April 30, 2005

Creating a Simple Button Effect Using the MC Tween Prototypes

Not so much a tutorial, as a mini technique with attached code. I added this recently to the Phireworx blog, but thought it would be a good idea to add it within the tutorial section so it doesn't get lost. Using the ubiquitous MC Tween prototype library which has been around and I've been using for a while (found here), I needed to create some quick buttons which had a funky sliding effect complete with alpha fading, so I thought I'd share it with you Read more [...]
April 29, 2005

Subtle Button Creation Using MC Tween prototypes

Using the ubiquitous MC Tween prototype library which has been around and I've been using for a while (found here), I needed to create some quick buttons which had a funky sliding effect complete with alpha fading, so I thought I'd share it with you Subtle Button source code downloadable from here >> Download MC Tween Prototypes here >> The result of which was this little animation (try rolling your mouse over and away) ...all tweened via ActionScript, simple to modifiy Read more [...]
April 27, 2005

Phireworx FW MX 2004 Extensions Warez’d Again…

Well the hackers and crackers have been at it again, releasing pirated versions of Image Edger Pro and SmartTabs... Whilst piracy is never a good thing, it certainly stings more for the smaller development companies such as Phireworx than the larger companies (Macromedia, Adobe etc)All I can say is follow your instinct, if you have downloaded an illegal copy of any Phireworx software use you own judgement as to whether you should continue its usage or not. Read more [...]
April 18, 2005

The Biggest News… Period…Adobe to acquire Macromedia…

Well, just traversing through my RSS feeds this morning and stumbled upon one of the biggest pieces of new I've seen for many years, that Adobe is to acquire Macromedia for $3.4 billion USD.Press Release (Link >> )What are the implications? Fireworks MX 2004 to be discontinued? PhotoShop Elements to bite the dust?, GoLive or Dreamweaver to roll up their sleeves and have a fist fight? I'm going to watch the newswires closely, as I'm a little more than interested as how this is going to affect our Read more [...]