Flash 8 released

Yeah, Koolmoves is unbeatable for the money. But, the fact is, nothing can compete with Flash. It's got so many features, an unparalelled drawing enviornment, and a great AS editor.

Very few people think the actionscript editor is "great". It's why programs like SEPY are so popular. :)

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an unparalelled drawing enviornment

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You may be the first one i've ever heard say that ;)

Here's a flash 8 example using a map and tiles.
http://www.waterlijn.info/km/mappy_test.html
Click to set focus and scroll to see the rest.
What amazed me the most in a positive way is the cpu load.

Credits for the graphics are not for me.
It's a demo map that comes with the free version of mappy
http://tilemap.co.uk/mappy.php

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Originally Posted by M@xHe@droom

Have I got the wrong end of the stick again? or have you already figured it out?

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I do understand the concept of the filter and how to set it up. The problem for me is creating the right map images at runtime for a good effect. You saw that with the endless road example. I just don't know how to create the right map image to do a simple perspective. When I saw the button example I knew it should be possible with the DisplacementMapFilter but I just don't know how to create the right displacement maps to create that effect.
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I think the logical way to approach it is to get our hands on functional versions of every Macromedia example running at their site for these classes.
Between the many options each class and filter allows and user creativity, the combinations and results can be as varied and as unique as snowflakes.

I've spent the last 3 days going one by one through the macromedia examples and porting them natively (and untouched) into Koolmoves source code that functions. I think some new Koolmoves users can read about these classes till they are blue in the face and still have no clue but if they have working examples with Koolmoves code they can at least get a better understanding of how it can or cannot be useful to them. My list doesn't just encompass DisplaceBitmap code or filter code, but all the flash 8 classes we can use (AS1). I'm about halfway through the process and no matter how small or insignificant the example may seem...it still gets ported so the list is long. I havent rushed to start distributing them since all my 5.0.5 code will have be rewritten due to the massive changes coming with 5.1 version so as I port them I just get the code to work and move on to the next with the plan to go back and lay them all out nicely with the description attached to them like the Macromedia Flash8 examples.

My entire CMS core has already been recoded to use the new code and it is dedicated to beta testing Will's contentpane (man am I loving that!) and these classes also, so pretty soon, we will ALL have plenty of code to explore as source.

As a side note to Will....I havent had any luck with a single "clone" routine. None of these seem to want to port. Have you had any luck with Macromedias cloning examples?

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Originally Posted by Chris_Seahorn

I havent had any luck with a single "clone" routine.

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Do you mean the clone function many of the new classes have ? That was working fine for me. Maybe you can point me some example that won't work for you so I can look at it.

And thanks for the feedback on the contentPane. Always nice to hear. :)

And to Max, I know the matrix transformations don't support perspective, that's why I needed the DisplacementMapFilter to do that. Andre Michelle has done it http://8ball.andre-michelle.com/lab/...ment/mode7.swf so I know it's possible.

Wilbert

It was me Will, I had one colon shutting the whole thing down. Blind as a bat.

Displaced flag

http://koolmoves.kicks-ass.org/FLAG.html

I purposely made it with an image instead of a flag to show how smooth the image transition is across the wave.

Nice example Chris ! :thumbsup:

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I tell you Wilbert, these filters really help give text depth and I just converted my website RSS module to use the dropshadow filter on the fly.

Not only does it nicely shadow dynamic text, it gives depth to the whole module.

I notice a lot of flash places I frequent are incorporating subtle changes to their sites and almost all are without doubt flash8 niceties. I think flash exports, as we knew them....have entered a new generation.

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Originally Posted by Chris_Seahorn

I tell you Wilbert, these filters really help give text depth and I just converted my website RSS module to use the dropshadow filter on the fly.

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I know Chris and it looks great on your site. The new filters have a lot of possibilities. A dropshadow is one of them but things like a birghtness or contrast slider, blur or desaturate a movie when you move the mouse away, it's all possible now :)