experiment Archives - Page 8 of 10

City Skyline Test | Depth Study

Posted on February 6, 2008August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

Gives feel of perspective and depth by reacting to mouse movements. The effect is parallax, read more…
The city images are very choppy and ugly, I know, it’s just a test.
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Sample Actionscript. This in on one of the buildings which are separate movie clips. Adjust the equation for different effect.
The basic formula is as follows: this._x = _root._xmouse / (speed) + transform
[cc lang=”actionscript” tab_size=”2″ lines=”40″]
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._x = _root._xmouse/7 – 50;
}
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Update: Here’s a similar effect achieved by just negating the relation between the mouse and the building movie clips.

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[cc lang=”actionscript” tab_size=”2″ lines=”40″]
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._x = -_root._xmouse/7 – 50;
}
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Download Source Fla File

Customize the Right-click menu in Flash | ContextMenuItem Tutorial

Posted on January 21, 2008August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

Overview:

Flash give publishers the opportunity to customize the right-click menu which pops up in the swf file with a context menu item in actionscript.

ContextMenuItem
ContextMenuItem(caption:String, callbackFunction:Function, [separatorBefore:Boolean], [enabled:Boolean], [visible:Boolean])
Creates a new ContextMenuItem object that can be added to the ContextMenu.customItems array.

Steps:

The menu item has a caption, which is displayed to the user in the right click menu. It also has a a callback function handler by naming the function in the code to be invoked once the menu item is selected. It then has three boolean values which specify whether the item has a separator before it, is enabled, and is visible.

To add a new context menu item to a context menu, you simply create the context menu items and then push them into the customItems array.
You can enable or disable specific menu items, make items visible or invisible, or change the caption or callback handler associated with a menu item at any time.
In the example here the menu items about clearing and rewriting the text are set to toggle each other, so you can’t rewrite the text if it hasn’t yet been cleared and vice versa.

To further customize the context menu flash allows us to hide the built in items in the menu with hideBuiltInItems(). This hides all the built in item from view (except ‘settings’) by setting their visibility to false.

Example:

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Actionscript:
[cc lang=”actionscript” tab_size=”2″ lines=”60″]
var myMenu:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
myMenu.hideBuiltInItems();
var ccs:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem(“Visit Circle Cube Studio”, visitCCS, false, true, true);
var pog:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem(“Visit Interactive Flash Portfolio”, visitPOG, false, true, true);
var ct:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem(“Clear Text”, clearText, true, true, true);
var rw:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem(“Rewrite Text”, rwText, true, false, true);
var mt:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem(“Move Text”, moveText, false, true, true);

myMenu.customItems.push(ccs, pog, ct, mt, rw);
_root.menu = myMenu;

Download:

Download the Zip file (right-clickMenu.zip)

Dynamic Flash Vertical Scrolling Link List with XML

Posted on August 20, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

As seen at activeden. I’ve fixed it up a lot and made it much easier to incorporate into your own files.

A link list. Vertically scrolling list of links or just words. Scrolls and wraps automatically and interactively. Reads an external XML file containing just titles and paths and creates an interactive click-able link list!

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Download the source files (linkList.fla, cats.xml, linkList.swf): Link List at activeden.

Other Circlecube Items at activeden

Mazamedia Splash

Posted on August 13, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

The new splash is in effect for Mazamedia’s 5th anniversary!

I just re-vamped Mark Callahan’s splash on his Mazamedia.com
Re-vamped as in made interactive innovative and fun. I was just playing with different effects and wanted to see it in action, so I applied it to Mark’s splash intro. He liked it so much he wanted to put it live on his site. That’s cool with me, thanks Mark.

New Version – The letters are anchored to their spot, but use the mouse to push or nudge them. You can also drag them try throwing them even.
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Vs the old static version
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Rollover elastic bounce rezise

Posted on July 26, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

Flash experiment that could be used for navigation. Rollover each area and watch them all resize themself to accomodate the growing box. It’s pretty fun to play with.

Example

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I’m sure there is a way to simplify the code, but this worked so there was no need.

