More After Effects & Flash 8 Fun

The buttons below set off an external VP6 FLV when rolled over. You can change the blend mode of the video using the numeric stepper. Would be a cool effect for a movie site or something.

Flash 8 Experiment Gone Wrong (Sort of)

So I was trying a new experiment using some random motion on 4 orange balls. Then I started playing with the BitmapData stuff and it got all jacked up. I really have no idea what I’m doing with that class at the moment. Anyone have some good documentation on it? So below is what was there when I exported. The balls have these white panels which turn from white to red over time. What the hell? Its kind of a cool effect actually as it makes some beautiful gradients.

Flash 8 Scrolling Image Blur

Below is my latest Flash 8 experiment. It’s a simple horizontal scrolling thingy with a bunch of images. The faster you move it, the more blurry it gets. Flash 8 player required.

Flash 8 floodFill Experiment

This is an experiment in using the new BitmapData.floodFill() method. This is a modification of the example that was posted over at protozoo. See the example below and then the actionscript below that.

[as]_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“con”,1);

con._x = man._x;

con._y = man._y;

var bitmapData = new flash.display.BitmapData(191,183,false);

con.attachBitmap(bitmapData,2);

bitmapData.draw(man);

man.onMouseDown = function() {

bitmapData.draw(man);

bitmapData.floodFill(this._xmouse,this._ymouse,c.color);

}[/as]

Flash Earth Drive to Work Video

If you haven’t checked out Flash Earth yet then I highly recommend you do so. It’s a Flash version of Google maps. I’ve created a funny little video showing the route I take to work everyday. I just used a screen capture program to record myself navigating.

Abstract Flash Animation

This is something abstract I did using the 3D Stroke plug-in inside of After Effects. I exported as an image sequence and then used Adobe Streamline to turn it all into vectors. Then it’s a simple import into Flash. They are created dynamically with random attributes.

Accordion FLV Video Application

This is a little video application that uses the Accordion component that ships with MX 2004. I will be doing a tutorial on how to build this in the next couple of days.