Papervision3D effects demos

At the end of Sunday’s PV3D training class in NYC, I think everyone was in a bliss stupor – including myself. It was the first time I had a real chance to get my head around the possibilities his classes give us with PV3D and as I walked around class to make sure everyone was compiling ok, I was seeing people take off in amazing directions with the effects demo of the Borg cube (above). I could hardly wait to sit down and start playing with this stuff myself! So, in the taxi on the way to the airport, I pulled out the laptop, borrowed Mr Doob’s new ball and went to town on the effects api BIG thanks to Moses (Yes, of Fuse Fame) for the color transform that makes it look like fire

Red Ball Acceleration Demo
As the ball gets faster, it warms up! The code below shows you how you can use BlendModes and color transforms to really come out with some sick affects. The only thing holding me back with these is my lack of experience with color manipulation. In the hands of someone like Grant, Carlos or Andy, it'd be unbelievable what they could come up with!

[as]bfx = new BitmapEffectLayer(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight, true, 0, BitmapClearMode.CLEAR_PRE);
pv3dContainer.viewport.addRenderLayer(bfx);
bfx.addEffect( new BitmapLayerEffect( new BlurFilter(10,10,4)));
bfx.addEffect(new BitmapColorEffect(.99, .98, .98, 0.98));

ct = new ColorTransform(1, .2, .1, 0.45); // RED

var drawCommand:BitmapDrawCommand = new BitmapDrawCommand(null, ct, BlendMode.ADD);
bfx.drawCommand = drawCommand;
bfx.drawLayer.blendMode = BlendMode.OVERLAY;
[/as]

Blue Vapor Trails
It's supposed to be what it might look like if this really cold blue ball were falling through a evening atmosphere hitting warm pockets of air and creating some sort of vapor trail

[as]bfx = new BitmapEffectLayer(400, stage.stageHeight, true, 0, BitmapClearMode.CLEAR_PRE);
pv3dContainer.viewport.addRenderLayer(bfx);
bfx.addEffect( new BitmapLayerEffect( new BlurFilter(10,10,4)));
bfx.addEffect(new BitmapColorEffect(.95, 1.0, .98, 0.98));

ct = new ColorTransform(0, .5, 1, 0.18); // BLUE

var drawCommand:BitmapDrawCommand = new BitmapDrawCommand(null, ct, BlendMode.ADD);
bfx.drawCommand = drawCommand;
bfx.drawLayer.filters = [ new GlowFilter(0xFFFFFF,.5, 0, 50, 10)];

bfx.drawLayer.blendMode = BlendMode.MULTIPLY;
bfx.clippingPoint = new Point(9, -20);[/as]

And Finally - this guy's right out of the NYC class and creating sickness
I guess he liked the effects