This month, Ryan Taylor has agreed to show us some of the features available in Flash Player 10.

Intro To Flash Player 10 and Pixel Bender

Flash Player 10 is upon us and with it comes an exciting array of powerful new features. The presentation will kick off with a walkthrough of how you can get started developing for Flash Player 10 using a recent build of the Flex SDK. From there, explorations of some of the core new features will take place, including the new Vector type, drawing API, and foundational 3D support. The night will end with an introduction to Pixel Bender, Adobe?s powerful new pixel shader language. Demonstrations of Pixel Bender kernels as Shaders for fills, filters, blend modes, and generic number crunchers in Flash will take place.

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WHAT: Atlanta Flash Meetup & Adobe Flash Platform User Group July Meeting
WHO: Ryan Taylor presenting Intro To Flash Player 10 and Pixel Bender
WHEN: Tuesday, July 8 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
WHERE: Roundbox Global (http://maps.google.co...)
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Who Should Attend?

This presentation is geared towards (but not limited to) developers who are already familiar with ActionScript 3.0 and are looking to get started with the next version of Flash Player. An intermediate understanding of trigonometry and basic calculus will also be helpful during the discussions on 3D and Pixel Bender. In general, anyone interested in Flash Player 10 that would like a first look and some inspiration will enjoy this presentation.

About the Presenter

Ryan Taylor is an award-winning artist and programmer specializing in object-oriented architecture, CGI mathematics/programming, and both static and motion design. Ryan currently serves as a platform lead on the prestigious Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic. In addition to architecting large-scale projects and speaking at industry events, he has also been writing for a couple of books including the Flex 3 Cookbook and the Adobe AIR Bible, due out later this year.