Photoshop CS3 Export to Zoomify!
Photoshop CS3 now has a great new feature that allows you to automatically export an image into a Flash-based Zoomify viewer. This means that you can view hi-res photographs without having to worry about download times. You have probably seen this feature on a lot of shopping websites. It uses low-res versions of the image until you focus in on an area and then it downloads the hi-res version of just that chunk. Check out the example below by using the zoom controls at the bottom of the viewer.
Video Interview With Me From Apollo Camp
I was asked to do a video interview while I was at Apollo Camp and they finally posted it online in Adobe’s Developer Center. Apart from the frightening freeze frame of me, I think it came off pretty well. Apollo Camp was very cool and it will be interesting to see what Adobe has planned for future events. Click on the image to check it out.
Lee
Flash Lite 2.1 on Samsung Blackjack
Today I got the new Samsung Blackjack and so far, I am very happy with it. The primary reason for getting it was for the email and web but I was psyched to find out that the Flash Lite player runs on it as well. This may lead me to get more into mobile development, or at least learn the basics of Flash Lite 2.
Lee
Online Conversion of FLV Files!!
All I have to say is wow! I have been waiting for something like this for a long time. Have you ever seen a video you liked on YouTube or other video sharing site and wished that you had it on your hard drive? Better yet, have you ever wanted to include one of these videos in a presentation or share it with your friends? Yeah me too. I just found out about vixy.net which features a free, online conversion of FLV files to MPEG4. You can convert to a wide array of formats including AVI.
All you need to do is paste the URL and it will find out the actual FLV address and begin transcoding it. Once it is complete you will then be prompted to download the new video. It works flawlessly! Check out the comparison below of the results.
Lee
Two Articles in this Month’s Layers Magazine
I just got this month’s issue of Layers magazine in the mail. I wrote an article on the new features in Flash CS3 in addition to my regular tutorial article. In the tutorial I talk about the methods for creating buttons from movie clips. This is a basic topic but is one that a lot of beginners struggle with. If you buy this month’s issue I promise that you will be as excited as I am in the photo below 
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Lee
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