Sound Spectrum Rendering

2009
Sound Spectrum Rendered using Awa3DLite

Sound Spectrum Rendered using Awa3DLite

Using Flash I generated animated sound spectrum renderings and edited them into two videos. The second video uses the new Away3DLite framework for Flash player 10. Amazingly the swf came in at 28kb and the framerate is great!

First video:
A 2D rendering using bars, circles, blur filters all rendered to a bitmap.

Second video:
3D renderings using Away3DLite and 484 cubes :)

Flash 3D Interactive video montage

2009
Video of interactive 3D projects

Video of interactive 3D projects

While going through some of the recent interactive 3D work I produced, I thought it would be nice to create a video showcase. I also wanted to explore the workflow for capturing and editing these flash projects in action. Music is by Danger.

Video for Claude Merlet: Une Journée à l’Atelier

2009
Shot in Claude's Workshop

Shot in Claude's Workshop

While in the South West of France I took a series of shots of my friend Claude Merlet to illustrate the process of restoring an antique armoire. I took these and created a small video to showcase his work.

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STC Associates 3D Portfolio

2009
The STC Logo re-created using only AS3

The STC Logo re-created using only AS3

This project is (so far) the most complex implementation using Away3D I had to develop. It is used to display the visual portfolio of STC Associates on the new site.

The application includes an extensive configuration and all the data for galleries via external XML files.

It includes re-creating the logo in code at run-time. Using AS3DMod, I was able to dynamically deform the cube to match STC’s logo. Adding a Perlin noise over time creates a nice wave animation that brings the whole thing to life. The logo becomes the gateway to the various projects and the central interactive element.

I made extensive use of Away3D’s Object3DContainer to create a smooth animated carousel to display the projects. Including a flip to show galleries.

The latest revision can be viewed here.

I am not too happy with the way the final integration was done, you can view the live version on the STC site here. Some of the sections are empty while others have too many items. I think I also gave too much control in the configuration XML!

TATA Communications 3D Quiz

2009
Results of the Quiz

Results of the Quiz

As part of a global brand awareness campaign, I was tasked with developing a flash quiz for TATA Communications. To spice things up we agreed to use Away3D to render the questions and results and make this a richer and more entertaining experience. I also added Javascript interfaces to integrate with Google Analytics and back-end answers collection.

Visit the New World Ready site or Take the  quiz!

Managed Hosting 3D Animations

2009
MHS 3D Animation

Frame from the 3D animation

Originally part of an interactive flash piece for the Managed Hosting Service micro-site, I was asked to create 4 animations to illustrate various concepts around the service. I extended a 2D mock-up, created by Dave Huffman at STC, using server racks of various sizes to show scale. From there I created the 3 other visual renderings.

You can view both original mock-ups and final renderings in the video below.

TATA Communication Holiday Card 2009

2009
Motifs of the TCL Interactive Card

Motifs of the TCL Interactive Card

The 2009 version of the TCL holiday card was to offer multiple options of colors, motifs, logos and message.

Click to view the Flash card and the External Interface Controls via Javascript

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Switch and Data New Homepage Flash Banner

2008
New Homepage Flash Animated Banner

New Homepage Flash Animated Banner

As part of the new S&D branding and website, I was to produce a new banner loader along with the banners. The usual tricks (XML driven, using external assets, etc…)

I did experiment a bit with duplications (see here for a great tutorial from Lee Brimelow). I stated to use the Natzke like animation but ended up writing a custom animation class that uses Tweener and its special Bezier modifier. I will post some of these experiments soon.

New Switch & Data Homepage

Run Stick Characters, Run!

2008
Complience 2008 Flash Animation

Complience 2008 Flash Animation

Back in October, I was tasked with animating this banner. It was a nice return to basic keyframe animation, away from pure AS3 coding! I only wish I could have used the new Bones feature of CS4/FP10…

Compliance 08 Microsite

Chad’s Eternal Beta Site…

2008
Tokyo Starfish likes Chad...

Tokyo Starfish likes Chad...

Happy Birthday Chadster!

Chad and I have been trying to create his site for a looooooong time. I know we will eventually get it done… In the mean time I wanted to post some of the beta tests:

Old Beta: AS2. Neat little slide mechanism for the sections.

Latest Beta: AS3, Away3D…