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Just wanted to let you guys know that I’ve been working on a YouTube playlist reader (based on the ActionScript 3 YouTube API). With this custom player you can send a YouTube playlist ID and the player will generate the list of videos with thumbnails and other info about the videos.

Just check it out and let me know what you think 😉

This morning I was browsing through the gotoAndLearn forum and I saw a question about how to make a password protected section in a Flash site. So, I made a quick example and I thought I should share it with all my readers too 😉

A few days ago I made a little application based on the new ActionScript 3 YouTube API and I thought I should share it with those who want to get started with this type of players. In the future I plan to make some more complex applications based on this API so I can sell them on ActiveDen.net

A few weeks ago I made a little Flash application named “Photo Booth”. Then I started to work with a friend of mine on a bigger project that will be very useful for those site owners who want to easily integrate a webcam application into their sites.
The project name is UserBooth. Right now we are still working on the application so please use it, take snapshots and let us know about your experience with the app. We need your feedback 😉

UPDATE: HTML5 Webcam Photobooth Web App

Two days ago I made a little Flash app that will allow anyone to take a picture with a webcam connected to a computer. Everything worked fine in AS3. It was only when I got to the PHP part of the project when I felt like I should ask for help. And I did, I asked a friend or mine (Mihai Bojin) who in a few minutes explained to me exactly what I needed to know in order to get this project working as it should (a big part of the PHP code is made by him).

The project is now open source and you can find the code and the source files underneath 😉

This open source project is release under the MIT license.

Right now I’m still reading “Learning ActionScript 3.0” book so I can improve my AS 3 skills. In the “Draving with pixels” chapter there is a great example of a little drawing application that I like. Here you can see the code for that little application:

var mouseIsDown:Boolean;
var erasing:Boolean;
 
var canvas:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(canvas);
 
var w:Number = stage.stageWidth;
var h:Number = stage.stageHeight;
var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(w, h, false, 0xffffffff);
var bm:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd);
canvas.addChild(bm);
 
var brush:Sprite = createBrush(0x66cc00);
var eraser:Sprite = createBrush(0xffffff);
 
function createBrush(col:uint):Sprite{
	var sp:Sprite = new Sprite();
	sp.graphics.beginFill(col, 1);
	sp.graphics.drawCircle(0, 0, 30);
	sp.graphics.endFill();
	return sp;
}
 
canvas.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDown);
canvas.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onUp);
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onLoop);
 
function onDown(e:MouseEvent):void{
	mouseIsDown = true;
	if(e.shiftKey)
		erasing = true;
}
 
function onUp(e:MouseEvent):void{
	mouseIsDown = false;
	erasing = false;
}
 
function onLoop(e:Event):void{
	if(mouseIsDown && erasing){
		eraser.x = mouseX;
		eraser.y = mouseY;
		bmd.draw(eraser, eraser.transform.matrix);
	}else if(mouseIsDown){
		brush.x = mouseX;
		brush.y = mouseY;
		bmd.draw(brush, brush.transform.matrix);
	}
}

And if you click here you can see the result (click to draw and hold the shift key + click to erase)
This book has a lot of good examples and it’s very easy to understand. I recommend it to anyone how wants to start with ActionScript 3.0 😉