http://blog.open-design.be Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:24:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A very nice tip over there: http://blog.comtaste.com/2008/11/how_to_know_who_called_my_acti.html http://blog.open-design.be/2011/06/22/know-where-your-function-is-called-from/ Well, I certainly don't claim to have "the" answer to everything, this post is just about why I think developing on Facebook sucks. Is this just a lack of consistency or a "seem to be really badly developed platform" issue ? or is it something else, a frustration that comes from ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/09/14/why-developing-on-facebook-sucks-some-thoughts-on-e-social/ I was looking for class that would create a really cool lightning effect for me just like that, without having to deal with mathematics and co. Useless to say that when looking for such a thing, this will most likely end as a waste of time. Well, I was wrong. I ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/08/04/lightning-effect-in-flash-as3/ And the very last project I worked on is a promotional website for Samsung: http://www.samsung-3dtv.be/ Samsung is now promoting their new 3D Televisions and it was a great occasion to organise an event with plenty of things to win (like this Home Cinema full featured worth +- 6300 €) and a ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/06/08/samsung-tv-3d-a-new-era-in-television-and-games/ Launched a few months ago, here is the last project I worked on: Fanta Less Serious, a Youtube channel dedicated to "less serious" stuff... So what's the main purpose of this website ? sell more fanta... yeah but also entertain people. This channel regroups all the best fun videos on youtube ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/06/08/fanta-less-serious-youtube-channel/ http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com/#/explore/TopRated Just go and see, this thing is just great. In a few words: take a song of Johnny Cash (Ain't no grave can hold my body down) and allow people to redraw each frame of the video clip. This gives a really good hand drawn video clip in black and white. All ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/05/13/the-johnny-cash-project/ Ok, seems that many people have had this issue before but, as always in this kind of situation, it seems that I'm the only one having this specific issue on the entire web... If you google it, you'll find plenty of people telling about their story and how they solved it. Here ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/05/07/error-1006-not-a-function/ Good day everybody. Today I present the new website I worked on: Blue Your Friends for Volkswagen. Design and video from 1MD. Flash development and the facebook integration stuff (facilitated by Vinch from 1MD) by me. The idea is simple and provocative (but what is provocative nowadays anyway ?) So yeah, provocative and humoristic. ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/04/02/blue-your-friends-a-new-volkswagen-campaign/ If your project compiles a bit faster than usual but doesn't seem to work at all without even giving you any error. Or when debugging your project, it simply tells you that there is no actionscript code or something similar, you might want to have a look at this post ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/03/17/flash-cs4-compiling-wont-work-without-giving-any-error/ Well in fact, it is... or is it not ? depends on how you see it. The trouble If using masks or objects that have their "visible" property on true but "alpha" at 0.0, it is taken into account into the calculation of the bounding rectangle. Even objects that are outside of ... http://blog.open-design.be/2010/01/26/getbounds-on-displayobject-not-functioning-properly/