WOODPECKER: Sound Flash Animation
Woodpecker uses the combination of Flash and AS3 that animates object by the beats of the sound. It works first by importing a sound file (MP3, WAV, etc…) and then an object is placed to be animated. I had seen many sound animations such as the wave form from Windows Media Player. I wanted to do something unique. I wanted to do the complete opposite of a common sound animation (Straight lines animating up and down according to the sound). Therefore, I changed the lines into many blotches of particles and I made them animated horizontal. The end result was pretty impressive and I had a great and fun experience testing out this project.
Since obtaining sound and music is really simple and easy “legally” in this generation. Almost any hand-held devices offer a music player application. From cellphones, laptops, car stereos, etc. I think if users are able to interact with the music and sound. That would be definitely give the users a better experience.
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http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=63fe4c58-ba22-4576-b73d-ed62fba96c95 /
http://theflashblog.com/?p=1426
http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2494
http://labs.google.com/gaudi
http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/09/fils-sound-film-flexible-transparent-speaker/
