Web Designer, June 2004 With inspiration from modern MP3 players, we build our own fully functional player in Flash MX 2004. Flash MX introduced the ability to load and play MP3 files directly at runtime. Prior to this, the only thing we could do was import the sounds into Flash at design time, or embed…
by Shawn Pucknell, Brian Hogg, Craig Swann with John Cowie, Glen Rhodes, Grant Skinner and Glyn Thomas Written by a trio of interactive design pros and published by the folks behind the software, this guide is the place to turn when you’re ready to move beyond the manual and leverage all of Flash MX 2004’s…
by David Hirmes, J. D. Hooge, Ken Jokol, Ty Lettau, Lifaros, Jamie Macdonald, Gabriel Mulzer, Pavel Kaluzhny, Kip Parker, Keith Peters, Paul Prudence, Glen Rhodes, Manny Tan, Jared Tarbell, Brandon Williams Forget school math class, Flash math is about fun. It’s what you do in your spare time – messing around with little ideas until…
by John Davey, Glen Rhodes, Jen Dehaan, Scott Mebberson, Sham Bhangal If you’re serious about Flash design, and if you want to push your ideas to the very limits of possibility in Flash MX, then this book and CD are your indispensible companions. The book and CD package combines two vital elements: 1. The most…
by Peter Aylward, Ken Jokol, Jamie MacDonald, Paul Prudence, Glen Rhodes, Robbie Shepherd This book takes an in-depth look at purposing your Flash skills towards developing fully functional Flash Applications. Taking its lead from the design element, each chapter takes you a step further into evolving your design skills into application development. It will look…
by Jen deHaan and Glen Rhodes If you’ve dabbled with Flash and want to expand your repertoire, this book will teach you what you need to know about ActionScript in a fast-paced tutorial style. The ActionScript language is becoming an increasingly vital part of every Flash designer’s toolkit, but it can seem like a scary…
by Leon Cych, Benjamin J. Mace, Glen Rhodes Some Flash users like the depth, comfort and security of the linear tutorial approach. Others respond better to a more laid-back model. This book is for you if you’re a denizen of the latter group; it’s rich in images and examples, and restrained in its use of…
by Glen Rhodes, Justin Everett-Church, David Doull, Igor Choromanski, Kevin Sutherland, Thomas Poeser These days people are looking to the Internet for its gaming possibilities. Whether it’s real-time role-playing you’re after with 30,000 of your closest friends, or just a solitary round of crazy golf, the most versatile piece of web animation software just made itself…
For Star Wars fans everywhere, try out my cool Flash toy: The Lightsaber Configurator. Choose the color and length of your lightsaber and even practice swinging it around, hitting a lightsaber practice droid. You will NEED at least the Flash 8 player to view this.
It’s so confusing these days to know where to write different things. I mean, here, am I expressing my personal views, with a brief mention of my professional services and activities, or is that saved for something like Facebook or MySpace? Or, should I use this medium to be a succinctly professional site, demonstrating my…
