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Hi, my name is André Cavallari. I aim to write quality tutorials for both intermediate and advanced users, plus demonstrate to beginners how to work correctly with ActionScript 3.0.
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Create Custom Filters Using the Pixel Bender Toolkit

Create Custom Filters Using the Pixel Bender Toolkit

Andre Cavallari on Mar 28th 2011 with 21 comments

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in September, 2009.

Hi, once again, my name is André and in this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to create custom filters with the Pixel Bender Toolkit, then use them with Flash CS4 to output .pbj files.

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Create a Mac Dock Style Menu with AS3

Create a Mac Dock Style Menu with AS3

Andre Cavallari on Dec 2nd 2010 with 122 comments

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in March, 2010.

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a menu like Apple’s Dock using AS3 classes. We will create a single .as file that will perform all the magic, extending it to add new features.

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Creating Flash Components for Distribution

Creating Flash Components for Distribution

Andre Cavallari on Apr 28th 2010 with 21 comments

During this tutorial I will explain how to create a FLA-based User Interface (UI) component. Like the components that come with Flash, it will be visible on the stage, the preview then automatically updating as you change its parameters. This specific example is a circular progress bar.

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Quick Tip: How to Automatically Resize an Image to Fit the Screen

Quick Tip: How to Automatically Resize an Image to Fit the Screen

Andre Cavallari on Apr 8th 2010 with 27 comments

This Quick Tip explains how to use an image as a website background and scale it proportionally to the stage size. It’s great for when you’re using a SWF that’s full-height and full-width inside a webpage.

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Free Custom Actions Component for Flash CS4

Andre Cavallari on Jul 29th 2009 with 20 comments

This Custom Actions Component enables code hints and code highlighting for custom classes in Flash CS4.

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Develop an OOP Drop Down Menu Using ActionScript 3.0 Documents

Andre Cavallari on Jun 29th 2009 with 46 comments

In this, my first tutorial for Flashtuts+, I’ll quickly explain how to create an object oriented drop down menu. We’ll use ActionScript 3.0 and pull all the necessary data from an xml file.

The resulting menu can be used in any flash file without needing recoding.

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