11 Flash 3D Tutorials Using Actionscript and Away3D That Can help You Increase Your Productivity

Flash Platform is a great tool to create nice effects with ease. With the introduction of Flash 3D Engines, the ability and success of creating flash 3D objects is even bigger.

Most 3D applications you'll write will need to display custom 3D models. However there are many times when you'll need to display some pretty standard shapes like triangles, cubes and spheres. Rather than have to load these as external meshes, Flash and Away3D allows you to create them directly. Here are some of the best 11 Flash 3D Tutorials Using Actionscript and Away3D which might come in handy for developers. Hope you like them.

Simulating PicLens with Flex and Away3D

This tutorial article is a Step by step guide for creating a PicLens type 3D photo viewer with Flex and Away3d.

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Papervision 3D Depth Of Field

In the demo you can modify the focal point of the camera using the slider on the left hand side. Notice that as you slide it up the objects in the background gradually come into focus. Likewise as you slide it down the objects in the foreground are focused upon.

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Demo

Create 3D Shuffling Image Transition

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a transition between two images where the images are shuffled like playing cards in a 3D space. You can control the duration of the transition and the ease type.

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Demo

Creating and Texturing a Cube in Away3D

We're going to create a cube in the Adobe Flash (or Flex) environment using the Away3D engine. We'll choose the necessary texture and superimpose it onto the cube's faces. We'll also make the cube rotate and rule the scene via a camera.

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3D Carousel with XML and ActionScript 3

This tutorial is an interesting one. We’ll be creating a Flash 3D carousel using XML and ActionScript 3. You can easily change the number of images seen in the carousel to fit for your needs!

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Away3D Programming Tutorial - Environment Material

Environment mapping is a process that aims to fake the look of the external world reflected on an object. See how to use the EnviroBitmapMaterial to create a real time reflective look in Away3D.

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Create Image Transition With Flying Tiles In 3D

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a transition where parts of the image are flying in different directions in a 3D space and then are being put together again to create a different image. Besides other parameters you can control the size of the ’tiles’ and the duration of the transition.

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3D manipulation with Actionscript 3

This tutorials cover the 3 properties that makes most of the 3d space in flash 1.trace(myMC.rotationX); 2.trace(myMC.rotationY); 3.trace(myMC.z).

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Alternativa 3D Series - Loading Model

A basic function of any 3D engine is to load 3D models. Alternativa has the ability to load 3D models stored in both the 3DS and OBJ formats. In this tutorial we will learn how to load a 3DS model.

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Photo Cloud

In this tutorial you will learn about Papervision Viewport3D object that has a nifty little function called hitTestPoint2D, which allows us to pass in the mouse coordinates and get the DisplayObject3D (if any) that lies directly underneath.

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3D Tunnel with ActionScript 3

Learn how to create a cool 3D tunnel with ActionScript 3. Play around with the values to see how they change the look of the tunnel!

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One More Tutorial Worth Looking At:
3D Sliding Puzzle Game

In this tutorial they are going to build up a simple sliding puzzle. Puzzle images are dynamically loaded and sliced so you can easily use your own images if you like. Learn, and try.

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Demo

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9 Awesome Replicas Made Of Wood

In this day and age of plastic overload, it's nice to get back to the basics where a piece of wood could be carved by hand with nothing more than a sharp knife.

Wooden creations are now catching the public's imagination once again and the creativity in the pieces below are pushing the boundaries like never seen before. Along with the fact that wood is carbon neutral and can be molded into any desired shape, enthusiasts are making out-of-the-box creations that would take months to create. Here are 9 Awesome Replicas Made Of Wood, Hope you like it.


