I have had a chance to mess around some more with the earlier VR effect I had posted. Since then, the powers of the universe have granted me access to Flash CS3 and thus, AS 3. You can see this new, uber powerful code being put to use on this very site! Check it out!

This differs from the original VR file in many ways. Take it away, bullet list!

• Rebuilt using AS 3
• Preloader
• Rotation is now controlled by holding the mouse down and moving left or right rather than just moving to the left or right. This allows you to “pause” the VR by letting go of the mouse.
• The speed can be controlled by changing a variable in the fla (dragSpeed; frame 2, line 2).

I am planning some more updates to this file in the future, including: loading from an XML, y-scrolling, and zooming. Joy!

Download the source code! [ 8K ]

CSS, Flash, HTML, Photoshop, PHP

This is a freelance project I worked on for two of my friends from high school driving from New York to Oregon, filming their misadventures, and hoping to eventually watch the Track Trials.

The site is a powered by WordPress and is running a highly customized theme.

Renderings

Photos

Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, VIZ 2008

This trade show exhibit was designed for a promotional campaign at the 2008 National Religious Broadcasters Convention, March 8-11 in Nashville, TN.

I worked as part of a team on the concept, 3D modeling, and production of this exhibit. I also created the collateral materials and kiosk display for the monitor.

Today I am giving away a simple Flash VR file. You will need to create images at the various angles of your subject. Then simply import all of your images into this Flash file, adjust the speed to your tastes, and you will have a simple VR effect for the web or wherever.

Move your mouse to the right and the model will rotate counter-clockwise. Move the mouse to the left and the model will rotate clockwise.

Plan for further development include:

• adding vertical rotation
• smoother rotation
• on the fly updating (no need to have Flash to edit the content)
• a simple GUI

Model taken from 3dtotal.

All the ActionScript is on the first frame. It is as follows:

stop();

// Edit topSpeed to modify how fast the VR can rotate
var topSpeed:Number = 2;
var frameSpeed:Number;
var frame:Number = _root._currentframe;

// Functions, no need to edit these
onEnterFrame = function () {
	frameSpeed = Math.round(topSpeed*(_xmouse-Stage.width/2)/(Stage.width/2));
	newFrame = _root._currentframe+frameSpeed;
	if (newFrame>_root._totalframes) {
		newFrame = newFrame-_root._totalframes;
	} else if (newFrame<=0) {
		newFrame = _root._totalframes+newFrame;
	}
	gotoAndStop(newFrame);
	frame = _root._currentframe;
};

Download the source code! [ 1.5M ]

Below are PDFs containing helpful shortcuts to many common design programs. Some of these were developed by the folks over at Computer Arts, the rest were created by yours truly.

The shortcuts here are the defaults. Most of these programs will allow you to customize these to suit whatever needs // wants // quirks you may desire. Hope you find them helpful!

• 3D MAX [ 49k ]
• Acrobat [ 546k ]
• AutoCAD [ 2.7m ]
• Cinema 4D [ 62k ]
• Flash [ 115k ]
• Freehand [ 42k ]
• Illustrator [ 41k ]
• InDesign [ 42k ]
• Photoshop [ 41k ]
• VIZ [ 124k ]

This is a side-by-side comparison to the available filters for basic rendering in Cinema 4D V8.2.

Each image is rendered with the default values. Model found at 3dtotal.

This is a side-by-side comparison to the available filters for scanline rendering in VIZ 2008.

Each image is rendered with the default values.

ASP, CSS, Flash, HTML

Website created and maintained for Scecon.

Flash, Photoshop

My capstone project for UC. I wanted to make a database that could be quickly and visually organized by several different methods and showed the relationship between various entries. I also wanted to keep everything on one screen, as opposed to having to navigate various pages or scroll.

You can sort by various methods by clicking one of the seven words on the inner ring near the character’s image. Clicking a character’s name will also highlight related characters, such as allies or enemies.

View the site!

Flash, Illustrator

Screensaver created for the Jonny Quest series while working at Warner Bros.