bitmap effects

tried to create something remotely close to plasma pong effects today, but failed after discovering the true nature of displacement map filters

however, i founds that even applying random bitmap effects can still lead to moderately cool results

note: since these are bitmap effects, resizing the window doesnt really speed it up terribly much, just puts the thing in an easier to view format

directions: click and drag the mouse inside the window

http://trogdorffe.tripod.com/experimental.swf

not really sure what i'm seeing here, are you using displacement maps here? i don't think plasma pong used displacement, it looked like it was setting pixel colors not displacing them.

in this case im combining a BevelFilter with the DisplacementMapFilter...just to see if anything interesting might come up (displacement by itself just didnt produce anything interesting, and blur/convolution filters would instantly transform the thing to a white background)

this random combination of some filters result in one side being purple, the other side green, with the green side sending some sort of "waves" over to the purple side (usually)

i think if i want to make anything remotely similar to what you see in plasma pong, im going to have to make my own formula and set each pixel individually

Groovy, man.

It's strangely hypnotic, kind of like a lava lamp.

:( but its all i can really stick with
apparently trying to set each individual pixel is grossly inefficient