ActionScript 3.0 Preloader, Adobe Flash CS3

ActionScript 3.0 (Adobe Flash CS3) is must different from earlier versions of ActionScripting (Adobe Flash). If you want to create a custom preloader the process is very different in ActionScript 3.0 that is images, SWF files, and any other external content are loaded using the Loader Class. And if you see in ActionScript 3.0 basically depends on OOPs concepts, means creation of Classes from that creating Objects and utilizing those accordingly into our code.

Today I have gone through some of the sites to implement Custom Preloader in Flash CS3 and in ActionScript 3.0, I had a glance on one website which explains the creation of the same that is creation of Preloader in Flash CS3 (ActionScript 3.0)

If you want to create the same, then please visit the site: Creating a Flash Preloader

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freshAIRapps.com is moving to new domain refreshingapps.com

freshAIRapps.com is well known for a best collection of Adobe AIR applications at one place. Now because of copyrights of Adobe AIR, author has decided to move the site to another domain, refreshingapps.com

freshAIRapps.com is one of the best online resource. The Adobe AIR platform is one of the important platforms available. Adobe AIR enables developers to build rich Internet applications (RIAs) that deploy on the desktop, I mean "Adobe AIR runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems"

If you want to know more about Adobe AIR visit Adobe site - Adobe AIR

If you would like to know more about the Adobe AIR applications, in Adobe AIR site just move on to the Developer Centers of Adobe, these Developer Centers includes Ajax, Flex, Flash.

Actually, I have a plan to develop applications using Adobe AIR, so just I had a time to look into Adobe AIR today. Just I was searching for good websites which will give me more information on Adobe AIR. Ofcourse Adobe AIR site is itself a good resource online to learn AIR and to work on, as I have mentioned above it has got good developer centers as well, were in which you can learn building those applications and can share it accordingly.

I found some good resource online where all AIR applications are showcased at one place, really its a worth to see the site, http://freshairapps.com/showcase/

FreshAIRApps officially launched in April, which showcase most popular AIR applications online. The founder of this site was James Whittaker. FreshAIRApps, provides useful information to users and developers with news updates, tutorials and useful development resources about Adobe AIR.

Would you like to know more about Features of FreshAIRApps: The most important and useful feature of FreshAIRApps is Adobe AIR Showcase - Showcase of Adobe AIR applications - here is the link

• Adobe AIR News:
  Here in this feature you will be having upto date information of Adobe products. Users can see latest information from Adobe and also about the latest applications in the Web World.
• Adobe AIR Tutorials:
  If you would like to know more about Adobe AIR and need to learn, here in this section he has provided some useful reference books that helps in all aspects.
• Adobe AIR Resources:
  Here in this section, you can check online useful resources, like here if you see in this site, author has mentioned good references to develop our knowledge in the Web World.

Now freshairapps.com will be moved to another domain as Adobe officials says that the website and it's domain name are in infringement of their trademarks. This is because it has got word "AIR" in the domain name freshAIRapps.com, this site will continue but under new domain, so more your bookmarks of http://freshairapps.com to http://refreshingapps.com

So wish James (Founder of the site) for his new domain.

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Create rich PDF Portfolios using Adobe Acrobat 9 by adding Flash to it

Today! Adobe has launched next version of its Adobe Acrobat software, that is Adobe Acrobat 9 Products. These products includes Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard.



So you might be thinking what features has been incorporated in this Adobe Acrobat 9, With Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended, you can: (Content Courtesy: Adobe)
1. Deliver a compelling branded experience using PDF Portfolios
2. Create interactive, on-demand presentations with Adobe Presenter
3. Easily share video in PDF Files
4. Share 3D designs and PDF maps

And here is the another announcement from Adobe, the Company also has a plan to launch a new Web Site offering users free hosted services, this will help all users around the world. Adobe's new Web Site, called acrobat.com which offers beta versions of several hosted document services like Buzzword, ConnectNow, Create PDF, Share and My Files. This is the right opportunity to grab the same, and share your experiences with the rest of the World and act like a professional.

For more information, please do visit Adobe.

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A Cool and useful collection of Web Developer and Web Designer Resources!

WittyMarks, a cool and really useful collection of web resources for designers and developers.

And the site was launched by the team of top blog WittySparks.com, as they want to keep this site clean and neat with fully functional and useful resources like wordpress themes, plugins, open source scripts, javascripts, css tips, menus, widgets, tutorials, php, earn money, etc.

And this site just bookmark the best resources available to just serve the fellow developers around. In this regards this site have the registration open to all but the submissions are disabled unless a particular user is really want to contribute the best resources than submitting their own blog posts to promote themselves, to be a part of the team and to contribute the useful resources you just need to participate in their site regularly by voting the posts which you think is more useful and comment.

As the site is recently launched they already have a cool resources to look into, so why not encourage their team to submit more useful resources.

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Just keep yourself updated with new resources everyday, don't forget to subscribe for the same - RSS Feeds 

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theflashblog.com, learn Flash from Professional

theflashblog.com is a very professional site, as the web site name depicts this site is very much related to Flash. Those who have knowledge in Flash can approach this site and can learn more from a professional - Lee Brimelow. This site provides a lot of great and free flash resources for designers and developers.

