“SoundManager 2: Cool New Flash 9 Features” and other links…
Ajaxian: “Scott Schiller has updated his popular SoundManager 2 library to include new functionality made possible by Flash 9…” It’s like I haven’t heard tell of Scott Schiller since Thursday, March 15th, 2007 at 9:13 am.
“30 Hand-picked Flash and Essential Actionscript 3.0 Tutorials”
Noupe: “…Create an Impressive Magnifying Effect with ActionScript 3.0 …In this tutorial we’ll learn how to create a magnifying glass effect, demonstrating use of the displacementMapFilter. The effect can be achieved in a relatively short space of time and with very little code. …Create a Dynamic Slideshow with ActionScript 3.0 and XML …In this screencast we will learn how to create a dynamic slideshow using ActionScript 3.0 and how to grab the images from an xml file. …Using the Timer Class to animate rotation …The timer class is quite a powerful class in Actionscript, in this article you will see a very simple implementation of a Timer. We will create a simple shape, and we’ll use the Timer class to make it rotate. …Customizing Flash Context Menu Using AS3 …This tutorial will teach you how to customize the context menu by removing the default items and adding your own items instead. …Basics of Papervision3D…This tutorial goes over the basics how to use the Papervision3D library.”
“20 Talented and Impressive Illustrators”
Smashing Magazine: “DecoGrunge can’t be described. There is a photomanipulated, intense lighting effects and a celestial base to a lot of this artist’s work. a page that should be checked. Spewing and shlacking old print, high-res objects and clouds are not the only thing that keeps this graphic designer on his feet. Like the rest this is about attention to detail in effects designers and artists use in respective mediums. Posters, album covers, you name it and it can be done. …Monk ART is a character designer and comic artist, who uses some of the more full harvested color combinations that make his style just who is as an artist. Some of what you see in the piece below, embodies everything that he has done in his career. …Marta Dhalig has to be one of the hardest working digital painters to grace the pages of imaginFX magazine, she is well groomed in form, anatomy, composition and lighting. Some of her works pop out and create the kind of vision that you would see in traditional master paintings. you can see more at her page.”