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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

RT @macrofireball: Adobe AIR has a future in eLearning. Adbe building 1 for Offline eLearning, which will send LMS results when online. #
FlashBrighton Live: http://tinyurl.com/yz7kea7 Discussion between Delisle, Skinner, Samuels, Corbett, Mulcahy, and others. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Flash is sneaky – not lazy. http://tinyurl.com/y9prpex #
Checking out LearnSWFObject.com http://tinyurl.com/y8nudqw #
Reading up on Flash Player 10.1 on Mobile devices http://tinyurl.com/yd99axr It's really getting interesting in Mobile Flash development! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-01

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000

RT @zedia: Checking out "This is The Most Beautiful Commercial I Have Ever Seen" on AdGabber: http://ning.it/c9ybwB #
RT @richtretola: Blogged: iWantFlash.com Please sign and retweet http://bit.ly/bRX94D #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-11

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000

RT @FITC: checkout Samsung’s “see-through” laptop screen at CES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olv9SiKbF5M #
Uninstalling Catalyst removes MediaEncoder CS5. So now I am free to use Premiere Pro CS4. #
Okay, found out that Media Encoder CS5 was installed when I installed Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst. Darn, I don’t want to to do that! #
Peeps, my Premiere CS4 is opening Media Encoder CS5. I can only save to FLV! What’s this?! #
Looking at Adobe CS5 features site http://tinyurl.com/yexgx4t I wonder if this is a legitimate site? #
Awesome! RT @trinefalbe: Found it! An explanation of Photoshop Blending Modes http://bit.ly/y4wZc (made by @myinkblog) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-21

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:00:00 +0000

@mrch0mp3rs I like the hawks, they have the most colorful jerseys in the NHL. Pretty exciting team to watch. in reply to mrch0mp3rs #
Checking out Captivate- Frequently Encountered Issues: http://bit.ly/5VfW5p #

Notes on FreeSpin3D Tutorial on Adobe Edge (Dec 2009)

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:30:24 +0000

I had recently worked through a quick tutorial on FreeSpin3D on the Adobe Edge magazine December 2009 edition. I had noticed this software through an ad on Flex and Flash developer magazine and so I had decided to check out the demo. Of course, using 3D in real-time to design your site is very cool and convenient. The 3D Phone above is simply applying a motion tween on the layer containing the 3D object and using the trackball to change the rotation about the y-axis.

Here are some of my notes during my tutorial experience:

1) CPU resources take a hit during development and during rendering. Would it be preferable to be working off a workstation during the design? Regardless, even on the freespin 3D website, the rotating the IPod was chugging along. I wonder if it is an issue with my computer? (However, it is a year old and runs off a dual core Centrino, it should be responding well.)

2) Behaviors:

Mouse control doesn’t respond well

Adding behaviours can be finicky. In some cases, I could not delete the behaviors I worked with.

3) I would have liked to manually enter the x-y-z rotation values in text fields beside the trackball – feature request perhaps?

4) It’s nice that they offer a 20% discount when you download the tutorial. This is fair for those who have really tried out the software.

Update: Flash Magazine.com had an excellent review posted.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-07

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 +0000

@sebleedelisle Sorry to hear about the lack of contract. They're missing out. You rock! in reply to sebleedelisle #
@sebleedelisle Wow! I preordered it too! Oh well… Funny, the book is listed here: http://tinyurl.com/yl39ujf in reply to sebleedelisle #
@sebleedelisle Hey Seb, did Friends Of Ed pull your Papervision 3D book off, or is it delayed? #
Going to last swfMontreal UG meeting for 2009 at the Atwater Library. http://tinyurl.com/yjtbozs#flash #meeting #adobe #
RT @lordalex: swfMontreal last year gathering is tomorrow last chance to RSVP on our UG site: (www.swfmontreal.com) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-30

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

RT @lordalex: [RT] swfMontreal Live! December Edition. Come and join us December 3rd from 6:30PM to 9:30PM .http://swfmontreal.com/ #
@NikkiMK Why can't you add a watermark in Captivate? Say put in a transparent photoshop file with the logo? in reply to NikkiMK #
@trinefalbe Facebook says: Worried about privacy? Your photos are safe. It's in my "Settings." #
@NikkiMK @rjacquez Yes. You can save your Captivate files to either AS2 or AS3 compliant fla's. in reply to NikkiMK #
@rjacquez Whoops! Captivate 4 doesn't work with Flash Player 10.1. http://tinyurl.com/yjutoot #
@NikkiMK You can export your Captivate 4 projects to Flash CS4. in reply to NikkiMK #
@NikkiMK Can't you export from swf to quicktime from flash and then convert it to m4v? I don't work with Apple itunes much, sorry. in reply to NikkiMK #
RT @rjacquez: There are many users on Twitter and very helpful, too. RT @NikkiMK: any captivate users out there? – Yup, I'm one of them. #

Flash Player 64bit Woes

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:16:47 +0000

I had already posted this issue on my blog beforehand. Now that Windows 7 has been released, there is a growing demand to have a 64bit Flash player. (Actually, as I have scanned the web and in the Adobe bug database, it was requested since 2001 for 64bit Windows XP.) I suspect that there has been a big push for Flash player development across the mobile community and feature development for Flash 10.1.

The only suggestion that I can make is for our developer and user community who love flash to demand for a 64 bit Flash player on the bug database. (http://bugs.adobe.com) So sign up, and make your voices heard! Adobe does listen, its looks like a matter of priority and demand.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-09

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Downloading latest #FFDMag for November (http://tinyurl.com/ygls8hp) #