Create a Comment Form with Flash, PHP, XML and MySQL

Nov 13th in ActionScript, Intermediate by Jeremy Green
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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Flash, PHP and MySQL together. We’ll build a simple comment form that takes entries and stores them in a database. We’ll use PHP to retrieve the entries and format the comments into XML form. Let’s get going!

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Create an iPhone Inspired Switch CheckBox Using Flash and ActionScript 3.0

Nov 11th in ActionScript by Carlos Yanez
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A CheckBox is a graphical user interface element that permits the user to make one or multiple selections from a number of options.

In this tutorial, we’ll create a Switch checkbox inspired by the iPhone Graphical User Interface. Read on to find out how!

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Code a Chaotic Composition Inspired by Joshua Davis

Nov 6th in ActionScript, Design by Bruno Crociquia
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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.

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AS3 101:The Display List

Oct 28th in ActionScript, Novice by Dru Kepple
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In this sixth installment of AS3 101, we’ll be studying topics related to the “Display List”, Flash’s rendering system. With a solid understanding of how to program the Display List, a whole world of dynamic possibilities open up. You will no longer be tied to static display structure that you create on the timeline in the IDE, but you can create and destroy MovieClips (and more) with code.

There is much to know, so we’d better get started. Our ultimate goal is a wall of clickable images (go and check out the demo). While simple, it introduces many Display List programming techniques.

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Develop an Encryption App Using Flash and MDM Zinc

Oct 19th in ActionScript by Carlos Yanez
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Encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key.

Using Multidmedia Zinc we’ll create an encryption application in ActionScript 3, capable of encrypting text and files with a user specified key.

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Blog Action Day: Create a Virtual Wind Farm in ActionScript 3

Oct 15th in ActionScript by Carlos Yanez
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The term wind farm refers to a group of wind turbines in one location used for production of electric power. Compared to the environmental effects of traditional energy sources, those of wind power are relatively minor. Wind power consumes no fuel and emits no air pollution, unlike fossil fuel power sources.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a virtual wind farm using ActionScript 3.0.

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An Introduction to Tweening with ActionScript 3.0

Oct 9th in ActionScript, Novice by Daniel Apt
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Flash is known for delivering rich interactive experiences with a lot of “eye-candy”. Often, this eye-candy is achieved by means of animation and Flash has great animating capabilities. During this tutorial we’ll discuss tweening; Flash’s automated animation.

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Creating a Reusable Flash Uploader with ActionScript 3.0 and PHP

Oct 7th in ActionScript by Bratu Sebastian
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In this tutorial I’ll show you how to build a Flash uploader for uploading files from the user’s computer. The result will be ideal for large file sizes as it will display a progress bar and the percentage left to upload. We’ll even show the user the number of bytes uploaded per second.

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Create an Analog Clock Screensaver with Screentime for Flash

Oct 2nd in ActionScript by Carlos Yanez
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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a stylish Analog Clock using ActionScript 3.0. We’ll use the resulting swf movie with Screentime for Flash to create a fully functional screensaver. Time for some fun..

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Build an OOP Tag Cloud in ActionScript 3.0

Sep 28th in ActionScript, XML by Bruno Crociquia
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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!

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