Oe, I'm liking this one very much. More background would be greatly appreciated :D
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Seb L Sent: maandag 13 november 2006 11:33 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Faking 3D perspective of a 2D map in Flash 8..? We did this at FlashCodersBrighton : http://www.flashcodersbrighton.org/wordpress/?cat=1 We used a "mode7" style technique. It was actually a bit complicated, but maybe I'll post a blog about it if enough people are interested? cheers! Seb Lee-Delisle http://sebleedelisle.com On 10/11/06, Andrew Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to take a vector map of North America and produce the sense > of 'flying over' it. I want to have the flat map tipped along the X > axis, so that the bottom (Florida, Texas, etc.) appear closer and the > top (Nunuvut, Greenland, etc.) appear farther away. > > Then I want to be able to pan the map left and right, up and down, and > 'zoom' in by scaling it.. scaling it a little faster vertically so > that it seems to flatten out a bit as you "get closer to the ground". > > So far I've only been able to achieve that in Illustrator and then > saving the perspectively squished vectors as a .swf What I'd love to > do is to get that perspective squish done within Flash 8 using script. > > I know about 3D program extensions for Flash like Sandy, but I find > them cryptic (at best) and over kill for my simple needs. > > Any suggestions..? > > Thanks. :) > > > - - - - - - - - - > -[andrew murphy]- > flash developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > delvinia interactive inc. > 214 king street west, suite 214 > toronto canada M5H 3S6 > voice 416.364.1455 ext. 232 > cell 416.820.8723 > fax 416.364.9830 > www.delvinia.com > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > This email message may contain privileged or confidential information. > If you are not the intended recipient or received this communication > by error, please notify the sender and delete the message without > copying or disclosing it. > > AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ > Ce message peut contenir de l'information légalement privilégiée ou > confidentielle. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire ou croyez avoir > reçu par erreur ce message, nous vous saurions gré d'en aviser > l'émetteur et d'en détruire le contenu sans le communiquer a d'autres ou le > reproduire. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.1/527 - Release Date: > 09/11/2006 6:00 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
