Month: April 2014

Flash Player and AIR 14 betas

Flash Player 14 and AIR 14 betas have just appeared on Labs! Major new features: Anisotropic Filtering New Stage3D “Standard” Profile [AGAL2!] Intel x86 Android Support Improved Packaging Engine – iOS – BETA Interested in an overview of the improved iOS packaging? Check out the recently published article on Adobe DevNet. Grab the betas Releases …

Flash Player and AIR 14 betas Read More »

Apache FlexJS 0.0.1 Released!

Apache has made the first official (alpha) version of the new FlexJS framework available to download. The BEST way to acquire this is to use the new Apache Flex SDK Installer version 3.0. Check out the official announcement and read up on the FlexJS wiki. What is FlexJS? It is an application framework for which …

Apache FlexJS 0.0.1 Released! Read More »

Apache Flex 4.11+ and OSMF Quick-Tip

When using Apache Flex 4.11 (or 4.12) – and the Spark VideoDisplay component (based around OSMF)… you may encounter the following runtime error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. This happens when attempting to reference the videoObject element of a VideoDisplay component. For example, when attaching a …

Apache Flex 4.11+ and OSMF Quick-Tip Read More »

Parfait?

This… is very cool. Adobe has a beta project – accessible via web browser – which can introspect PSD files, extract contents, generate CSS… fonts… colors… gradients… pretty damn cool. Here’s a video of the thing in action: Nice. Check it out at https://projectparfait.adobe.com/

AIR for Android… Intel!

Adobe Runtimes product manager, Chris Campbell, has announced at Flash Online Conference #9 that an upcoming version of AIR for Android will be supporting Intel x86 CPU-driven tablets! Following this announcement, a blog post was published on the Adobe website with further details. “The Adobe AIR platform is stronger than ever. Today, Adobe AIR powers …

AIR for Android… Intel! Read More »

Absinthe Antiques: A collection from la Belle Époque

Absinthe Antiques: A collection from la Belle Époque features pieces utilized in the preparation and serving of the famed spirit absinthe. These lovely antiques from the mid 1800s through the early 20th century evoke a time of beauty, art, new technologies and changing culture; the era known as France’s la Belle Époque. Spoons, glasses, carafes, …

Absinthe Antiques: A collection from la Belle Époque Read More »