collection of papervision 3D tutorials

Today we will talk about the Advanced Materials in Papervision 3D. These three great tutorials from Jim Foley will give you the essential info as for Papervision 2.0 Materials: you will learn what Materials are available to us in Papervision 3D and also get the detailed info on applying them to the object. You will be able to learn about Shaders and Shaded Materials, view the examples and get all necessary codes.

1. Papervision 3D 2.0 Materials Overview

With this review you will learn the peculiarities of Papervision 2.0 Materials. You will get familiar with ColorMaterial, WireframeMaterial, CompositeMaterial, BitmapFileMaterial, MovieMaterial as well as Papervision 2.0 Shader Materials: FlatShadeMaterial, CellMaterial, GouraudMaterial, PhongMaterial, EnvMapMaterial.

Here you can view the codes of the Materials and get more detailed info.

With the help of these two great tutorials from Andy Zupko you will get familiar with two ways of dragging in 3D.

1. The Easy Way of Gragging in 3D

It is a no-math solution to be able to drag an object in 3D in multiple directions using the tools already built into Papervision 3D. By creating an invisible Plane object, you can detect where it is hit by the mouse in 3D space - then move your object to that position.

This way is good, but it is definitely just a hack and heavy approach to dragging objects in 3D.

To get the detailed tutorial and get the source you may here.

2. The Right Way of Dragging in 3D

This way is much more elegant than the previous one.  In the 1st way the author introduced some new functions of dragging in 3D. Those functions can be used for much more than just for dragging. And this 2nd way teaches us make a good use of them.

Click here to view the detailed tutorial and get the source.

Particle systems are used for creating a variety of special effects: it is possible to create snow, rain, fire, smoke, and many more great things. But first of all you have to get familiar with some basic principles of particle systems and learn how they can be used to create a variety of effects.

The example below covers some of the basic principles of particle systems. Here you will see two of them:

1) With the stars, adjusted their scale, alpha and position to create the illusion of the camera traveling forward in an endless space.

2) The supernova with a few “particles” being placed in the center, scaled, rotated and then fading out with the alpha.

That is what you will create with this tutorial’s help:

To view this application in a new window as well get the necessary codes please follow this link.

To mark the 30,000 Milestone Template launch Template Monster enters a special promo that guarantees their customers a huge variety of freebies to choose from. But the main point here is that Template Monster designers team releases the anniversary website template that, being developed with Papervision3D and FlashMoto CMS, offers advanced hotspot capabilities. It includes the options to create a powerful Flash photo portfolio with flexible thumbnail options and interesting transition effects. The gallery is performed in the style of a 3D tunnel that displays the images on an engaging way using the Papervision 3D engine. The viewer can rearrange the layout through navigation control or by mouse interactivity, plus it is also possible to zoom in and out of the tunnel. Upon clicking on a thumbnail, the corresponding large image will load for a better picture browsing. All those option could create truly unique outputs for a particular photo portfolio web project.

Counting down to this great and milestone event of the 30,000 template launch, an exclusive offer has been drawn up for those customers who will make a regular purchase at Template Monster on August 10 and 11, 2010. Every person that will buy any template during these days will be able to choose a free item out of Template Monster corporate design product types that include PowerPoint Templates, Logo Templates, Corporate Identity Templates, Logosets, and Iconsets categories. So that’s what this milestone launch shindig is all about. For more interesting titbits about the terms of the promo proceed to Template Monster official blog entry, there’s even more exciting stuff under way to discover.

In this post we continue the theme of Papervision 3D video tutorials for all those who prefer video training instead of written tutorials. From this tutorials you will learn how to how to create an object in PV3D, how to build an interactive Papervision 3D scene, how to implement Papervision 3D within Flex using an MXML Flex Application, and get familiar with PV3D material basics.

Also, read the 1st part Papervision 3D - Video Tutorials (Part 1)

1. PV3D Intro – Hello World (I)

From this PV3D video tutorial for beginners you will learn how to set up basic Class & PV3D code skeleton and how to create an object, animate it and render it to the stage.

2. PV3D Material Basics (II)

This video tutorial will teach you the PV3D material basics. You will learn how to import Papervision 3D material libraries, how to declare colorMaterial var and datatype it to colorMaterial, how to establish colorMaterial parameters and how to assign colorMaterial to the primitive1 Plane Primitive. The final code is included.

3. Interactive Scene

This video tutorial demonstrates how to build an interactive Papervision 3D scene from start to end. The author explains how to implement your PV3D class, establish all your standard scene setup actions, how to initalize a sphere, apply a material to it and get it rendering. Then he covers how to add interactivity to the sphere by applying a click handler to the sphere.

4. Papervision 3D development in Flex – I

This tutorial covers how to implement Papervision within Flex using an ActionScript project. It tells about the basics of Flex (assuming you’re new to the app) as well as covers various other things such as, how to use Flash drawn materials within Flex, how to properly export your Flex project for use on the web, etc.

