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Free Flash Slideshow Gallery

The image gallery is a free download which can be used for personal or commercial projects. It supports the loading and display of images as well as SWF files. Each asset can contain a caption as well as be clickable as a link. The slideshow can be embedded at any size. Assets which are bigger than the slideshow's dimensions will automatically be scaled down to fit.
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New Flash Game: Sucka Swing

I have finally been able to finish a Flash game I started several months ago. It's called Sucka Swing and it's a superhero themed game of skill requiring you to swing from building-to-building and travel as far as possible without hitting the ground.
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Experimenting with drawTriangles

I've spent a bit of time today experimenting with the drawTriangles method of the Graphics class in Flash 10. This unassuming method allows for some very interesting effects. The following 3 examples are just some of the types of effects which can be achieved.
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An introduction to Arduino

Arduino is an electronics prototyping platform which has taken a percentage of the tech community by storm. Here we take a look at this popular open-source project to demonstrate how you too can start developing with it.
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6 common Actionscript 3.0 mistakes made by beginners

Learning Actionscript 3.0 can be fun and rewarding but can also leave some beginners scratching their heads. Flash is good at alerting developers to most problems but there are several nuances which may trip up beginners. Here are 6 common mistakes to look out for when developing in Actionscript 3.0.
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10 Interactive Music Videos powered by Flash

Music videos have slowly been creeping their way online for some time now. Though it's only a handful of bands who have truly embraced the medium in ways greater than simply uploading their clip to YouTube.

Here are 10 forward thinking bands who have created Flash based music videos which make use of the technology in fun and interactive ways.
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4 reasons to participate in the Flash community

Whether you’re a seasoned professional developer, hardcore timeline animator or someone entirely new to Flash consider the following reasons on why you should participate in the Flash community.
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Adobe announces 'molehill', new 3D API for Flash

Adobe has recently demonstrated it's upcoming 3D API for Flash player at MAX in San Francisco. What sets it apart from the current 3D API available in Flash 10 is it is more of a 'true' 3D as opposed to the current 2.5D or 'postcards in space' type.
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Quick tip: Find the distance between two points in Flash

When programming in Actionscript 3.0 you will at some point need to find the distance between two arbitrary points on the stage. This is most true when developing applications with dynamic graphics such as Flash games. Here are two methods of finding the distance between two points on the stage.
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An overview of RobotLegs: Actionscript 3.0 framework

I’ve been using RobotLegs to develop Flash applications for personal and commercial projects over the past year. I thought I would share this brief high level overview of the framework.
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