November 2009
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Where's my Sound ???
Here’s a Handy little tip I just figured out today. So I have a button that plays sound and once if finishes playing it should fire the Event.SOUND_COMPLETE. In this events handler, it resets the position back to the beginning of the clip. Now the problem is once I try to play it again, it doesn’t seem to fire the Event.SOUND_COMPLETE event. Have you ever had the issue of your...
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Shoppable Runway
Technologies - Flash, CSS, AS3 Brief - Created @radical.media for Tommy Hilfiger Role - Jr. Flash Developer - Create the page Template - Made use of a Tweening Engine Live Site
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Outerwear Gallery
ul> Technologies - Flash, CSS, AS3 Brief - Created @radical.media for Tommy Hilfiger Role - Jr. Flash Developer - Create the page Template - Made use of a Tweening Engine Mens Live Site Womens Live Site
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Marvel Powergrid
Technologies - Flash, XML, AS3 Brief - Created at Marvel Entertainment Role - Jr. Flash Developer - Translate AS2 to AS3 - Made use of a Tweening Engine - Receive XML and send Requests via PHP Live Site
September 2009
3 posts
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Tommy Hilfiger - Fashion Week 2009
Technologies - Flash, CSS, AS3 Brief - Created @radical.media for Tommy Hilfiger Role - Jr. Flash Developer - Create the page Template - Made use of a Tweening Engine Live Site
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Get Schooled
Technologies - Flash, CSS, AS3 Brief - Created @radical.media for Viacom Role - Jr. Flash Developer - Help style the CSS, animated logo, and minor AS3/AS2 Flash work Live Site
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Burksten Group
Technologies - Wordpress, PHP, XHTML, CSS Brief - Programmed this design (by BetterInPink) for Wordpress 2.7.1. This features a custom sidebar using CSS Layers and a custom switching option for unique header on pages Live Site
July 2009
4 posts
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Cool Flash Tip of the Week 5
Hey Flashers, I know its been a long time since the last tip. Time has not been on my side recently, but I’m getting some more free time and I’ll be posting regularly again. Be on the look out, I have some new websites and articles coming out. You can see the latest website to date, Galley Smith Blog. But aside from all of that, down to the tip. I’m currently working on a 3D...
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Galley Smith Website
Technologies - Wordpress, PHP, XHTML, CSS Brief - Programmed this design (by BetterInPink) for Wordpress 2.8. This features a custom Twitter Feed on the sidebar and various depths using CSS Layers. Also a custom Theme Options panel for changing the options easily. Live Site Demo Site
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Web Designer Magazine 159
Hey people, I’ve been published again in Web Designer Magazine Issue 159. In this tutorial, I walk you through how to make a MP3 player with a sound visualizer. Its a pretty short and straight to the point tutorial. Hopefully everyone will be able to follow along and make some cool mp3 players. If there are any concerns or questions, post it here on the blog and I’ll get back to you...
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Where have I been???
Hey valued readers, I’m sorry for my absence lately. I’ve had a ton of projects come in recently that have devoured my time. I haven’t forgotten about the Cool Flash Tips of the Week. I have a couple to post, but just haven’t found the time to flesh them out. They should be back up and running by August 1st. The wait will be worth it people. Happy Flashing.
June 2009
4 posts
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Cool Flash Tip of the Week 4
I know last week I said we will be learning about a custom class, but I think I’ll hold that one for next week. This week we are going to check out a quick and useful tip that I didn’t even know about until a couple of days ago for selecting XML and XMLList nodes. This won’t be as in depth as the last, but I still think its a great quick tip. We will be testing on this XML...
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Cool Flash Tip of the Week 3
Welcome back everyone for the 3rd installment of the Cool Flash Tip of the Week Series. This week we are going to take a look at a new class introduced with Flash Player 10. Say hello to the Vector Class. The Vector class is very similar to the Array class which we all know and love. The difference is that a Vector only holds one data type. An Array can holds several different kinds of values. A...
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Win 1000 Business Cards and a Canvas Print from...
