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GENERAL => Challenges & Competitions => Topic started by: benny! on May 22, 2011

Title: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
Hey all,

here is my entry for this great challenge. It was hacked together in a rush.

LAUNCH DBF-WIRE (http://www.dbfinteractive.com/adminteam/benny/dbfwire/)

This production makes extensive use of third party libraries (limited time forced me to do so). In detail it uses:

* Away3D as 3D-Engine
* swfvector for extracting/drawing vector shapes and font glyphs from SWFs
* BloomFilter class by Ben Hopkins (Kode80)
* Tweener as Tweening class

Great tune is by Smirk called "They do" ! (Tune shouldn't be subject of voting though)

Keep this in mind, before you vote ;-)

Anyway, hope you like the result.

Best,
benny!

Small Update
- Added a little gimmik mode. Press left mousebutton to enable/disable it.

Final Update (I promise)
- Added great track called "They do" by Smirk
- Removed left mousebutton mode in favor of some syncing
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: padman on May 22, 2011
Cool to see another entry and it's even pretty neat for an entry done in a rush! ;) Amazing what is possible in Flash nowadays. Sad, that there's no music, but still, well done! :)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
Fair point about the music. Actually I tried out some tunes from the HD - but none of 'em really fitted. Then I thought
about syncing the camera movement to some music - but this would have exceed the production time I had ;-)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Shockwave on May 22, 2011
That looks really cool :)

I love it that you used the colours from the DBF logo - and the bloom filter is very nice too.

By the way, did you know you can embed flash into your posts here with the flash tags?
Code: [Select]
[flash=200,200] [/flash]

If you are placed in the top 3 we'll need a stand alone copy (zipped) for the showcase.

Cheers Benny!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
@Shocky:
Thanks. Yup, I know about the flash bb codes and I really like them. However, since the original flash is 800x600 I
though it would be best to have it in a separate window. Nevertheless, for smaller purposes I do really love the
possibility to embed flash directly into a post.

Zipped project is attached to first post just in case  ;)!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Shockwave on May 22, 2011
Thanks mate :)

Good luck!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: LittleWhite on May 22, 2011
Well done mate ...

How is done the blur ? By adding some particles with high transparancy part ?

Anyway ... it's really nice :)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
Well, I hope according to this rule

Quote
Please only post finished work, if you update your entry the final one will be voted on.

It is ok, that I updated the file. I just added a little gimmik mode I like to call The Colours I Love.

Simple left click on the stage to enable/disable it ;-)

That was the first and last update I promise!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
...
How is done the blur ? By adding some particles with high transparancy part ?
...

Thanks. As stated above I used the BloomFilter by Ben Hopkins. The effect can be splitted up into 4 steps. Have a
read at the official blog post (http://kode80.com/2009/06/23/realtime-bloom-filter-in-as3/) by the original author. You could also have a look at the AS3.0 source of it:

http://code.google.com/p/kode80as3experiments/source/browse/trunk/src/com/kode80/experiments/pvbloom/BloomFilter.as?r=23 (http://code.google.com/p/kode80as3experiments/source/browse/trunk/src/com/kode80/experiments/pvbloom/BloomFilter.as?r=23)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: ferris on May 22, 2011
Looks cool :) Good one!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
Looks cool :) Good one!

Thanks, mate!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 22, 2011
...
I love it that you used the colours from the DBF logo
...

Right. Credits for the nice colour-scheme must of course go to Dicab/Alcatraz ;) Another reason why I added
the "Colours I Love"-mode!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: padman on May 22, 2011
Nice improvement!  :clap:
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Kirl on May 22, 2011
The glowy letters were great, the update is excellent, some music would be brilliant!  :clap:
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Pixel_Outlaw on May 23, 2011
This looks pretty neat!
Love the additive blending for that electric look.
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 23, 2011
This looks pretty neat!
Love the additive blending for that electric look.

Thanks, PO!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 23, 2011
Because of those comments...

...Sad, that there's no music, but still, well done! :)

... some music would be brilliant! ...

... I did one final (I promise) update and added sound. In favor of some syncing I removed the left mousebutton
mode.

So please watch the new version for a while to see the FX evolving.

Great track is called They do by smirk. (The music itself should not be subject of voting)

Best,
benny!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: padman on May 23, 2011
Nice wireframe thingy + nice music + syncing = bingo!  :clap:

Cool update, now it's really got it all! (...and next time do so in the first place! hehe)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Shockwave on May 23, 2011
Good choice of song :)

It really creates a great atmosphere.
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 23, 2011
Good choice of song :)

It really creates a great atmosphere.

Thanks - yep, I really do love the song, too!

Nice wireframe thingy + nice music + syncing = bingo!  :clap:

Cool update, now it's really got it all! (...and next time do so in the first place! hehe)

Thanks. I feel reliefed ;-) ... indeed I am much more happy now with the final result. The original released was simply too rushed.

Thanks for all the constructive feedback!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Dr.Death on May 23, 2011
Great job benny i really like this & that tune just really fits this...
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Hotshot on May 23, 2011
Cool Demo there  :)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 24, 2011
@Dr.Death & Hotshot:
Thanks a lot!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: TinDragon on May 24, 2011
Good one benny, I like glowing lines :D
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 24, 2011
Good one benny, I like glowing lines :D

Thanks, mate. Yeah, I am a sucker of glowing lines, too - that's why I like this challenge's theme so much.

Next should be checkerboards I guess ;-)
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: combatking0 on May 27, 2011
I've no idea how you made that blurring effect - I'm amazed!

Another excellent Flash entry which shows off the capabilities of both the coder and the SDK brilliantly.
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: Raizor on May 29, 2011
Nice work Benny! Really impressed what can be done with Flash these days. Looks really cool.
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 30, 2011
@CKO & Raizor:
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked it!
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: rain_storm on May 31, 2011
Very well designed, the music, the colours, the visuals, they all flow smoothly. Yep this entry definately works for me. Well done benny.
Title: Re: [WIREFRAME] DBFWire
Post by: benny! on May 31, 2011
Very well designed, the music, the colours, the visuals, they all flow smoothly. Yep this entry definately works for me. Well done benny.

Glad you like it, mate!