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Advanced Color Effect
Advanced Color EffectYou can create a wonderful color effect to your picture. In order to give such an effect, just follow the steps given below: 1. Open a new Flash Document set the stage size to �Default� and the Frame rate to 30 Fps.     2. Import an image ...
 
Image::Magick Is not Installed...
Well, after upgrading to Movable Type Pro v.4.261 and installing ImageMagick, Movable Type says that it is not installed. It is also not recognizing our install of the GD libraries. So, I can't use the Userpics feature or the image...
 
Presenting Flex 4 Component Lifecycle at FlexMania
FlexMania is a Brazilian online event organized by Igor Costa. The event is focused on the Flash Platform and has a great collection of Flash/Flex/AIR related talks. Although, most of the talks are in portuguese, there are some interesting english sessions as well like Laura Arguello on Mate Framework, Stephen Downs (a.k.a Tink) on Efflex and Iiley Chen on AsWing I will also be presenting in english, my talk is "A Flex 4 Component's Lifecycle" on Monday, July 6th at 15:30 GMT.
 
Just Upgraded to Movable Type Pro...
I just upgraded my blog to Movable Type Pro v.4.261. I haven't noticed anything significantly different than the previous version, though if I do, I'll let you all know.All for now......
 
Google Calendar and iCal
Well, when I made the switch to Google for email, my Google Apps standard account came with Google calendar. I had this service active on my existing google account, however I hadn't used it at all. I figured that I...
 
Gmail Switch
Previously, I had been running my Email off of my own server, where this site currently lives. To reduce the workload on our server, we migrated all of the email handling to Gmail. Well, that seemed like it would be...
 
Sennheiser Headphone Graphic Design Contest
[ 28 August 2009; ] There is an old adage that states music is the universal language of the world. No matter what nationality, creed or culture, it can be enjoyed by practically anyone. Those who are aficionados of music know the importance of a good set of earphones. Sennheiser, a company that has been long recognized as one of the [...] Click on the headline to read more at Graphic Design Basics.
 
Happy 4th of July!
Have a Safe and Happy 4th of July! Everyone at Community MX wishes to thank the brave men and women of the Armed Forces, and remember those who have lost their lives defending our liberty. To allow all of our partners to enjoy the long holiday weekend with their families, CMX will not be releasing content on Friday, July 3rd or Monday July 6th. We will be back on Tuesday, July 7th, with two brand new pieces of content. Enjoy your holiday!...
 
DS BounceScroll
This script displays a bouncing scroll; it includes an HTML code generator that allows the user to change the parameters without any knowledge of JavaScript or HTML programming.
 
Loan Repayment Calculator
This calculator provides a method of comparing compound and flat rates of interest.
 

weblogs.macromedia.com

Links for 2009-07-04
Mac Developer Network » Blog Archive » Core Data: Subclassing NSManagedObject Seasoned Objective-C developers are accustomed to certain ways of subclassing objects. While we definitely subclass objects less often than developers of other languages, it is still necessary in many cases. When it comes to the NSManagedObject, the rules for subclassing are a bit different. (tags: subclass core [...]
 
Assets and the Model Class
Continuing on from Preloading and Asset Management. Let's look at how the model can help with asset definitions, and removing hard coded assets. The Model class in Guttershark is one of a couple "brains" in the library. It can do lots of stuff for you, but today, we'll just focus on assets and paths. I'm going [...]
 
Advanced Color Effect
Advanced Color EffectYou can create a wonderful color effect to your picture. In order to give such an effect, just follow the steps given below: 1. Open a new Flash Document set the stage size to �Default� and the Frame rate to 30 Fps.     2. Import an image ...
 
Envíar HTML con PHPMailer
PHPMailer es un librería muy popular para hacer el envío de emails con PHP de manera sencilla, los principios básicos de esta librería la hemos comentado en Introducción a PHPMailer. Enviando Contenido HTML PHPMailer acepta hacer el envío de HTML, para ello debemos asignar a la propiedad Body el contenido HTML que deseamos enviar y setear con [...]
 
3 'MUST read' articles if you use CFImage
If you are using cfImage anywhere in s web application, I highly recommend you read the following three articles to save you a lot of headaches: Certain JPGs Can Crash Your ColdFusion 8 Server Errors with CFIMAGE and CF8 image functions Are yo...
 
ObjectToExcel: XML based Excel creation
I was looking around the net for ways to dump queries into excel and I ran across this post on Todd Sharp's blog <cfsilence>.  I thought it was pretty cool, so I looked up the specifications on Microsoft's site.  Anyway, thanks to Todd for the inspiration.  I had to take one or more queries and [...]
 