Selene M. Bowlby also known on twitter as idesignstudios is having a huge giveaway. To commemorate 1 year as a full-time freelancer, she is hosting a 1000 Business Cards + Canvas Print giveaway sponsored by UPrinting. Its super easy to enter. Just leave a comment on her blog with an explanation of why you should win. For more info on the giveaway, check out her post. UPrinting 1000 Business...
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Cool Flash Tip of the Week 2
I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback on the Cool Flash Tip of the Week series. So as long as people find them useful, I’ll keep them coming. Make sure to subscribe to be on top of all tips and add me on twitter. Now with all the formalities out the way, lets get a move on to the tip of the week. This week’s tip is about Events!! I’m sure you are wondering, what kind of...
May 2009
11 posts
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Cool Flash Tip of the Week 1
I’m going to start a series that will occur every week. A cool flash tip or something I think not many people know about. Be on the lookout every week for a new tip. This week’s CFT is ……drumroll…….” The Tertiary Operator “. I spend alot of time traversing flash posts looking at other peoples code and I often see a large if else block to change a...
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kreativeMP3 - MP3 Player
Technologies - Actionscript 3.0, XML Brief - Nice, advanced audio player with simple controls. Features - ID3 Tags support (Up to v2.4) - Loop and Shuffle functionality - Animated Volume Slider - Live Scrubbing Purchase Here
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kreativeROTATE - XML Banner Rotator
Technologies - Actionscript 3.0, XML Brief - Simple and clean banner / image rotator. XML driven slide show which supports links and loads JPEGS , PNGS, GIFS and SWFS . Purchase Here
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5+ Flash Developer Blogs To Subscribe To
Finding a good Flash Blog as a developer is sometimes hard to find. Here are a couple that I keep stashed in my RSS Reader. Oaxoa Blog http://blog.oaxoa.com/ This is an excellent blog of experiments and cool effects that you can do in Flash. Some of the popular posts on this blog include an ASCII Art Generator that turns images AND videos into ASCII characters. astatic notes...
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Quick View Portfolio
Technologies - Flex Framework, Actionscript 3.0, mySQL, PHP Brief - Practicing the Flex Framework which in the end turned into project. This is a quick portfolio view of work which is pulled out of a database using mySQL and PHP. Launch
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kreativeKING Website - Full Wordpress Version
Technologies - WordPress, XHTML, CSS Brief - New theme to create a better user experience as well as create an aesthetically pleasing layout and design. Website features a static home page with a portfolio section and blog. All powered by WordPress. Launch
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AS3 Basic Preloader Class
Languages - Actionscript 3.0 Purpose - A basic calls to build preloaders from. It is meant to act as a starting point to build more advanced preloaders. It is available for free download Download Here
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XMLLoader Class
Languages - Actionscript 3.0 Brief - This Actionscript 3.0 Class allows for multiple XML files to be loaded and stored for future use by way of a name or index number. I use this class in all of my XML powered projects. Download Here Watch ScreenCast
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New Site Redesign
Hey readers, I’m happy to finally debut the site redesign. A platoon of new features have been added that take advantage of WordPress 2.7 newest features. Some of the new features implemented in this design are: Threaded Comments Gravatar support Portfolio page Static Homepage Custom pages Improved Contact Form ( Quote Requests) Search Bar I hope everyone enjoys the new layout and...
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Interview with Scott Willis ( FlashDen )
An interview I did with Scott over @FlashDen just released today. It’s a pretty good interview and I enjoyed answering all the questions. The interview is mainly about the NYC Flash Developers Happy Hour meetup I often attend run by Jesse Freeman. Make sure to add him on twitter @TheFlashBum. It’s a Flash User group here in the big Apple that runs a meeting every once or twice a month....
