OpenFlash

MP3 Player - AS3 Version

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:22:00 +0000

Okay, I've updated the MP3 player. it's in AS3 now.

the functionality is pretty much the same, although I did change how the EQ bars work.

As before, I haven't included any sample MP3 files, so you'll have to put some in a "tracks" directory and update the XML file with the path to your songs.

Download

RSS Reader - AS3

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:00 +0000

Here's an RSS reader that displays the first item in the feed.

You can extend it show more items. All of the text is written out in action script, so you can change the size of the textFields as well as the colors used.

You can see it in action on the homepage of my blog (www.aliseya.com). It's on the lefthand side, underneath "Latest Post on OpenFlashForum.com". It gets the RSS feed from OpenFlashForum.com, but you can replace it with any feed you like.

Download

Enjoy!

Slider Puzzle

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:44:00 +0000

New Source has finally been added.

Okay, it's been a while since I put up some new code but here's a slider game, that demonstrates how to copy an image at runtime (that's how the individual pieces are made), using Bitmap.draw() and Matrix.translate()

So while the game is not really that interesting, once you're aware of using Bitmap.draw() to copy sections of the screen, you can use this knowledge to manipulate your images in other ways...

Also, you can swap out the image with your own, or if you're familiar with file uploads, you can build an application to take user supplied files.

At some point, I'll put up and AS3 version...but no promises about when

Download

Tutorial: Loading and Resizing images

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:39:00 +0000

Knowing how to dynamically load, resize and position images in Flash is the key to making a good flash slide show. I'll show you how to do it here. For free even.

For this tutorial, I'm not going to cover how to get the URL to the image into flash. I'll put it in a variable to keep things simple. If you want to see how to load URLs to multiple images from an XML file, check out the source for my Flash Photo Album here.

Step 1 - Load the images
First let's create a MovieClip to hold the image, and then load the image into it. We're going to use a MovieClipLoader for this so that we can add a listener later.

//create the MovieClipLoader
var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

//create the MovieClip to hold the image
var photoHolder:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("photoHolder", 1);

//load the image
var nextPhoto:String = "Photos/photo1.jpg";
mcLoader.loadClip(nextPhoto, photoHolder);

Step 2 - Add a listener object to the MovieClipLoader
Next, we're going to add a listener object to the MovieClipLoader, so that we can be notified when the image has loaded. In this case, we are going to listen for the onLoadInit event.

//create the listener object
var loadListener:Object = new Object();

//create a function that will be called when the onLoadInit event is fired
loadListener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip){
//resize code will go here
}

//add the listener to the MovieClipLoader
var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
mcLoader.addListener(loadListener);

Step 3 - Resize and Center the image
Now lets add the code to resize and center the image.

//make the image half the width of the Stage
mc._width = Stage.width/2;
//keep the proportions the same
mc._yscale = mc._xscale;

//center the image
mc._x = (Stage.width/2) - (mc._width/2);
mc._y = (Stage.height/2) - (mc._height/2);

Step 4 - Putting it all together.
Now that we've gone through all of the steps, here is what all of the code looks like together. As an extension, you may want to add a Tween so that the image fades in, or resizes slowly, or slides in from the side!

----------------------------------------------------------

var loadListener:Object = new Object();
loadListener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip){

mc._width = Stage.width/2;
mc._yscale = mc._xscale;

mc._x = (Stage.width/2) - (mc._width/2);
mc._y = (Stage.height/2) - (mc._height/2);

};

var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
mcLoader.addListener(loadListener);

var nextPhoto:String = "Photos/photo1.jpg";
var photoHolder:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("photoHolder", 1);
mcLoader.loadClip(nextPhoto, photoHolder);

Great Flash Developer Forums

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:09:00 +0000

Here's a short list of flash developer forums that I like. It's by no means a comprehensive list, so if you have others that you like, add a link to it in the comments!

www.OpenFlashForum.com
www.kirupa.com
www.actionscript.org
www.flashmove.com

Photo Album 1

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:54:00 +0000

This photo viewer is like a slide show. You can change out the background image to be whatever you want. You can also add a mask so that only part of the photo is displayed.

If you've got some basic actionscripting skills you can resize the images or change the transition effects. I'll post a variation on this in a few days that will let you select the photo that you want to view in addition to watching the automatic slide show.

**note** Photos are not included with the download, so you have to add some of your own to the Photos directory and update the xml file

Download

Flash MP3 Player

noreply@blogger.com (techdiva) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:02:00 +0000

This component is skinnable, so that you can modify it to match your site. Just edit the existing buttons, or create your own.

The playlist is XML driven, so you can easily update the songs. Or if you're an advanced user, you can have the playlist created dynamically by a server side script.

This MP3 player can be used on it's own, or loaded into an existing flash movie.

**note** MP3 files are not included with the download, so you have to add some of your own to the tracks directory and update the xml file

enjoy!

Download