And while I’m still in the subject, here’s a final example of how one can use getter/setters do add some functionality that doesn’t normally exist in a MovieClip: altering the registration point of a MovieClip. This is some commonly requested functionality. There are several libraries out there that do the trick, I suppose, but a […]
Continue reading →Riding on what I wrote yesterday about using getter/setters for actual state control, here’s another example of how getter/setters can be used to control how your display assets work and make your life simpler. For a while, for me, it was quite common to employ Tweener’s ColorShortcuts if I wanted to, say, tween the brightness […]
Continue reading →Something occurred to me one of these days. There’s something I’ve been doing for quite a while, but I’ve never discussed it with anybody else. I’m sure it all makes sense, somehow, or that there’s some better way to describe it – perhaps it has some fancy design pattern name – but for the sake […]
Continue reading →Last year I finally delved head-first into the wonderful world of Processing. It was one of those (many) times I could college as an excuse that allowed me to spend some more serious time with something that wasn’t directly related to what I do on my day-to-day work. I used the time to create some […]
Continue reading →Interesting link for people interested in interpolation and tweening, with Flash/ActionScript or otherwise: Interpolation Tricks by Jari Komppa. An award-winning Demo coder, he explains concepts related to programmatic animation from a different perspective – he never mentions Robert Penner’s easing equations, but at the same time he’s talking about the same thing, even if using […]
Continue reading →Adobe has finally updated their Flash Player Version Penetration statistics page with details for December 2008, and things are looking good. Just how good? Well, basically, Flash 10 has enjoyed the fastest adoption rate of Flash since it has been introduced, having now a 55.9% penetration on mature markets roughly two months after it has […]
Continue reading →FlashTerm, Peter Nitsch’s ActionScript Telnet client, has just gone live. It works with a sample BBS, and it’s a great example of what’s possible with AS3ANSI, his AS3-based ANSI parsing library. Read Peter’s blog for more information.
Continue reading →This week I’ll be working from Campus Party, so for the curious, I’ll be doing small twitter updates (mostly in Brazilian Portuguese) from there. I won’t do any kind of live coverage or public reporting or anything, since I’ll be there mostly to see friends (in the Games area) though, but if anyone else is […]
Continue reading →When I went back to college, 4 years ago, most of my peers thought the decision was commendable but kind of crazy – I had already been working for 11 years in the interface development field, and people who hired me couldn’t care less if I had a degree or not; not that it wouldn’t […]
Continue reading →Looking for a change of pace, living in one the craziest cities in the world with some extremely creative people who drink a lot and like to swear like drunk scotsmen? Or maybe you already fit into that description and you’re just waiting for the authorization to enter the building? Here’s your chance, Gringo is […]
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