Papervision3D essentials : create interactive Papervision3D applications with stunning effects and powerful animations / Jeff Winder, Paul Tondeur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winder, Jeff.

Contributor:

Tondeur, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flash (Computer file).

Computer animation.

Three-dimensional imaging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Create interactive Papervision 3D applications with stunning effects and powerful animations

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Setting Up; Downloading Papervision3D; Difference between compiled and non-compiled source code; What is Subversion?; What's inside the ZIP?; And what's inside the SWC?; Choosing between the SWC, the ZIP, and the SVN; Downloading the non-compiled source using SVN; On Windows; On Mac OS X; Downloading the non-compiled source in the ZIP file; Downloading the compiled source; Configuring your authoring tool for Papervison3D; Configuring Flash; Set the path to the non-compiled source code in Flash (CS3 and CS4)

Set the path to the compiled source code in Flash (Only CS4)Running an example in Flash; Configuring Flex Builder and Flash Builder; Importing an example project; Setting the path to the non-compiled source code in Flex and Flash Builder; Setting the path to the SWC in Flex and Flash Builder; Running the example in Flex Builder and Flash Builder; Where to find the Papervision3D documentation; Summary; Chapter 2: Building Your First Application; Introduction to classes and object-oriented programming; Creating a custom class; Inheritance; Working with the Document Class/Main Application File

Setting up the document class for FlashSetting up the document class for Flex Builder and Flash Builder; Basics of a 3D scene in Papervision3D; Scene; Camera; Viewport; 3D Objects; Material; Render engine; Left-handed Cartesian coordinate system; Creating a basic class for Papervision3D; The basic document class; Finalizing your first application; Smart programmers use less code; Preparing for the book examples; Working with the BookExampleTemplate class; Summary; Chapter 3: Primitives; The basic elements of 3D objects; Vertices; Triangles; The rendering pipeline

Creating and adding primitivesPlane; Sphere; Cylinder; Cone; Cube; PaperPlane; Arrow; Nesting; World space versus local space; Creating a pivot point with DisplayObject3D; Accessing vertices; Example-building a sphere of spheres; Summary; Chapter 4: Materials; Introduction to materials; Basic properties; Basic materials; Wireframe material; Color material; Three ways of using bitmaps as a material; BitmapMaterial; Using a bitmap shape as material that is generated by code; Manually loading and assigning an external bitmap as material; BitmapFileMaterial; BitmapAssetMaterial

Two ways of using a movie clip as materialMovieMaterial; MovieAssetMaterial; VideoStreamMaterial; Combining materials; Interactivity; Material interactivity; Using ButtonMode; Defining the event listeners; Object interactivity; Tips and tricks; Tiling; Flipping your material; Power of two textures; Example-creating a carousel; Summary; Chapter 5: Cameras; Cameras inherit from DisplayObject3D; Basic camera settings; Focus and field of view; Zoom; Zoom, focus, and field of view relate to each other; Near and far; Camera types; The target camera; The free camera

Demonstrating the difference between the free camera and the target camera

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612282485

9781282282483

1282282484

9781847195739

1847195733

OCLC:

799763036