Build an Online Photobooth and Stunning 3d Photowall – Active Premium
Today, we have another Active Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members. If you want to take your ActionScript skills to the next level, then we have a super 3D tutorial for you, this time from Gerb Sterrenburg.
This Premium Tutorial is Filled with Creative Tips
In this Premium tutorial we will build a online photobooth and [...]
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Fair points, but the core of this tut (about 75%) takes you through the fundamentals of Flash remoting with AMFPHP, pretty useful stuff when you want to capture, store and retrieve image data. How you present the application to your end users is entirely up to you, though you’re dead right in saying that usability should be high on your list of priorities.
The usability of this is horrible. This is the exact type of frivolous interaction that makes people hate flash. There was a very valid and interesting idea here, and it was killed with poor over designed interaction. I can’t view just one photo, they don’t stop spinning, and the tube of photos is difficult to control. The wait for the load is just a blank grey area, and the initial page to choose between the booth or viewer has no hint of necessity to clink those links, I sat on that page for a bit waiting for the flash to load. Why don’t the two exist side by side on a single page? The tutorial states that your photo will be viewable in a 3d carousel, that is debatable based on your interpretation of “viewable” I suppose. This is just kind of disappointing, I would expect a half planned tutorial for free, but when you request to be paid, it should be well thought out. Not just fun to look at.