If you have no idea what is Tilt-Shift. Probably you can have a short read on it at wikipedia. But perhaps to some, when done right, can produce really unexpected and sweet result (look at UNIQLO CALENDER). While to other, it’s being done to death. Of course, this is merely a quick tidbits on how you can “almost” achieve the effect without even touching Photoshop or other image editing tool, but with just few line of Actionscript. And yes, designers can do it too!

Demo : See it in action!
Download : The Source file. (Flash CS3, AS3)

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function radians(i:int):Number
{
return Math.PI/180*i;
}

Pretty neat formula that you can reuse in absolutely everywhere. Anyway, this is applicable in Actionscript 3.0.

Drawing Art
I have just probably lost count on how much I’m in awed on this design agency. The fine details in every inch of pixel would definitely make you breathless while browsing through their archive of works. Vivid, lively, pop-ish is something I can describe them at the moment. A great marriage between design and interaction if you ask me. That is from Slovenia.

IStruggled
Here is an interactive designer from Japan, a mentor that I would definitely adore, despite the underwhelming portfolio site, you should wait until you look at his works, you’ll find no word to describe the awesomeness of the details. Comparably different from the western counterpart, I have never imagined that most of the DAMN inspiring sites from the past (since version 8 flash), the Studio 8 website that garnered lots of awards and awareness are done by him as well! That goes to the TBWA/Hakuhodo site as well!

And what makes so much of refreshing inspiration for me is the consistent good use of their ‘custom made scrollbar navigation’. Just look at the Dentsu mini-site that talks about recruitment process, the interaction is so subtle yet so fun!. By looking at the list of works he had done in the past, it seems he is a really versatile developer/designer that works across different agency as freelancer as well. Inspiring!

As I go through the amazing selection of works, I’m particularly stunned by this project, not due to how technically it is executed, but rather the simple idea that is translated into a commercial project, perhaps a difference in the culture that intepreting a language whenever they receive a creative brief. The idea was based on the campaign ‘Live Color’ which generally most of us would think of lively-colour that would represent the TV (Bravia). But in their context as Japanese, Live is occasionally associated with concerts and being real-time. Thus I am assuming that is how real time interaction between the user and the building occured. Amazing!

Just wanted to share with people which is struggling to load models into Papervision and play with it. The latest version from the trunk proved to be really reliable and efficient, in terms for newbies like me. The whole learning process is suprisingly short. Below I’ve also compiled a list of resources I’ve found over the few days in making this possible. Yet to try with DAE models. I take no credit on this. I would feel glad if anyone benefit from this post. Enjoy!

Example : Banana In Pyjamas

Source Code : Banana Source Code (TXT) (Copy paste into your timeline)

Resources :

• Quake 2 Models
• Loading in MD2 Format to Papervision3D
• New updated tutorials from PV3D.org

Other type of “3D Model Loader”

• Cast 3D
• DAEAnim

Footnote :
I think partially this is due to the fact that the whole trunk is restructured in a way that it’s so easy with the new BasicView class.

Source : http://www.manmeng.net/fun/mm_peace.fla
Note : Raw uncleaned source, expect headaches