Studying Vector Graphics Technology

Today I received the Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! book I ordered. I really like the Wow books because they demonstrate the real creative possibilities of graphics software instead of just serving as technical how to books.

Last night I reacquainted myself with Flash 8. Most of my books are on Flash MX though.  I worked through creating a simple button that can be clicked to show today’s date in ActionScript. I also found a way to apply syntax highlighting to ActionScript using my favorite Free syntax highlighter written in Java Script. I had to find an additional JavaScript file for this language and add a few keywords.

I’m also investigating the Flash 8 Video Encoder which can be used to convert videos in various formats into FLV files. It does a good job of compressing the video.