Keyframer

18 Apr, 2011

Flash Decompiler Trillix

Posted by: chris In: General

A while ago Eltima Software sent me a copy of Flash Decompiler Trillix for the Mac platform. I was so impressed with this application that I also featured it in the latest edition of How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS5. That said, I recently had an old SWF file but had lost the source FLA. I ran searches on every hard drive I own but came up empty. To rebuild the source file from the ground up would have been a lot of work and I simply did not have the time. One quick solution would be to import the SWF back into Flash but that will place all animation on a single layer as all keyframes. All tween data will be lost. Importing the SWF also excludes layer information, sounds and ActionScript.

Occasionally importing just the SWF is not enough – you need to get back everything; layers, sounds, ActionScript etc…

I’ll admit, I was skeptical that Flash Decompiler Trillix would actually work as advertised. Flash files can be quite complex given the varied amount of data any file can contain. The SWF is essentially the flattened and compressed version of the source file, how could all of its contents be extracted and put back together again as they were in the FLA file? That would be like getting the contents of an egg back into its shell after having made the omelette.

Flash Decompiler Trillix does everything it says it can and with just a couple of clicks with the mouse.

Recently I had lost a FLA file but found the SWF that was exported from it. With Trillix software, I was able to quickly convert the SWF back to a FLA again and keep working. Trillix software has become one of my most valuable tools in my arsenal.

Convert SWF to FLA with Flash Decompiler Trillix for Mac from Eltima Software on Vimeo.

11 Apr, 2011

Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5

Posted by: chris In: Adobe|Adobe Flash

Multimedia designer, interactive multimedia | Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5.

Adobe has just announced the release of a major update to CS5. Check out the link to see what’s new for Flash. I will try and post my own articles here before the actual release

26 Mar, 2011

Wacom’s Intuos 4 Touch Ring coolness

Posted by: chris In: General

So I’ve been using the latest Intuos 4 tablet from Wacom and if you are not already taking advantage of its ExpressKeys and Touch Ring integration with Photoshop and other design applications, what are you waiting for? Check out this video from Joe Sliger, Wacom Application Specialist. The Intuos 4 is Wacom’s best tablet to date and it has increased my work flow significantly.

22 Mar, 2011

The Edge of Flash

Posted by: chris In: Adobe Flash

“The reality is that Flash is stronger than ever as the weapon of choice to create the most memorable, exciting, and interactive experiences online.”
-Rob Ford, The FWA Network

Read the full story here.

19 Mar, 2011

Blogging via iOS

Posted by: chris In: General

Finally set up WP on my iPhone – blogging remotely

Testing the image uploader…

18 Jan, 2011

The Blackberry Playbook

Posted by: chris In: General

I’m super excited about this bit of technology mambo-jambo mainly because it does everything the iPad does plus you get the full experience of the web. If you are like me then you know this must mean support for the wee-little browser plugin we love so much: The Adobe Flash Player. Straight from the Playbook’s spec sheet:

Web without limits

• Games, media, apps and everything the real Internet offers
• Full Adobe® Flash® 10.1 enabled
• Built-in support for HTML 5
• No-compromise rendering of text, graphics and video

Yup! You read that correctly! Flash 10.1 people! Anyone waiting for the 2nd generation iPad may have to consider the Blackberry Playbook instead. I’m supposed to have one shipped to me this month as a perk of being an Adobe Max speaker last fall. Nothing has arrived on my doorstep yet but then again it could be under 5 feet of snow at this point.

18 Jan, 2011

Using Inverse Kinematics

Posted by: chris In: Adobe Flash

18 Jan, 2011

Using Spring Properties with IK Bones

Posted by: chris In: Adobe Flash

13 Jan, 2011

Keyframer forums…

Posted by: chris In: General

I’ve been noticing a steady drop in forum activity the last year or so. Recently I have been noticing some spam popping up as well. My forum software is out of date which means upgrading my account and performing some serious maintenance or shutting down the forums completely. If there’s little or no interest then perhaps it is best. It’s difficult maintaining a forum as one person and I’m afraid I simply don’t have the luxury of time to keep up with it.
I’ll keep an eye on it for a little while longer but if activity continues to decrease as spam increases, then I may wave the white flag and hold a quiet termination ceremony for yet another aging forum in need of being taken out offline.

24 Dec, 2010

Happy Holidays YouTube Version

Posted by: chris In: General