Here is a fun short piece I did last summer when Degrafa SuperShape came out:
Degrafa ShapeUp Music Viz

You can view all 100 lines of code that make those shapes pulse here.

March 4th, 2010
Categories: Degrafa, Flex . Author: Taras . Comments: No Comments

Here is how my “Shapes and Strokes“ creation looks like in Flex SVG Explorer (second sample in the Load SVG File dropdown):

Obviously some strokes got lost in translation there, but I am still very happy with the outcome considering my initial goals for the two prototypes.
What does it all mean?
Basically, it means that by using [...]

February 10th, 2009
Categories: AIR, Flex, SVG, music . Author: Taras . Comments: 7 Comments

I’ve encountered a temporary roadblock in wiring up Object Handles with SVG Viewer API in Flex SVG Explorer to enable shape selections. Will work on it next week.
Degrafa SVG Painter (v. 0.1)
Here is another Flex SVG application I started this week: Degrafa SVG Painter.

It’s very basic and a little slow for creating sophisticated drawings, but [...]

February 8th, 2009
Categories: Flex, SVG . Author: Taras . Comments: 11 Comments

I meant to post this yesterday, but ran out of time.
Flex SVG Explorer Preview
Here is a preview of Flex SVG Explorer I started the other day:

I’ve decided to start this personal Flex project to explore available SVG import/export options and related APIs in Flex.
The idea came to me after checking out some SVG designer tools [...]

February 6th, 2009
Categories: Flex, SVG . Author: Taras . Comments: 8 Comments

Over the past two weeks I’ve been plowing through tons of SVG code, rereading the good old SVG Essentials reference book and checking out Painting the Web, a more recent title on modern web design and graphics, in preparation for some potential mobile app work with SVG, Java ME, and hopefully some Flex here and [...]

February 5th, 2009
Categories: Flex, RIA, SVG . Author: Taras . Comments: No Comments

That Degrafa Globe sparkled some interest from the Degrafa community, so I’ve decided to make quick updates the other day:
1) country regions are now interactive on the globe, just mouse over a country;
2) select a country with a mouse click;
3) there is a new 2D source world map plane with a slight X-axis rotation;
4) new [...]

January 22nd, 2009
Categories: 3D, Flex, SVG, maps . Author: Taras . Comments: 2 Comments

I am going to put my multimedia experiments and updates to media players and flickr mashups on hold to repackage and publish some really cool 3D stuff and interactive maps I’ve done with OpenFlux, Away3d,  Tweener, and Degrafa.

Flickorama 3D Update and Camera Work
Inspired by the PlexiGlass (OpenFlux 3D) example that opened easy to use Element [...]

January 19th, 2009
Categories: 3D, Flex, SVG, maps, photos . Author: Taras . Comments: 4 Comments

Since I am on the media playa’ streak this week, I figured I might as well clean up and publish my Simple Flex Video Player.
It’s been sitting in my lab for a few months now (Hint: check out my right side bar links). I just did not have the time lately to polish and publish [...]

January 16th, 2009
Categories: Flex, video . Author: Taras . Comments: 3 Comments

I fixed some bugs and added new features to my Flex Music Player example.
New Features

- View Modes: Normal and Large. I plan to add Full Screen in v.3.
– Skins menu with Obsidian and Jukebox player skins as a follow up example to my previous Flex application CSS skinning post
- MusicVisualizer container component that you [...]

January 15th, 2009
Categories: Flex, music . Author: Taras . Comments: 12 Comments

After analyzing my blog stats, I’ve discovered to my surprise that I get the most direct hits from Google search for a simple Flex music player example.
If you are still looking for one, see my new Flex Music Player:

I added support for multiple tracks with the Prev./Next track buttons and a couple of sample tracks, [...]

January 13th, 2009
Categories: Flex, music . Author: Taras . Comments: 1 Comment