Creating real-time 3D objects with Macromedia Flash MX dynamic drawing tools For several years, many users have tried to create 3D effe …
Matrices and matrix multiplication Matrices come in many forms: row, column, rectangular, square, diagonal, and so forth.. For the purp …
Macromedia Flash MX dynamic drawing basics New to Macromedia Flash MX is the ability to draw lines, curves and area fills using ActionS …
View the ActionScript that renders the 3D objects (in a new browser window). function RenderScene() { i = 0; while (i <= lin …
3D ActionScript With all of the background information out of the way, it is time to begin building our 3D engine. In the example FLA f …
Review of finished 3D movie Here’s what the final movie looks like with some sample 3D objects: Move your mouse over the movie t …
3D performance considerations You’ve got the code you need to get started on your own projects. Now here’s some tips and th …
Creating 3D Classes with ActionScript 2.0This article describes how to create 3D effects in Macromedia Flash using a class-based progra …
Overview of ActionScript 2.0 ActionScript has been rewritten from the ground up based on the ECMAScript 4 specification. Most noticeabl …
Doing Quaternion Math If you’ve spent any time looking for ways to create 3D objects or scenes you’ve probably encountered …
Constructing 3D Classes This section describes how to construct classes that you can use to create 3D objects and environments in Flash …
Putting the Pieces Together With all of the classes written, you can now create a FLA that renders a simple 3D scene. In the spirit of …
Exploring the Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview The Adobe Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview (”AS3 Preview …
Writing ActionScript 3.0 in Flash The Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3.0 Preview is the only development environment that allows you …
Creating clickable and draggable shapes In this example, you’ll explore some of the new features in the Flash Professional 9 Acti …
Converting code into a class The following example creates an ActionScript class which encapsulates all the logic that makes a movie cl …