ThunderPeel2001

Hey there, Fellow Thumbs. I know some of you are quite technical, and some of you are quite creative, and some of you are both... Perhaps someone with a bit of knowledge could steer me? There's a job come up at company that I really like, and they really like me, but the majority of the work is going to be Flash based... and I don't know Flash. So I have a week to get myself up to speed on the basics/intermediates. I've already done a few tutorials, made my first animation, and been introduced to Action Script. Where should I go next? I'll be working on MPUs and similar online ads, so not very taxing or indepth. It seems to me that everything is best done through Action Script instead of the interface, in the same way that I'd use Dreamweaver (HTML over interface). I know the following, and so am not a complete newb: HTML, CSS, Photoshop, PHP, ASP.Net, Javascript. Thanks for any advice! YFTTP

It seems strange to me, because if you want a graphic to appear, or fade out, or what-have-you, it could be done with Action Script if you could reference it by its Instance Name -- Just seems weird. I'm sure there's a reason for it, but finding the answer is tricky.

Whaaaa...? Did they rename them for FB or something? I hate when they do stuff like that. Edit: Ok. It seems that Flash Builder and Flash are not so closely linked as I'd believed... You can't even open a .FLA in FB, so it looks like I'm stuck in Flash for now.

It's kind of sad when people are surprised there aren't more bugs. Yay Bethesda.

Yeah, that's the type of thing I'd be doing: Simple fades/slides/bounces, etc. No Tex Avery stuff. I'd still need instances of Graphics, Buttons, and Movie Clips, though... Which I take it you have access to in FB?

Well now I feel a little confused... Is it possible to put together animations in Flash Builder? Like a typical banner ad... or would that have to be partially done in Flash (placing all the graphics, etc.) and then taken into Flash Builder? Question: Why don't "Graphic" instances have instance names? It seems only "Movie" and "Button" instances do?

Thanks, SG! I'll bear all that in mind

Cool, thanks! I've been going through the Adobe documentation and it's actually really good from what I've seen. A lot better than tutorial videos I've seen, anyway. I don't really know what Flex is... but I suppose it's introduction to AS would be useful enough?

No worries, I got it

Yes. And once you have their addresses, the babies they've "saved" can be left on their doorstop... I wonder how long they'll keep protesting once that happened. How horrible and miserable to see these things still going on.

I suppose everyone has seen the new "Lightning Pack" (short time deals on well known games) at http://www.indieroyale.com ? Serious Sam for £3.

The people! Plus, they do a ton of other stuff that I like -- Film posters, websites, etc. The last thing I worked for them was the posters for the new Twilight movie. But mainly it's the people and office culture.

Well the noms were announced yesterday: http://oscar.go.com/nominees/ I've seen most of these movies, which I'm pleased about!

Hurrah! r1OggKaCFKQ

I think he means "internet pile on!" -- and, yes, that has already begun: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9033897/Police-contacted-over-Bath-road-rage-viral-video.html

I went back the to gym for the first time in ages last night and I felt the same way: Sweet endorphins! PS - How long does it take to run 10 miles?

A story to tell your grandkids. "Here's how grandad and granma met..." *sniff*

Wow. Pedestrian films an inconsiderate shop owner blocking the traffic in Bath, but when the owner returns, she's got a mouthful for the guy with the camera. ABZ7ttODAmM

Can't be real...

It's not the perfectist of perfect solutions, but I reckon you'd be fine with that. Good job!

The RPS review by Rab (that guy from Consolevania) makes a really compelling argument as to why it's actually the greatest idea ever. It sounds scary to me, too, but he makes a great point.

An interesting post! I was thinking about the whole piracy thing, and the PS3 is, at present, unpiratable, right? So surely the number of games own per person should be higher than for XBox 360 owners... right? If piracy is as terrible as the copyright makers claim? Sorry, I know it's not the same subject of your post, but it's been on my mind.

So how goes it, Dan? Did my step-by-step work for you? Did you post a question SU?

Oh, man. That's horrible. I had a moment like that when I was deploying our own web servers. I couldn't get the two machines to see each other. We spent a whole day the facility, and I looked like an idiot. I spent the weekend testing and retesting, not being able to replicate the problem. We went back to the facility on Monday, slotted in the servers, and lo! They worked perfectly.

Yeah, permissions are a pain. No mistake. It's because Microsoft keeps pushing the Domain Controller stuff that home users never use (and hardly any business users, either). It's not so bad once you understand it, but it's a real pain in the arse to get up to speed on in a few minutes.