Are you an RIA developer? Do you make Flash games or Unity games? Are you always on top of the latest industry news? You sound like the perfect person to contribute to Activetuts+!
We’re on the lookout for new authors, so read on to find out more…
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I can’t tell you how many articles and tutorials I have come across on how to use symbols in Flash that immediately dismiss the graphic symbol as having no practical purpose, relegating it as just a step above grouping items. This article will attempt to dispel this myth by showing that the graphic symbol actually has some pretty cool and convenient features and knowing how and when to utilize them is a nice tool to have when you’re creating animations in Flash.
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Twice a month, we revisit some of our best posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This week’s retro-Active post as originally posted on the 8th of November, 2010; since then we’ve seen Microsoft announce that Windows 8 will support HTML5 for native apps, Adobe move further and further into the mobile area, and the release of HTML5 multimedia tools such as Edge. Things are certainly different – how have the experts’ predictions held up?
The subject of Flash, HTML5, Silverlight, RIAs and all that surrounds them continues to be debated across the net. It’s a sensitive issue as we’ve discovered; our recent roundup post certainly opened a can of worms and touched a raw nerve with a few folk!
Today, we’re going to put that behind us and approach the discussion in a more sensible fashion. Read on to see what some of the most respected members of our community have to say on the matter.
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Are you an RIA developer? Do you make Flash games or Unity games? Do you know some cool tips or techniques that you’re always surprised your colleagues don’t know? You sound like the perfect person to contribute to Activetuts+!
We’re on the lookout for new writers and screencasters, so read on to find out more…
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Yes, the ‘F’ in FOTB stands for Flash, but Flash on the Beach is so much more than a conference solely about the Flash Platform – or even one aimed specifically at Flash Developers. It is a rollercoaster of inspiration, education and downright good fun. Here are a few of my highlights from the latest and greatest FOTB. I’d love to write about everything I went to and experienced but it would take days; come next year and you’ll see what I mean…
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Good to see you here on Activetuts+. You want to be a “Mathemagician”? All you need is some simple math from your notebook! What? You’re no good at math? Don’t worry. Neither am I. So I looked back into my school days and collected some math tricks we often used for fun. In this article we shall see some of those tricks and how to use them to build interesting fun applications.
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I’m proud to say that not only is ActiveDen an official sponsor of FITC Toronto 2011, but we’re also an exhibitor. That means that I’ll be at a table spreading the good word about Envato and giving away thousands of dollars worth of free stuff.
If you’re going to be there, be sure to stop by and say hi. If you do, you’ll get a free t-shirt and have a chance at winning all sorts of prizes, including marketplace credits, Tuts memberships, and a Rockable Press eBook.
I look forward to seeing you there!
If you are involved with AS3 development you might have heard of a virtual machine that lives inside the Flash Player or of the so-called bytecode that your code gets transformed into. But what are they exactly?
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Time is of the essence! You’re busy; you have work stacking up, studies to finish and you still haven’t taken the dog for a walk. You don’t have time to spare for learning extra skills, right? We’re here to help.
During the coming week on Activetuts+ we’ll be posting at least 2 Quick Tips a day, bit-sized tuts to get you learning quick as a Flash! (Did you see what I did there..?)
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A couple of weeks ago we advertised for a new Staff Writer at Activetuts+. The response was phenomenal! We had a pile of submissions to wade through and the quality of all applicants was of such a calibre that we chose to take on four new staff writers! There’s a good chance you’ll recognise these guys, come and meet them..
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Follow Activetuts+ editor Michael James Williams as he walks you through integrating Flash with Facebook! Learn to develop apps for the Facebook website and harness the Graph API in your external projects.
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