CodeDependent

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Chet Haase from the Flex SDK team hosts CodeDependent, a show by and for graphics geeks. Follow along as Chet explores topics in animation and graphics using Flex and Flash.

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Episodes

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Transitions and Easing in Flex Transitions and Easing in Flex Flex makes it easy to create animated transitions, helping the user understand what is happening in the UI. Chet Haase shows how transitions and easing behavior improve the user experience. Runtime: 00:07:33 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, November 19, 2009 00:07:33      
Interactive GUI Components Interactive GUI Components In this video, Chet Haase takes a look at some of the techniques used in gaming consoles to achieve highly interactive and fun user experiences. Runtime: 00:07:42 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, November 12, 2009 00:07:42      
Animated Scrollbar and Slider in Flex 4 Animated Scrollbar and Slider in Flex 4 Chet Haase of the Adobe Flex SDK Team demonstrates the new animated behaviors in the Flex 4 scrollbar and slider components. Runtime: 00:05:40 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, November 5, 2009 00:05:40      
Resize Adobe AIR Windows through Custom Flex 4 Effect... Resize Adobe AIR Windows through Custom Flex 4 Effects Interpolation Chet shows how to use the new custom type interpolation abilities in Flex 4 effects for better animated resizing effects on the window of an Adobe AIR application. Runtime: 00:06:59 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, October 29, 2009 00:06:59      
Custom Type Interpolation in Flex 4 Effects Custom Type Interpolation in Flex 4 Effects In this video, Chet explores interpolation arbitrary types in Flex 4 effects, and explains how to use the new IInterpolator interface to create custom interpolators. Runtime: 00:09:24 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, October 22, 2009 00:09:24      
Flex 3 Easing with Flex 4 Effects Flex 3 Easing with Flex 4 Effects Chet explains how a simple utility class can wrap Flex 3 easing functions for use in Flex 4, which is helpful if your favorite Flex 3 easing classes are not available directly for Flex 4 effects. Runtime: 00:07:43 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, October 15, 2009 00:07:43      
Custom Easing in Flex 4 Custom Easing in Flex 4 Chet Haase of the Flex SDK team shows how to create and use custom easing functions with Flex 4 effects which allows for new and interesting timing behavior for animations. Runtime: 00:09:34 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, October 8, 2009 00:09:34      
3D in Flash Player 10 and Flex 4 3D in Flash Player 10 and Flex 4 Chet Haase demonstrates Flash Player 10 and its ability to position and transform objects in 3D – then showcases this capability using new effects in Flex 4. Runtime: 00:05:41 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, September 17, 2009 00:05:41      
Shader Transitions in Flex 4 Shader Transitions in Flex 4 Chet Haase explores the new Pixel Bender-based effects in Flex 4, such as CrossFade and Wipe. Learn how to use these effects to create cool transitions in your Flex 4 applications. Runtime: 00:06:35 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, September 17, 2009 00:06:35      
Pixel Bender Shaders and Flex 4 Pixel Bender Shaders and Flex 4 Chet Haase continues his exploration of the new Pixel Bender-based effects in Flex 4, this time focusing on Shaders. Runtime: 00:07:39 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, September 3, 2009 00:07:39      
AnimateFilter Effect in Flex 4 AnimateFilter Effect in Flex 4 Chet Haase demos the new AnimateFilter effect, which allows you to animate the properties of Flex filters over time to create rich animations for your Flex application. Runtime: 00:04:43 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, August 27, 2009 00:04:43      
Transform Effects in Flex 4 Transform Effects in Flex 4 Chet Haase explains how the new transform effects work in Flex 4 and how Move, Scale, and Rotate combine their operations internally to result in the correct behavior. Runtime: 00:05:47 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, September 24, 2009 00:05:47      
Fade Effect in Flex 4 Fade Effect in Flex 4 This effect exists in Flex 3, but the Flex 4 beta version includes more logic to automatically handle different situations of fading. Runtime: 00:05:42 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, August 13, 2009 00:05:42      
