BitmapDisplace Class

[serkios]

Not sure if I named it properly, but this class allows you specify a linked bitmap from the library to act as a displacement filter for whatever movieclip you want. Pretty powerful stuff if you know how to do displacements in photoshop and can get the right grayscale. Anyway what do you all think?

Source files
(http://gdinteractive.com/dev/BitmapDisplace/BitmapDisplaceClass.zip)

[stereochris]

thats amazing - I can't see as to how you would use it but its still amazing.

[pixi]

duuuuuuuuuuuude thats soo amazing :) -- If you post the FLA ill def find a use for it and repost the result :) (silent nudge)

[pixi]

duuuuuuuuuuuude thats soo amazing :) -- If you post the FLA ill def find a use for it and repost the result :) (silent nudge)

OOps my bad- didnt see the link to source ( thoughyt it was a heading) -- But the link is dead???

[Libyan]

We need FLA :D

Amazing Work !

[bombsledder]

he posted the source..., anyways nice work =D

[Krilnon]

But the link is dead??? It is for me, too.

[Gupps]

the link is gone
:puzzle:

[EmeniusXp]

really nice

[serkios]

Sorry about the bad link guys, it should be fixed now. Thanks for the comments and I'd love to see what you guys are using this for, I developed it myself to make stuff reflect off of shiny things. Displacement stuff rocks :)

[RevoGiant]

thats coool. Looks hard :) great job

[Bokke]

Verry impressive! :thumb:

[bombsledder]

really nice, but i don't use anyone elses work :P

[Lindquist]

serkios- I recommend adding methods for starting and stopping the onEnterFrame event. For example, rename the "onEnterFrame" in your class to "displace", the add this:


public function startDisplacement():Void{
this.onEnterFrame = displace;

}
public function stopDisplacement():Void{
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}


The in your .fla you can add calls to startDisplacement and stopDisplacement in your onMouseUp and onMouseDown events:


text_mc.onMouseDown = function () {
text_mc.startDrag();
displacement.startDisplacement();
}

text_mc.onMouseUp = function () {
text_mc.stopDrag();
displacement.stopDisplacement();
}


This way the onEnterFrame isn't running when it's not needed.

[serkios]

Thanks Lindquist-- Thats a good suggestion and will implement the change when I can.

[simplistik]

that's tight dude... good stuff :D

[Lindquist]

Yeah, I forgot to say in my last post, sweet job man.

[serkios]

I've updated the class with Lindquist's suggestion. The same source link should work.

Thanks for the comments guys! :mu:

[e-sarbak]

That is really awesome, thx for that...:)

[vini]

I really a good piece of code

[codemonkeypete]

Just been looking at how you put this together, and found some rather interesting and very cool things out. :
1. I was able to replace the broken apart text graphic with a dynamic text field, and it still allowed displacement... woot woot
2. I was able to control the text via the tween class - which is also very sweet.
3. Added a random movement to the text_mc and watched as it moved around my face!!!!... Loving it!

[sed|thh]

awesome work! fla please ^^

[Pattt]

Wow, very nice! :) Where can I download the class? :D

[pips]

awesome!

[codemonkeypete]

Wow, very nice! :) Where can I download the class? :D

..at the beginning of this thread, the link that says "source" :cubs:

[sed|thh]

lol didn't notice :D

[serkios]

@codemonkeypete

I've been able to use it on traditional keyframe to keyframe tweens as well and haven't had any problems. Pretty handy for some nice touches in my normal animations. And yea, it should work on the content of any movieclip regardless because it caches the MC as a bitmap each time the displacement is added. Glad you're liking it!

[codemonkeypete]

yea, i tried populating the text from a database and it bloody worked. i aactually used your effect with eilsoes random one and although it looked a bit trippy, it also worked well.