Papervision3D Essentials. Create interactive Papervision 3D applications with stunning effects and powerful animations

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• Papervision3D Essentials
  • Table of Contents
  • Papervision3D Essentials
  • Credits
  • About the Authors
  • About the Reviewers
  • Preface
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Downloading the example code for the book
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 1. Setting Up
    • Downloading Papervision3D
      • Difference between compiled and non-compiled source code
      • What is Subversion?
      • Whats inside the ZIP?
      • And what's inside the SWC?
      • Choosing between the SWC, the ZIP, and the SVN
    • Downloading the non-compiled source using SVN
      • On Windows
      • On Mac OS X
    • Downloading the non-compiled source in the ZIP file
    • Downloading the compiled source
    • Configuring your authoring tool for Papervision3D
      • Configuring Flash
        • Set the path to the non-compiled source code in Flash (CS3 and CS4)
        • Set the path to the compiled source code in Flash (Only CS4)
        • Running an example in Flash
      • Configuring Flex Builder and Flash Builder
        • Importing an example project
        • Setting the path to the non-compiled source code in Flex and Flash Builder
        • Setting the path to the SWC in Flex and Flash Builder
        • Running the example in Flex Builder and Flash Builder
    • Where to find the Papervision3D documentation
    • Summary
  • 2. Building Your First Application
    • Introduction to classes and object-oriented programming
      • Creating a custom class
      • Inheritance
    • Working with the Document Class/Main Application File
      • Setting up the document class for Flash
      • Setting up the document class for Flex Builder and Flash Builder
    • Basics of a 3D scene in Papervision3D
      • Scene
      • Camera
      • Viewport
      • 3D Objects
      • Material
      • Render engine
      • Left-handed Cartesian coordinate system
    • Creating a basic class for Papervision3D
      • The basic document class
      • Finalizing your first application
    • Smart programmers use less code
    • Preparing for the book examples
      • Working with the BookExampleTemplate class
    • Summary
  • 3. Primitives
    • The basic elements of 3D objects
      • Vertices
      • Triangles
    • The rendering pipeline
    • Creating and adding primitives
      • Plane
      • Sphere
      • Cylinder
      • Cone
      • Cube
      • PaperPlane
      • Arrow
    • Nesting
      • World space versus local space
      • Creating a pivot point with DisplayObject3D
    • Accessing vertices
      • Examplebuilding a sphere of spheres
    • Summary
  • 4. Materials
    • Introduction to materials
      • Basic properties
    • Basic materials
      • Wireframe material
      • Color material
    • Three ways of using bitmaps as a material
      • BitmapMaterial
        • Using a bitmap shape as material that is generated by code
        • Manually loading and assigning an external bitmap as material
      • BitmapFileMaterial
      • BitmapAssetMaterial
    • Two ways of using a movie clip as material
      • MovieMaterial
      • MovieAssetMaterial
    • VideoStreamMaterial
    • Combining materials
    • Interactivity
      • Material interactivity
        • Using ButtonMode
        • Defining the event listeners
      • Object interactivity
    • Tips and tricks
      • Tiling
      • Flipping your material
      • Power of two textures
    • Examplecreating a carousel
    • Summary
  • 5. Cameras
    • Cameras inherit from DisplayObject3D
    • Basic camera settings
      • Focus and field of view
      • Zoom
      • Zoom, focus, and field of view relate to each other
      • Near and far
    • Camera types
      • The target camera
      • The free camera
        • Demonstrating the difference between the free camera and the target camera
        • Switching between the free camera and the target camera
      • The debug camera
      • The spring camera
        • Adding basic navigation
        • Putting the spring camera to work
    • Setting a target with the lookAt() method
    • Culling
      • Types of culling in 3D computer graphics
      • Two levels of culling in Papervision3D
      • Applying frustum culling
      • Applying culling on viewport level
      • Seeing culling at work
    • Clipping
      • Clipping in Papervision3D with FrustumClipping
      • Seeing frustum clipping at work
      • Culling and clipping in the rendering pipeline
    • Summary
  • 6. Moving Things Around
    • What can we move around?
    • How can we move things around?
