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Last week, I showcased an idea of Flash layout organizers (source code is coming), that acts loosely the same as Flex containers. I have already started to use this basic idea and it has so far worked out very nicely for me. After posting my little experiment, I instantly thought of mashing up the layout organizer experiment with the Flash video sampler experiment I did a couple months back. The current example of bringing the two together is overly simplistic to better give the idea of what is happening, but I can already see tremendous potential for fun with this technique.

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I have been playing with different layout configurations lately and, after seeing the advantages/disadvantages of Flex layouts, I decided to work on this experiment. Flex layouts are great because they allow easy visual organization of elements in containers. The problem with that is once an element is in a container, it cannot easily and flexibly change its layout position. For instance, a grid cannot really turn into a HBox and definitely cannot turn into more alternative layouts (such as a circular or random layout). I decided to make some Actionscript classes that would virtually mangage layouts - no containers, just managers. Meaning you subscribe an element to a layout (or multiple layouts) and they can be put into their correct layout position (or taken away) since they act independently.

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Yesterday, I added functionality to my video color sampler experiment to have the ability to pull YouTube videos. This was the last piece of functionality I wanted to add to this system before I really start doing some visual/motion exploration. The feature was extremely simple to add (two or three minutes of work) - but it makes this project extremely more interesting from a public interaction perspective. I already have some ideas for public installation projects I will start to consider working on since the time and materials would theoretically be very minimal.

Not too long ago, I posted a Flash experiment where I sampled video color data to create real-time visualizations (by the way, feel free to download the base code). I have yet to really spend time on the visual treatment of this technique - instead playing with more technical aspects to expand the potential of what can be done creatively. I am truly looking forward to experiment in more interesting visual/motion treatments, but first things first...

Yeah, I know, I am ridiculously late with the weekly links. I could create all sorts of excuses and arguments, but instead of that, I am just going to post the links.

I will try not to have this happen again.

Enjoy the links.

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