Archive for the ‘Cell Paint’ Category
AMFPHP, the heart of CellPaint.com
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Cell Paint
Lee Brimlow has released a video detailing how to get started with remoting with AMFPHP. AMFPHP is a free open-source PHP implementation of the Action Message Format.
I have used AMFPHP explicitly on my most recent project, cellpaint.com. AMFPHP is a great way of sending large pieces of data, like byte arrays, to a server and back.
To watch the video tutorial head follow the link on Lee’s blog to watch part 1 or to see AMFPHP in action check out cellpaint.com.
Digg CellPaint
Posted by Will | Filed under Cell Paint, Web
Just a quick one to say that I have submitted CellPaint to Digg. I would love it if you could digg it up to help get it more attention. Click here to digg.
CellPaint.com - Open to everyone, again.
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Cell Paint, Experiments, Web
While it’s been a case of “in again, out again”, I have again removed the registration system from my flash based painting site cellpaint.com.
I’ve decided that I will get more contributors without forcing people to register. The downside of this is it makes moderating users near to impossible and this is something I have accepted. Looking at the types of things users have been submitting it’s obvious people prefer to submit “quick scribbles” rather than full blown illustrations as I had envisioned while developing CellPaint.
To help stop the site from filling up, cells now have a lifespan of 7 days from the time they are submitted. I am hoping this will help keep the site fresh and constantly changing.
Cellpaint.com - Updated
Posted by Will | Filed under Cell Paint
I have just rolled out the latest incarnation of my AS3 based flash site, cellpaint.com. This latest version includes several new features including:
Faster rendering
Cells are drawn to one of 9 large bitmaps rather than kept as individual instances. This has increased performance ten-fold especially when navigating the cells.
Editable cells
One of the most requested features. A user can now submit a cell and then edit it at a later stage. This will hopefully encourage users to take more pride in their work and keep them coming back to work on their masterpiece. The downside to this is layers are lost and the image is flattened between saves.
Login now required
Users wanting to paint a cell must be registered and logged in. Anyone not logged in can navigate/view/expand cells freely.
Menu items
New since the previous version is menu buttons across the top of the screen. These currently don’t do anything so don’t panic if nothing happens when you click on them.
Back end updates
The back end has had various changes to make things more secure.
I still consider cellpaint.com to be work-in-progress and there are a few outstanding issues to be wary of. These include:
Menu buttons don’t work.
Cell submit button briefly locks up the player. This confuses people into thinking the button isn’t working.
Currently no password reset in place.
No ‘undo’ in the paint application. This is something that may not be included for a while. Users are encouraged to work with layers in the meantime.
Please click here to visit cellpaint.com