Damn it, Google Safe Browsing shows the alert at my site
If you browse my site with Google Chrome, FireFox and Safari4, it shows the alert at every single link in my site. With IE, it doesn't show the alert. What a wonderful browser is it... How provoking is this! I already requested an re-in...
 
Objective-C Memory Management tip o’ the day
Still getting used to this whole memory management thing. I thought I had it pretty much squared away, but just ran into a spot where I got complacent and let a bunch get by me. I've been working mostly with cocos2d, where most of the objects are created with a static "node" or "spriteWith..." type methods, [...]
 
Image::Magick Is not Installed...
Well, after upgrading to Movable Type Pro v.4.261 and installing ImageMagick, Movable Type says that it is not installed. It is also not recognizing our install of the GD libraries. So, I can't use the Userpics feature or the image...
 
Flex, WebORB for PHP and dates
This is a problem that I have ran into in the past but never really investigated it. This problem has 2 parts - the first comes from sending a Date object from Flex through WebORB for PHP and then using that date in a sql query and the second comes from pulling a date from a MySQL table in PHP and returning it to Flex. read more
 

photoshop911.typepad.com

Design layouts and templates
Top level professional design layout templates, complete with graphics, photos, text / copy place holders -- ready to adapt to your project and send to the printer ...
 
Photoshop Madness... political jokes, CS4, vids and more...
the latest Photoshop Madness is posted... Creative Photoshop on the election trail ... and more:
 
Adobe Photoshop CS4: How much will it cost?
How much will it cost to upgrade to Adobe CS4? Complicated rates structure ...
 
Digital Cameras: Good, Bad, Ugly
digital cameras
 
How to create hand-drawn frames
* How to create hand-drawn frames * This Photoshop911.com inquiry referenced photos from the Starbucks site, which change with pages...
 
Mobile marketing gets 'global code of conduct'
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), which represents 650 member companies worldwide, has released its Global Code of Conduct, designed to provide guidelines that all Mobile Marketers should consider and build their mobile marketing initiatives around.
 
Review: Got kids? Get Doozla
Review: Got kids? Get Doozla a unique drawing program for kids
 
Field Trip: HUGO AWARDS
See some spectacular graphics and art at the HUGOs. The aim of the challenge is to give designers, illustrators and photographers the chance to show the world their abilities by the creation of a stunning tribute
 
Morphing Images
Morphing is one of the cooler manipulations you can do with images
 
Color Schemes with Accents
Industrial Design professor Christiane English uses GenoPal, demonstrating methodology for picking a neutral light color, creating close variations, adding accent, then adding shadow colors to your palette -- all in harmony --
 

animation.about.com

Not Quite Stupid Pet Tricks: 10 Stupid Flash Tricks
I know, I know, the title was terribly punny - but if that title made you groan, the topic of this post will just make you shake your head. ...
 
Dirty Demo Reel Faux Paus
You'd think when presenting a representative body of your work as an animator, you'd want to put your best foot forward. That's why I can't for the life of...
 
The 5 Most Basic ActionScripting Mistakes
Whether you're an animator, programmer or web designer, if you're using Flash odds are you'll be using ActionScripting. Which means you'll be tripping over ActionScripting, spending hours figuring out...
 
Flash Tutorials: Learning the Basics With Our Flash Step-by-Step Tutorials
Over the years we've built up such a library of Flash tutorials here that even with categories breaking down what's what, it's hard for a beginner who's never touched Flash...
 
IE6+ Workaround for Flash
Does anyone still use Internet Explorer 6? I didn't think so, until a visitor to my personal blog wrote me complaining about the size of the enormous text there...
 
FAQ: What's a Flash Exploit?
You may be used to the term "exploit" when referring to people; it generally means to abuse some weakness, vulnerability, or disadvantage to gain the upper hand or even to...
 
Poll: Did You Know About User Reviews?
You may be aware that we have a software reviews section on this site, with reviews of many free, trial, and paid animation programs, from small software packages to the...
 
Anime Studio Pro 6 Release, Review
Hot on the heels of yesterday's release and review of Anime Studio Debut comes today's release of the upgraded version, Anime Studio Pro - which aims to transition the basic...
 
Anime Studio Debut - Release, Review
As promised, I've got a new animation software review for you on a hot new release - even if I'm a couple of hours later than I'd like to be...
 
Watch This Spot!
Just a heads-up: Tuesday, June 9th marks the release of the latest version of one of my favorite 2D animation software packages, and I've got review copies of both...