Cool Flash 3D (on the beach)
Wednesday 9.30am – Flash on the Beach
Unbelievably, December has hit us with all the force of a runaway train, and Flash on the Beach is upon us!
And even more unbelievably, I’ve actually got my whole presentation planned and ready to go!
BRING YOUR LAPTOPS! we’ll be working through the exercises there and then, and you’ll all have the chance to play with the examples.
It’ll be a much more hands on session than the 3D presentation for FlashForward and I’ll be taking you through, in small, easily digestible chunks, everything you need to know to render 3D objects in Flash Actionscript.
First up, how to store a point in 3D space, and more important, how to render it, and rotate it:
Then we’ll move on to applying an image to each point to make 3D sprites :
And we’ll use exactly this technique to make a photo carousel :
And then, break up a photo and turn it into 3D :
Enough messing around with flats, let’s actually start making shapes! Set up the points :
And now make a plane for each side :
Fill the planes with a colour, and only render the planes that are facing us (back-face culling) :
And finally, let me explain how to do texture mapping! (It’s not that scary 
)
As, you can see, I’ll be breaking up bit by bit, and showing you, in the simplest terms, how to program the basics of 3D. Full source code will be provided (I’ll upload it tomorrow).
And I’ll see you on Wednesday!
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This looks way cool Seb! really looking forward to Weds.
Havent got a laptop though, but are you uploading the notes after?
Hi Mike! It’s cool, you don’t need a laptop, it’ll just be more fun if you can work along. The source files will be available here tomorrow, and the notes will be available from the Flash on the Beach website.
cheers!
Seb
You are my hero.
That is all.
I attended to your session. Thanks for many cool 3D tips.
I got a CD at the session.
but I can’t read all files normally . my CD-drive works normally.
Do you have any idea?
Can I download these files?
Sure files are now available for download! Thanks for the great feedback guys!
Seb
Really great presentation Seb. It was perfectly balanced for concept and code – and humour of course
James
That was a great session at FOTB – really made 3D look manageable. Hope to have a go on a little project we have coming up soon.
Wow, great stuff Seb. I’m looking forward to checking out the source code. Wish I could have been there in Brighton. I’m sure I missed a great conference. Maybe next year!
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I like I like it! Nice stuff Seb looking forward for tonight