Cowboys & Aliens effect recreating using Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop

Film Riot recreates weapon effects from Cowboys & Aliens using Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.

http://revision3.com/filmriot/cowboysandaliens

Video training: Adobe After Effects switches & other controls

Andrew Devis explains switches & other controls in the After Effects Timeline panel

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/devis_andrew/AE-Basics-8-Timeline-2/video-tutorial

Create extensions for Photoshop and Illustrator with Flex or Flash Builder

The tool called Creative Suite Extension Builder, you can find here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/cs-extension-builder.html

Introducing CS Extension Builder 1.5
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/articles/intro-cs-extension-builder15.html

Build a Creative Suite extension in 5 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYw7SBY1ao


In-depth view of CS Extension Builder

Part 1: Create, debug and attach CS extensions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcCSCtm-eVM

Part 2: Bundle Manifest Editor, skin and export CS extensions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXSupUsyMMU

Adobe developer week: Tips & tricks for maximizing Flex application performance

Both mobile and desktop:

http://adobe.ly/qpRhSs . (adobe.com membership ID required)

Adobe developer week: Migrating from Flex 3 to Flex 4.5

Understanding changes from Halo to Spark:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=set_registered&id=1839285&loc=en_us

Note: Adobe ID required to view the recorded event.

Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta for Desktops

New features for browser-based, expressive content

Adobe® Flash® Player 11 desktop beta drives innovation for rich, engaging digital experiences with new features for cross-platform browser-based viewing of expressive rich internet applications, content, and videos across devices. Some of the features from the Flash Player Incubator, such as Stage 3D and 64-bit support, have been moved into this beta release.
Key benefits of the Flash Player 11 desktop beta include:

• Stage3D APIs — Deliver cutting edge three dimensional experiences on the desktop.
• Native 64-bit support — Support for 64-bit operating systems and browsers on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
• G.711 audio compression for telephony — Integrate real-time voice and telephony capabilities into business apps and integrate with existing phone systems using the G.711 codec.
• H.264/AVC SW Encoding — Create apps that encode higher quality video locally using the efficient H.264 video standard.
• Socket Progress Events — Improve management of data transfer, track progress, and provide responsive feedback in apps send large amounts of data.
• JPEG-XR support — Take advantage of support for the advanced JPEG-XR image compression format to deliver higher quality images with less bandwidth, and leverage lossy and lossless compression with alpha channel transparency.