Actionscript

[cc lang=”actionscript” tab_size=”2″ lines=”70″]
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
var normWidth:Number = mc_1._width;
mc1x = mc_1._x;
mc2x = mc_2._x;
mc3x = mc_3._x;
mc4x = mc_4._x;
mc_1.onRollOver = function ():Void {
//Tween( obj:Object, prop:String, func:Function, begin:Number, finish:Number, duration:Number, useSeconds:Boolean )
//Double in size
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2, 1, true);
mc_1.gotoAndPlay(“over”);
//Shrink by 33% and move 66% along using width
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc2x, (mc2x) + (normWidth * 2 / 3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33% and move 33% along using width
var mc3Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc3x, (mc3x) + (normWidth * 1 / 3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33%, no need to move as already in position
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
//trace(“rollOver 1”);
};
mc_1.onRollOut = function ():Void {
//Return to normal width
var mc1Move:Tween = new Tween (this, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2, normWidth, 1, true);
mc_1.gotoAndStop(“up”);
//Return to normal width and use mc_1 as basis for x
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc2x) + (normWidth * 2 / 3), mc2x, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, mc_1._x + (normWidth*2), 1, true);
//Return to normal width and use mc_4 as basis for x
var mc3Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc3x) + (normWidth * 1 / 3), mc3x, 1, true);
//Return to normal width
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
//trace(“rollOut 1”);
};
mc_2.onRollOver = function ():Void {
//Double in size and move left 33%
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc2x, (mc2x) + (normWidth * 2 / 3), 1, true);
mc_2.gotoAndPlay(“over”);
//Tween( obj:Object, prop:String, func:Function, begin:Number, finish:Number, duration:Number, useSeconds:Boolean )
//shrink by 33% mc1
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, (mc_2._x) + (mc_2._width*2/3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33% and move 33% along using width
var mc3Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc3x, (mc3x) + (normWidth * 1 / 3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33%, no need to move as already in position
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
//trace(“rollOver 2”);
};
mc_2.onRollOut = function ():Void {
//Return to normal width and position
var mc2Move:Tween = new Tween (this, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc2x) + (normWidth * 2 / 3), mc2x, 1, true);
mc_2.gotoAndStop(“up”);
//Return to normal width and use mc_1 as basis for x
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, mc_1._x + (normWidth*2), 1, true);
//Return to normal width and use mc_4 as basis for x
var mc3Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc3x) + (normWidth * 1 / 3), mc3x, 1, true);
//Return to normal width
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut,normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
//trace(“rollOut 2”);
};
mc_3.onRollOver = function ():Void {
//Double in size and move left 33%
var mc3Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc3x, (mc3x) + (normWidth * 1 / 3), 1, true);
mc_3.gotoAndPlay(“over”);
//Tween( obj:Object, prop:String, func:Function, begin:Number, finish:Number, duration:Number, useSeconds:Boolean )
//shrink by 33% mc1
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, (mc_2._x) + (mc_2._width*2/3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33% and move 33% along using width
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc2x, (mc2x) + (normWidth * -2 / 3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33%, no need to move as already in position
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
//trace(“rollOver 3”);
};
mc_3.onRollOut = function ():Void {
//Return to normal width and position
var mc3Move:Tween = new Tween (this, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc3x) + (normWidth * 1 / 3), mc3x, 1, true);
mc_3.gotoAndStop(“up”);
//Return to normal width and use mc_1 as basis for x
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, mc_1._x + (normWidth*2), 1, true);
//Return to normal width and use mc_4 as basis for x
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc2x) + (normWidth * -2 / 3), mc2x, 1, true);
//Return to normal width
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
//trace(“rollOut 3”);
};
mc_4.onRollOver = function ():Void {
//shrink in size and move left 33%
var mc3Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2/3, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc3x, (mc3x) + (normWidth * – 3 / 3), 1, true);
//Tween( obj:Object, prop:String, func:Function, begin:Number, finish:Number, duration:Number, useSeconds:Boolean )
//shrink by 33% mc1
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, (mc_2._x) + (mc_2._width*2/3), 1, true);
//Shrink by 33% and move 33% along using width
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2 / 3, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc2x, (mc2x) + (normWidth * -2 / 3), 1, true);
//double in size, no need to move as already in position
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth, normWidth * 2, 1, true);
mc_4.gotoAndPlay(“over”);
//trace(“rollOver 4”);
};
mc_4.onRollOut = function ():Void {
//Return to normal width and position
var mc3Move:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2/3, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc3X:Tween = new Tween (mc_3, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc3x) + (normWidth * – 3 / 3), mc3x, 1, true);
//Return to normal width and use mc_1 as basis for x
var mc1Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_1, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
//var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, mc_2._x, mc_1._x + (normWidth*2), 1, true);
//Return to normal width and use mc_4 as basis for x
var mc2Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2 / 3, normWidth, 1, true);
var mc2X:Tween = new Tween (mc_2, “_x”, Elastic.easeOut, (mc2x) + (normWidth * -2 / 3), mc2x, 1, true);
//Return to normal width
var mc4Width:Tween = new Tween (mc_4, “_width”, Elastic.easeOut, normWidth * 2, normWidth, 1, true);
mc_4.gotoAndStop(“up”);
//trace(“rollOut 4”);
};
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Download

Here is the source file: rolloverResizeEvan.fla for those who want.

Pog Portfolio – Interactive flash portfolio

Posted on May 23, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

An interactive flash portfolio featuring ‘pog’ thumbnails sortable by tags and adjustable properties.

open Circle Cube POG portfolio

Circle Cube . com
Toggle the help window with ‘h’.
Click the pogs to explore each piece, if applicaple click the ‘open window’ link.
Pog options are aligned across the top of the bay window, use them to adjust the properties within the bay area. Mix and match until you find your fit. Tag buttons are across the bottom, click to specify the genre of art to display.

Gravity:
Toggle the force of gravity acting on the pogs. Pogs with gravity on will be pulled down and bounce according to mass.
White is on. Black is off.

