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Camera Tutorial, Part 7: Pass video frames to ActionScript
At the end of this part you will have
This:
In other words, you will have an app that displays the frames you grab from the native camera. You might need to find a cat first.
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15-20 minutes Read MoreCamera tutorial, Part 6A: Fake triple buffering
This is a companion article for our Camera Tutorial series. The technique described here will make sense even if you haven't done the tutorial, though I've kept the buffer names consistent with how they are set in the tutorial. Read More
Camera Tutorial, Part 6: Grab frames from iOS camera
At the end of this part you will have
An ANE that grabs frames from the native camera.Time
15-20 minutes Read MoreCamera Tutorial Part 5: Start the camera from ActionScript
At the end of this part you will have
A confirmation of whether all of that code you piled up so far actually works. :) Seriously, though, here is where you put the plumbing of your ANE together and start the camera from your test app. Dive in.Time
5-6 minutes Read MoreCamera Tutorial, Part 4: Connect to the camera in Objective-C
At the end of this tutorial you will have
An iOS library which connects with the camera, sets it up and starts it.Time
15-20 minutes Read MoreCamera Tutorial, Part 3: Set up the AIR Library
At the end of this part you will have
An AIR library project with AIR interface and function placeholders for driving the camera which you'll fill in the next few parts of the tutorial.Time
8-10 miutes Read MoreCamera Tutorial, Part 2: Set up the Xcode project
At the end of this part you will have:
An Xcode project with AIR interface and function placeholders for driving the camera which you'll fill in the next few parts of the tutorial.Time
8-10 miutes Read MoreCamera Tutorial, Part 1: Create a test app
At the end of this part you will have
- A Flex mobile app with placeholder functionality for showing preview from the native camera. Check this out If you are asking "Why Flex and not pure ActionScript?"
- The means to run and test your ANE as soon as you write its first lines of code - a much better option than tapping away blind.
- Understanding of the 'grand plan' behind the ANE.
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15-20 minutes Read MoreCamera Tutorial: Introduction
At the end of this tutorial you will have
- A native extension for AIR that connects with the native camera and captures frames from it.
- A test app that uses the native extension and can help you test and debug its code.
