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	<description>All things Flash/Flex and then some...maybe</description>
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		<title>How to use Bitmap and BitmapData in ActionScript 3 &#8211; v2</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2008/04/23/how-to-use-bitmap-and-bitmapdata-in-actionscript-3-v2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bitmap/BitmapData]]></category>
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Alright, in this example, I am cutting each pixel in an image and piecing it back together again. Only this time I animating the pixel to a new location, piecing back the image at 200%. I think this can open a lot doors in what you can do with a bitmap.
Here is the Bitmap test [...]


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		<title>How to use the FileSystem in AIR to find the users directory folders</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2008/03/01/how-to-use-the-filesystem-in-air-to-find-the-users-directory-folders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was messing around last night with AIR and I stumbled apon this:

start an AIR app in flash cs3
add a list component

name it dir_list


drop the code below in the actions panel
And Viola!
PS &#8211; PC people, I put a test to see if My Documents in in that Directory.


[as]
import flash.filesystem.*;
var userDirFiles:Array = File.userDirectory.getDirectoryListing();
for (var i:uint = [...]


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		<title>Update: Flash/Flex Tidbit #2 How to use Alpha Mask in Flash CS3</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2008/01/08/update-flashflex-tidbit-2-how-to-use-alpha-mask-in-flash-cs3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked me to give an example of the alpha masking in flash. So here is an example.
Source


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		<title>Custom ColorPicker Component &#8211; How to extend a Flash CS3 Component Class</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/12/13/custom-colorpicker-component-how-to-extend-a-flash-cs3-component-class/</link>
		<comments>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/12/13/custom-colorpicker-component-how-to-extend-a-flash-cs3-component-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so at my last job I was working on a boat client&#8217;s site. They asked for me to do a color option flash piece in two days. So I thought what was the quickest and easiest way to convey color options to a potential buyer&#8230;A color picker. But I thought a conventional ColorPicker was [...]


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		<title>Tidbit #3 &#8211; testing additions to your code &#8211; Control Variable</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/11/28/tidbit-3-testing-additions-to-your-code-control-variable/</link>
		<comments>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/11/28/tidbit-3-testing-additions-to-your-code-control-variable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When when you add features to a class and they aren&#8217;t seeming to work, STOP. Your doing something that doesn&#8217;t jive w/ you code. You are overwhelmed w/ all the code you already have. You are missing something or your code just doesn&#8217;t work w/ what your trying to do.
Solution:
Simple, create a new class. Name [...]


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		<title>Flash/Flex Tidbit #2 How to use Alpha Mask in Flash CS3</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/10/21/flashflex-tidbit-2-how-to-use-alpha-mask-in-flash-cs3/</link>
		<comments>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/10/21/flashflex-tidbit-2-how-to-use-alpha-mask-in-flash-cs3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the other day I spent 2hrs looking for how to and trying to do an alpha mask (I&#8217;ve done on once). So like an idiot I was trying to do it the Photoshop way with level of gray.
My method of thinking 

Black = 100 and White = 0
but it doesn&#8217;t matter what color only [...]


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		<title>How to make a Rotating Cube in Papervision 3d</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/10/20/how-to-make-a-rotating-cube-in-papervision-3d/</link>
		<comments>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/10/20/how-to-make-a-rotating-cube-in-papervision-3d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been trying to understand Papervision 3d for the last couple of months, but all the examples are using collada or some elaborate functionality. I just wanted to test something simple. So I made a rotating box it rotates on the y axis.
Here how it goes in Flash CS3:

add an image into the library
set [...]


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		<title>Flash 9.0.60.184 &#8220;Moviestar&#8221; and  h.264 How to create HD &#8211; 1080p video for flash</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/08/29/flash-9060184-moviestar-and-h264-how-to-create-hd-1080p-video-for-flash/</link>
		<comments>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/08/29/flash-9060184-moviestar-and-h264-how-to-create-hd-1080p-video-for-flash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was reading a detailed explaination of what the new bet Flash player &#8220;Moviestar&#8221; can do on someones blog, I forgot who that was. After testing this out I realized how cool this update is.
Flash now can play FLV, MOV, QT, h.264 WITH NO FOOLING AROUND. That is a good amount codecs to support. [...]


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		<title>Flash Player Supports H.264 and Yahoo&#8217;s Astra</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/08/21/flash-player-supports-h264-and-yahoos-astra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flash Video has hit the big time if you haven&#8217;t already read.
Flash is able to now load and play .mp4,.m4v,.m4a,.mov and .3gp files using the same NetStream API and is HD compatible
for more info
Also Yahoo released some new components

This is an answer to the components Adobe pulled from Flash CS3 and then some.

Menu
Tree
Charting
Auto Complete
TabBar (great [...]


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		<title>Flash CS3 and the TileList</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/07/15/flash-cs3-and-the-tilelist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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**UPDATE July 19th**
This code uses FlashVars and SWFObject. I ran into a problem, as we continued to build, w/ getting data to show in the swf.
To fix this error switch out[as]
so.addParam(&#8221;wmode&#8221;, &#8220;transparent&#8221;);
[/as]with[as]
so.addParam(&#8221;wmode&#8221;, &#8220;opaque&#8221;);
[/as]or delete it all together

**UPDATE July 19th**

I&#8217;m working on a TileList for work for a peek at our Portfolios. Right now I&#8217;m trying [...]


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		<title>Flash CS3 animator class and loading XML animation at runtime</title>
		<link>http://etc.joshspoon.com/2007/05/04/flash-cs3-animator-class-and-loading-xml-animation-at-runtime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 23:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joshspoon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there is a new animator class. It works like FuseXML. The animations are set by nodes and attributes.
To do this:

start a CS3 document
make an mc called &#8216;abox&#8217;
make an animation
select the animation
Commands >  Export Motion XML
name xml file &#8220;motion.xml&#8221;
create an actionscript layer
Then load XML as usual.

add:
[as]import fl.motion.Animator;
import fl.motion.MotionEvent;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.*;
var abox_xml:XML;
var requester:URLRequest = [...]


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