Archive for the 'flex' Category

MinimalDesigner – Layout tool for Bit101’s MinimalComps

Keith has released a layout tool for the excellent MinimalComps.

MinimalDesigner

I prefer to write pure AS3 inFlashDevelop, using the Flex SDK to compile. I’ve used MinimalComps on occasion, and I’ve been happy with the results. However when it comes to laying out anything particularly complex, I’ve had to fall back to Flex or CS3.

The release of MinimalDesigner should make using MinimalComps even easier now. Thanks Keith!

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Generative art application – project screenshots

Since being inspired by Matt’s generative art session at Flashbrighton a while back,  I’ve been occasionally working on a personal project. It’s a Flex application where you can generate interesting abstract images and animations. It’s tricky to describe exactly what it is and what it does, so you can see for yourselves when I release it.

It was initially a simple idea of mine to see what something looked like when manipulated in a certain way. After playing around with it for a while and adding more functionality, I began finding myself entranced by the things I/it was accidentally creating. When I’ve added a bit more functionality I’ll release it and see if anyone else finds it as intriguing as I do :)

If you’re interested in helping me alpha-test this, then let me know.

[Edit: By the way, it's using Papervision]

Here’s some screenshots:

Red
red

 

Lines
lines 

 

Rainbow
rainbow

 

Distribution
distribution 

 

Browns
browns 

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