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Check out the latest issue of the FFD Magazine:

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You can call it the global mute as well. What this line of code does is actually just turning down the entire flash’s volume down to 0. This is great for websites or games alike when a “Sound Off” or “Mute” feature is needed.
SoundMixer.soundTransform = new SoundTransform(0);

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Stumbled upon this great flasher’s blog recently while trying to research for something I want to do:
http://en.nicoptere.net/?p=574
The speed and quality of the fur generator is, I believe, the best out there right now.
Awesome stuff.
Other generators:
http://blog.inspirit.ru/?p=131
http://projects.stroep.nl/fur/

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function removeChildrenOf(mc:MovieClip):void{
if(mc_mc.numChildren!=0){
var k:int = mc.numChildren;
while( k — )
{
mc.removeChildAt( k );
}
}
}

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If, for some reason, you’re still on Flash CS4 10.0, upgrade to 10.0.2 NOW.
My Flash has slowed down dramatically since my FLA got huge. Clicking on elements on the stage was agony as it takes a few seconds for Flash to react.
Little did I realise that Adobe released a fix for it, and I [...]

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Back in AS2, when a MovieClip(MC) is underneath another one, as long as the MC that is on top doesn’t have any button actions (eg. onRollOver, onRelease etc), assigning button actions to the MC below will work.
Not anymore in AS3.
A quick fix is to give the following properties to the MC on top [...]

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I’m trying to post solutions to problems I face during my work – both for myself and for anyone who might be facing the same problem.
Today, I found the solution to a problem I’ve always faced – Copying and pasting items from Illustrator to Flash changes the colours of the vector objects!
The solution:
In Illustrator, [...]

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A recent flash site for a local photographer, Zhang Jingna, which was done with a designer, Yanda, won some recognition at some websites. It was a pleasant surprise to know that we won, especially since I thought we could do much better things with the site given more time.
http://www.designlicks.com/web-awards/1799-zhang-jingna-photography
http://www.designcharts.com/
http://www.webdesignfile.com/zhang-jingna-photography/
http://lancamento.jugem.cc/?eid=3013
Winning these “awards” tells me I’m doing [...]

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Finally some tech related news!
I’m posting this using the extremely fast Google Chrome, Google’s latest product – a web browser.
I’m just going to make this a short one and list down some first impressions and things I’ve noted while using it for the past 30mins.
Firstly, the browser is extremely fast when rendering pages! Even faster [...]

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Since my article for calling thickbox from Flash seems to be my biggest contribution to the people out there, I decided to post a little finding I made myself.
It works on IE8!

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