WrapItApp
Posted by Lindsay Ruthven – November 18, 2009WrapItApp is a simple to use, yet intuitive application, teaching you how to gift wrap any sized box, tie a 1 loop bow and 3 loop bow. You have the option of selecting a box from a list of the most common sizes, or using your iPhone or iPod Touch device to obtain custom box measurements. If you have the perfect gift in the not-so-perfect box, WrapItApp makes measuring custom box sizes easy! Simply measure a box using your iPhone or iPod Touch device, nothing additional is required. Once a box has been selected or measured, WrapItApp estimates how much ribbon and wrapping material will be needed and shows step-by-step instructions that will get you wrapping like a pro!
WrapItApp Allows you to:
- View detailed step-by-step tutorials showing how to wrap any size box and how to tie a 1 loop and 3 loop bow.
- Intuitively and easily measure a custom size box or package. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to obtain box dimensions. You can also select from a list of the most common box sizes. All custom sized boxes and measurements can be saved for future reference.
- Users will be provided with an estimated amount of wrapping paper and ribbon required based on the box size and selection.
Beautiful packages are just a few easy-to-follow steps away with WrapItApp. It is presented by Vectorform, innovative leaders in multi-touch solutions and Lisa’s Gift Wrappers, experts in creative packaging concepts and professional gift wrapping.
Please stay tuned for future updates.
WrapItApp is now available on the iTunes App Store.
The Cell Explorer
Posted by Blair Munro – July 20, 2009
Microsoft asked Vectorform to build a solution for the School of the Future, a collaboration between Microsoft and The School District of Philadelphia, in which technology is infused into the entirety of curriculum at a high school, serving as an example for learning communities around the world. The purpose of this project was to allow stakeholders to understand the opportunities and benefits provided by Microsoft Surface. The application needed to highlight the cellular process called protein synthesis, while providing students with an informative and immersive view into the components of animal and plant cells. The solution has already received high praise from demonstrations given at this year’s National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), which was held in Washington DC.
Vectorform designed and developed a solution that focused on two components: A Cell Explorer, which allows students to browse through a Cell SVE. Users have the ability to manipulate the components of the cell, and explore more detailed information to allow granular information to be reviewed. The Protein Synthesis Lab allows students to manipulate the specific objects involved in the protein synthesis process at a high level. While strategizing the specific order of tRNA molecules that need to be inserted into the ribosome factory to satisfy the requirements of the protein being synthesized, users are presented with the creation of a polypeptide chain, which eventually turns into protein.
AIR FLV online and offline Video Player
Posted by Brad Dunlap – February 4, 2008There are plenty of free FLV players out there, but we wanted to build one using the Adobe Flex and the new AIR runtime.
You will also need the Adobe AIR Runtime if you don’t already have it installed. [Download it here]
Source code installs with the application. Enjoy.
1 2 3 4 | [kml_flashembed movie="/flash/AIRbadge.swf" height="180" width="217" fvars="appname = VectorformVideoPlayer; appurl = http://www.vectorform.com/flash/assets/air/VectorVideoPlayer.air ; airversion = Beta 3; imageurl = http://www.vectorform.com/flash/assets/air/VectorVideoPlayer.png " /] |
What is Flex?
Posted by Brad Dunlap – January 18, 2008Ted Patrick from onflex.org posted a great overview of what Flex is and what it is capable of.
[link]
Flash Player 9 Update 3
Posted by Brad Dunlap – January 18, 2008Many of you already know that the latest version the Adobe Flash Player supports MPEG-4 and H.264 video, as well as AAC Audio, which this would seem like old news. But that is not what this post is about. The new video capabilites grabbed a whole lot of attention as it should, but I was intrigued to see a small line item that just caught my eye and many probably missed.
From the Adobe Labs site:
“Support for caching common platform components, such as the Flex framework, to reduce average application sizes. This feature is enabled in the Flex 3 beta available on Adobe Labs. ”
This was a feature I had been hoping for ever since I started working with Flex. The Flex framework adds a minimum of 100K to you flash movie(not to mention additional components and 3rd party libraries) , and that just seemed like a ridiculous thing to have to download ever time you hit the site. This is also a large reason people shy away from using Flex to begin with, too much overhead. I always thought, why not just embed all the components and libraries in the player to begin with and be done with it. Well, this would increase the download size of the Flash player, and I know Adobe wants to always keep that as small as possible to make getting in onto your machine as easy as possible.
The genius that came up with that idea, I applaud you.
Papervision 3D Basic Example
Posted by Brad Dunlap – January 10, 2008This is a basic example using Papervision 3D. There are so many complex version out there, I just wanted to make something that was fairly simple to get started using the built in shapes. You will need the latest stable version of Papervision if you don’t already have it. you can download it here.
Flex Toggle Panel
Posted by Brad Dunlap – January 10, 2008You’ll see in this example there is virtually no ActionScript. It is all done with MXML using states.
Making the move from Flash to Flex
Posted by Brad Dunlap – January 10, 2008A lot of people get confused about when to use flex and when to use flash and the benefits / drawbacks of each. It really depends on the nature of the project, but for the most part I always recommend using Flex (at least if you are a developer). Even if the project is an ActionScript only project, you can still benefit from the Eclipse development environment. The only thing you loose when using Flex is access to the Flash Library, but you can still use Flash in combination. There is a couple ways to do this, which I will explain in future posts.
Some benefits of using Flex for AS3 projects:
- Shared class libraries between projects.
- Easily Package and distribute code.
- Subversion support for version controlling your code (via eclipse plugin)
- Advanced Search and Replace capabilities.
Some drawbacks of using Flex for AS3 projects:
- No Timeline!
- But you can use “Copy Motion as AS3″ which I’ll cover in a later post
- No Library!
- But you can embed assets from a compiled flash movie into your Flex project
- Or you can use the new Flex component kit for Flash CS3 and actually embed a flash project into flex and control it from your flex project
I’ll cover some of the details of these techniques in future posts.
Welcome to the new Vectorform Flash blog.
Posted by Brad Dunlap – January 8, 2008This blog was created to share our ideas about Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR development and news. Be sure to check back for news, examples and ideas. In addition we have launched a Flex showcase site displaying all of the examples with quick downloads and source views. You can view the site at http://www.vectorform.com/flash/
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