Category Archives: ActionScript

Capital Flash Camp 2010 : A brief recap

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Fuad Kamal

I attended Flash Camp in DC today and though I would share my initial impressions, given that we were at 360 Flex not too long ago and a lot of attention is being given to the upcoming Flash & the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Adobe, Design, Flash, Flash Catalyst, Flex, Flex 3 -> Flex 4 Migration, Flex 4, Illustrator, Photoshop, RIA, Software Architecture, UXD, Wireframing | 3 Comments

would the REAL iPhone killer please stand up?

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Fuad Kamal

Certain defenders of Apple’s stance on excluding the Flash platform from Mobile Safari, such as Daring Fireball have been trying to flip the argument, saying that Flash is an outdated technology, the concept of browser plugins is outdated, and that … Continue reading →

Posted in AIR, ActionScript, Adobe, Apple, Flash, Flash Lite, Flex, RIA, iPad, iPhone, mobile | 1 Comment

Web to Print: Client Side PDF Generation from Adobe Flex / AS3

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Fuad Kamal

Generally when the question of PDF generation from Adobe Flex applications comes up, the defacto answer has been ‘use LiveCycle’ or some other server-side technology to handle the PDF generation. But sometimes we don’t have the option of using a … Continue reading →

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takeaway from MAX: iPhone & Mobile development from Flex and Flash

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Fuad Kamal

There were lots of news and sneaks at the Adobe MAX conference this week, and fortunately a lot of it is available in a couple places: a) Adobe MAX Online Site b) most of the sessions are now available on … Continue reading →

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review: Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 by Juan Sanchez & Andy McIntosh

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Fuad Kamal

The short version: Juan & Andy rock, Addison Wesley SUCKS. Continue reading →

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Web 4.0?!? GE leverages Flash player in a whole new way with the FlarToolKit

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Fuad Kamal

I saw this tweet by crashmedia and was totally blown away by this video demo showing an implementation of FlarToolKit: The demo is by Robert Cooper, creative director of some company (couldn’t quite make out the name from the video, … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Adobe, Away3D, Flash, Flex, PaperVision | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Flasher Magazine issue #1

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Fuad Kamal

Lee Brimelow released the first issue of Flasher Magazine, a video magazine focused on the Flash Platform. Interviews include Ryan Stewart on Flash Catalyst and a ‘making of’ with tips on making your on video tutorials at the end. Check … Continue reading →

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Best Adobe MAX Sessions

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Sean Glasheen

I attended my first Adobe MAX in San Francisco last month. As a former Java programmer and current Flex RIA and component developer, these are the sessions I found most useful, in no particular order: Creating New Components in Flex … Continue reading →

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Adobe MAX Awards on Flickr

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Fuad Kamal

I used Jeffrey Friedl’s plugin for Adobe Lightroom 2 to export my photos of the MAX Awards to Flickr rather than outputting yet another Lightroom web gallery. While the metadata is included in the images, I don’t have time to … Continue reading →

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What if our politicians played WOW?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Fuad Kamal

So one of Barack Hussein Obama’s FCC transition team members is into WOW. That made me wonder, what if all the leading politicians had ‘office hours’ on WOW? Instead of letter writing campaigns, angry rallies, etc., mobs of angry netizens … Continue reading →

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