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Posted By erik on April 14th, 2010

http://blog.eerkmans.nl/?p=241

Me and the guys from Bureau BlauwGeel have been working together on their new website: http://www.bureaublauwgeel.nl
 

The CMS-based website uses video files to create a dynamic, living and breathing background.

Each menu item has a background image that slowly zooms in to keep that dynamic feel.
 
Although the background and interface always adjust to the size of [...]

 

Archive for January, 2010

Twitterfountain 2.0 is live

Posted By erik on January 20th, 2010

The 1st of january was a special day for Twitterfountain users since the new version of Twitterfountain went live.

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The update incorporates:

  • New styling (including a cool logo)
  • A more user-friendly interface
  • A more versatile search engine, now inluding flickr, picasa, twitpic and yfrog
  • Different customisable message and image animations
  • A plug-and-play architecture that allows actionscript developers to write their own animations or use their own search engine

demo1

A list of twitter messages on a slideshow background.

demo2

Single twitter message on a photostack background.

View the update and embed your own fountain!

Virtual Depth of Field

Posted By erik on January 11th, 2010

A popular effect these days is using a strong ‘depth of field’ effect in film and photography. The subject of the image is sharp, while the rest of the image is out of focus. I wondered if this effect could be simulated in actionscript without resorting to a 3D package like Away3D.

In this experiment I use a gradient alpha mask which masks a blurred version of the loaded image. It’s very simple but I guess it works!

Depth of field flash

Depth of field flash

The plant is out of focus

Depth of Field flash 2

Depth of Field flash 2

The plant is in focus… sort of…

View the animated example here.