Hogwarts School of Witchcraft

Artist Patrick Acton used over 600,000 matchsticks to recreate Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft.
Source:

http://www.hemmy.net/2008/04/03/minas-tirith-matchstick-model/

London’s Tower Bridge

Michael Williams has spent ten years building a replica of London's Tower Bridge out of 1.6million matches - two years longer than the real thing.
Source:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032797/The-amazing-Tower-Bridge-replica-1-6million-matches-took-10-years-build.html

Taj Mahal

Retired cabinet-maker Ron Savory has created an exact replica of the Taj Mahal out of 10,000 wooden match-sticks.
Source:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-459781/Taj-Mahal-replica-10-000-wooden-match-sticks.html

Full Scale Mercedes F1 From 956,000 Matchsticks

Michael Arndt is a man of matchsticks. Over the course of six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car, at a cost of around 6000 Euros.
Source:

http://jalopnik.com/355967/man-builds-full-scale-mercedes-f1-from-956000-matchsticks

Harley Davidson

Motorbike nut Colin Webb is swan to be wild after building a full size Harley Davidson - from bits of recycled plywood. The chopper, which took 900 hours and cost less than £100 ($200), faithfully recreates the real-life Harley made famous by Dennis Hopper in the classic 60s movie Easy Rider.
Source:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article294998.ece

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger

The 55-year-old from Iowa has also built an out-of-this-world replica of NASA’s space shuttle Challenger.
Source:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/03/24/that-s-magic-artist-creates-amazing-matchstick-model-of-harry-potter-s-hogwarts-115875-21225145/

Happy Jack Hummer

It's built on 90's-era Chevy S10 chassis and uses all the finest in plywood veneer's to attain that popular Hummer look.
Source:

http://jalopnik.com/5303998/happy-jack-wooden-hummer-replica-a-questionable-off+roader

Wooden VW Beetle

Classic Wooden VW Beetle is about living the colorful life of the 70’s and the 80’s.
Source:

http://thecontaminated.com/wooden-vw-beetle/

Carlos Alberto's Wooden Vespa Scooter

Craftsman Carlos Alberto came across a Vespa that was in complete disrepair, so he gutted it and carved a body from wood—which he then coated in a multitude of beautiful steam-molded veneers. Stunning stuff.
Source:

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/01/19/carlos-albertos-wood.html

Link worth mentioning:
http://www.matchstickmarvels.com/models.html

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20 Fresh & Awesome Text Effect Tutorials Using Photoshop & Illustrator (2009)

Text and the way it looks is a major part of any design. Any logo is almost entirely text. A great design can be cheapened if the text on the page looks wrong.

Here are some of the 20 Fresh Text Effects Tutorials which show you how to create a variety of popular text effects in Photoshop & Illustrator. Techniques include beveled, embossed, textured, outlined, chrome, fire, metallic, neon, glowing, dripping, plastic, 3d, and many more. Hope you like it.

3-D text With Some Extreme Lighting

The New Way To Create 3D Text

Frilly 2009 Typo

Create a Sleek Pressed Letter Design

Distorted Text Wallpaper

Super Sleek Text Effect

Decorated Typography

Simple, Professional Typographical Design

Glowing Text In Space Scene

Ancient Typography

Striking Text Effect Using Glows and Blends

3D Text On Fire

Graffiti On A Wall

Layered Supernova Text

Designing a Typographic Concept Poster

Dirty, Rusty Text Effect

Spray Paint Text

Magic Glowing Sparkles

Stunning, 3D, Sunset Type Illustration

Grunge-Style Abstract Typography with Rusted Metal Texture

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How To Add A ReTweet (Retwiit) Button In Your Blog

Twitter is a service with bite-size messages topping out at 140 characters which can be smart, useful, maybe even necessary. In the last few months, the traffic on Twitter has exploded, growing far beyond its circles of bleeding-edge tech enthusiasts and hard-core social networkers.

Tweetmeme is a commonly used service now a days to promote a article. They have made a retweet button which is for website and blog publishers that want to encourage their audience to retweet their content on twitter.

For installation (I'm going to assume your savvy with wordpress and blogger and can install a theme and know basic float tags, and if don't know then please feel free to drop a comment I will reply back as soon as possible.)

For Wordpress users:You can download the plugin from here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetmeme/

1. Upload the TweetMeme directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings/tweetmeme to configure the button.

It allows you to change the source which you retweet, E.g. "RT @Bariski. You can also choose where the button will be shown, i.e. top or bottom.


For Blogger users:Login to your account and go to Layout > Edit Html > Expand Widgets and search for this line <data:post.body/> and paste the below code after it (this will show the button in top of your post, for showing the button in the end of post add it after that line)
For a Large button use this code:

<script type="text/javascript">
tweetmeme_url = '<data:post.url/>';
tweetmeme_source = 'Bariski';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"> </script>

For a small button use this code:

<script type='text/javascript'>
tweetmeme_style = "compact";
tweetmeme_source = 'Bariski';
</script>

Now remember to chacnge Bariski with your Twitter username, so that you can know who has tweeted your article.

