Author Archives: keith

Pixel Bender and Flash

Posted on October 17, 2008 by keith

I just finished writing a chapter on Pixel Bender for my next book. It’s really fun stuff. Unfortunately, its integration with Flash is quite minimal. There was some discussion of this type of thing in the comments of another post … Continue reading →

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Pixel Bender Command Line

Posted on October 15, 2008 by keith

I just finished writing a chapter on Pixel Bender for AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation. Really fun stuff. One thing that’s unignorable is the … klunkiness of the Pixel Bender Toolkit. It’s not that it’s particularly buggy or anything, just really, … Continue reading →

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needlebeamcassette

Posted on October 14, 2008 by keith

Just thought I’d throw out a link to a cool site by friend and two time (not two-timing) coworker, Todd Anderson’s new site, needlebeamcassette. Basically, Todd has a whole crapload of vinyl records, and he’s ripping selected tracks to mp3 … Continue reading →

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Message from John Davey

Posted on October 6, 2008 by keith

John has been frantically trying to respond to various FOTB posts, specifically in regard to the last session, but for some reason his computer is not letting him. So he asked me to post this: I am both pleased and … Continue reading →

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FDT Roadshow: see Andre Michelle in Boston!

Posted on October 6, 2008 by keith

If you are in Boston and haven’t been able to fly all over the world to see Andre Michelle, creator of Hobnox Audiotool, speak, now is your big break! Andre will be in town tomorrow, October 7, speaking at the … Continue reading →

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FOTB Presentation Slides

Posted on October 6, 2008 by keith

I can’t really say how much you’ll get out of these slides if you didn’t see the presentation, but if you saw it, you’ll at least be able to see some of the code that I kind of rushed through. … Continue reading →

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Tilt Shift Video

Posted on October 5, 2008 by keith

A Tilt Shift Fake is a way of altering a photograph by artificially faking a very narrow depth of field. Since we usually see such narrow depth of field in very close up shots, our minds interpret see these photographs … Continue reading →

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Flash Games

Posted on October 5, 2008 by keith

This rings true…

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Flash on the Beach Trailer

Posted on October 4, 2008 by keith

Meant to mention this earlier, but Rob Chiu, aka The Ronin, did this excellent trailer for Flash on the Beach this year. I’ve been a fan of Rob since I met him at the Media Elements in NL in 2004. … Continue reading →

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Flash on the Beach

Posted on October 4, 2008 by keith

Well, another FOTB is done and gone. Honestly, after the first one being so fantastic, I arrive at each one with a bit of fear that I might have overhyped it to newcomers and even to myself. But for the … Continue reading →

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