In Japanese you are looking at about 3mb to 9mb per font. This creates some major loading issues in the application.
Here is a page dedicated to Flash Runtime Font Sharing.