Hope you like this, if you have any doubt or any problem, please feel free to leave a comment here, and I will surely get back to you as early as possible.

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45+ Useful Resources For Better Torrenting Experience

The word torrent has become synonymous with illegal internet activities but in the whole spectrum of internet downloading it is an incredibly efficient way to share files and perfectly legal. It just so happened that early adopters of this new tool used it to share copyright protected content which in turn is probably the reason torrents took off in the first place. Many sites will use various torrent services to distribute content to reduce server loads which in return gives the user a much faster download than traditional linear based downloading (assuming the file is being seeded by many people). Nine Inch Nails used this to their advantage and not only saved them money in bandwidth costs but allowed the user to download a high quality album within seconds.

How To Sites (For both new and advanced users) and Latest News Sites

01. BiTorrent on Wikipedia – Explains how the technology works, some of the history, legal issues, and more.

02. Brian’s BitTorrent FAQ – If you are new to BitTorrent, this site should help clear up a lot of commonly asked questions.

03. Magoo’s Guide To BitTorrent – An in-depth instruction from beginning to advanced torrent use.

04. Sclipo Video Tutorial – Almost 14 minute video demo of how to get started with torrent clients and downloading from their site.

05. Slyck.com – Guides and News from around the torrent community.

06. TorrentFreak.com – Source of all the latest breaking news in the p2p world. Also news on the torrent community of both the legal and illegal variety. Occasionally offers legal downloads.

07. Vlad44 BitTorrent FAQ Guide Help – This has some good questions for new and advanced users, such as how to make your own torrent and to configure your web server to host the files.

Legal Content Torrent Sites

01. Bt.Etree – This site provides live concert recordings of trade friendly artists.

02. BTSharp – It Integrates with .NET applications and helps you distribute with private trackers.

03. Ibiblo – Providing BitTorrent access to ibiblio content.

04. Jamendo – Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses.

05. Legaltorrents – It is an online digital media community with great content.

06. LegitTorrents – This distributes Linux, games and free videos.

07. LinuxTracker – Best Linux Torrent Trackers.

08. PublicDomainTorrents – Download Movies - Classic Movies and B-Movies For FREE!

09. Star Trek - New Voyages – Star Trek episodes.

10. Tlm-project – The Linux Mirror Project.

11. Vuze – Vuze is the world's most popular entertainment platform for high-res digital video content. They also made Azureus client.

Other Torrent Sites – List of some more sites to get Legal Torrents.

Torrent Download Softwares

01. ABC Client – Win32, Linux (Beta).

02. Acquisition – Mac only.

03. Azureus – Windows, Mac, and Linux .

04. BitComet – Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

05. BitLord – Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003.

06. BitSpirit – Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003.

07. BitTornado – Windows, Mac, and Linux.

08. BitTorrent – Windows, Mac, and Linux.

09. BitTyrant – Windows, Mac, and Linux.

10. Bits On Wheels – The Native Mac BitTorrent client with a live 3D view of your swarm.

11. Burst! – Compatible back to Windows 98.

12. Deluge –Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

13. Enhanced CTorrent – Linux only.

14. FlashGet – Windows only.

15. GNOME BitTorrent Downloader – Linux only.

16. Halite BitTorrent Client – Windows NT, 2000, XP.

17. KTorrent – Linux and OS X.

18. LimeWire – Windows All and OS X.

19. Opera – Web browsing suite with a built-in torrent client.

20. qBittorent – Linux and OS X.

21. QTorrent – Linux only.

22. rTorrent – Linux and OS X.

23. Tomato Torrent – Mac only.

24. Torrent Swapper – Linux, OS X and Windows.

25. TorrentVolve – Linux, OS X and Windows (versions not listed).

26. Transmission – Linux and OS X.

27. Turbo Torrent – Windows only.

28. TurbtBT-Turbo BitTorrent – Windows only.

29. µTorrent – Windows and Mac.

30. WizBit – S60 smartphones.

If you want to compare all of them please refer to below link:
Wikipedia Client Comparison.

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