5. Papervision 3D development in Flex – II

The  Part II tutorial discusses how to implement Papervision 3D within Flex using an MXML Flex Application.

Please feel free to suggest other PV3D video tutorials in “Comments”.

Papervision 3D is one of the most interesting ways to visualize data. We can can use the three dimensional lines to create interactive 3d charting, modeling, or graphing components.

This example shows a really basic rotating 3D chart. There are two important things that it shows.

1) A three dimensional scatter plot.
2) A three dimensional line chart

The data points between the scatter plot and line chart are exactly the same. The combined effect is a 3D scatter plot with lines connecting each data point.

Here’s the example:

You can view this application in a new window at: Line3DChart.

Hi everyone! Today we decided to take a break from tutorials and create a collection of attractive Papervision 3D websites to please you. Viewing these interactive websites, you will have an idea of how to use the PV3D technique in your works. We hope the collection will inspire you and will be helpful for your future projects.

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Barsinski & Jeanjean 3D Portfolio

A Papervision 3D website of the Amsterdam based interactive studio, created by two designers: Barsinski and Jeanjean. The website menu is made in the form of a cube: you may rotate it by moving the mouse cursor over it. To view the designers’ works just stop scrolling the gallery and click on any thumbnail you like.

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Philips Nivea Promotional 3D Website

Philips Nivea for Man’s promotional website. With Papervision 3D and morphing you can create a monument for the vulnerable man, name it and “immortalize” it on the website:) It’s really funny.

In this post we continue the theme of Papervision 3D tutorials for beginners. With these useful and well written tutorials you will learn about Papervision 3D basics and get familiar with Papervision 2.0 Alpha, also known as “Great White”.  Also, you will learn how to implement market-hit game with Papervision 3D, how to create a regular EffectLayer and a BitmapEffectLayer, how to create a simple scene with some cubes and spheres, how to create a simple 3D gallery, and many other great things.

Also, read the 1st part Getting Started with Papervision 3D: Tutorials for Beginners. Part 1

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Papervision3D: Part 1- Foundation and 3D Object Basics

John Linquist, a lead interactive developer at Roundarch.  He specializes in in Papervision 3D and skinning Flex apps. In this tutorial he tells us how to set up your first Papervision 3D application using Papervision 3D 2.0 Alpha.

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Simple Papervision 3D Tutorial

This tutorial for beginners includes some useful comments to your first papervision 3D project. You will learn how to create a simple cube, how to use your mouse to control camera movement, etc.

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Using BasicView to Render Your 1st 3D Object

This video tutorial will help you to learn how to use BasicView to render your first 3D object. The author is Seb Lee-Delisle, a multimedia programmer with 15 year experience. Among his clients are BBC, Sony, Phillips, Unilever, and many other large companies.

Papervision is a 3D engine for the Flash platform. It appeared about 3 years ago and started as an easy way to transform MovieClips to achieve the 3D illusion. Now this amazing technology is widely used for creating interactive galleries. With Papervision 3D the opportunities are endless.
This collection includes the most brilliant Papervision 3D gallery solutions. All the Flash 3D Templates were developed by highly professional specialists. So, if you are studying the 3D technology or just searching for some inspiration, you will definitely find many new ideas for your future works here.

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Sinusoidal 3D Gallery

With this stunning sinusoidal 3D gallery it is possible to add as many rows as you wish. The image preview is universal and adapts to any picture size.

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Cube Papervision 3D Gallery

This perfect 3D gallery template was designed in the form of a rotating cube: to stop it you need to mouse over the cube. After you click a cube face, a full preview gallery with “next” and “previous” arrow buttons will be opened.

Papervision 3D is an awesome technology! With its help we can create impressive things. But it’s rather complicated.

Fortunately, there are many professionals, who are not only great at Papervision 3D technology, but also good writers. Thanks to them, we have an opportunity to learn the technology in detail right at home.
For this post we have selected some of the best Papervision 3D tutorials for your convenience. Looking through these articles written by professional 3D users, both the beginners and skilled users will find many interesting and useful resources for themselves.

So, welcome to the world of Papervision 3D!

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Papervision 3D Flash Gallery Tutorial

This very detailed tutorial from FlashMoto gives exhaustive answers to the question “How to make a Papervision 3D gallery ”.

This tutorial shows the process of building a Flash gallery using Papervison 3D in detail. The main purpose of the tutorial is passing through all the stages of Flash application development. At the same time, the tutorial covers all contradictory questions one may face while working with Papervision 3D. This tutorial consists of several parts. Together with Papervision 3D library the author uses Tweener for a better smooth animation and Bulkloader for a better image preloading.

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Papervision 3D Video Training

This Papervision 3D video training was specially created for beginner users. If you prefer video training instead of reading articles, you will definitely like this resource. You will learn to get PV3D, access custom classes within Flash, download and install TortoiseSVN as well as create PV3D primitives: planes, cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, etc…   You will also get familiar with PV3D material basics: color materials, wireframe materials, movie asset materials and bitmap file materials.