Thursday, August 21, 2008

Using particles to fill dynamic content in 3D



Update: Some of you did not see the demo the way it's shown in the screen shot. This is because in my wisdom to get it up fast I embedded the font instead of loading it for run-time sharing. So if you did not have the font installed, you did not see the demo the way it's shown in the screen shot. But I fixed it and it should work now. Source is also updated with the fix.

To expand on my previous post, in a 3D space the possibility for manipulation is even greater. I whipped up an example using FIVe3D this time while playing around. The clock refreshes every 5 seconds to allow animation to complete. And by choosing a pixel font with no round edges it allows the text to display closer in looks to its original source and no longer pixelated.


Download the Source.

10 comments:

MikeTheVike said...

Thats pretty sweet. I downloaded the other source files from the previous article and forgot about them! Going to check them both out. thanks!

sitron said...

nice effect!
though the text is quite pixelate on my mac (maybe just a font embedding problem). The font rendered in the demo doesn't look at all like the preview image.
thanks for sharing your work

Tom said...

really cool. play pong?

Kenny said...

Sitron, thanks for letting me know of the font issue. It should be fixed now.

flashcrobat said...

Hi, love this effect. Do you think you could also post the source of the enhanced particle effect? as the src posted is just the simplified without 3D with font issues.

much appreciated
Si

Kenny said...

Hey Flashcrobat,

The link has been updated with the correct src.

Rey said...

Hey Kenny, it's Rey! I Moved to Florida and am working for Agencynet.com. My new AIM is reyatagency, keep in touch! I also have a new blog, http://blog.reyco1.com

flash said...

This is a really cool effect, 3d particles, love them! Great job.

Billy said...

Thanks for adding the source files to download - the particle effect is neat

funkyjones said...

Nice! really nice!
Been looking for something like this