Archive for the 'ActionScript 3.0' Category

Drawing in Papervision3D

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

There’s a cool new demo ( with source code ) over at rockonflash of how to draw using Papervision3d.  Check it out here.

Apple Coverflow in Papervision3D

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Go here to read about it and get the source code.

Cool AS 3 Visual Effects Demo

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

actionscript 3 demo visual effects
Using only real-time effects with ActionScript 3, this demo emulates a lot of old-school visual/video game effects.  Set to a mashup/mix of 80’s video game sounds, this demo experience would definitely be enhanced by the use of drugs.  Neat stuff.

Check it.

Learning ActionScript 3.0, the Timer Class

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

From one of my favorites, The Flash Blog, comes a little article/example regarding the new Timer class in ActionScript 3.  This class replaces the setInterval() and setTimeout() methods previously used in ActionScript to fire events.  As well as having the functions of the two aforementioned methods, it has a few new helpful features.

Check it.

Learning ActionScript 3.0, Using Display Lists and Objects

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Over at ActionScript.com, there’s a great article explaining how ActionScript 3.0 uses Display Lists and Display Objects to manage all of your visual assets in Flash.  This is definitely fundamental ActionScript 3 material, so get yer learnin on.

Check it.