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Using Tweener for Scripted Animations

By Andrew Trice
March 12, 2009

Whenever adding effects to Flex applications, I usually user the built-in Flex effects. They work with most flex components, are consistent, and are reliable. However, in cases where you want your application to be very expressive, they don't always act like you want them to. In those cases, I use Tweener, an animation "tween" library for ActionScript. In this post, we'll walk through a basic example using Tweener.

When you're SMIL-ing, when you're SMIL-ing...

By Philip Fennell
January 8, 2009

...the whole world smiles with you. No it's not a typo, the acronym for the W3C's Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) is pronounced "smile", and the SMIL Animation module sure makes me smile; even more so given the fact that I've seen it mentioned, outside of the usual multi-media circles, three times last year and once already this year...

3D Transformations on iPhone with Core Animation

By Bill Dudney
October 18, 2008

Apart from getting all my existing CA examples onto the iPhone I've also been toying with what the best way to build out the 'photo city' demo from WWDC 2008 would be (my next Core Animation screen cast series)....

Quiz: Good or Bad Background Music?

By David Battino
February 29, 2008

As part of today's feature article on making movies out of still photos, Michael W. and Debra Jean Dean whipped up this funny demonstration of good and bad background music. It contains five brief examples. See if you can figure out why each helps or hurts the presentation. Debra Jean reveals the answer after each segment. I burst out laughing...

iStopMotion 2 Home edition: Bring Out Your Inner Gumby

By Todd Ogasawara
February 19, 2008

iStopMotion 2 lets you create your own stop-motion video classic. Create the next Gumby, Wallace and Gromit, time-lapsed nature video, or the passing of time outside of your window. The only problem with this software is the urge to keep playing with it.

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