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I’m working on a flash project that I used AMFPHP with before, but it was an older version.  I thought this might be a good time to try out AMFPHP 1.9 Beta.   So I thought I would add the resources and tutorials that I find here.  Its been pretty simple to setup so far following the docs. I used AMFPHP 1.2 before and one thing I’m glad that is gone is the Method Table.  Essentially you had to list the functions that were available for the service, which was annoying because if you made a change to the function params, you’d have to update the Method Table.

Here’s the list of related AMFPHP sites, if you have any other good links please share and I can update the list.

AMFPHP docs
AMFPHP 1.9 beta2 from SourceForge
Video Tutorial - Intro to AMFPHP 1 (gotoandlearn.com) - Set up and simple email service
Video Tutorial - Intro to AMFPHP 2 (gotoandlearn.com) - use mysql to return data
AMFPHP Security Basics based on this blog post by Wade Arnold

Integration with Drupal
Internal: Combining Drupal, AMFPHP, SWFAddress and Flash
Retrieving Drupal nodes with Flex 2
Groups.Drupal Adobe Technologies

UPDATE:
AS3 AMFPHP Tutorial List by Carlos Pinho - Great list, wish I found it earlier.

AS3 AMFPHP Class and Wrapper by Kyle Brekke - Easy to use class for AMFPHP

I just found out there is a Flex Camp event near me and its only $25 on Jan. 31, Saturday.  Now that its here, I’m still debating whether to go or not.  There just aren’t that many sessions that I’m really interested in or probably already saw something similar to at Adobe Max.  I haven’t even caught up with the video sessions I missed from Adobe Max.  For $25 though, its cheap.  If I have nothing else to do, I’ll probably check it out anyways.

Flex Camp OC

A while back I had a problem with the keyboard actions not working when I was in fullscreen for an AIR application. Luckily, the keyboard wasn’t really need for the app, but it would have been nice. So today, I just happened to pass through the documentation while I was looking something else up and found out that I just had to set

stage.stageDisplay = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE

instead of

stage.stageDisplay = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN.

Jim Foley at Mad Vertices is having a Papervision 3D Contest. This should be a good project for anyone looking to learn Papervision3D. He also has some great tutorials on the site that I used and still use to learn Papervision3D. Hopefully I’ll have some time to enter this contest.

I just got Keith Peters, AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation. It’s going to be fun going through this book, if only I had some time. I’ve been pretty busy lately so I’ll have to start looking through it during the weekend. I’ll be sure to post any cool stuff I build while reading the book.

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Quaternion Tracer Video on vimeo.

Found this video while looking for a old Transformer game I worked on back in college. I worked on this interactive program with another person that explores 4-D fractals using quaternions. Changing parameters here and there, we produced these visualizations and made a video. The project was based on the paper, “Ray Tracing Deterministic 3-D Fractals (PDF)” (Computer Graphics, Volume 23, Number 3, July 1989)

I added the music by Bennie K - Sunrise to the file using AfterEffects. I probably could have just used any movie program, but I’m learning to use AfterEffects at www.lynda.com. A pretty good video tutorial service by the way, considering the amount of content they have and the price. I didn’t add any special effects to this video, but I found another video that I may play around with using AfterEffects. I can’t seem to find the files for that project though, just the final video.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I’m looking forward to exploring some ideas during the time off.

Anyways, here are the gifts I bought my family for Christmas from Amazon:

Pinzon Luxury Towels - I always get the nice cheap towels from target on sale, but I thought these would be nice for the parents. The reviews seemed pretty good. I’ll have to see if the parents like them, if so, I may need to invest in one for myself. If you know of any even better quality towels, please let me know.

Apple iPod nano 16 GB Pink (4th Generation), Apple Nike + iPod Sport Kit, Shoe Pouch for Nike+ iPod Sport Kit - These are stuff I got my sister to help her get into running some more. I’ve been into running the past 1-2 years and the Nike+ Ipod Sport Kit has been pretty good with tracking my running and pacing me as I run. The shoe pouch is good if you don’t use Nike+ shoes, personally I like Asics running shoes. (A good site to buy running shoes Kelly’s Running Warehouse, recommended by a friend, but I’m haven’t tried it yet, still on my first pair of running shoes)

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation by Keith Peters - I haven’t gotten this yet, but I thought it’d be a nice Christmas gift for myself.