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Flash Actionscript Editor: Flex Builder vs. FlashDevelop

For doing complex development with Flash, it can help to have a more powerful Actionscript editor than the built in Flash CS3 editor. I've been testing Flex Builder and FlashDevelop, both of which can export both Flash or Flex (Flex is Flash with a library of components built for making web applications). Both seem to have their pluses and minuses. FlashDevelop is free.

Free Font Viewer

There are a multitude of free fonts out there now! How do you manage them all? How do you see them all to select one to use?

Font Viewer

I have found this Font Viewer software from AMPsoft, to be very helpful. Plus, it's free! So it can't hurt to give it a try...

http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php

Stick Figures in Blender using Processing

This is a nifty little application which is written in the Processing language, which allows you to draw stick figures and export them to Blender for animation.

http://screamyguy.net/sketchBoard/index.htm

Papervision at the Blender Conference

There is an interesting talk on Papervision at the Blender conference:

http://river-valley.tv/conferences/blender_conference_2008/

Blender to Flash with Animation

Finally there is a way to get 3D into Flash, from Blender (or another program such as 3DsMax), with Animation! It's a tool called Cast3D.

Check out this:

http://www.rustpunk.co.za/blog/?p=10

You can download the Papervision 3D component for Flash CS3 from here:
http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/downloads/list

 

 

Blender Magic - Fluid Demo

I thought this was a very cool demonstration of the fluid capabilities of Blender. It shows a "magician" character, who "magically" conjures the water into different shapes:

Blender and Flash Tutorials

Here are some more Blender and Flash tutorials that you can get for free:

http://www.cartoonsmart.com/demo_index.html

Free Backup Tools for Windows

I recently saw a recommendation for some free backup tools for Windows, and I thought I'd pass them along. The following can be useful in different circumstances, over the regular Windows backup:

For full drive backups:
DriveImage XML Backup Software

3D from a Photo

These technologies are still in development, but here are some incredible developments that can convert a picture into a 3D image:

http://www.photo-to-3d.com/

http://make3d.stanford.edu/

http://code.google.com/p/libmv/

 

 

Free 3D Models Compatible with Blender

Some links to free 3D models, that are compatible (.blend file, or can be imported) with Blender:

The Official Blender Model Repository
http://e2-productions.com/repository/index.php

Blender Architecture related 3D models:
http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Models 
http://resources.blogscopia.com/index_en.html

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