• Flex, QueueTip

    Posted on January 17th, 2009

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    QueueTip #005 - Color Channel Extraction : 24bit and 32bit Colors

    Did you know…
    You can extract the alpha, red, blue, and green channels of a hexadecimal color with simple bit shift and logical AND operations? Below are the operations to extract these channels from RGB and ARGB color formats.
    RGB Channel Extraction - 24 bits
    // 24 bit color
    var color : uint = 0xff0000;

    var R : Number = [...]

  • Flex, Show and Tell

    Posted on January 1st, 2009

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    Show and Tell #001 - Animating Gradients in Adobe Flex

    Hello there! Welcome to our first exciting issue of Show and Tell!
    First things first, I credit inspiration for the creation of this article to our fellow blogger of the community at www.somerandomdude.net ( google-cached link here). This particular article provided a great means for expediting the process of what I am currently working on. Before [...]

  • Flex, Show and Tell

    Posted on January 1st, 2009

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    “Show and Tell”

    Back in the hey-days of childhood, I remember something in the classroom called “Show and Tell”. It’s a simple concept. I “show” you something of possible interest and “tell” you about it. Simple.
    Here, “Show and Tell” is intended for the community and is presented to you in the form of an article focused around application [...]