Flash snow in 15 minutes!
At FlashBrighton’s Big Day Out a couple of weeks ago, I set myself the somewhat crazy challenge of programming a dynamically generated snowstorm in fifteen minutes from scratch. No pre-written classes, no graphics, nothing! Which was really good fun! If … There’s more
Animated Plasma in Flash
OK you can tell I’m fired up right now. I should be going to sleep but instead I’m blogging about a cool plasma effect I just programmed. Most of you won’t know that my programming career started on the Commodore … There’s more
3D Perlin noise in Flash
OK I admit it, Robert Hodgin got me thinking about Perlin noise. I thought it was just a nice swirly effect. Which of course it is. But it can be more than that! What if you have a particle and … There’s more
FITC Hollywood Session – AS3 Particle effects
AS3 Particles – 1000% extra free!
Y Design Awards, FlashForward and New York City
I’m just in Manhattan at the moment for a couple of business meetings, before I take the train tomorrow for FlashForward Boston. It’s all a bit of a mad rush but it’s looking like it’s going to be a superb … There’s more
Flash Sparkler
Just a quick post to show off one of the new effects that was in my recent FlashBelt session on particles. I’m really pleased how this one came out, it’s a combination of a … There’s more
FlashBelt Particle presentation – source files
Hi guys, here are the source files for today’s presentation. Download, play with them and then resend them to [email protected] sebleedelisle-particles.zip
Flash Particles – now 1000% extra free!
Wow, just been rewriting my “Particles for the non-scientist” session into AS3, and as we all would expect, there are major speed increases. Here’s a quick example, click for massive particle bursts… I’ll be … There’s more
3D cloth simulation in Flash
OK so the huge game is over and about to be published (link coming here soon). Now I’ve had a chance to catch my breath I’ve realised that I have loads of tech demos that never really made it online. … There’s more
