2 Dec
I came across a great article today written by Miguel Sousa about the benefits of OpenType (.otf) over TrueType (.ttf) fonts. I never put much thought into the difference between the two font extensions, although I have always leaned towards using OpenType fonts when available knowing that is a more recent format. Miguel goes into [...]
22 Nov
On a recent project my team encountered a very annoying bug in ActionScript 3.0 when reversing the playback of an Embedded Video on the timeline. When playing the video forwards everything ran smooth, the processor usage remained low and the memory consumption remained low as well. When playing the video backwards, using mc.gotoAndStop(frame), the processor [...]
15 Jul
Yesterday MBUSA.com launched their website redesign. The new site is a major face lift from the old version, which was beginning to look outdated in comparison to many of its competitors. Every single element of the site has been upgraded and built completely in Flash, improving the overall user experience throughout. I worked on the [...]
1 Oct
I just stumbled across a great article by Josh Tynjala on the Yahoo! Flash Developer Center. Josh writes about the new features of ActionScript 3.0, focusing on working with the Display List, changes to root and parent, and encapsulation. I’m sure this article has been around for some time, but if you are just getting [...]
27 Mar
Make sure you check out the launch of Adobe CS3 today at 3:30pm EST. The new products include: Adobe InDesign CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Adobe Fireworks CS3 Adobe Contribute CS3 Adobe After Effects CS3 Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Adobe Encore CS3 [...]