Archive for October, 2008

A Hairy Hello

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Seems like hair is all the rage these days. Suitably inspired, I decided to build some animated hairy text.
The basis for the code comes from this perlin noise field code posted by lennyjpg. The text shape and colors comes from a loaded PNG. Each particle gets it’s color by sampling a random pixel in the [...]

Renaming the Default Output SWF with Flex Builder 3

Monday, October 27th, 2008

If you want to change the default filename of the output SWF that Flex Builder generates, you can use the -output compiler option [Project Properties-> ActionScript Compiler -> Additional compiler arguments]. Note that relative paths don’t work, so you need to enter a full absolute path to the SWF:
-output=C:\dev\project\bin-debug\myname.swf
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Building 3D Flash Sites that Work

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

It seems like every other site on FWA is using 3D Flash these days. 3D effects are great for adding an element of surprise to a website, since it’s still a relatively new technique. I’ve been building 3D engines since the Director 5 days, so it’s great to see 3D finally hitting the mainstream.
In this [...]


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