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Interning @ Marvel
Yes I now have an internship for the Summer. I got the call earlier today confirming my Intern Position at Marvel Entertainment.I’ll be helping out with the Flash projects they re currently working on. I’m soooo excited. I’ll keep you all posted on my Marvelous Adventures. =D
April 2009
3 posts
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XMLLoader 3.0 Update
Fixed a small bug that was confusing the names and actual data. Link in the last post has been updated to the bug fixed version. This is just a courtesy posy to the ones who have already downloaded the class to download it again. Enjoy and keep me updated on bugs you may find or features you would like in the future. I’m always available @cg219. Download Link
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New XMLLoader 3.0 Release
I have finally gotten around to updating the XMLLoader Class now, in its 3rd Release. With this release comes a couple new properties such as bytesLoaded, bytesTotal, totalItems, currentItem and ratioLoaded. The biggest update is the new naming feature. With this feature you can now give each XML file a name to reference it. Also in the big boat of updates is the new way of handling errors. The...
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Flex for Free!!
I rarely re post a blog that has already been posted, but in this case I think I will. I’m sure everyone already knows about the student program to get a free copy of Flex. If you are a student you can just submit your student I.D and get a free serial. For those who don’t know. Check out this link. Now according to Mr. Lee Brimelow, there is a second program tht allows developers to...
March 2009
5 posts
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AS3 Basic Preloader Class
I been thinking of ways to preload things in AS3 like you would in AS2. Meaning a simple drag and drop and it preloads. I unfortunately couldn’t come to a solution of just drag and drop. But I have gotten pretty damn close. Last night I started working on a Basic Preloader Class in which I can build more complex preloaders off of. Just like some of the classes in my VIdeoPlayer API, the Base...
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Tutorial Published in Web Designer Magazine
Just would like to let everyone know to pick up the 155th issue of Web Designer Magazine. I have been published AGAIN!! What a great feeling to see your words in a publication. Anyway, I wrote a Papervision 3D tutorial for beginning PV3D users. It is an interactive 3D Menu. By the time you get through the complete tutorial, you will know most of the basic tools for creating 3D scenes in PV3D....
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TweenLite Family and gTween Are Getting Married
My favorite Tweening engine is uniting with another popular engine, gTween. Just checked my email to hear the fascinating news. Jack Greensock and Grant Skinner, both renowned in the Flash community have decided to put there heads together and make a Powerhouse Tweening engine which should be better than both. I myself am looking forward to this union. I never had the chance to use gTween alone...
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New kreativeKING VideoPlayer API
I finally released the kreativeKING Videoplayer API. I’m sure you all remember the old VideoViewer and ProgressionBar classes. Well this new set of API does away with those and replaces with a plethora of new classes to make your video player creating processes much easier. Spend more time on design than on programming. Some of the 10+ classes released are VideoWindow ( Replacement of the...
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New AS3 Tutor
Woot!!!, just a really small post. You are reading this post from the new AS3 Tutor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. I actually got the good news a couple days ago, but I would like to share it with the world =D. In addition, if anyone needs any help with Actionscript 3.0 or needs a private tutor, don’t hesitate to drop me an email. In the next coming days I have some...
February 2009
1 post
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Javascript and Actionscript Conversation
This weekend my good friend Peter Panton asked my for some help setting up some communication between Javascript and Actionscript. He wanted to be able to get the scroll value of the HTML page and use it in Flash. To be honest, I never did any kind of communication between the two and had no idea where to start. I did some research and came across the ExternalInterface Class. It took me a while...
January 2009
4 posts
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On Twitter
This is pretty much just a shameless plug. To follow along on up to the second information on my workings and such, check out my twitter. Popularity nowadays are based on the amount of followers you have =D. SO come on people, make me popular. My Twitter: http://twitter.com/cg219
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New QuickView Portfolio Mini Site
I have been applying for alot of freelance jobs lately and I don’t really have a portfolio up showcasing my flash skills. I usually just forward them here to my blog but I don’t think employers have any patience to sift through the posts. So I decided to make a little mini site that has links to my various works. It is all built in flex ( Yup, I’m learning MXML and I must...
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Now a PUBLISHED AUTHOR
I was looking in Barnes and Noble, checking out the usual magazines I always do. I happen to come across the new Flash and Flex magazine and take a look at the table of contents to see my name in bold letters. To say I was excited would be an understatement. I completely forgot that I submitted an article to FFD introducing my XMLLoader Class. Its a very good article and tutorial and I suggest...
