Here’s a tip that I had to resort to the Internets for today – I was trying to get a simple Flash to AIR LocalConnection system working locally but it simply wasn’t working. I hadn’t realised, that tucked away in the Help it says

To avoid specifying the domain name in the send() method, but to indicate that the receiving and sending LocalConnection objects are not… Read the rest

Here’s a quick AIR app that allows you to easily crop screenshots and generate thumbnails. Handy if you’re regularly generating thumbnails for a website, just like the one below.

To use it you simply capture a screengrab with the Print Screen key or drag an existing image into the app, then within the application you can drag and resize the highlighted area to the selection you want to output… Read the rest