Another great library by Thibault Imbert is the ASZip library. With it's help you can create zip files using actionscript.
It has simple interface to add different types of files and directories.
Again, thanks Thibault for the great work!
AlivePDF is AS3 open source library which enables to generage PDF files within flash.
Currently it is in the alpha phase, but you can use it to create and save simple PDF documents.
Is lightweighted and very easy to implement. Its strength is that it is modular and consists of three parts:
If you need just movieclip tweening, it is enough to use just the Animation Engine. Your project compiles faster and also has a smaller size.
Animation Engine - provides movieclip tweening. You can tween a movieclip property or properties with one single command.
Sequencing tools - make it simple to build also a complex sequence of movieclip tweening.
BitmapFilter comfort - provides a simplified interface for applying the bitmap filters.
Although there are also others animation packages, I think the Zigo engine is the most convenient one for an actionscript programmer. Its a pity that it does not have an AS3 version yet.
Ifbin is a collection of actionscript (AS1 and AS2) examples. It is distributed as a application using which you can browse and download the examples. The examples are structured in categories like:
- Creative (particle system, physics)
- Data Services (socket servers)
- Flash 8 Examples (filter effects)
and others.
The examples are mainly from 2005 but they are still useful as a good tutorial resource. My favourite examples are:
- Lake effect (water ripples like effect)
- Union jack (bitmap flag waving in air)
Color changer is a free script, which enables to present color variation of a product. The way how it works is quite simple: It swaps the images using a "flowing paint" effect.
The images are stored as external swf/jpg files and you can configure the script using a xml file.
The script is free also for commercial use and comes also with source codes. The author of the script is using the MVC model so it's also an useful tutorial resource.
