Category — Actionscript 3.0
Click his smirk and watch him go.
A bit of Photoshop to make the caricature and a bit of Flash Actionscript (thanks, Senocular) to make it bob.
The toy is just a fun way to announce that I’m getting back to studying Flash. I hope to throw in some Adobe After Effects in for good measure.
August 30, 2009 7 Comments
Why I am not pursuing Adobe Air
Adobe Air makes it fairly easy to create desktop applications that will work on any computer that can handle Flash… and that’s most computers, regardless of platform. Flash technology is good and it works well for web apps. Why not use it to make desktop apps, then?
Air desktop apps can work directly with a user’s system files. Web apps aren’t allowed to do that, for security reasons. There’s the rub… if you distribute an AIR app, how is anyone supposed to know it won’t do evil things with their files? They have to trust the app. Not a good idea.
To overcome this huge disadvantage, Adobe Air advocates recommend purchase of “code-signing certificates” assuring users that the app was made by the person who has signed the app. That makes the author identifiable and accountable. Fine. But the certificates cost hundreds of dollars. Hobbyists aren’t likely to shell out, just so that they can give their homemade software to strangers. At least I’m not going to.
If I’m making an app just for myself, I don’t have to make it cross-platform. As long as my app works on my Mac, I’m good. Don’t need Air for that. I can share my Mac apps with Mac friends who know me, too.
So no Air for me, thanks. I love Flash and will continue to work with it for browser-based applications. I just don’t see the need for it on the desktop.
June 21, 2009 No Comments
The Obamas will have their hands full!
Friends Blair and Louise have plenty of experience raising their bright, energetic Portuguese Water Dogs. (Same breed as the Obama’s “Beau”). Blair caught some delightful romps with his camera.
After years of watching some of the best commercial photographers in the business, Blair has picked up a few tricks. Nice depth of field work on the lilies and the bird, for example.
Blair was the youngest senior art rep at the famous TDF Artists company before he set up his own Keystone Studios.
April 16, 2009 3 Comments
Stephen Harper nose lengthener
Put your cursor on his nose, press down and drag it out a bit.
Repeat. Squeeze. Squash. Have fun. For a fresh start, just refresh the page.
But wait! There’s more! You can make a movie!
Stretch the picture a bit, then click the little arrow for a toolbox. The green play button will animate your changes. You can figure it out from there.
This marvellous web toy is the work of the talented Saverio Caminiti in Rome, Italy. The choice of photograph was mine.
October 1, 2008 4 Comments
Flash billboard transition
Back in the 90s, I designed outdoor boards for McDonald’s, so I’ve used my own work in this demo of the Actionscript 3.0 billboard transition class. The script was written by the people at Flash&Math in one of their valuable tutorials.
September 7, 2008 No Comments