Earlier this month Adobe released its August issue of Adobe Edge, which include a nice tutorial on how to do augment reality in Flash CS4 to show an interactive 3D object on a real image captured live from a camera. The tutorial does not explain every single line of code used, but does provide a general guide on how to create each separate piece and the general function of each code segment. A nice read for someone interested in such a project. View the tutorial here.

Our latest tutorial will teach you how to create a simple AIR application that works as a clock widget. The application will also have basic AIR-online functionality such as dragging the whole window and closing the application. The tutorial will cover the whole process for creating the application including the signing process. You can view this tutorial here.

Learn how to retrieve time and date information using this simple ActionScript 3.0 class in this tutorial.

Learn how to create an image slideshow using ActionScript 3.0 and XML. All contents of the tutorial can be updated through XML. You can view this tutorial here.

Masks can be used to create a number of fun effects and transitions. Learn how to apply them dynamically using ActionScript 3.0 by reviewing our new tutorial on this topic.

 Our latest ActionScript tutorial will teach you the basics on one of the core concepts of programming on how to create logical lists of data. You can view our tutorial on AS3 Arrays here.

 Just found a really cool tutorial on how to make an AS3 Flash Twitter widget using the Twitter API. The widget is very simple and only loads the latest tweets of a single user – it is not an advanced Twitter client, but still very interesting.

The Twitter API has a simple command to load the latest tweets of a user in XML format, the video tutorial will show you how to retrieve this XML feed and extract the info you need from it. The tutorial also briefly mentions cross-domain security issues and shows you how to overcome this to make your widget work.

You can view this video tutorial here, don’t mind the funny British accent!

 Certain projects such as an online game or a complex website might require you to store some data on the end-users machine such a highscore or configuration details so that need to be accessed across multiple browsing sessions. This specific task can be achieved by using the SharedObjects Class of AS3. Learn more about it by reviewing our tutorial on this topic.

 Our latest tutorial will teach you how to apply filters such as blur, glow, bevel and drop shadow dynamically to any object in Flash using ActionScript 3.0. Click here to read this tutorial.

 This tutorial will teach you how to create a YouTube like Flash video player that allows the user to play a specific video by clicking on a thumbnail on a side menu. The player uses XML, so it is easy to update and configure the videos without having to go back to the FLA. Click here to view this tutorial.