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AIRUploader Preview
I know I haven’t been posting as frequently as I used to, but I have good reason. The AIRUploader is one of those reasons. This is a project I have been working on in the past week and a half. It started out as just practice for learning how to use the FileReference class, but then grew to be muuuuuuch more. This application is essentially a drag and drop FTP Uploader. I sometimes hate...
December 2008
2 posts
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Mac vs PC Minisite
Here’s a project I had to do for my Multimedia Design Class. We needed to pick a subject that is up for debate. I decided to do Mac vs PC, seemed to be more fun than smoking or something like that. I went for a fun UI approach and make it like a desktop. Click on the icons and a window pops up that you can drag around, minimize, etc. It was a pretty fun project. Best of all I got an A!!!!!!....
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Design Culture Now
Programs - Illustrator Fonts - Futura LT ExtraBold, Neo-Geo Brief - Here is a project I did for my typography class. We had to create a poster about an event at Cooper Hewitt The flourishes were created by me. i was doodling on my notebook and liked the way it looked, so I decided to incorporate it into the design.
November 2008
1 post
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Email Form up and Running
I have been getting some complaints about missing emails. My contact form had a small error and it is now up and running again.
October 2008
4 posts
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Now On FlashDen
Yup, you read that right, I am now a developer on FlashDen. I know a lot of you are saying OH NOOOOO no more free stuff. On the contrary, I will still be releasing free content on the site as well as premium content on FlashDen. Most likely I will be releasing basic versions for free and more advanced versions with more features on FlashDen. I hope everyone one supports me on this and keeps...
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XMLLoader 2.0 Update***
I’ve been getting some complaints about the XMLLoader. First I have to say I missed a file when packaging it for distribution. I have already fixed that and you can redownload to get the updated package. Secondly, for people getting a host of errors and the Error message is “Loading Failed”. This is because you have cacheBuster set to true. The cacheBuster must be set to false...
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XML Based Navigation
Just something I whipped up trying to build up my portfolio of web elements. This navigation element grabs the urls from an xml file, so you can update the links without having to open the flash file for fast updating of links. Any questions drop me a line. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://blog.kreativeking.com/downloads/examples/navs/nav1.swf” height=”157.5”...
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Stable Release XMLLoader 2.0
**Update** http://blog.kreativeking.com/2008/10/xmlloader-20-updatexmlloader-20-update/ I have been working hard on making this as robust and stable as possible. This release should be able to do anything you would like with loading XML. Couple of new features from 1.8 the community has been emailing me about as well as some that I wanted to include in past versions. I will be releasing a video...
September 2008
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**UPDATE** *NEW* XMLLoader Class v. 1.8
**Update** XMLLoader 2.0 « Cleck Here **UPDATE** Build 1.8 had some back end updates. Complete Event doesn’t dispatch early XML Root is now passed instead of just the children Syntax is still the same As many of you may already know, I built an XMLLoader class couple months ago. I have steadily been adding more features and making it more robust and easier to use. In this release...
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Fade In Gallery Class
***Can now be found on FlashDen*** Simple yet very useful for a quick setup of a gallery and pretty flexible. With this class it creates a simple effect that reveals your images in sort of the same fashion the Transition Effect. All of the settings re placed into an xml file named “fade_gall_config.xml”. The images you want loaded re placed into another xml file named...
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New VideoViewer Class Source
Alot of people were asking me to post the source for my classes as I post them. So here is the updated source. package com.clementegomez.video /*****************DISCLAIMER************************************************* ** * **Title: VideoViewer * **Function: Screen...
August 2008
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Simple Drawing App....Using Drawing API
Started school this week and so far, looks to be a fun semester. I have Multimedia Programming ( Actionscript 3 Class). Today we just went over basics and definitions like classes and properties, etc. While that was going on I tried to make a quick drawing app so I can paint a little bit. Its all using the drawing API which I learned mostly from Keith Peters book. Here is what I got in the hour. ...