    • Rotating objects
      • Alternatives for local rotationpitch(), yaw(), and roll()
      • Another type of rotationrotationX, rotationY, and rotationZ
      • Demonstrating the difference between rotation and local rotation
    • Mouse interaction
      • Getting the distance from the mouse to the center of the stage
      • Basic mouse interaction
      • Mouse interaction with easing
      • Using mouse interaction to rotate an object
      • Orbiting the camera around an object
        • Orbiting the camera by moving the mouse
        • Orbiting the camera by dragging the mouse
        • Clamping the camera rotation
    • Animating with Tweener
      • Downloading Tweener
      • Tweening 3D objects
      • Tweening the camera over a curved path
    • Examplethe galaxy extended
      • Creating a class for user input
      • Creating a class for the galaxy
      • Creating a class for the paper plane
      • Initializing the application in our document class
      • Controlling the camera
        • Adding dynamic zoom
        • Adding a third-person camera
        • Adding a first-person camera
        • Adding random camera perspectives
        • Switching back to the default view
    • Summary
  • 7. Shading
    • Introduction to shading
    • Flat shading
      • FlatShadeMaterial for color-based shading
      • FlatShader for bitmap-based shading
    • Gouraud shading
    • Cell shading
    • Phong shading
    • Bumping your materials
    • Reflection mapping
    • Exampleshading the Earth in our galaxy
      • Adding a shader and a bump map
    • Summary
  • 8. External Models
    • Modeling for Papervision3D
      • Keep your polygon count low
      • Add polygons to resolve artifacts
      • Keep your textures small
      • Use textures that Flash can read
      • Use UV maps
      • Baking textures
      • Use recognizable names for objects and materials
      • Size and positioning
      • Finding the balance between quality and performance
    • Creating a template class to load models
    • Creating models in Autodesk 3ds Max and loading them into Papervision3D
      • Installing COLLADA Max
      • Creating the Utah teapot and export it for Papervision3D
      • Importing the Utah teapot into Papervision3D
      • Exporting and importing the Utah teapot in 3ds format
      • Importing animated models
        • Animation clips
    • Creating and loading models using SketchUp
      • Exporting a model from Google's 3D Warehouse for Papervision3D
      • Importing a Google Earth model into Papervision3D
    • Creating and loading models using Blender
      • Exporting a textured cube from Blender into Papervision3D
    • Keeping control over your materials
    • Summary
  • 9. Z-Sorting
    • What is z-sorting
      • The painter's algorithm
      • Sorting triangles
    • Layering your renders
      • Creating a viewport layer
        • Creating a viewport layer using useOwnContainer
        • Creating and sorting a viewport layer using getChildLayer
        • Creating a viewport layer by instantiating a new ViewportLayer
      • Sorting layers
        • Sorting layers with ViewportLayerSortMode.Z_SORT
        • Sorting layers with ViewportLayerSortMode.ORIGIN_SORT
        • Sorting layers with ViewportLayerSortMode.INDEX_SORT
      • Creating and sorting sublayers
    • Quadtree rendering
    • Summary
  • 10. Particles
    • What particles are and why to use them
      • Billboarding
      • Particle systems
    • Creating particles
    • A template class for all the examples
    • ParticleMaterial
    • BitmapParticleMaterial
      • Using a dynamically drawn bitmap as BitmapParticleMaterial
        • Passing a ParticleBitmap instance to the BitmapParticleMaterial constructor
      • Using a loaded bitmap as BitmapParticleMaterial
    • MovieAssetParticleMaterial
      • Creating an animated movie clip for Flash, Flex Builder, and Flash Builder
      • Exporting the animated clip as an SWC for Flex Builder and Flash Builder to use
      • Creating the document class for Flash, Flex Builder, and Flash Builder
      • Adding interactivity to MovieAssetParticleMaterial
      • Embedding a bitmap in Flex Builder and Flash Builder as the source of MovieAssetParticleMaterial
    • Creating particle fields with the ParticleField class
    • Particles don't have to be tinya billboard example
    • The Flint particle system
      • Downloading the Flint particle system
      • Creating a fountain of shiny balls with Flint
        • The emitter
        • The counter
        • Initializers
        • Actions
        • The renderer
    • Summary
  • 11. Filters and Effects
    • What are filters and effects?
    • Using Flash filters to create effects
      • Applying BlurFilter, DropShadowFilter, and GlowFilter to a 3D object
    • Setting the transparency and blend mode of a viewport layer
      • Changing filters, alpha, and blend mode dynamically
    • Applying filters on viewport level
      • Directly apply filters to the entire viewport
      • Apply filters on viewport level with BitmapViewport3D
    • Built-in Papervision3D effects
      • Creating an effect layer
      • Methods to affect the way the effect is displayed
        • Adding a color effect with BitmapColorEffect
        • Adding a fire effect with BitmapFireEffect
        • Adding a pixelating effect with BitmapPixelateEffect
        • Adding a motion effect with BitmapMotionEffect
    • Adding a Flash filter as an effect with BitmapLayerEffect
      • Combining effects
      • Adjusting the effect with BitmapDrawCommand
    • Adding fog with FogFilter
    • Adding reflection with ReflectionView
      • Adding objects with no reflection
    • Examplecreating depth of field
    • Summary
  • 12. 3D Vector Drawing and Text
    • VectorVision: 3D vector text and drawing
    • Creating a template class for the 3D text examples
    • How to create and add 3D text
    • Font creation
    • Adding interactivity to 3D vector text and shapes
      • Adding interactivity to 3D text
    • Drawing vector shapeslines, circles, and rectangles
    • Drawing lines with Lines3D
      • How drawing with Lines3D works
      • Straight lines
      • Curved lines
      • Adding lines with addNewLine()
      • Creating segmented lines
      • Adding interactivity to Lines3D lines
      • Growing lines example
    • Summary
  • 13. Optimizing Performance
    • Measuring performance
    • Basic optimization strategies
      • Stage quality
      • Other general Flash optimizations
      • Destroy unwanted objects
      • Viewport size
      • Camera frustum and field of view
      • Culling
      • Creative thinking
    • Optimizing materials
      • Transparency
      • Tiled
      • Power of two textures
      • Material size
      • Animated materials
    • Optimizing objects
      • Remove objects that are behind other objects
      • Level of detail
    • Optimizing shading
    • Optimizing rendering
      • Only render when you need to
      • Selective rendering
      • Viewport scaling
    • Summary
  • Index

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