Here’s a little teaser for the upcoming release of Away3d 1.9.5 - something I’ve spent too long tweaking and need to upload so that i can get on with some proper work! It’s my first attempt at an audio visualiser - i call it Supernova.

The rendering uses the new BitmapRenderSession class to be released with 1.9.5 that takes especially good care of filters, certainly there are a few in action here…

I’ve also included a fullscreen option that runs with accelerated bitmap scaling, just to see how it handles all those filters. Does a pretty decent job - hit return in the demo to see it for yourself (you will need the 9.0.115 revision of the Flash Player).

Next week I’ll be presenting the first of my 3d training sessions in London. The course is for two days and has already been filled, but for anyone who missed the original announcement on the LFPUG website, another session has been arranged for the 9th and 10th of April. More details can be found here. The course focuses on the basic issues and practicalities of 3d development in Flash, and will include examples written for both Papervision and Away3d engines. Hope to see you there!