Flash Word Wall
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- dbloc
A client is requesting something similar to this for a lobby big screen. Has anyone seen anything similar to this done in flash that feeds from an XML file and randomly displays the words or phrases? Preferable an FLA that we can purchase and customize. Also, please post any similar examples that you seen. Thanks!
I look on flashden and didn't really see anything similar.
- dbloc0
I guess it doesn't have to be flash if you seen it done with another technology.
- chrisRG0
haven't seen like that, but it shouldn't be a problem to be built, in the past I've done many flash's to be used in tv/displays
- deathboy0
something like this sites generator?
http://www.wordle.net/
- yurimon0
flash? whats that?
- fyoucher10
Personally, I would just try to fake it. It'd be fairly complex and time-consuming to try and code the stacking of random word layouts when you could get the same effect in a 10th of the time
So perhaps manually create the stacks and 'random' layouts (grid dimensions, rotations, etc) using blocks / rectangle's. In each of those blocks would be a textfield instance of the same size. Then get the string via XML for each, change the string value of the textfield, and then match the textfield size to the block (which would scale the text up or down), and then hide the block, leaving behind the text. Run a loop to change all of the block to text. Then randomly change the color of each textfield. Then, do a secondary grid that overlaps the first one with another random grid layout.
That's probably the easiest and quickest way to do something like that.
- fyoucher10
You could even go as far as creating 5 or so transition IN animations and then randomly choose between each one, so they look like they're randomly animating in.
- canoe0
try to fit in "buttocks" to see if anyone notices your awesome work?
- akiersky0
processing + wordookie library:
https://code.google.com/p/wordoo…
or wordcram:
http://wordcram.org/the fitting isn't nearly as nice as what's in your example, but it would be pretty hard to get that with a pure software solution I think. some good info here: http://static.mrfeinberg.com/bv_…
- PonyBoy0
if you're willing to pay for something existing... are you willing to pay for someone to build it?
- ok_not_ok0
- aw it makes me sad going to Levitated. It reminds me of the joy and hope I had back in the day ;| Miss you, Flash buddy.mikotondria3
- animatedgif0
openframeworks is best choice for something like this, it can run mostly on the GPU so will be more power efficient than software rendering everything like in Flash, also much better at dealing with massive resolutions.
"b-b-but muh stage3D" shut up no one uses that shit it's a shambles
- dbloc0
^ how is something like this set up?