Thank you so much to everyone who attended the talk. I wanted to take the time to post some files and links here and solicit your feedback.

Here are the demo files I showed during the meeting, though edited just a bit for clarity… i hope! Download the files.

Here’s where to find info on Fuse. Documentation is scattered throughout the Fuse site, and much of the 1.1/2.0 documentation talks about new or changed functionality, so I reccommend browsing through the 1.0 documentation to get a feel for what you can do, then reading up on what’s new.

• The starting point for Fuse 1.1/2.0 documentation
• Using Fuse 1.0, with some examples
• The reference page for Fuse 1.0 properties — A definite bookmark.
• How to get Fuse 1.1/2.0 set up — Really useful to get started.

From here, you can find all you need from the starting point link. I cleaned up and seperated out the demo files and the code excerpts a little bit. Feel free to leave feedback as a comment or on our mailing list!

Roger Braunstein <rbraunstein @schematic.com>

The inaugural meeting includes two exciting sessions:

7 - 8pm : “Simulating Physics with Flash”

Presentation: fladepres.zip
Examples: flade_06a.zip
Links: http://cove.org/flade

Alec Cove will present Flade (Flash Dynamics Engine), his open source actionscript 2.0 library for simulating 2D physics using Verlet integration. It currently features rectangular, circular and wheel primitives; spring and angular constraints; and surfaces composed of line segments, circles and rectangles. Designed primarily for games with a goal of speed, Flade is easy to use and is MTASC-strict compatible.

8 - 9pm : “OOP Animation with Fuse”

Fuse Presentation Followup: Go here
Links: http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_et/

Roger Braunstein will discuss the Fuse Kit actionscript library created by Moses Gunesch. Fuse is a set of utilities that take an object-oriented approach to code-based animation in Flash, with add-on options that make it extremely easy for beginners to use while providing class authors with a professional grade toolset. Roger will provide an overview of Fuse and demonstrate how he leveraged the toolkit when developing the Food Network site “Eat This with Dave Lieberman.”