I’m so happy to report that 2Advanced.net has offered to provide free hosting for gotoAndLearn(). This will be high-speed hosting and they are providing the hosting absolutely free so that we can continue this great resource. You all know 2Advanced.com as the place for some of the best motion graphics Flash work in the business. But they also run a kickass hosting service as well. I want to publicly thank Tony Novak from 2Advanced for being so generous. I would also like to thank Patrick from UltraShock as well as Rob from theFWA for taking their valuable time to help put me in touch with Tony. Seriously, thanks so much guys!

So to all the gotoAndLearn() users out there, show 2Advanced some love in anyway you see fit. We should be back online for good in a matter of days!

Also thanks to Mike and John from Adobe for trying to help out. I really appreciate it.

Lee

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Below is a server report from a typical week on gotoAndLearn(). Thanks so much to Sean Foushee for getting this information for me!

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It’s been a while since I did an experiment just for the fun of it. This uses Airtight Interactive’s BezierTween class together with the Fuse tween library. Yes I know you can do bezier tweens with Fuse but I haven’t really played with that yet. Click on the image to check it out. The code for the experiment is below that.

Main Code Block
[as]import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import com.leebrimelow.effects.*;

var leader:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(“leader”,”leader”,1);

function getNewPosition()
{
leader.x = Math.random()*Stage.width;
leader.y = Math.random()*Stage.height;
leader.p1 = Math.random()*Stage.width;
leader.p2 = Math.random()*Stage.height;
}

function tweenLeader()
{
getNewPosition();
var twX:BezierTween = new BezierTween(leader, “_x”, leader._x, leader.x, 1, true, leader.p1, leader.p2);
var twY:BezierTween = new BezierTween(leader, “_y”, leader._y, leader.y, 1, true, leader.p2, leader.p1);
twY.onMotionStopped = tweenLeader;
}

getNewPosition();
tweenLeader();

var count:Number = 2;
this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
var t:MovieClip = this.attachMovie(“flakes”,”flakes”+count,count++);
t._x = leader._x;
t._y = leader._y;
}[/as]

Flake Class

[as]import com.mosesSupposes.fuse.*;

class Flake extends MovieClip
{
public function Flake()
{
ZigoEngine.simpleSetup(Shortcuts,PennerEasing);
tweener();
}

private function tweener():Void
{
var f:Fuse = new Fuse();
f.push({target:this,scale:Math.random()*1000,tint:Math.random()*0xFFFFFF,rotation:Math.random()*520,alpha:0,seconds:Math.random()*7,func:function(){this.removeMovieClip();}});
f.start();
}

}[/as]

Lee

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The constant struggle to find hosting for the FLV files is really preventing me from putting more free tutorials out there for people. I’m truly hoping that Adobe sees the tremendous value of the site and will offer to provide hosting for the Flash video files. Surely there is some server space laying around . Even besides the educational content, gotoAndLearn() is an example of how great Flash video has become. I know based on my experience as part of the learning advisory board that they are commited to providing the best training possible for the community. Well gotoAndLearn() has over 10,000 users who are as anxious as I am to keep the site alive.

I would be willing to put a “Powered by Adobe” graphic on the interface of the player if that sweetens the deal .

Lee

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There were so many great entries in this contest and deciding on a winner was hard! After much deliberation and help from the great group of mods at the GTAL forums, I’m officially declaring the winner to be trioptic with his fullscreen masterpeice! It has such a cool feel to it and is kind of like watching a painting melt. I love the soundtrack too! Trioptic will be receiving a 6-month Premium subscription to the Lynda.com Online Training Library.

The runner-up award goes to Deviant1853 for his Viz2 entry. This great entry was also accompanied by a Visualization AS3 class which helped to put it on top. Great work Deviant! Deviant will be receiving a copy of my Flash Professional 8 Video Integration CD-ROM courtesy of Lynda.com.

Below is a little Flash app I built which links to all of the entries. Here is the FLA as always. The tooltip displays the name of who created it. Be sure to have Flash Player 9 installed before checking them out!

Thanks everyone!!
Lee

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Below is a screenshot of all the Firefox extensions that I have installed. These are all excellent for developers and designers!

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This month in Layers Magazine I have a four page tutorial about integrating After Effects and Flash. This will be a regular column that I will write for each issue. This month I show how to create rain in After Effects and then incorporate it into a Flash project. The folks at Layers have been great to work with and I hope I can continue to write for them for a long time. I wrote a feature story for the next issue in addition to my regular column so I’m certainly getting some great experience with writing tutorials instead of speaking them.

Also this month in Computer Arts there is an hour of tutorials from my Flash Professional 8 Video Integration title included on the magazine’s CD-ROM. Computer Arts is one of my favorite design magazines so it’s an honor to be included. The production value of their magazines is amazing and each issue is chock full of helpful tips. I just wish they could lower the price a little bit as it’s almost $20 here in the Bay Area.

Lee

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