3DRT : Full 3D Example

I posted an example for full 3D Rotation. You can download the example files and see how it is built. It’s simple, you just specify the right values for vertical and horizontal steps.

View and download the example here:
http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/examples.php?exampleId=multiple
Note: The swf is created with the PRO version, with domain-locking feature enabled.

Build Flash CS3 Components with FlexiZoomer

This article is for everyone who is interested in building AS3 Flash CS3 based components.
Writing AS3 components for Flash maight be not so straightforward. The tutorial which helped me the most can be viewed here: http://www.flexiblefactory.co.uk/flexible/?p=16
A very complete, maybe too comprehensive resource on Flash AS3 components is on Adobe devnet: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/creating_as3_components.html It’s useful when you want to [...]

3D Rotate Tool: Resize Tutorial

A new tutorial on resizing a theme for the 3D Rotate Tool is available here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/tutorials/blackDiamondResize.html

It is created using the great tool Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

3D Rotate Tool : Loading Example

Set of 3 examples show how to load the 3D Rotate Tool into another flash project. 
Download:
http://www.yofla.com/down/3d-rotate/examples/example_loading.zip

3D Rotate Tool v. 4.5.0 released

 

Version 4.5.0 of the tool was released. There is one new feature and a minor update:
- vr object title and description: you can provide a title and a description of the 3d object
- option to disable rotation when a view is zoomed
Download here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/download.php
 
Object info example:

You can download this example here: 
http://www.yofla.com/down/3d-rotate/examples/example_objectInfo.zip
Existing Customers:
If you purchased the 3D [...]

FlexiZoomer : Gallery Example

With the new FlexiZoomer you can use JavaScript to update the zoomed image. Here is an example of a simple html gallery built with FlexiZoomer.
This might come handy if you run some online store and have more product images. With a simple javascript command you can update the zoomed iamge.
Click here to view the FlexiZoomer [...]

3D Rotate : custom hotspots example

With 3D rotateTool v.4.4.0 and above you can use any movieClip as a hotspot. In this example, two images were used for the two absolut positioned custom hotspots. 
 

You can download the example here: example_customHotspots.zip

3D Rotate Tool v. 4.3.6 released

Version 4.3.6. of the tool was released. There are quite many updates:
- flash zoomer offset bug fixed (if rotateTool theme was  at other position than 0,0)
- reverse pan option added (image pans left when mouse moves right)
- it is  possible to have the zoombar in vertical orientation
- API functions added (sponsored by Greg Gillespie, [...]

3D Rotate Tool : Resize video tutorial

Update: a better resize tutorial is now avaiable here: http://www.yofla.com/flash/3d-rotate/tutorials/blackDiamondResize.html
The design of the 3D Rotate tool allows to position the UI elements freely. The downside of this approach is that a swf published to a certain size can not be scaled using the width and height parameters in html code.
Watch this video tutorial which shows how [...]

3D Rotate Tool : setImage() example

With 3D Rotate Tool v.4.3.5 you can make use of the new setImage() function. By calling it from your application you display any image of the Rotate Tool Image sequence. For now, only a “quick jump” functionality is implemented. Later a smooth “scroll” to the new image will be added.
Also in this example the rotateTool [...]