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Experiences Across Multiple Screens at Adobe MAX

Andrew Spaulding — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:43:42 +0000

This year at Adobe MAX I’m presenting on “Experiences Across Multiple Screens”. But just what is that exactly?

Experiences Across Multiple Screens
Wednesday October 7 at 09:30AM
Learn how the Adobe Flash Platform enables multiscreen delivery of applications, from the biggest screen to the smallest device. In this session, you’ll find out how to leverage the consistency of the Flash runtime and to develop reusable code and scalable interfaces that are device aware. Come and see many Flash technology enabled devices in action — the Flash runtime on smartphones, Internet-enabled media tablets, MIDs, Chumby, game consoles, and more.

Don’t forget the Adobe MAX hashtag #adobemax

And my session hashtag of #adobemax149

There’s going to be a lot of excitement this year at MAX, and if you can’t make it you don’t have to worry, all sessions will be recorded and made available online, but better yet, the keynotes will be streamed LIVE. Register now at http://max.adobe.com/online/

I’m really excited that I have the opportunity to present again at Adobe MAX, this time in Los Angeles!

For some pre-MAX reading/videos check out the following:

Mixing it up in the Pixel Bender WebDU presentation

Andrew Spaulding — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:39:44 +0000

Slides / Demos / Special effects whiz-bangery / Where to learn more

Pixel Bender is so hot right now (having a Zoolander moment) and was a late addition to the WebDU agenda due to demand and interest from WebDU conference delegates. Geoff aptly titled the session “Mixing it up in the Pixel Bender”, but Pixel Bender can be much more than just blending (or is it bending) pixels. Either way, you can bend, warp, create, mixup, mashup not only pixels but all purpose mathematics as well, allowing you to perform complex calculations in a separate thread within Flash.

But it extends beyond Flash!

Pixel Bender provides a common video and image processing infrastructure as found in After Effects. It is the runtime and pixel shader language that allows you to perform cool filters on your After Effects compositions. The latest revision of Pixel Bender also brings with it a plug-in to Photoshop CS4, so now your Pixel Bender kernels can blend and bend in After Effects, Photoshop as well as Flash Player! All filters/shaders are developed with the Pixel Bender Toolkit. Awesomeness!

Take a look at the slides below, as well as the many Pixel Bender demos and resources that follow. Many of these demo’s were shown throughout the session. My favorite, although not applied to pixels, is Myna (the artist formerly known as Digimix) an audio mixing tool that’s part of the Aviary.com suite. Thanks to Alan Queen for demo access.

Presentation:

Demos shown:
Flash Globe using spherize filter and throw physics
Flash Globe using spherize filter and throw physics (source code)
Real time video color keying
Make your own water color painting (uses multiple filters)
JavaScript Pixel Bender explorer
Aviary Myna (the artist formerly known as Digimix) audio mixing tool
Using Pixel Bender to do heavy lifting of calculations

Where to learn more:
Pixel Bender on Adobe Labs
Kevin Goldsmith’s blog
Pixel Bender lab materials from Adobe MAX 2008

Pixel Bender Community:
Pixel Bender Exchange
Follow Pixel Bender on Twitter

Thanks to everyone who attended my Pixel Bender session at WebDU this year. It was a fantastic conference as always, and brought together by another great effort by all the Daemonites. Big thanks to Geoff Bowers as always!

webDU 2008 presentations now available

Andrew Spaulding — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:17:23 +0000

It’s take some time, but finally here it is! I’ve made my presentations available via Share on Acrobat.com for everyone to view or download for their own use.

Flex in Acrobat 9… It’s PDF meets Web 2.0
This session covered the latest integration between Flash and PDF given that with both Acrobat 9 and Reader 9 the Flash Player runtime is now embedded within both environments. What does this mean?! Well you can now render Flash content directly within a PDF, but also add interactions between the PDF and the Flash objects themselves. I’ll post a separate follow up on this with some examples files. This really does open the door for some cool integration.

A special thanks to Joel Geraci for his help on this one!

Build multi-user real time collaboration applications with Flex and AIR
This session touched on basic data integration all the way from XML with HTTPServices, Java and ColdFusion connectivity with RemoteObjects, moving on to collaboration and messaging with BlazeDS and LiveCycle Data Services. From building a chat application to enterprise data management this session should provide a basic introduction to collaborative apps.

Adobe removes all restrictions on SWF and FLV specs

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:16:38 +0000

Adobe has announced the Open Screen Project http://www.openscreenproject.org/, an initiative dedicated to driving consistent experiences across all devices including mobile phones, personal computers, consumer devices and more

Specifically, this work will include:

Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications
Publishing the device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player
Publishing the Adobe FlashÂ® Castâ„¢ protocol and the AMF protocol for robust data services
Removing licensing fees â€“ making next major releases of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices free

I wonder how long it will take to see various open source flash players?!

