Polarizer

by Devon O.· November 22, 2008· in Flash· 2 comments
Turn your boring old photographs into boring old polaroids with the amazing new Polarizer! Click on the camera to browse for an image file (.jpg) to upload. Ideally the image should be 516px. by 516px. Square images will look the best – otherwise, expect some distortion (in other words, all photos will be set to 516×516). Once the polaroid has been developed, click on the preview image to download it to your own computer. Fun for the whole family! Might be an AIR version in the works. One never knows… (latest flash player required/not included)
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DirectionalBlurFilter && .swc Library and Stuff

by Devon O.· November 02, 2008· in Actionscript, Flash· 9 comments
Since the release of Flash 10, I’ve seen a few blog posts about creating .swc libraries that can be used in Flash. Probably the most in depth was Mike Chambers article “Creating Re-distributable Actionscript Libraries of Pixel Bender Filters”. Needless to say, I had to give it a go, myself. So, I fired up Pixel Bender and created the DirectionalBlurFilter seen below. [crayon-6108b6a137dba034550036/] What I dislike most about it is that the object blurs from the edge rather than the center, cutting the blur off rather abruptly. If anyone knows how to fix that or knows of a better Directional or Motion Blur filter, don’t hesitate to post. Lord knows when it comes to Pixel Shader coding, I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not exactly your “go to guy”. In any case, after creating the “peanut butter and jelly file” (that’s a .pbj for those wondering), compiling it into a .swc (according to Mike Chambers’ instructions) and compiling that .swc file within a Flash .swf I got the below example. The actionscript was simple enough – and I love the ability to treat my own filters just like a native Flash filter (just wish I was better at writing […]
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