Hey guys & gals I am looking for a few examples of cool uses of the bitmapData api Not only fancy but clever practical examples too
Any links would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks! -- Flash4Hire http://www.flash4hire.com ________________________________________ Steve Killingbeck, MMCP, ACE Owner & Technical Director Certified Flash Developer & Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612.709.6515 -- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Flashcoders Digest, Vol 17, Issue 4 Send Flashcoders mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Flashcoders digest..." Today's Topics: 1. tabIndex stops working, when combo-box component used in movie (Green, Martyn) 2. Re: Alpha fade problem (Zeh Fernando) 3. Re: Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues (Brian Mays) 4. Re: Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues (Adrian Park) 5. RE: How to remove indent for LI with CSS? (phaedrus) 6. RE: Flash Multiplayer System (Clint Tredway) 7. External MP3 and Looping (Simon de Turck) 8. RE: Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues (Helmut Granda) 9. RE: Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricingissues (Jim Robson) 10. Re: Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues (Brian Mays) 11. unsubscribe (Miguel Andres Clavera) 12. Re: Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues (Manuel Saint-Victor) 13. Cross domain policy file issues (Merrill, Jason) 14. Re: unsubscribe (Steve Rachels) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:54:34 +0100 From: "Green, Martyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flashcoders] tabIndex stops working, when combo-box component used in movie To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm trying to set up a custom tab order. I have a test movie that just contains two clips. All works ok until I place a combo-box component on the stage. Then tabbing stops working completely. I've tried setting the tab order for each element using the accessibility panel and also using actionscript, and see the same thing each time. I'm publishing the movie as Actionscript 2.0, and viewing with flash player 8 (tested in Flash and also in a browser). I just found that I have the problem even if I delete the combo-box from the stage (but leave it in the library). Any suggestions / links appreciated. 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It's much easier this way and you can keep focused on making it look right (with the time/animation you want) instead of wasting time on making it work. - Zeh ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:06:05 -0500 From: Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues To: "Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]>" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Oh, I don't know...I've charged some high design rates :-) Seriously though, some in that forum I imagine have at least had experience working with advanced Flash developers either in partnerships or as part of a firm they all work in. They've always been a pretty intelligent bunch there, and if they don't know I imagine they'll tell you some place that might be good for that discussion. Brian Mays On 6/1/06 9:46 AM, "Rifled Cloaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How Design would be a Graphic Design forum, yes? From my experience, > graphic designer freelance rates are much lower than an advanced Flash > developers would be. > > Yours would be on par with web/application developer rates. > > -g ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:11:55 +0100 From: "Adrian Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm also wrestling with this at the moment so would like to be included in/pointed towards any discussion (if it doesn't continue here). Whilst I appreciate the issues with discussing exact rates, I'd find it useful to hear thoughts on things like: - differences between freelance rates (managing the client yourself) vs. contract rates (working in an agency). - whether one should have a fixed rate for everything or if there is benefit in having different rate scales. e.g. a lower rate for, say, basic banner animation work vs. Flash application development work (I know this is a coders list but I'm sure we all do other stuff) Is it OK to discuss these things vaguely - e.g. "A Flash coder with x years experience should expect at least y but shouldn't really expect much more than 2y"? Adrian P. On 6/1/06, Nick Weekes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > imho it seems there are enough interested people on this list to warrant > having the discussion here. > The only thing I could suggest is posting which country you work in when > discussing pricing, as it varies wildly from country to country. > > > Brian Mays wrote: > > I would be interested as well. > > > > Brian > > > > > > On 6/1/06 9:16 AM, "mike cann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> If you are going to take the discussion private can i ask politely to > be > >> CC'ed in too pls as im very interested in this topic too :) > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:12:21 -0500 From: "phaedrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] How to remove indent for LI with CSS? To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > var txt = txt.split('<li>').join('ù'); If your HTML might have </li> tags, don't forget to remove them from your string. Technically shouldn't matter (they should just not display, right?), but I'd do it anyway. - phaedrus ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:20:56 -0500 From: "Clint Tredway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Multiplayer System To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have used the ElectroServer twice and found it easy to use and very robust. Jobe was also very helpful when questions or issues came up. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:39 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Multiplayer System I4ve never used Red5 but as far as I know, even though it4s becoming very powerful and it is a promising project, the current release isn4t recommended to be used in production enviroments or any serious projects. Someone correct me if I4m wrong ;) Marcelo. On 6/1/06, mike cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been tasked with setting up a multiplayer enviroment for the > company i work for and i need some advice. > > I am currently looking at SmartfoxServer and perhaps Red5. Im told > money isnt realy an issue, so things like ease of development, good > documentation and customer support become more important. > > Im sure others have been in my situation before, so im asking for > reccomendations and suggestions. > > Thanks > Mike > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 17:23:35 +0200 From: "Simon de Turck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flashcoders] External MP3 and Looping To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi! Is it normal that encoders like Lame and sony's Soundforge MP3 encoder put a bit of silence in front and after the sound? This completely breaks my "load external mp3 and be able loop these when needed" idea... the loading works, the looping works, there is just this gap between the loops. So, did anyone have this "problem" before. (or is it part of the mp3 ensoding spec) Simon ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:24:00 -0500 From: "Helmut Granda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" What would qualify some one as "advanced"? Some one who is not familiar with flash might see some simple animations and consider that person "advanced" while others need to see hundreds of lines of AS, using OOP and taking advantage of the latest features that the flash player can handle. Again maybe that define your price as well. ...helmut -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Mays Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:06 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues