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If you’ve missed out the announcements at Adobe MAX, I’m going to fill you in on this great reason to learn ActionScript 3!

In Flash CS5, you will be able to use ActionScript 3 to write your application, and publish that content straight as a native application for iPhone! With the increased possibilities and wider distribution networks, if now is still not the season to convince one to migrate to ActionScript 3, I have no idea when will. Read more about Flash CS5 Beta. and Flash CS5: Applications for iPhone.

Some entertainment. *loL~!*

[UPDATE: Just saw Peter Elst's article about this, check out "Using Flash to compile to iPhone applications"]

For a write-up on the rest of the announcements, check out Flash Magazine’s article, “New Flash Player info and Beta releases on Adobe Labs.”

The Adobe MAX Day 2 keynote will begin on Wednesday, 0120hrs for those who are at GMT+8 zone, so don’t miss that! You can follow this direct link to register now. I would expect even more exciting announcements to come.

I’m always overly obsessed when it comes to placement of text in Flash IDE. If the font is a pixel font, and it does not lie exactly on whole numbers in the x and y axis, then the font will appear blurred. From this habit that I had in handling pixel fonts, it soon spread to all objects that I had on the stage; I would want *everything* to be lying perfectly on whole numbers in both axis.

As you might have guessed, this pixel perfect habit of mine drove me rather mad whenever the rest of the team did not bother about it. I could easily spend hours just perfecting the coordinates. Yes, it’s highly possible more of a disease than a habit. *loL~*

Anyway, as I was playing around Flash IDE today, I found the cure! Snap to Pixels! Why haven’t I explored this in all my years with Flash?!

So if you are suffering from pixelperfectitis as well, here’s your medication.

View -> Snapping -> Snap to Pixels

Ahh… How nice to find a cure…

Over at gotoAndLearn.com, Lee just posted an awesome feature tour of Flash CS4.

I’ve heard many good things about the latest features in Flash CS4, but seeing them in action is a whole new experience! I could, if I wanted to, list down all the features that were featured in the video. But why waste the time when I know you are going to watch it full length anyway?

Enjoy! And don’t forget to thank Lee for it.

Alin Dogar from jumpeyecomponents.com just dropped me an email yesterday regarding the launch of their FlashEff Pattern Creation Contest.

I have been very keen to try out FlashEff since it first launched—the things I see are really amazing. Now this contest gives me the perfect reason to steal time out from my schedule to play around with it. Watch this space in the upcoming month for some tutorials on getting started with the FlashEff SDK.

In the meanwhile, they are having a *50%* discount for September! You might just wanna get yourself a license now.

The Flash Forward Conference always happens too far away from where I live, and since I don’t have the luxury of deep pockets, I’m really glad the community always posts up information to keep the rest of us updated.

After reading Lee Brimelow’s coverage, especially on the part where “Natzke Always Inspires”, I do feel I missed something great. I still remember back in Singapore MAX 2006 when I first saw Erik’s works, they were truly awe inspiring.

Though I missed Erik’s talk, kudos to him for releasing the full source of what he showed at the Flash Forward Conference! After viewing his works, I got inspired all over again, and I can’t wait to play around with the source files!

I guess that’s what you call, _the Erik Natzke Effect_. *loL~*