How to Convert FLV videos for Free

So you’ve downloaded an FLV file, and now you’d like to convert it to another format, to view it on another device, edit it, etc? I’d like to share with you some great open source software I’ve found for converting FLV videos. I recently tried to convert an FLV file to another video format that … Read more

ActionScript 3 speed optimization

I've recently come across some good articles on Actionscript optimization, so I thought I'd share them with those of you who are Flash coders. If you want to make your code/animation run faster, then there's a good chance something here will help. This article talks about optimization in general, including a few non-code things: http://www.nbilyk.com/optimizing-actionscript-3 … Read more

Adobe CS5 New Features

Adobe CS5 is out now, and we're using CS5 Master Collection, which includes a boat load of creativity and media production software. CS5 has really wowed us with some incredible new features, so we figured we'd share our favorites with you. But first, for those who aren't acquainted with every Adobe app, here's a list … Read more

Flash Actionscript Editor: Flex Builder vs. FlashDevelop

For doing complex development with Flash, it can help to have a more powerful Actionscript editor than the built in Flash CS3 editor. I’ve been testing Flex Builder and FlashDevelop, both of which can export both Flash or Flex (Flex is Flash with a library of components built for making web applications). Both seem to … Read more

Blender to Flash with Animation

Finally there is a way to get 3D into Flash, from Blender (or another program such as 3DsMax), with Animation! It’s a tool called Cast3D. Check out this: http://www.rustpunk.co.za/blog/?p=10 You can download the Papervision 3D component for Flash CS3 from here:http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/downloads/list    

Blender and Flash Tutorials

Here are some more Blender and Flash tutorials that you can get for free: http://www.cartoonsmart.com/demo_index.html They’re actually demos for the full tutorial (you have to pay for the full version). If you like the demo versions, then you might want to pay for the full version. I’d definately recomend checking them out. One thing I … Read more

Adobe Flash content is now Search Engine Friendly!

Great news everyone! Search Engines are now getting the technology to crawl through Adobe Flash content. The Flash SWFs files (even old ones) are now becoming searchable by search engines. 🙂 The improved SWF search even includes the capability to load and access remote data like XML calls and loaded SWFs. This means Flex applications … Read more

Search Engine Optimization for Flash

For those that heard me talk in the Seattle Flash User Group tonight, I thought I’d post some links to the things I was talking about. For search engine optimization and Flash, there is SWFObject. This is great because it nabs a few birds at once, by getting rid of that annoying "click here to activate" thing … Read more