Blog post series

A random list of assorted prototypes and tests.

• Consuming webservices in Flash 8
• Visual Reflections in ActionScript 3
• Wrapping BitmapData in Actionscript 3
• Flag effect in ActionScript 3
• Hexagon tile grids

This series dives into how you can create a rudimentary 3d engine using only affine transforms in ActionScript 2.

• Part I – Affine Transforms
• Part Ib – Butterfly intermezzo
• Part II – Arbitrary bitmapfill transforms
• Part III – Plane rendering
• Part IIIb – Intermezzo GridRider
• Part IV – Perspective Plane Rendering
• Part IVb – Intermezzo Magic Cube
• Part IVc – Intermezzo Automatic Mesh Density Reduction

This series dives into how we can develop a panorama engine by applying the principles from the previous series.

• Part I – Panorama prototype
• Part Ib – Intermezzo Improved Quad Clipping
• Part II – Improved Panorama
• Part III – Externalizing the panorama assets
• Part IV – Plane detection, a first step to implementing panorama hotspots
• Part V – Mouse to Plane coordinates, second step to implementing panorama hotspots
• Part VI – Panorama hotspot interaction
• Part VII – Panorama hotspot interaction, light up on mouse over

Some articles on experimenting with displacement maps.

• Displacement maps basics
• Getting the displacement you need in ActionScript 2
• Panoramic projection using displacement mapping
• Calculating displacement maps based on reference maps