On theflashblog.com you can find almost everything you need in a simple way and by browsing site categories, you can reach to resources related to 3D, Actionscript, Actionscript 3, AIR, Apollo, Books, Conferences, Cool Sites, Decompiling, Examples, Extensions, Flash 8, Flash CS3, Flash CS4, Flash Forward, Flash Lite, Flash Player, Flash Tools, Flash Video, Flex, General, Interviews, Jobs, OOPs, PHP, Snippets, Sound, Tools, Tutorials, Video, Vista, WPF Crossover, XML.

Lee, is maintaining another site named gotoandlearn.com which has got many free resources related to Flash, Flex, Ajax, XML... and can download the same. Each free resource has got Video Tutorials to learn the things quickly and easily. Just go through the Video Tutorial and start learning Flash and other tools.

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In order not to miss the new resources visit the website theflashblog.com and gotoandlearn.com and make sure to grab RSS Feeds (RSS Feeds for theflashblog.com and RSS Feeds for gotoandlearn.com) for more Tutorials and keep updated knowledge on those tools.

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Aqua Gloss Icons PSD for Free

Designers who would like to design Gloss Icons using Photoshop, here is a right place to check in - DezinerFolio, which is a design related web blog were in which you can download tons of design stuff's for free, and this is the right place to begin with.

If you want to learn Photoshop / CSS / Flash / Design tricks then you guys need to view the web blog of DezinerFolio. In this web blog you find a separate slot for downloads, were you can find tons of great designs. Even in this blog you can find JavaScript related applications which are awesome enough.

Here is the link to download Aqua Gloss Icons PSD - download

A very good site to check out!

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Want to grab Logo PSD files for free? Yes!

By sitting near my desk, I was thinking to work on some templates for that I need some logo's and frankly speaking I am an average designer, I used to make use of Photoshop for design purposes. I have learnt some tricks and tracks from my office colleagues and friends.

I have gone through one website, were the site is providing PSD files for downloads. No Credit cards (or) Paypal accounts are needed to buy those designs, its absolutely free! yeah PSD files for free.

Here is the URL of that site: http://psdfreebee.com/

These free stuff's includes:

1. Color Menu PSD Free Buttons
2. Facebook Logo PSD Free Logo
3. Butterfly Free PSD Logo
4. Male & Female Free PSD Logo
5. 6 Folders Free PSD Icons
6. Triple Bollard PSD Free Icons

and Much more... :)

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Flickr, Embeddable player, Save as - new features in Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express has officially announced that they have introduced some new features in Photoshop Express. Flickr has been integrated in Photoshop Express to give more boost to the images which you have in Flickr, just pull photos from your favorite Flickr website into Photoshop Express, amp them with some good designs and upload them back into your Flickr to show them off.

Embeddable player:
Want to get popular by your picks, you can now place them in Social Community Websites  like FaceBook, MySpace, and Other Websites. Photoshop Express has introduced a new feature where in which you can take your photo slide shows to the wider webified world with the embeddable player. 

Save as:
With Save as feature, you can keep the original shot of your best friend alongside all the ones where you gave him a tragically oversized head.

Just login to your account in Photoshop Express and enjoy with the new features introduced. If you are not a member then you need to register.

Want to learn more techniques, then you need to check out this one - http://www.photoshopexpresstechniques.com/

  

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48 top Photoshop Books ever...

Earlier today, I received so many mails from my readers asking for a recommendation for books on Photoshop. As some of my friends are very good in Photoshop, I requested them to share some good books, on the whole I have collected 48 top Photoshop Books.

1. The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Scott Kelby
2. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
3. Photoshop CS / CS2 Wow! Book, The, 1/e (WOW!) by Linnea Dayton and Cristen Gillespie
4. Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature by Matt Kloskowski
5. Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Voices) by Scott Kelby

