AS3 vector Kaleidoscope test

Just a proof of concept at the minute (refresh the page to reload the kaleidoscope), but I'm going to work on porting it to a usable app this weekend.

Pendulum Wave

HYPE Framework Pendulum Wave behavior class | download (v0.1)

A modification on the Oscillator class in Hype. I saw these two videos of pendulums that run on different suspension lengths and wanted to recreate that effect programmatically.

Magnetic Field layouts for the Hype Framework

HYPE Framework Magnetic Field layout class | download (v0.1)

I've been reading through Daniel Shiffman's Nature of Code samples for Processing, and one that really stood out to me was his Flow Fields. I liked the idea of objects following a predetermined path that appears to be random but has principles in a mathematic rule set. Add to this after seeing Robert Hodgin's session at Flash on the Beach last year, I was interested to learn the math behind Magnets.

Magnetic field layout tests

Example showing the direction of the force in the field.

Extract a color table from a gif with PHP

In early 2006 I wrote a bit of PHP code that extracted a color table from a gif. I've rewritten it here in a neat little class with example usage. At present it just converts it to HTML hex colors, but I'm going to add RGB extraction. Using the output in a flash file just requires changing the # to 0x. Try the demo to see it working.