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Reynaldo February 6th, 2008

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Reynaldo January 20th, 2008

Hi All!

It’s been over a month since I have posted anything due to various reasons. First I want to wish all of you a prosperous and happy new year 2008 and good luck on all your en devours.

There has been lots on my plate over the last month. Everything ranging from expecting a new baby to being up to my neck in code [exhausted expression on face]

Never the less I have a few cool projects lined up which I will share with you:

Reyco1 Framework:

As I started to port some of my AS2 classes to AS3, I saw it to be beneficial to just make an AS3 framework out of the whole thing and host it on Google Code for others to share and edit. At the moment, framework is in it’s infancy stages yet still useful. Some of the features are:

1. Extension classes: One such class is the FullBrowserExtension class. Simply extend your document class with this class and place a “repeating background” image in your library with a “Tile” as the class name and you’re set!
2. Util Classes: Like the ButtonUtil class listed here in the blog. Other classes included are The DisplayObjectUtil, MathUtil, ClassUtil and so on.

ProjectsPanel

A little over a year ago, Grant Skinner created a Project Panel component called “gPanel“. When I read about it and it’s features I immediately just said “WOW!”

I thought I’d challenge myself and create a similar Panel with some more custom features. The Panel uses Yahoo’s Astra tree component. Here’s a sneak peak:

COMING SOON!

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Reynaldo December 18th, 2007

Adobe Bordeaux is the codename for a new product for graphic designers, art directors, etc. who don’t need all the capabilities of Flash to create flash content easily without knowing ActionScript or programming.

Here is some of the stuff it can do:

• Easily create buttons, menus, slide shows, video controllers and other interactive components
• Customize the look and behavior of interactive components included with Bordeaux
• Visually convert artwork to interactive elements without coding
• Trigger actions and events from markers you add to your video and audio
• Create multi-page micro sites as easily as dragging and dropping
• Make objects and text move, spin, resize, reveal, slide, bounce, fade, and more without using key frames or code
• Easily control how motion responds to mouse events
• Import, trim, and encode video files into FLV
• Add audio and trim and adjust levels
• Import native Photoshop files as layers
• Import InDesign files with pages and objects preserved as individual elements
• Output efficient SWF or Adobe AIR files

Sounds a lot like what Thermo can do except it some some added functionality and features that are not present in Thermo. What do you guys think?

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Reynaldo November 11th, 2007

If you take a gander over at the sidebar, you will notice a new “My Widgets” section. That section will hold my latest web widget goodness! I had a client earlier this year for whom I created a widget using papervision and have been wanting to make one of my own but never had the time.

Well, I was able to spare a couple of hours today and decided to create one. The widget is called “Reyco1’s Blog Widget” and its basically an rss reader fixed on my posts. It’s not very appealing visually as you may have noticed, never the less it does the job ;). I’m pretty sure I’ll get around to enhancing it later on.

I have plans of basically enhancing it to the point where you can add any rss feed, customize its colors and appearance and more! Still in it’s alpha stages but if you wanna add it to your MySpace, Facebook, your site or whatever, just copy and paste this code. Keep checking as I have a few more kick @$$ widget ideas

Happy coding!

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Reynaldo November 2nd, 2007

If you’re a freelancer then you’ll appreciate this. It’s a compilation of 100 web applications to help/guide you on your freelance endevours. You can find everything from organizational tools to project management:

• Money handeling
• Todo lists
• Calendars
• Storage
• Design and writing tools
• Contact handling
• and even Business and legal stuff…

Not a bad set of tools for freelancers and all

Freelancer Tools

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