Animate Color in Flex 4 Animate Color in Flex 4 Follow along with Chet and explore the new AnimateColor effect, which allows you to easily add color values in gradients to achieve interesting visual effects. Runtime: 00:05:34 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, August 6, 2009 00:05:34      
Animate Effect in Flex 4 Animate Effect in Flex 4 In this video, Chet Haase explores the new Animate effect in Flex 4. This effect can handle animating multiple properties of arbitrary type and is the superclass of all the new effects in Flex 4. Runtime: 00:06:45 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, July 30, 2009 00:06:45      
Color My World Color My World Chet Haase introduces the color animation effect in the next version of Flex. He then compares RGB interpolation and HSB interpolation to find out which provides better color interpolation behavior. Runtime: 00:10:01 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, July 23, 2009 00:10:01      
Faster than a Speeding Button Faster than a Speeding Button Chet Haase adds lifelike motion to GUI objects, using traditional animation techniques of anticipation, follow-through, and motion blur. Runtime: 00:10:18 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, July 16, 2009 00:10:18      
Stretch and Squash in Flex 4 Stretch and Squash in Flex 4 In this episode, Chet Haase highlights the ease of creating realistic animations and sequential motion effects in the next version of Flex. Runtime: 00:09:42 Average Rating:   Added: Friday, July 10, 2009 00:09:42      
Stretch and Squash in Flex 3 Stretch and Squash in Flex 3 Traditional animators tried to give their creations life using special techniques. Chet Haase shows how 'stretch' and 'squash' techniques can make the look of an object in motion more realistic. Runtime: 00:08:56 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, June 25, 2009 00:08:56      
Bouncing Ball Behavior Bouncing Ball Behavior In this episode, Chet Haase explains how to add a bouncing effect to a ball. See how easing functions give a realistic look to an animated object’s movement. Runtime: 00:06:10 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, June 18, 2009 00:06:10      
Easing Does It Easing Does It Different visual effects require different motion. Chet Haase shows how to incorporate realistic movement into your animations by using various easing functions in Flex 3. Runtime: 00:06:13 Average Rating:   Added: Friday, June 5, 2009 00:06:13      
A Moving Comparison A Moving Comparison In this video, Chet Haase of the Flex SDK Team demonstrates and compares how a simple animation effect is constructed both in Flex 3 and in the next version of Flex, codenamed Gumbo. Runtime: 00:05:49 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, May 21, 2009 00:05:49      
Flex 3 Effects Flex 3 Effects Senior Computer Scientist Chet Haase explains the infrastructure of Flex 3 Effects and demonstrates how the elements fit together to provide a full-featured system for animating Flex components. Runtime: 00:09:16 Average Rating:   Added: Thursday, May 14, 2009 00:09:16      
Gumbo Offers More Intelligent Effects Gumbo Offers More Intelligent Effects The next version of Flex has improved functionality and more automatic behavior from the built-in effects, such as auto-reversing transitions. Runtime: 00:06:14 Average Rating:   Added: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 00:06:14      
Gumbo Offers More Animation Possibilities Gumbo Offers More Animation Possibilities The next version of Flex has advanced capabilities for animating arbitrary objects and types. No longer will animations be limited to components or numeric properties. Runtime: 00:08:18 Average Rating:   Added: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 00:08:18      
Dynamic Drag and Drop Dynamic Drag and Drop Chet Haase of the Flex SDK team shows how to use both built in and customized behavior of the Flex drag and drop system, creating a more dynamic user experience. Runtime: 00:06:26 Average Rating:   Added: Monday, May 11, 2009 00:06:26      
Reflexion Container Reflexion Container Flex generates realistic reflection effects on visual applications. See how the technique is created and applied to simple images, and how the effect can be modified for more realistic reflections. Runtime: 00:07:44 Average Rating:   Added: Monday, May 11, 2009 00:07:44      
Graphics in Flex 3 and Gumbo Graphics in Flex 3 and Gumbo In the first episode of his CodeDependent series, Chet Haase compares drawing objects through Flash in Flex 3 versus the more declarative approach in the next version of Flex, codenamed Gumbo. Runtime: 00:05:40 Average Rating:   Added: Friday, May 8, 2009 00:05:40