Category: tutorial
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Create lightweight 3D models with Away3D
Alot of the flash 3D project on the internet are massive. They first have to download 40mb before they start. There are 2 ways to reduce this. Use PreFabĀ 2.0 export (not yet released) to export every model to awd files. Make simple models with Actionscript I made a example project to show how to…
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Code snippet: pass preloader flashvars to main swf
Needed some way generic way to get my flashvars from the preloader to the loaded swf I just extend the url with the flashvars like this
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Distort with drawTriangles()
There are a growing number of posts about the technique to distort an image with the drawTriangles() function. But most of those examples create a lot of extra vertices that aren’t needed for displaying the image and more calculation means more CPU consumption. I explain here how to work with verticals and show some basic…
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LineChart datatip with degrafa skin
Here is an example how you skin a DataTip from a LineChart with the help of Degrafa. Source
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How to save files from Flex to your server with PHP
For my AMDawing I searched a lot for . And all the solutions that I found are too complex in my opinion. I saw all the examples with remote objects and AMFphp or ZendAMF. Finally I found the solution at thinkerlog.com. I think it is the most straight forward solution. This are the basics: First…
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How to find an address with Google maps Flash API
After the Flash Google maps API release I spend some time to see what is possible. I started with the documentation from Google. In there documentation they are using the latitude and longitude coordinates to set the center of your map. This is not really a human readable way to do it and personally I…
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Air file.nativePath Vs. file.url
Is it me or is file.url a lot easier to use than file.nativePath in Adobe AIR. Maybe I’m missing something because every tutorial or code snippet I can find uses file.nativePath. I’m busy building an AIR application that can be used on Windows and Mac OS. I have to take care of the file structure…
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Preformance tips Away3D
While I was building my ImageViewer3D I noticed a few things that can make everything just a little bit faster. And for the challenge and for fun I made a sort of testing application. I build it with Flex and Away3D You can change the a few things such as the amount of 3d objects,…
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Flash in Flex tutorial installation guide
My internship guide Maikel asked me to find out what you have to do to get Flash in Flex. I started to search for a nice tutorial about this but I have to say that there isn’t a step by step tutorial that is explaining this. Opportunity for me to help people. If you already…