You may have noticed that StevenStark.com just got a makeover. This will be followed by 3d integration, but for now we will stick with this.
What did I do?
I setup a HTML Wrapper to render the HTML content in Flex (Flash). There were many issues involved in getting this to work, so let [...]
FlashBrite3D has been re-designed to work around jpg and png images. Instead of defining a map of characters to either be on or off, as we did in version 1, we are converting the image into text. Based on the resulting text, a new 3D representation of the image will appear. The color and alpha [...]
Friday, February 8th, 2008 | Posted in Flash | No Comments »FlashBrite3d is a great tool to give your project that little extra something. You build a light display in XML and use simple code to generate amazing visuals. I, personally, like the Simple example better than a complex one, however this is meant to be very open.
This uses Papervision 3D greatwhite branch + effects branch, [...]
Papervision 3D is an amazing piece of flash 3d rendering software with very high rendering speeds. Version 2.0, code name ‘Great White’, is under development with public SVN releases. This means that it is NOT complete and things may change without notice. This also means that there is no support or documentation on this release. [...]
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Flash | 2 Comments »I have always been interested in game development from when I was programming gw/q-basic in grade 3, making variations of ‘nibbles’ and this bannana throwing monkey tank type game. Now that ActionScript 3 has been released with a new Flash IDE, I have decided to start development on a new isometric MMO, and I will [...]
Sunday, June 24th, 2007 | Posted in Flash | 1 Comment »This tutorial is designed to show you how to have one of the many XML driven Flash mp3 players to list the songs uploaded to your CMS website. This example uses the Joomla CMS with the User Home Pages 2 component used to upload thet .mp3 files to user pages. A live example can be [...]
Monday, May 28th, 2007 | Posted in CMS, Flash, Tutorials | No Comments »Last year I programmed the flash and templates for proscenium.ca. The design came from the Print world and required things like anti alias fonts and custom fonts… things only achievable with Flash. The budget was small, however Proscenium had Jordan on staff who was a Jr. web developer, someone I could train easily.
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 | Posted in Flash | No Comments »I run a free dating website, smart-love.ca, and of course I want to use a video chat conference. I looked into using Userplane.com, however for 100 connections it costs $1,250 per month for a text and audio/video webchat!
Monday, February 5th, 2007 | Posted in CMS, Flash | 4 Comments »