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• Video: Keyframe Animations in Flex 4

  2331 readersKeyframe Animation in Flex 4, the next episode in the gripping and suspenseful series CodeDependent, is now available from Adobe TV. This episode covers the new Keyframe capability of Flex 4 effects. Previously, all Flex effects were based on simple from/to values: Move a button from xFrom,yFrom to xTo,yTo, Resize a panel from its current

• Video: Using Flexy in a Flash Project

  1674 readersUsing Libraries in Flash Pro, the next episode in the gripping and suspenseful series CodeDependent, is now available from Adobe TV. This espisode is the stunning conclusion to the previous nail-biting cliff-hanger episode, Creating a Reusable Animation Library, in which we saw how to use Flash Pro to create Flexy, a small and Flex-free version

• Video: Animating Filters in Flex 4, Part I

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• Video: Flex 4 Path to Enlightenment

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• Video: 3D Distortion

  3045 readers3D Distortion in Flex and Flash, the next episode in the gripping and suspenseful series CodeDependent, is now available from Adobe TV. This episode shows how and why you might see some distortion with 3D objects in Flash and Flex (hint: it's about bitmap scaling). Here's the video: Here is the demo application: And here

• Video: Auto-Reversing Transitions in Flex 4

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• Video: Animating Filters in Flex 4, Part II

  2023 readersAnimating Filters in Flex 4, Part II, the next episode in the gripping and suspenseful series CodeDependent, is now available from Adobe TV. This episode is the sequel and stunning conclusion to the previous one, Part I, in which we saw how to use, and not use, the AnimateFilter effect for animating filter properties in

• Video: Event Performance in Flex

  1859 readersEvent Performance in Flex, the next episode in the gripping and suspenseful series CodeDependent, is now available from Adobe TV. This episode covers the use of the updateAfterEvent() function to get better rendering performance for time-sensitve operations like mouse-interaction visuals and animations. By default, changes to the graphics that the Flash player displays happen at

• Video: Animating Button State Changes

  1630 readersAnimating Button State Changes, the next episode in the gripping and suspenseful series CodeDependent, is now available from Adobe TV. This show is a continuation of the previous CodeDependent episode, in which we saw how differences in a component's state can be communicated to the user through visual changes in that state. In this espisode,