PurpleSquirrels

Author: Ben Foster

  • Playing with Scriptographer

    Playing with Scriptographer

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    While at work today I didn’t have anything to do so I decided to learn how to use the Illustrator plug-in called Scriptographer. Scriptographer is a pulg-in which enables you to write custom brushes, filters or generative stuff using Javascript. The above image shows my first attempt at creating a generative brush. Basically it draws…

  • Forlorn Gaze Short Film

    Forlorn Gaze Short Film

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    Recently I have completed some motion graphic work for a short film called Forlorn Gaze. I worked with the creator at Nancy Vaudeville and graphic director at Symphonic Pixels to composite graphics and effects onto stop motion pieces for the intro title sequence, three logo idents throughout the film, and a news report intro. The…

  • WiiFFiti – A WiiFlash experiment

    WiiFFiti – A WiiFlash experiment

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    Recently I have been experimenting with WiiFlash – using a Wii remote to control Flash. Below is a video of my first test app. It is a spray painting app like the WiiSpray though obviously not at featured. I will make the Flash projector file available soon. Update 2-6-2012: Get the app here. Note that…

  • Controlling MovieClips with WiiFlash

    Controlling MovieClips with WiiFlash

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    I decided to learn how to use WiiFlash after seeing the WiiSpray and a number of other videos a while ago. Turns out it is surprisingly easy! The only problem I had was trying to get a MovieClip to move around the stage as a mouse… I couldn’t find anything anywhere that clearly expained how…

  • My Multitouch Tangible Shooting Experiment

    My Multitouch Tangible Shooting Experiment

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    Last night I started building a shooting game in AS3 using tangible objects placed on my touch screen. This was inspired by the video I showed in the previous post. The video below shows my first test with directional shooting, though I havent added targets in yet. Since my set up uses FTIR technology I…

  • Tangible Gaming with Multi-touch

    Tangible Gaming with Multi-touch

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    Found this cool video on the NUI Group forums showcasing an Asteroids game that Javier Marco has created, using actual objects placed on the screen as spaceships that shoot enemies. Very cool. Watch the video below. I think I might try something like this when I get some free time!

  • AS3 Image distortion

    AS3 Image distortion

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    I have added a new post to the Lab section. Recently I have been experimenting with Ruben Swieringa‘s ImageDistortion class, and I have put up a couple of examples which you can play with.

  • 3D Motion tracking and Particle Generators

    3D Motion tracking and Particle Generators

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    One of my current project for uni is going to invole sound driven animation with a possibility of some 3D motion tracking. Below are just a couple test videos I have made using PFHoe for motion tracking, Trapcode Particular for the particle generation, and Trapcode SoundKeys for the audio driven animation.

  • A nice app created for Microsoft Surface

    A nice app created for Microsoft Surface

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  • AS3 CoverFlow in Flash

    AS3 CoverFlow in Flash

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    I decided to include a ‘CoverFlow’ browser similar to iTunes in a website concept proposal for my latest Uni project. I searched the net and couldn’t find any decent/simple cover flow examples that have been created in Flash and ActionScript 3, so I set out to make my own… heres what I’ve got so far.…