Spring:
Toggle the spring or elasticity option. Pogs will hinge to a point and orbit that point.
White is on. Black is off.

Grid:
Toggle the grid option. The pogs can either form into an array of pogs or move aimlessly in the space.
White is on. Black is off.

Friction:
Toggle the force of friction acting on the pogs. Pogs with friction will slow down and over time eventually stop.
White is on. Black is off.

Tags:
Click these tag button descriptors to see only that style of work in the portfolio.
Select all work, video, new media, animation, or drawing.

iKill Game

Posted on May 23, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

My BFA exit project. I made this flash game. Long story short, you pick fruit, sell it and buy happy meals. See if you can reach the top scores!

Go here to play iKill

Check out the documentation blog DigMeExit to see the game develop over the semester and even play older version of the game.

I Heart Net Art | net.Art Exhibit

Posted on May 6, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

Class exhibition of net art.

ARST3800 Net Art Studio Fall 2005.
Mark Callahan @ Digital Media @ Lamar Dodd School of Art @ The University Of Georgia

Net Art Studio examines the current state of artistic practice on the Internet and facilitates the production of new works for networked audiences. The course consists of concurrent research and studio components, joined by critical theory.
The research component, achieved by prepared lectures, readings, and directed group research, surveys the cultural and technological underpinnings of contemporary net art. Key areas include historical discourse (media studies, pre-history of the computer, counter-culture movements), significant works online (independent, collective, curated), and practical technical structure (hardware, software, networks).
The studio component focuses on the creation of prototypes that lead up to a final project that exists on the internet and can be submitted to online ‘galleries’ and new media festivals. Student projects are discussed in group critiques within the context of individual artistic development and contemporary net.art. The studio component will be supplemented as necessary by remedial demonstrations, problem-solving assignments, and individual critique.

View the archive of the exhibit

I Heart Net Art
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Make a Face, by Evan Mullins
9 pieces in the exhibit in which I play with interactivity, randomness, artificial intelligence, and typography/typefaces.

View the works in the exhibit I’ve posted on the blog:
Make a Face: Single, Grid, Interactive Grid, Crowd.
Hungry
Dog Trainer
Typeface: 1, 2, 3.

The whole exhibit (beware of broken links):

balloon Burn the House Down Expansion Squad fryman gerrysattele.com gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com handsomerobot Tony Smith I.S.P. jaredoldham.com kudzoomedia.com Brian Parsons Make a Face Evan Mullins Project(n.) Project(v.)

Dynamic Scrolling Buttons

Posted on April 9, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

[kml_flashembed publishmethod=”dynamic” fversion=”9.0.0″ movie=”https://circlecube.com/circlecube/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2007/04/dynamicscrollingbuttons.swf” width=”550″ height=”400″ targetclass=”flashmovie”]

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Here’s an example. A dynamic scroll, that changes speed according to your mouse. Here is the code for it as well, I tried to keep it pretty generic, just put this onto a movie clip I named “scroll.” And change the variables to fit your needs. Enjoy, and let me know what you make with it.

Actionscript (as2)

[cc lang=”actionscript” tab_size=”2″ lines=”40″]

onClipEvent(load) {
//variables
scrollMovieClipW = this._width – Stage.width;
leftScrollMargin = 175;
rightScrollMargin = 275;
verticalScrollMargin = 250;
//Note: The lower acceleration value the faster the scroll will be.
acceleration = 3;
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//to move left
//if mouse is right of 0 (left edge)
if (_root._xmouse >= 0 &&
//if mouse is left of left scroll margin
_root._xmouse <= leftScrollMargin && //if mouse is vertically below green line (over the scroll movie clip) _root._ymouse >= verticalScrollMargin &&
//if the scroll movie clip can still scroll further
_root.scroll._x <= 0) { this._x -= (_root._xmouse - leftScrollMargin) / acceleration; }//to move right else if (_root._xmouse >= rightScrollMargin &&
_root._xmouse <= Stage.width && _root._ymouse >= verticalScrollMargin &&
_root.scroll._x >= -scrollMovieClipW) {
//move right
this._x -= (_root._xmouse – rightScrollMargin) / acceleration;
}
}
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Source

Download the example file: dynamicScrollingButtons.fla

Synesthesia | Installation- converting sound to shape and color

Posted on April 6, 2007August 29, 2014 by Evan Mullins

synesthesia
1. A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

Installation. May 2005
I had a microphone feed into the computer and audio from the room changed the display. I displayed a circle related to the voice of the room (pitch relates to size, and volume relates to color). As the viewer/participant speaks or sings or yells they see their voice transformed into colorful movements of varying size. The louder the sound- the colors of these forms brightened. In the background I had a sweeping cascade of colored lines. These would take control if there was no noise in the space.
I plan on making the display available online using personal mics from viewers computers to animate it. Ideally I would want multiple users to be able to log on and effect the animation collectively. Each input will generate shapes.

Here is a captured video feed.
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