Thanks to Thor for having me come present in the Multimedia Dept. The class was great. As promised here are the links to examples, applications, and books that I talked about.

Applications that I have been a part of

Rifle Builder – Shopping Cart application built originally in Flash 5
LDS.org/cm – The Original Interactive Sheet Music Player
MusicRain.com – Commercial Interactive Sheet Music
LogoMaker.com – HP Purchased LogoMaker in-part because of the success of this application.
Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Games – Click on the “Games and Coupons” button
RideHarder.com – New design by Element
SolutionOverview.com – Green Screen interactive video
BrainHoney – Learning tool for self publication, uses mashups and Facebook integration. upload whatever files you want and make a lesson or learn what you don’t know.

Applications turned into web apps:

Photoshop:
http://www.flauntr.com/ –
http://www.picnik.com/app#/home/welcome –
http://www.splashup.com/ – Fauxto now caled Splashup This is the most fully featured one I have found.

Mapping –
FlashEarth.com –
maps.yahoo.com –

Microsoft Word:
BuzzWord.com
Grant Skinner Spell Checker for text editing

Image seam carving:
http://swieskowski.net/carve/ – Neat example
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000652.php – Example with code
http://rsizr.com/ this one is amazing and you can do it yourself

Video Editing:
RichFLV – Flash Based Video Editing Tool done with Flash/Flex and published with AIR

Motion detection & Vid Cam like Minority Report etc..
incomplet.gskinner.com

Sheet Music Applications –
LDS.org/cm – The Original Interactive Sheet Music Player
MusicRain.com – Commercial Interactive Sheet Music

Books:
Adobe Digital Editions

Quicken:
mint.com – Web based version of Quickenfor money management

The Radio:
www.pandora.com – the music genome project

iTunes:
www.anywhere.fm/player

Outlook:
www.goowy.com/index.aspx – Flash web based Outlook knock-off.

Great Books For Flash, Flex, and ActionScript –

ActionScript

• Object Oriented AS3 – Great Bridge between Flash and Flex
• Learning AS3 – One of the best books for crossing over into AS3 from AS2
• Essential ActionsCript 3 – By Collin Moock is the most comprehensive guide to ActionScript.(period)
• AS3 Cookbook – Joey Lott provides some great examples on how to do things quick
• ActionScript 3 Animation -This book rocks. the concepts are advanced but well taught.
• Flash CS3 Professional Advanced – Russell Chun has produced one of the best longest running books for years.
• AS3 Design Patterns – A very advanced read but great for working with OOP (Flex only)

Intermediate Books

• How to Cheat in Flash – Chris Georgenes– This is an excellent book for doing the sexy things in Flash. Heavy focus on animation and cartoons and is a great resource for col effects
• AS3 with Flash and Flex – Great book for learning both Flex and Flash

Begining Books

• Flash CS3 Pro How-Tos: 100 Techniques – Very well done book for quick tips and reference
• Flash CS3 Visual Quick Start Guide – Love the format of this book
• Sams Teach yourself Flash CS3 in 24 hours – Phillip Kerman – Phillip is great. I really enjoy seeing him at conferences and reading his new letter that he gives me every time I see him. I was able to review this book before it was published. Phillip is and always will be a fantastic teacher of Flash.
• Flex 2 Training from the source – Great reference for getting started in Flex.

Books not to buy

• AS3 Game Programming University – Only buy this book if you have never used Flash. The games are good BASIC games but the graphics are horrible and the examples don’t really teach the prinicples behind game design.
• Flash CS3 The missing manual. – You might as well buy the Dummies book(see below) if you are going to buy this one. Not a good place to start. Not comprehensive. Not well written.
• Flash CS3 On Demand – This book should not be allowed to be called CS3 because some of the examples are not even using AS3. If you own Flash 8 then you will want this book but not for CS3.
• Flash CS3 for Dummies – You are not a dumb, but may feel like it after spending any money on this book. They do have good cartoons though.

Thanks,

Curtis J. Morley