Archive for the ‘ActionScript 3’ Category

Using BitmapData to Improve Performance (And One Small Annoyance)

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Lately I've been experimenting with generative art in Flash/ActionScript 3. Its been pretty fun and I've created some interesting results. In my experience, and I can only assume in most other artists and developers cases, I really got familiar with the Flash Player's performance limitiations. More specifically, I came to ...

Get yourself to NYC for Flash and the City

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Elad Elrom last night. He's one of the organizers of the upcoming Flash and the City conference here in NYC. I highly recommend attending this conference for the following reasons: 1. Its in F*ckin' New York City! I know NYC isn't for everyone but ...

Open Source Media Framework (Sprint 8) Bug in NetStreamPlayTrait and NetStreamTimeTrait?

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Over the last two months or so I've been keeping my eyes on Adobe's Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) project. I started fiddling around with Sprint 7, seeing if I could build a progressive video player component on top of it. My first impression was that the project was still ...

New Flash Community Developments: Robotlegs and Signals

Monday, December 14th, 2009

I've come to realize that I'm always a bit hesitant to change. I was late to get a cell phone, late to join Facebook, late to join Twitter, and often late to look into developments within the Flash community. Lately I've been trying to change how often I tune into ...

Pretty Pleased with the SWFAddress Apache, mod_rewrite, and PHP SEO Implementation

Friday, September 11th, 2009

The latest project I've been working on at Rokkan has been umbro.com. When the project first came to us there was quite a bit of discussion over what technology to use, specifically HTML vs. Flash. The client, naturally, was concerned about SEO but also wanted a nice "rich" experience. Sure, ...

Runtime Font Loading and Static TextField Conflicts

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

So I have this dilemma. It's unbelievably frustrating. I want to believe a feasible workaround exists, but after hours of messing around, I couldn't come up with anything. Allow me to explain, maybe some of you have an idea of what to do. I'm working on a Flash site that needs ...