A great preview about new version of Flash CS5 with integration with Flash Builder, reading custom classes and so much more. Play the video bellow and have fun.

Adobe Flash CS5 Viper presented on FOTB 2009! – www.CS5.org from Adobe CS5 on Vimeo.

Yes, GreenSock Tweening Platform v11. Beta, really but awesome. The first, and the best, thing to me is Timeline (Lite/Max) that can do really good animation sequence.

On the heels of releasing the huge v10 update that introduced the plugin architecture, I’ve been hard at work on an even bigger release that delivers quite a few exiting improvements to the GreenSock Tweening Platform. Version 11 represents some significant changes to the guts of the code, so before officially releasing it, I wanted to post it in “Beta” form to give everyone a chance to not only test the code but also share their thoughts and suggestions. I’m also thrilled to announce that Grant Skinner (author of gTween) will be collaborating with me on upcoming versions (see separate announcement).

You can now create one TimeLineMax or TimeLineLite and run one or more animations, TweenLite or Max too, and you will use one only import. Great, you can read more about and see the sample on GreenSock WebSite or direct using link bellow:

Link: GreenSock Tweening Platform v11 Beta

Code and Visual has 5 free Rainbow Live licences to give away to the 5 best Rainbow Live tutorial entries. For a limited time you can trial a fully functional installation of Rainbow Live on any server you choose by using the Domain Key tutorialcompetition. This Domain Key will remain valid for the duration of the competition.

Rainbow Live fills the niche between complete Flash CMS solution and XML Editor. Rainbow was built specifically to enable Flash developers to continue building XML based Flash files the way they usually do, while providing important CMS functionality out of the box with no changes needed.

Competition Details

The competition is open to anybody that wishes to write a tutorial about Rainbow, be it a webmaster or blog author, or even someone that submits a word document. The best tutorial bearing the title from each of the following 5 categories will each receive a free Rainbow Live Domain Key for the domain of their choice worth $99.

* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Installation Tutorial
* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Using Templates
* How to Use Rainbow Live as a Flash CMS
* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Using Custom Server Side Scripts (php)
* Rainbow Live Flash CMS Using Custom Server Side Scripts (.Net)

The winning entries will be placed on codeandvisual.com with full credit and links back to the original author site. All other entries will be linked to from the codeandvisual.com tutorials page.

What Entries Will be Judged On

* Simple and clear communication style
* Explaination of concepts and details
* Well written and entertaining style
* Good layout and presentation
* Use of images

How To Enter

Any tutorial that sends a ping back to http://www.codeandvisual.com/rainbow will be automatically entered. If you don’t own a blog, or can’t ping back, simply send your completed entry to competition [at] codeandvisual.com

Competition Deadline

The Competition will close 11:59 July 31st 2009, GMT

Some of the key benefits of Rainbow Live:

* Works with your current XML file
* Admin and User log-ins
* customisable node locking/hiding for client
* Easier for clients to use than a raw XML file
* Edit XML files live online
* Upload Images and files
* Automatically create thumbnails
* Define child templates to define your own node type
* No backend scripting necessary
* Customizable scripts
* Doesn’t dictate structure of your data/website
* Easily design the CMS to your own needs

To learn more about Rainbow Live and download an installation package.
visit: http://www.codeandvisual.com/rainbow-live

Rainbow Live XML Editor makes editing easy and full online with a simple Flash interface, multiple users and so much more. With Rainbow Live you can edit your @attributes, CDATA, upload your imagens and create thumbnails easely from your computer to server in seconds. Today you have two choices, Rainbow XML Editor and Live version, the most complete for only 99$ USD:

Rainbow Live puts the power back into the hands of Flash developers. There’s no more need to rely on a backend developer to build and maintain a database. Rainbow Live saves time and money as the process of setting up XML structures is familiar to many Flash developers and is made even more intuitive with Rainbow Live’s node-based approach.

Installing and Configuring your Rainbow Live XML Editor + CMS

First step is create a folder with the name as you wish. Now you can upload all files inside this folder. You will receive one SWF file, 3 PHP files for alternative FTP and a read-me.txt.

Well, you can create your custom INDEX file to your ‘Rainbow.swf’ file. Now you can access Rainbow.swf or your custom INDEX file. When you load the page will require Login and Password, the DEFAULT is:

Username: admin
Password: password

When you load the main page will see at first time the Project window, here you will create XML, import your own local file and edit this file so simple. But after uploaded and logged you must go to second step, add your registration code and configure your FTP access.

