The Flash blog of Ben Pritchard.
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***Update***Hey, thanks to all of you who commented to the blog post! Many of you thought you were first because I have “must approve” comments on. I finally got on the Mac today to see many comments waiting for approval. I have gone throug
My pals over at Flashloaded hooked me up with their new gridNavigation component to check out. I immediately thought that this would be a great fit for something like a Flickr image viewer. I took the time to write a class that interfaces the Flickr API
One new thing about ActionScript 3 documents that you may have noticed is a new behavior related to MovieClips. Prior to ActionScript 3, you could create a button on the stage, lay a MovieClip over it and click through the MovieClip to the button below.
I am trying to get back into experimenting with different things since I have been so lazy about updates on the blog. Today I finished up a proof of concept that swings a MovieClip on an axis point. In the demo below you can play with the result. If yo
Back in September of 2007 I posted about getting my iPod Touch. I have been in love with it since and use it constantly. Actually, that post has been one of the more visited and commented posts on my blog for some reason. Fast forward to yesterday, the
***Update***Hey, thanks to all of you who commented to the blog post! Many of you thought you were first because I have "must approve" comments on. I finally got on the Mac today to see many comments waiting for approval. I have gone through the list a
My pals over at Flashloaded hooked me up with their new gridNavigation component to check out. I immediately thought that this would be a great fit for something like a Flickr image viewer. I took the time to write a class that interfaces the Flickr API
If you visit the Windows Vista page on CNET today you will notice some excellent ad placement. Click the "play again" or "play with sound" button on the Apple ad on the right side of the screen. You will see a great example of creative and ad placement.
Mike Chambers has the scoop on the new Adobe AIR Logo on his blog. Check out his post about the new logo.Mike Says:I am not going to go into a detailed analysis of what the logo represents, but I do want to point out one of the core concepts behind the l
I am pretty stoked about this. My Snow Class (AS2/AS3) that I wrote a year or two ago was used for a small animation on the web for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. They liked the look of the animation and wanted to create a 30 second TV spot based
