IFBIN - Great Software By Example

Owen put together this amazing example for IFBIN Free Friday. It uses author-time blend modes and the mx.transitions.Tween classes to provide random motion similar to a lava lamp with very little ActionScript. Great work Owen!


Download IFBIN Service 1.0.1 for 1-Click Installation and Example Configuration

Lava Lamp Example ZIP

Owen's notes on the example:

"The real 'trick' of this example is using the authoring blending modes in the Flash IDE, instead of using heavy ActionScript, where possible I choose the 'easiest way' possible to achieve the effect, instead of focusing on 'formal correctness'. In my opinion, it shows that you can achieve really cool looking effects without heavy ActionScript, it's just a gradient that blends into the background and 'adds' the colors, thus creating a lava lamp like effect." Owen van Dijk

This example is available with full source and documentation within Flash® by Example.

More to come.

Ted :)