More info here http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/

CFCAMP Australia is more than just ColdFusion

Andrew Spaulding — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:17:24 +0000

In the coming weeks get set for a FREE mini-conference for ColdFusion developers by ColdFusion developers. And better yet we’ll have renowned ColdFusion expert Ben Forta joining us along side long time CF’ers Mark Blair, Nick Watson (UK) and the many community experts here in Oz.

Here you’ll see more than just ColdFusion. How about powering your Flex applications and targeting desktop applications with ColdFusion? I think it’s sounds like a winning combination! And that’s exactly what i’ll be presenting on.

Interested in learning more? You’ll want to be there – REGISTER NOW!

Event dates:

November 20th: Sydney
November 21st: Brisbane
November 22nd: Melbourne
November 27th: Perth

Check out the wiki, vote for the community driven sessions, and come along and network with other developers interested in the latest for the Web, RIAs and desktop apps with AIR.

Hope to see you there (whether that’s in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth)!

Adobe Refresh Australia, learn about MAX 2007

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:24:35 +0000

Adobe Australia are holding a “Refresh” event for the local developer communities. This is your chance to hear first hand the latest news and announcements surrounding Adobe’s developer technologies! I promise you will not be disappointed! So come and spend an afternoon with your local Adobe crew including myself, Matt Voerman, Mark Blair, Mark Szulc and many others.

Click here to register.

Details:

Join us for an opportunity to connect with the local developer community, whilst refreshing your knowledge on the latest from Adobe at Adobe Refresh 2007.

Over the course of an afternoon, you will hear from the local Adobe team as they present on whatâ€™s new and whatâ€™s happening in AIR, Flash Professional, Flex, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and ColdFusion.

Thereâ€™ll be summaries from the Keynote Presentations at Adobe Max 2007, as well as Community Expert Tables and plenty of time to socialise.

When:

Tue 30 Oct 07
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
13:30 – 17:00

Wed 31 Oct 07
Telstra Dome, Melbourne
13:30 – 17:00

Hope to see you there!

Wanna be a moviestar? With H.264 you can be!

Andrew Spaulding — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:31:52 +0000

The latest Flash Player 9 update, codenamed “Moviestar” adds support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio, just to name a few. There’s a series of examples over at Flashcomguru.com, with downloadable source, that demonstrate the new HD video codec in Flash Player.

Very cool! Bring on the competition hehe.

Nectarine keynote animations are online

Andrew Spaulding — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:17:21 +0000

Grant has blogged the Web on the Piste keynote intro animations made by the team at Nectarine. Some of you may recognize the style, and that’s coz these guys also do the animations for WebDU (and the speaker face on this blog).

Check them out at the Web on the Piste Blog

Great work guys!

Win a FREE copy of a CS3 Suite!! Read on…

Andrew Spaulding — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:49:15 +0000

The Sydney Flash Platform User Group will be meeting at Adobe in Chatswood on Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of CS3, the biggest launch in Adobe’s 25 year history. And to help celebrate the occasion one lucky person will win one of the new Creative Suite 3 bundles! Places are going fast, so please register at sydneyflashdevelopers.eventbrite.com.

We’ll be lucky to have Adobe’s APAC Creative Suite guru Michael Stoddart who will run through the new products and give you the opportunity to be one of the first in the country to see what is inside CS3. And our very own Matt Voerman, now powered by Adobe, will give us a peek at some of the new features in Flash CS3. Not to be missed!

For more information on the Sydney Flash User Group visit www.flashdev.org.au

A new era in creative expression is about to unfold, freeing us to color outside the lines, to think in multiple dimensions, to engage audiences like never before. The Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group will be hosting a special meeting for the official launch of Adobe Creative Suite 3!! Please join us at this special meeting that will include the launch announcement and presentations by Adobe, product demonstrations, and a chance to win one of the first copies of the new CS3 suite when it starts shipping!

Come join the rest of the creative industry and be part of the buzz and excitement by participating in this very special launch event.

Please register to attend this event.

Note: the building closes at 6pm, so please be early.

Flash Player 9 and Flash Professional 9 AS3 Preview

Andrew Spaulding — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:22:54 +0000

As part of the Flex 2 launch the new Flash Player 9 for Mac PPC and Windows is available for download on the adobe.com Player Download Center. The updated ActionScript 3.0 virtual machine provides a speedy environment for which your Flex 2 applications will run. Not only will you notice the performance increase for AS3 and Flex 2 applications, but also for existing Flash/Flex applications written for earlier releases. This is a great reason to update your Player version, and to notify your customers too! No doubt they will also experience the added benefits.

Also available on Adobe Labs today is the Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview! So now not only can we take advantage of the updated ActionScript programming language and performance benefits in Flex, but now in the Flash Authoring environment. This only planned preview of the next version of the flash authoring tool is only available to registered users of Flash Professional 8, but allows access to the new ActionScript 3.0 language and the ability to publish Flash Player 9 compatible applications/swf’s.

Bring on the next generation of rich media and internet applications!

Discover the Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview in this developer center article.

Visit the Flash Player Developer Center www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/ and for ActionScript 3.0 resources visit the ActionScript Technology Center www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/