Last week, in my post about the open source Adobe Automated UI Tester for Adobe ActionScript, I mentioned another project called Brackets. Today, I’m going to share some thoughts around this new “open source code editor for the web”. One of the things I find really intriguing about Brackets is that the editor is built […]
Did you think that Brackets was the only open-source-star Adobe has been working on? What many people fail to realize is that the Flash technology side of things is under heavy, HEAVY development; new versions of the runtimes, expanded operating system support, incredible ActionScript improvements, major tooling updates, and projects like Monocle, SWF Investigator, Starling,
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One of the great new features introduced with Flash Player 11.2 is the ability to intercept the right-click from a user’s mouse. A simple MouseEvent listener can be added to the Stage or any object which extends flash.display.InteractiveObject. Not only does this have the effect of completely removing the right-click menu from Flash content, but
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These are my slides from the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group Adobe CS6 release party in Denver! With Adobe CS6 and the Creative Cloud, there are many new possibilities to consider when it comes to motion and interactive tools! Flash Professional CS6 allows a number of new publish targets; including sprite sheets, the updated Flash
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Adobe has scheduled a full series of six webinars focused on building games for iOS using Flash and AIR! If you’ve ever wanted to get into this growing area – this should be a really nice opportunity to do so. The series will cover Adobe Flash technologies for development of games and apps for iOS,
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These days, formulating a video playback experience is a complicated and broken process… especially when streaming. The ideal for us, in the specific case referenced in this article, is to deliver a stream over Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) via Adobe Media Server into Strobe Media Player or some other Flash-based player for a robust,
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I’m still doing loads of ActionScript work in both my regular job and in side projects – so thought I might start posting some tiny, useful snippets of AS3 here as I encounter them. This is, I suppose, both for my own archive and for anyone out in the community that cares to pick up
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Remember back in September of 2011 when Microsoft declared that Flash Player and other “plugins” would be barred from Metro Internet Explorer? It seems as though that really just isn’t going to happen. “Flash Player release and debug players will be available and supported for Windows 8 Desktop and Metro style experiences on both x86/64
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I’ve been busy at D2W this year! Last night, I was able to do show off some of the cool new features in Flash Professional CS6 and Edge preview 6 at the Adobe CS6 Launch Party here in Kansas City. This morning, I delivered a session dedicated to similarities and differences around Flash Professional and
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A new version of Adobe Edge is out at Adobe Labs! Adobe Edge Preview 6 includes a number of new features including: Welcome Screen redesign Lessons Panel Instant Transition Mode Full code mode in Code Editor Edge Symbol file format Google Chrome Frame support for down level browsers Auto-Keyframe mode changes Editable Time Codes Context
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Here you can find the slides and recording for my talk “What’s New in Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe AIR 3.2” – given on May 10th 2012 for the Hawaii Flash User Group. FLASH LIVES! What’s New in Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe AIR 3.2 View more presentations from Joseph Labrecque The release of Flash
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Now that Adobe Creative Suite CS6 has been released, here is a little round-up of content from myself and others that you can use to get started with Flash Professional CS6! AdobeTV First, check out the great content over at AdobeTV. There are videos from Adobe peeps like Paul Trani and Tom Barclay – and
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