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Preparing InDesign Files for your Print Service
Jan 25th in Adobe InDesign

Often times when it comes to preparing files for a printer it can get really complicated really fast. Often times when I'm creating a design there are a lot of elements that I use in a file, most of which are images and fonts. It's so complicated to...
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Build a Yahoo Music Mashup with Adobe AIR
Jan 24th in Adobe Air

When Yahoo released the Yahoo Music application programming interface (API), I was immediately all over it! What could be cooler than playing with a data source containing musicians, bands, album listings, and videos? In this article, we'll build an...
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InDesign Workflow Tips: Improving your Workspace and Working with Master Pages
Jan 21st in Adobe InDesign

Covered in this InDesign article/tutorial are some superb tips on how to set-up your Workspace for the fastest possible workflow, and how to work with Master Pages.
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Create Your Own Adobe AIR Application with Flash
Dec 2nd in Adobe Air

In this tutorial we'll create a Twitter Reader application, fed from your own Twitter updates. We'll look at some of the features of the nativeWindow class, how to sign it and make an install package.
Rating: | Votes: 13
Create a Drag and Drop MP3 Player with Adobe AIR
Dec 2nd in Adobe Air

In this tutorial, we'll create an AIR drag and drop mp3 player. We'll work with the NativeDragManager class to handle the drag and drop, the NativeWindow class for the playlist, and some SQLLite to store information about our mp3 files to build a...
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Build a Custom File Extension AIR App
Dec 2nd in Adobe Air

This tutorial will explain how to make your own file extensions in Adobe AIR. I'll show you how to build a small application, save the positions of a couple movieclips within it, and reload them when the application is launched. Follow along and...
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Build a Multi-Purpose Contact Form With Flex
Dec 2nd in Adobe Flex

In this tutorial we'll be creating a custom Flex-built contact form. We'll be implementing many of the fantastic built-in features of the Flex framework, such as the validation methods, the alert box and datefield components to give our contact form...
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Build an XML Driven Contact List Using Flex 3
Dec 2nd in Adobe Flex

The goal in this tutorial is to built a contact list which loads dynamically from an external XML file. When the user selects a different contact, the data will automatically update to display properly. We'll also be applying some basic stylesheet...
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Creating a Feed Reader Widget with Adobe Flex 3
Dec 2nd in Adobe Flex

In this tutorial you'll learn how to create your own Flex feed reader application. In this case, the final result will be a simple feed reader which can be used in your blog or site to display your favorite feeds.
Rating: | Votes: 15
Working with the Debugger in Adobe Flex Builder
Dec 2nd in Adobe Flex

Many Flash developers use either the Alert class for debugging, or trace statements due to associations with Flash. Flex does have a true debugger and it's a great tool. I'm going to demonstrate how to get to grips with it in this tutorial.
Rating: | Votes: 11