Oh, I don't know...I've charged some high design rates :-) Seriously though, some in that forum I imagine have at least had experience working with advanced Flash developers either in partnerships or as part of a firm they all work in. They've always been a pretty intelligent bunch there, and if they don't know I imagine they'll tell you some place that might be good for that discussion. Brian Mays On 6/1/06 9:46 AM, "Rifled Cloaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How Design would be a Graphic Design forum, yes? From my experience, > graphic designer freelance rates are much lower than an advanced Flash > developers would be. > > Yours would be on par with web/application developer rates. > > -g _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:25:02 -0400 From: "Jim Robson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricingissues To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I agree with Nick Weekes' suggestion that any pricing info should include the country. I would also suggest that we break it down a bit further - by region. I recently moved from Connecticut to northern Virginia (Washington DC area) and have found that even within the US the pay scale from one region to another can be significantly different - and so can the cost of living. ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:27:49 -0500 From: Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues To: "Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]>" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I've got some notes on this sort of thing, but I won't have access to them until tonight...and wouldn't do them justice pulling them from memory. I'll see about pulling these together. I don't have a fixed rate for everything I do. If something is a lower type of production, I do lower rates. Some jobs that seem like they could be administrative challenges I have marked up. I shy away from doing hourly rates and I do estimates. An estimate is based on what I would like to make hourly multiplied by how many hours I think it will take...then I add in at least 1/3 more hours because there are always unforeseen obstacles. These days I just set a price and say, "This is what it takes to work with me." No hourly if possible. On 6/1/06 10:11 AM, "Adrian Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also wrestling with this at the moment so would like to be included > in/pointed towards any discussion (if it doesn't continue here). > > Whilst I appreciate the issues with discussing exact rates, I'd find it > useful to hear thoughts on things like: > - differences between freelance rates (managing the client yourself) vs. > contract rates (working in an agency). > - whether one should have a fixed rate for everything or if there is benefit > in having different rate scales. e.g. a lower rate for, say, basic banner > animation work vs. Flash application development work (I know this is a > coders list but I'm sure we all do other stuff) > > Is it OK to discuss these things vaguely - e.g. "A Flash coder with x years > experience should expect at least y but shouldn't really expect much more > than 2y"? ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:40:30 +0000 From: "Miguel Andres Clavera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flashcoders] unsubscribe To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" hi i want to UNSUBSCRIBE to the list thanks _________________________________________________________________ Puedes estar entre los primeros en probar el futuro de la mensajerma: prueba la versisn beta de Windows Live Messenger http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=0eccd94b-eb48-497c-8e60-c63 13f7ebb73 ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:48:42 -0400 From: "Manuel Saint-Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Where to politely and appropriately discuss pricing issues To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Brian- so in that case what's a ballpark for a medium project ( ok I know...what's a medium project). Say a company needs a componet set for a basic media player that they will be in turn customizing for their clients and I'm providing an AS2 mvc based component set- that they can skin and extend and charge their clients for the end tool. To ask it directly- what is the ballpark $$ for the numbers that developers(such as yourself) on the east coast are using to do this math. I spent a few years as a "lone developer" while I was learning- moved to a pretty major company and did some time with them and actually came to realize that my skillset is up there and I have been way undercharging. Now I'm going to be doing some freelancing and want to make sure that I'm not going out there as "the idiot pulling prices down" M On 6/1/06, Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got some notes on this sort of thing, but I won't have access to them > until tonight...and wouldn't do them justice pulling them from > memory. I'll > see about pulling these together. > > I don't have a fixed rate for everything I do. If something is a lower > type > of production, I do lower rates. Some jobs that seem like they could be > administrative challenges I have marked up. > > I shy away from doing hourly rates and I do estimates. An estimate is > based > on what I would like to make hourly multiplied by how many hours I think > it > will take...then I add in at least 1/3 more hours because there are always > unforeseen obstacles. These days I just set a price and say, "This is > what > it takes to work with me." No hourly if possible. > > > On 6/1/06 10:11 AM, "Adrian Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm also wrestling with this at the moment so would like to be included > > in/pointed towards any discussion (if it doesn't continue here). > > > > Whilst I appreciate the issues with discussing exact rates, I'd find it > > useful to hear thoughts on things like: > > - differences between freelance rates (managing the client yourself) vs. > > contract rates (working in an agency). > > - whether one should have a fixed rate for everything or if there is > benefit > > in having different rate scales. e.g. a lower rate for, say, basic > banner > > animation work vs. Flash application development work (I know this is a > > coders list but I'm sure we all do other stuff) > > > > Is it OK to discuss these things vaguely - e.g. "A Flash coder with x > years > > experience should expect at least y but shouldn't really expect much > more > > than 2y"? > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:56:21 -0400 From: "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flashcoders] Cross domain policy file issues To: Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii How do you deal with cross domain linkin issues? In the Flash 7 and 8 security model, a cross domain policy XMl file is required to use getURL to access other domains outside the domain the .swf is on. So let me get this straight, the file doesn't go on the server hosting the .swf, it goes on on the server that is being linked TO. Correct? This bites, but how do you guys get www.amazon.com to host your cross domain policy file? Seems impossible. Isn't this a big hassle that's almost not worth pursuing? Or with Flash 7 and 8 players, do you just never reasonably have the ability to link to most other Web sites? Thanks Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:56:45 -0700 From: Steve Rachels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] unsubscribe To: Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed no. You're stuck here... forever. Or you can look at the bottom of any of the emails you get from this list and use the there link to unsubscribe. Miguel Andres Clavera wrote: >hi >i want to UNSUBSCRIBE to the list >thanks > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com End of Flashcoders Digest, Vol 17, Issue 4 ****************************************** _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
