Archive for August, 2005
Flash 8 Demo Sites
There are two impressive Flash 8 demo sites that everyone is looking at. The first is a compilation of demos of what the new ActionScript image manipulation commands can do. You can see it at gotoandlean.com. The second is a new demo site from Macromedia that shows off some of the video capabilities of the [...]
Andrew Phelps’ Director Predictions
Andrew Phelps was asked by MXDJ to predict the future of Director. No new news here, but I’m starting to gather opinions before my October trip to the MAX Conference to find out for myself.
You can read his article here, accompanied by some annoying MXDJ video that has nothing to do with it. He basically [...]
Adobe Starts Blogging
Up until now, we haven’t been able to tell what will happen with Macromedia’s wonderful blogs once the Adobe aquisition was complete. Macromedia blogged and Adobe just didn’t. It seemed all too likely that Macromedia blogs would go silent in the near future.
But it seems that Adobe has adopted blogging, perhaps in preparation for the [...]
Finally a SoundEdit 16 Replacement?
I’m a huge fan of an ancient software program called SoundEdit 16. This was/is on old Mac (pre-oS X) application that made sound editing easy. It was both powerful and simple. Everything else in the field was either very expensive, overly complex, or missing some ease-of-use features. Over the years I have tried many sound [...]
2005 MAX Awards
At every Macromedia conference, there is an awards competition. This year will be no exception. The 2005 Max Awards has a variety of categories, including “Media, Entertainment, and Gaming Experiences” and “E-Learning Experiences.”
The first guideline states: “The project should be distinctive. This can mean groundbreaking development, a particularly beautiful piece of design, interesting/unusual content—or just [...]