Seb Lee-DelisleApparently people “privy to private demonstrations of Creative Suite 4” have given their verdict over at AppleInsider. And they’re claiming it’s a “minor update”. Well I can’t talk about the other software, but Flash CS4 is a serious improvement from CS3. So I’m with Keith on this one. They only mention the new animation model […]
Just when we thought this particular battle was over, it seems that Adobe have slipped back into their old habits. I was approached by Adobe a few weeks ago to speak at MAX Milan, and, like Aral before me, I had to turn them down. Why? Because they have a policy of not paying for […]
I’ve got good news, and bad news. The bad news first, Flash on Tap, the world’s first Flash and Beer festival has been postponed until May 28th – 30th. The good news : Flash on Tap, the world’s first Flash and Beer festival has been postponed until May 28th – 30th! What this means that […]
Whenever anyone asks me to recommend a good book to learn ActionScript 3, I always tell them to run on over and buy a fresh copy of Keith Peters’ Making Things Move. In fact I was quite gutted when the first AS2 version came out; I’d spent the previous 2 years working out how to […]
Unless you’ve been sitting under a rock for the last week, you’ll have noticed that the Singularity conference has now been renamed <head>. In an utterly shameless flurry of bad head-related jokes, Aral explains the reasons behind this change. This is going to be an interesting one, that’s for sure – way cheaper than traditional […]
Yes! The cat is indeed out of the bag with big announcements planned on September 23rd. And FlashBrighton will be celebrating in style with its very own launch party on the 24th September. Watch this space for more information.
I’m noticing a lot of links coming from Japan lately, they seem to be particularly taken with my Papervision reflections… But this one particularly caught my eye – this nice chap (or chapess) has made a pretty 3D butterfly, along with its reflection… nice! And even nicer, they’ve included source. Have you made something nice […]
Part two of my particle tutorial in Computer Arts is featured in issue 152, August 2008. Using the skeletons on the Plug-in Media website as an example, I take you through how to blow things up in Flash! [kml_flashembed movie=”/wp-content/uploads/manual/2008/particlesskeletonswithtextfragged.swf” width=”480″ height=”300″ FVERSION=”9″ QUALITY=”high” /] Source files are included on the CD – let me […]
It’s long been a bug bear that you can’t dynamically change a cube’s materials, so I’ve just committed a simple update that has simply moved Tim Knip’s clever material swapping methods from the DAE object into the DisplayObject3D. So now we can call replaceMaterialsByName on any DisplayObject3D! So you can use it by calling : […]
We’re looking for an AS3 coder to come and work with us on a short term project here in sunny Brighton. It’s a great chance to get to know us all at Plug-in Media, and it could turn into a permanent job, if it all works out well. We’re building a flashy micro-site for a […]