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Preparing a Video for FLV Playback

2.2 years ago on December 12, 2009
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We're going to build a custom Flash Video Player using a combination of Flash's pre-defined components and ActionScript 3 with some of our own symbols. First, we need the video to be prepped and ready to be played on the web. For this, we're going to use the FLV format, which reaches 99% of internet-enabled desktops thanks to Adobe's Flash Player. The FLV format is ideal in it's reach level and quality-weight ratio.

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Creating a Basic Flash Video Player

2.2 years ago on December 15, 2009
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So now that we have our video we can open up Flash and start working on the player. Flash makes creating components easy with the Components and Component Inspector panels. We could write the ActionScript to generate these components from scratch or we could take advantage of these and drag and drop them to the stage.

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Bitmap vs. Vector

2 years ago on January 31, 2010
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When it comes to computer-related media, the biggest confusion I seem to see is between vector and bitmap images (JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files). Any image can be made into a bitmap, but a bitmap cannot be made into a vector image without redrawing every line to create a new file completely. Bitmap uses tiny squares each with its own color to make up an image, while vector uses mathematical points and lines connected to each other to enclose a shape. Each serve their own purpose in design work.

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Creating a Flash Clock

1.5 years ago on August 21, 2010
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Creating a Flash clock can be a fun and epic experience. All you need is a little bit of ActionScript and a few simple lines. I have seen JavaScript clocks which are very similar but do not require a Flash player, those are a little more complex since they interact with HTML and do not take advantage of our easy drawing tools. Although it is possible, this won't be a pure ActionScript clock as all of our design components will be hand-drawn. Please note that basic Flash drawing skills are required and not covered.

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Date Difference in ActionScript

10 months ago on March 26
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Here's one way of calculating and displaying the difference between two dates in ActionScript. This example attempts to extend your knowledge of working with dates in ActionScript (and its cousin, JavaScript). It takes a date format as a string similar to PHP's date function.

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Creating a Basic Flash MP3 Player with ID3

5 months ago on September 3
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Here's the structure of a basic Flash MP3 player. Song information is retrieved from the file itself through its ID3 tags. For the most part, all functionality is written with ActionScript. There are also drawn components such as the Movie Clip bar fills, which use the ColorTransform class to dynamically alter its color.

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