Go to Preferences tab, will show you Settings items. The first item is Registration. Click on arrow and set ‘domainkey’ your registration code, you can get your own on Rainbow Site.

After that you can change FTP access, it will able you to edit online your XML file. To edit it you may go to Preferences > FTP and change the ‘ftphost’ to your domain ftp, ‘ftpmode’ continue normal, ‘ftpusername’ is your FTP username and last ‘ftppassword’ is your FTP password, close this window and click on SITE option, you may change your ‘rainbowfolder’ example: “httpdocs/rainbowFolder/”, after that close the SITE window and click in SAVE (top-right window).

Rainbow Live XML Editor can create or edit only one XML file, one XML for one project. When you create one file, by Default, it is located on folder DATA/ inside folder that you install Live Rainbow but you have a choice to edit it and change the location of the file.

Editing XML file

It’s so simple, you can create nodes using “+” Plus button or add @attributes and images using right arrow, when you click will appear one window with all options, you can change add one attribute or CDATA text.

Using @attributes you can set one parameter like image and upload direct from your Rainbow Live to your server and add the address to your XML file, this moment you can select option to create thumbnail and add too into XML, great for portfolio and photogalleries. See the upload image bellow:

You can get more information on Rainbow Website or comment here.
Thanks a lot and cya.

A new way to test your web project using cross browser and operating system is Browserlab by Adobe.  Now you can put your project URL and see full page using a lot browsers with Windows, Mac OS, Linux and others.

If you alread have the Adobe ID you may go to Adobe Browserlab – link bellow – make login and use this new feature by Adobe, its fine to do. Try you too.

Link: Adobe Browserlab

Yes, Flex Builder now is named Flash Builder and will be the Flash Platform Coder for Actionscript inside the Adobe Creative Suite CS5. Lee Brimelow write in your blog, The Flash Blog:

We at Adobe expected that the renaming of Flex Builder to Flash Builder would cause quite a bit of conversation in the community and indeed it has. After waking up this morning and reading all the reactions on various blogs and on Twitter, I feel like I need to answer some of the questions and concerns people have.

There you can see some answer for these questions:

• Are you planning on phasing out the Flash IDE?
• Isn’t it going to be more confusing when talking with clients about Flex?
• This screws up my resume and will make job interviews confusing won’t it?
• Will Flash Builder still be based on Eclipse?
• What about the Flex SDK?

Link: Flash Builder rebrand FAQ

Today DES84 Blog make your first anniversary, with 4k access per Month and growing, 10k page views per month more than 200 comments and only 3 months in full english language. Today i need say “Thanks” for all comments, all access, download and so much more that makes me write one post per 3 days.

Congratulations for us.
Thanks

Hi for all, stop to program using Actionscript 2 and, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, come to our team and lets play with Actionscript 3. If you want trade the AS2 for the AS3 don’t use AS2 to AS3 convertion, don’t create your project using AS2 and tell to your friend change it for AS3, do it yourself. Now you can only reading the Adobe Actionscript 3 Migration Cookbook.

Now with basics, user interaction, dynamic movieclips and how to use media and data. It’ so simple do it.
Try you too and be free of AS2. Go to the book with the bellow link.

Link: Actionscript 3 Migration Cookboot Beta

Yeah, really is this. After the Project 10 to the 100th. that receive 150.000 ideas to help save the world, now the Google want grow up your company.

Google Ventures seeks to discover and grow great companies – we believe in the power of entrepreneurs to do amazing things. We’re studying a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care. We invest anywhere from seed to mezzanine stage and embrace the challenge of helping young companies grow from the garage to global relevance.

Your company no need have potential to be the next Google acquisition, of course, this is to help little companies with good ideas grow up together. You can read more about it in the link bellow.

Link: http://www.google.com/ventures/

Hi again, today i read an article about 50 thinks that every Mac Geek may know about Apple, its so much interesting.

Like a champion cyclist knows bike parts,a car buff knows model years, and a sports fan knows win-loss records, all Mac geeks worth the title must know these things.

There you will know about some thing lile:

• How to reset your iPod or iPhone
• Saving email draft in your iPhone
• Better alternatives for iChat and Safari
• Use encrypted disk images to hold supersecret files
• Organize PDFS in iTunes
• Control another Mac remotely
• and so much more…

Link: http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/50_things_every_mac_geek_should_know?page=0,0