6. Photoshop Elements 6 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova
7. Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
8. Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC by Martin Evening
9. Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One by Deke McClelland - Illustrated
10. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
11. Adobe Photoshop CS3: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks) by Lynette Kent
12. Photoshop CS2 Bible by Laurie Ulrich Fuller and Deke McClelland
13. The Photoshop Elements 3 Book for Digital Photographers DVD by Scott Kelby (DVD)
14. The Photoshop Elements 5 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby (Kindle Edition - Feb 14, 2008) - Kindle Book
15. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 by Adobe (CD-ROM - Oct 5, 2007) (Windows Vista / XP)
16. The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski
17. The Photoshop Channels Book by Scott Kelby
18. Elephant in the Sun Book Illustration Photographic Poster Print by shawn littlefield, 16x20 by Art.com
19. Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Systems (CD-ROM)
20. Adobe Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
21. The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers (VOICES) by Scott Kelby
22. Photoshop CS3 for Windows and Macintosh by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas (Kindle Edition - Feb 14, 2008) - Kindle Book
23. Adobe(R) Photoshop 7.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
24. Mastering Photoshop Elements Made Easy Training Tutorial - Learn how to use Elements e Book manual guide by TeachUcomp, Inc. (CD-ROM)
25. Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One by Deke McClelland - Illustrated
26. Elephant in the Sun Book Illustration Photographic Poster Print by shawn littlefield, 8x10 by Art.com
27. Adobe Photoshop CS3 by Ben Willmore (Kindle Edition - Feb 14, 2008) - Kindle Book
28. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Classroom in a Book Collection (Classroom in a Book) by Adobe Press
29. Photoshop Elements 6 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova
30. Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage - Illustrated
31. Mastering Photoshop Made Easy v. CS3, CS2, CS & 7.0 - Learn how to use Photoshop e Book manual guide by TeachUcomp, Inc. (CD-ROM)
32. Adobe Photoshop CS3 On Demand by Steve Johnson, Perspection Inc., and Andy Anderson (Kindle Edition - Feb 14, 2008) - Kindle Book
33. The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop's Most Powerful Tool, covers Photoshop CS3 by Richard Lynch
34. Wish I was in your arms tonight Book Illustration Photographic Poster Print by Karolina A Borkowski, 10x8 by Art.com
35. The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book (WOW!) by Jack Davis
36. The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Scott Kelby
37. How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS2 by Colin Smith (Kindle Edition - Dec 5, 2005) - Kindle Book
38. The Photoshop Elements 5 Restoration and Retouching Book by Matt Kloskowski
39. Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC by Martin Evening
40. Wish I was in your arms tonight Book Illustration Photographic Poster Print by Karolina A Borkowski, 24x20 by Art.com
41. Photoshop CS2 for Windows and Macintosh by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas (Kindle Edition - Feb 14, 2008) - Kindle Book
42. Photoshop Elements 5 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova
43. Mastering PhotoShop 5.5 (PC & Mac) by BDG Publishing Inc. (CD-ROM - Aug 1, 2000) - CD
44. Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers by Philip Andrews
45. Photoshop CS3 Restoration and Retouching Bible by Mark Fitzgerald
46. Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop by Scott Onstott (Kindle Edition - Jan 21, 2005) - Kindle Book
47. Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
48. Wish I was in your arms tonight Book Illustration Photographic Poster Print by Karolina A Borkowski, 20x16 by Art.com

From above 48, just select one or two books and start practicing... :)

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Watch what you want and when you want using Adobe Media Player

Adobe introduces Adobe Media Player which is the next generation of Internet video delivery. This application has been built using Adobe AIR, which is a desktop application called RIA (Rich Internet Application). This Software provides control and flexibility to watch and enjoy with what you want and when you want. Its really awesome RIA application which Adobe as introduced.

This software provides flexibility to view your favorite episode offline or online. Just you need to queue up your favorite TV content, music track and you can download new and latest episodes automatically.

This Adobe Media Player has got many features like Catalog, Personal Videos, My Favorites, New Episodes... you have endless choices in front of you, Just its your call to choose your favorite Video or Music from the Internet. And this software will track new episodes, so that you can download and watch whenever you want. Now you can Rock with your favorite music and video's.

You can download this Media Player from here



There are so many top participating networks for presenting you with favorite shows to view offline or online. Some of the top participating networks are Blip.tv, CBS, Comedy Central, Epicurious, KQED, MTV etc.,

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All about DevBlogZone - India

DevBlogZone is the zone where developers can learn and develop some innovative web applications. This site helps all sorts of developers in developing some new innovative things. Daily DevBlogZone used to post some good snippet, useful articles which are from basic to high-level.

DevBlogZone is all about programming (JavaScript, Java, MySQL, Ajax, YUI, Google API), Web Design (HTML, CSS, Adobe Tools - Photoshop, Flash...), Engineering and technology in general.

As the site name depicts, this site is fully related to developers who are starting their career and who want to develop there career in developing some good innovative things. This site not only posts about present technologies and even posts some past development technologies. DevBlogZone is striving hard to give up something useful info to the developers who want to learn online without going to the outside world, the developers can learn some innovative things by sitting and browsing through this site.

In this site you guys can even submit your own developed projects for free in all platforms, for the submission of your projects, please do contact Vivekanand @ email that is viveks.technology@gmail.com, If you want to promote your site through Ads, you can contact Vivekanand (viveks.technology@gmail.com), DevBlogZone will accept payment through Paypal. For other information please contact us.

In the long way run, DevBlogZone Team will deliver the best to the developers who really wish to surge ahead in life on their own without any support from others. So folks rock up your life with your own thoughts and ideas. DevBlogZone Team will look forward to see a change in everybody's life in the years to come.

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Adobe AIR Pocket guide for JavaScript developers

Are you a JavaScript Developer? and want to learn Adobe AIR, Adobe AIR has officially released a Pocket Guide for JavaScript developers. Those who are little Masters in Adobe AIR, and those are giant Masters this Pocket Guide help in developing RIA applications using Adobe AIR.

You guys can download the same at Ajaxian, Adobe AIR has shared the same at that location to download (http://ajaxian.com/archives/adobe-air-for-javascript-developers-pocketguide), this link will assist you to download the same and even you guys can even order on Amazon (dead-tree version). This Pocket Guide has got more information on how we can develop RIA application.

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