I’ll be honest, when I first saw AGAL some years ago, I just knew it was too obtuse and complicated for me. I was sure they’d make it easier in the next release, but 3 years later I’m still waiting. Time to take the plunge. There’s loads of great articles about AGAL and how to set […]
http://videometry.net/AGAL/matcap.html Carrying on from the previous posts, as an exercise in AGAL I’ve tried implementing MatCap with Normal map in pure AGAL, based on an excellent example by Norbz Source including maps and FlashDevelop project
What do you get if you cross this: With this… No? Well a glass like complex material that doesn’t require any lighting! Live demo Continuing on from the previous post, I’ve now implemented normal maps into the MatCap material. Took a lot of head scratching, and it could almost certainly make more use of […]
Click for demo Today I’m going to introduce a couple of techniques for improving realism, while reducing the load in real-time 3D scenes using Away3D 4.0. You might be surprised to learn there are no lights in this scene whatsoever. Neither are the materials “baked” in any way. In fact this nice shiny plastic material […]
Still playing around with Away3dLite. It’s a huge advantage when you want to extend a framework for your own purposes, that the framework itself is compact and understandable. That’s certainly the case with this lastest version of Away3d. I’ve been working for some time with high fidelity models, X3D import and custom material filters. This […]
The first test og Away3dLite looks promising.http://www.videometry.net/away3d/AwayTest.html(Click the screen to start) I fudged the BitmapMaterial so I could use a shader as input.At 30 fps there seems to be no performance hit at all. At higher framerates the shader does cause a dip compared to using a plain bitmap. The size of textures seems to […]
Normal mapping has now been added to Atomic. Normal maps provide a fast alternative to, for example phong shading and other lighting models, and at the same time enhances simple geometry.The normal filter adds less than 1Kb to the size of the engine, but adds a fast, smooth, directional lighting. Click the image to open […]
Here’s a first glimpse of our new 3D class for Flash10, Atomic.Wait a while for the 300K model to load then click the screen to start. There’s some primitve navigation via mouse position. This actual t-shirt design is available at http://www.bluebaldur.com/ The idea of Atomic is to be like the atom itself, very small yet […]
This example shows the exact same filter, but a more complex 3D scene.As before, you can click and drag the object in x and y planes, and use the scroll wheel to move in the z plane.Try moving the beachball around the scene and notice that it is masked correctly in all 3d positions.You can […]
When is 3D not 3D? Well, all the time when it comes to computer monitors, 3D is merely a 2D illusion.The generally accepted way to producing this illusion is to draw 1000’s of triangles based on a geometric model of an object, or group of objects in a scene resulting in hundreds of thousands of […]