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Drawing tools

Using Flash to create a drawing application has been done numerous times on the interweb. Here are some of the more interesting ones.

Scribblepad
An off the shelf demo from Envato. This is a good place to start in creating your own app.

Odosketch
Already featured here on Useful Distractions, a great drawing app that stands out because of its restricted palette and community use.

Digital Doodle
Another clever use of this popular technology, this site allows you to have your sketches printed on to a T-shirt, as well as take part in a monthly community-based competition.

Working Collaboratively

Maximising the potential of the web, these online apps allow you and a distant friend/colleague to draw on the same page, at the same time.

Imagination cubed

FlockDraw

Things to do with your webcam…

Motion Capture (some with source code)…

Webcam Motion Detection from Adobe Developer Connection

Wan’s Vision Webcam Projects

Puppy Bash game (!)

Neuro Productions Webcam game tutorial

Augmented Reality

Augmatic demos

Getting Started with Augmented Reality

Feel free to add comments with any great sites or tutorials that you’ve seen.

Where do we go from here?

A useful article that does a good job of summarising current trends and developments in interface design. Click the pic.

Flash full screen template

As mentioned yesterday to many of you, this a very useful free demo of how to use full screen management in Flash. It includes the increasingly popular option to view your site in FULL screen using the button in the bottom right corner. Give it a try, and click on the image….

And, if you sign in to the ffiles, you can download the flash source file.

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Adobe eSeminars

This is a very useful resource for Adobe software tricks and insights. Thanks Sue.
Click the image to visit the site.

10 Web Apps To Build The Next Big Thing Without Writing Any Code

Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Some useful ways of creating content from web technologies without any coding… Which is nice.

Some useful web creating techniques

The examples here use some very nice Javascript methods (amongst others) for well conceived internet experiences.

Worth a look when you have some time.

Mac tips

http://maccreate.com/

This is a useful site for learning tricks on the latest Mac creative applications. Always something new to learn….