NSNotificationCenter Class For ActionScript 3.0

Here is a class that we have found very useful when building Flash projects.  The idea comes from Cocoa's NSNotificationCenter which is a great class used to send events in Mac and iPhone apps.  Our class is named "EventNotificationCenter".  Sorry for the long names, I got use to X-Code auto guessing as I type. This class will let you send events with or without extra data. You can then listen to that event without having to know about the object that sent it.  You simply ask the EventNotificationCenter class to send it for you.  Very useful indeed. more...

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Posted in • Adobe Flash • Developer Articles by James SafechuckSeptember 21, 2009

Creative Digital Agencies Apply Creativity To Technical Challenges

Laurie Sullivan’s Mediapost article discusses how AvatarLabs recently had the opportunity to push the technical/creative envelope working with Warner Brothers on the international campaign for Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. more...

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Posted in • Adobe Flash • Avatar News by Erik GillbergAugust 4, 2009

Flash on TV?! Yes, please.

Read more here about how Adobe and Intel are working together to optimize a new processor for Flash content on Blue-ray players, cable boxes, digital TVs, and other gizmos with screens.

What this means? All of us in digital content delivery should begin to think about the possibilities of Flash capabilities on TV, and/or whatever TV looks like next year.

I am ready for interactive TV and Flash will be a great way to make it happen. Avatar’s large and growing team of A-list Flash designers and developers will be ready to take advantage of this new platform as it comes together.

“The Open Screen Project is striving to remove barriers for developers and designers as they look to publish content and applications across desktops and devices” said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe.

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Posted in • Adobe Flash • Best Practices • Developer Articles by Erik GillbergJanuary 5, 2009

Wall-E game is Disney’s first use of Papervision

Our first official use of Papervision was for a game for the wildly successful movie “Wall-E”. Wall-E, the spaceship and the other objects in the game were modelled and textured in Maya. Integrating the Maya elements with PP took some experimentation, but once we had established a work flow, things went smoothly. There were several performance challenges, and the avatar dev team was in communication with the PP creator. In the end we had to make some compromises (as all games inevitably must), but the client and our team were both very happy.

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Posted in • Adobe Flash • PaperVision 3D (PV3D) by Rex CookJuly 8, 2008

VIRAL GAME FOR ‘10,000 B.C’ FAR FROM PREHISTORIC

AvatarLabs created the Master Hunter Game for Warner Bros Intl. -PromoMagazine

AvatarLabs Creates “Master Hunter” Game to Promote “10,000 BC” Film -DigitalContentProducer

AvatarLabs Creates “Master Hunter” Online Game for “10,000 BC” Film more...

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Posted in • Adobe Flash • Avatar News • Best Practices by Susan LambertMarch 30, 2008