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Bruno Crociquia

Hello, I'm a Senior Flash Developer at WIZ Interactive -> shamless plug? Designer by trade, developer by heart, I always try to bring something new to all projects I start. That said, as someone once told me, "don't aim to perfect, aim to excellence". I'm still trying...

Quick-Tip: Throwing Errors the Clean Way

Quick-Tip: Throwing Errors the Clean Way

There comes a time while developing, especially when developing for other developers, that you think “I should really anticipate this error”. This Quick Tip will show you how to do it — the clean way.


This entry is part 3 of 10 in the How to Fix Bugs in Flash Session
Build Your Own ActionScript YouTube Player

Build Your Own ActionScript YouTube Player

During this tut we’ll take a look at using the YouTube API to build a custom YouTube player with ActionScript 3.0.

Create a Musical Birthday Card with Papervision3D

Create a Musical Birthday Card with Papervision3D

It’s ActiveTuts+’s first birthday! Let’s celebrate by making a musical 3D birthday card using Papervision3D and TweenMax.

Display Your Data With Funky Animated Needle Gauges

Display Data With Funky Animated Needle Gauges

Creating appealing data visualization has always been one of Flash’s key features. It allows you to achieve eye candy results with real dynamic data; be it in a preloader, a game, or an office presentation.

This simple tutorial will show you how to build a needle gauge meter. You’ll learn how to apply a “gloss” effect, communicate with XML, and apply a tween engine to rotations.

Build a Slider Microsite with GreenSock’s Timeline Lite

Build a Slider Microsite with GreenSock’s Timeline Lite

During the this tutorial I’m going to take you through building a simple slider that will scroll a personal microsite. We’ll use the GreenSock Timeline Lite class and demonstrate just how straight-forward it can make your Flash animation workflow.


This entry is part 4 of 11 in the GreenSock Tweening Platform Session

Quick Tip: How to Create Perfect Alpha Reflections

2010 will see several changes here on Activetuts+, one of which you’ll see implemented across all the Tuts+ sites: Quick Tips. Quick Tips tuts will be short, informative, simple, effective and will demonstrate something achievable during your lunch break!

Bruno is kicking off the Quick Tips here at Activetuts+, with a great tip on creating perfect reflections. Got 5 minutes? Off you go then..

Buttonology: A Walkthrough of Button Making Methods

Buttonology: A Walkthrough of Button Making Methods

How you approach a problem is to some extent your key to accomplishing good solid work. This walkthrough will guide you in the six most commonly used methods for button creation and show you in which situations they are best put to use.

Send Season’s Greetings With a Flash Piano Christmas Card

Tired of those old-fashioned animated Christmas cards with Santa Claus laughing, a sleigh flying in the sky with a bunch of trees and sparkling lights?

This year you have no excuse. I’m going to show you how to build a virtual keyboard that plays Jingle Bells. You’ll even be able to extend the concept and add more songs and notes to the piano.

For this tut I’ll be using a combination of Tweenlite, the Flex SDK, the Flash IDE and Flash Develop.

Code a Chaotic Composition Inspired by Joshua Davis

Ever wondered how design guru Joshua Davis makes those choatic images? I did. With his art as inspiration I grabbed a cup of coffee and set out to mimic his style. This tutorial is aimed at designers and flash beginners, and documents my process of achieving something similar to Joshua’s early compositions.

Build an OOP Tag Cloud in ActionScript 3.0

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to build a flexible, animatable tagcloud using an Object Oriented Programming approach. I don’t believe in a right or wrong method, but rather several degrees of efficiency. If you have any constructive criticism on my code feel free to comment.

That said, lets start!