Long time without making any web roundup, showcasing the best tutorials available on web, therefore we have compiled a list of great Papervision 3D tutorials, so you can learn more about this 3D Engine for Flash.

You may also want to check our last PV3D roundup here, with other cool showcase of tutorials.

The AS3Dmod Tutorial

The AS3Dmod is a cross-engine modifier library for creating 3d animations in Flash and AS3, and in this cool and well documented tutorial, Bartek of Everyday Flash, will demonstrate you how to create 3d animations using AS3Dmod. Read here.

Papervision 3D Flash Gallery Tutorial

This awesome tutorial will let you learn how to create the famous 3D image gallery based on Papervision 3d, Tweener and BulkLoader. The final result is great, and you can use this as the base for other gallery projects you might want to develop. Read here.

Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial – Particle Systems with Flint

A Matthew Casperson tutorial, taking you through the three options to render particle systems with Flint and Papervision 3D. These are the PV3DPixelRenderer, the PV3DParticleRenderer and the PV3DRenderer. Read here.

Papervision Planetarium (Flex Code – NOMAD constellations)

An awesome tutorial by the great Michael Livel on how to create a Papervision Planetarium at his blog. The amazing thing is that the entire code is no more than 200 lines. Read here.

Flash 3D engines brought to Internet a new dimension to designers present their work. Great works were made since Papervision 3D and other know 3D engines appeared. Today i bring you some cool stuff, that you can use in your own projects. If you don’t know yet how to start with Papervision 3d you might want to have a look to our tutorials page.

Quaternions in Papervision3D

Pixel precision in Papervision3D

Changing a cube’s material dynamically in Papervision3D

Using Papervision3D with FlashDevelop 3

Casting Shadows In Papervision3D – Redux

3D Ribbons in Papervision

Using particles to fill dynamic content in 3D

Papervision 2.0 Effects Tutorial

Understanding zoom, focus and field of view in Papervision3D

14 Papervision 3D Examples with Source by Dehash

• BitmapFileMaterial example
  

Using BitmapFileMaterial to load a jpg and provide texture for a Plane

• Two Sided Plane

Extended DisplayObject3D to create a Plane with Wireframe one side and MovieMaterial on the other

• Video Cube Demo

Displaying a flv on the inside walls of a Cube

• VideoStreamMaterial demo

Using VideoStreamMaterial to provide a texture for a Plane

• Sphere BitmapMaterial

Using BitmapMaterial to display a jpg on a Sphere

• Blender Collada DAE

Loading a Collada DAE file exported from Blender

• Blur effect

Simple example using the newly integrated Effects branch

• Curved lines

Using an external class to create curved lines

• Lines3D

Using the built in Line3D class to create straight lines

• Particle field demo

Simple ParticleField example

• Bitmap material demo

Basic BitmapMaterial example using an embedded jpg


• Rotating cylinder

Cylinder with FlatShadeMaterial

• Shaded cube

Cube with FlatShadeMaterial

• Plane wireframe

Simplest Wireframe Plane

Michael Lively posted 13 video tutorials on Papervision 3d and Flex, which will be usefull for sure to help you entering in this “new age” of Flah Platform.

Wow Physics Papervervision3D Starter Code
Demo: http://nkuflc.org/wowphysics/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/flex3cookbook1/downloads/list
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYZn0fEtwmQ

Installing the Wow Physics Engine into Flex 3
Demo: http://nkuflc.org/wowphysics/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/flex3cookbook1/downloads/list
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwYnCpp4Ewc

3D Sinc Plotter
Demo: http://nkuflc.org/sincplot/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/flex3cookbook1/ under downloads

3D Plotter in Papervison3D and Flex 3 (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFLT9YA444

3D Plotter in Papervison3D and Flex 3 (2 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvpIFLLLKp8

Summary: Demonstrates how to create a 3D plotting software in Papervision3D
and Flex 3.

Molecule Viewer
Demo: http://nkuflc.org/molecule/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/flex3cookbook1/ under downloads
YouTube:

Molecule Viewer in Papervision3D and Flex 3 (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smDWxWx9I8A

Molecule Viewer in Papervision3D and Flex 3 (2 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWeMDzvQ9ko

3D Carousel in Flex 3 and Papervision3D (Free Souce Code)
Demo:http://nkuflc.org/carousel/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/flex3cookbook1/ (under downloads)
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWUR0Yh2Ys

Bible Code in Papervision3D and Flex 3
Demo: http://nkuflc.org/omega/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/biblecode/ (under downloads)
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gC4MM2INpo

PaperLife3D
Demo: http://nkuflc.org/plnav/
Source: http://code.google.com/p/paperlife/ (under downloads)
YouTube:
(2 of 2) Papervision3D Second Life Nav System in Flex 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0V7c44T7U
(1 of 2) Papervision3D Second Life Nav System in Flex 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WbdTdjVO2c

Papervision 3D: Getting Started in Flex 3
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgFWaGheR6g

In the previous components post i spoke about the last components of flashloaded, the 3D Wall. Today, i’m showing a very nice alternative, and cheaper (USD 8.00) of a 3D image gallery. This gallery is based on AS3 and PV3D, and works fine. One of the best feature is that uses the same technique as pic lens, to load images, i mean, as the gallery doens’t need to load all images before start, it works faster than 3D Wall. Although this one don’t offers the same customizable options as 3D Wall.

You can find more nice stock flash files at FlashDen

FlashLoaded launched this week an awesome PV3D component. The 3D Wall, is a Gallery which can displays images on an 3D prespective. The component allows a set of several customizations, which will give always a different layout.

They present 6 examples of what this component can be achieved with this component, and it looks perfect.

Although, in my opinion, there are two things i would change in this component, first, as the gallery takes a while to load all the images, and more images means more time to load, i would be more happy if each thumbnail appeared in the stage uppon on loaded. Second, the slider on the bottom, is intact untill all images are loaded, therefore i would prefer to replace it while loading images as a preloader bar, or simply hide it until all images are loaded.

The cost of the 3D Wall is USD 80, which in point of view make of this component one of the best available when making the relation price / quality.

Know more about this component

I’ve created a page of this list at the blog so you can easly track any new information on 3D.

Tnx Jensa for your great support, by helping me to get this list more complete.

In the last months everyone noticed that everyday, new components and frameworks on 3D have been developed and released to the Flash community. I’m writing this article, because even me that check everyday lots of posts and articles in the Internet, start to be lost in the middle of lot’s of information and new resources available. So, i decide to make a list with all the available 3D tools for Flash. If I’ve missed some of them, i would be glad to add them to this list, just drop me a comment.

2.5D AS3 Isometric Engines

• Ffilmation
• Alternativa Platform

3D Engines

• Papervision 3D
• Sandy 3D
• Away 3D
• Wire Engine 3D
• Electric 3D
• Alternativa Platform

3D Game Engines

• PaperWorld 3D
• SWFZ

3D Vector Engine

• Five 3D

3D Physics Engine

• WOW Engine

3D Flash Components

• FreeSpin 3D
• Papervision3D CS3 Component

3D Animation Framework

• Cast 3D

3D Modelers

• G-Nero

In the last months everyone noticed that everyday, new components and frameworks on 3D have been developed and released to the Flash community. I’m writing this article, because even me that check everyday lots of posts and articles in the Internet, start to be lost in the middle of lot’s of information and new resources available. So, i decide to make a list with all the available 3D tools for Flash. If I’ve missed some of them, i would be glad to add them to this list, just drop me a comment.

2.5D AS3 Isometric Engines

• Ffilmation

3D Engines

• Papervision 3D
• Sandy 3D
• Away 3D
• Wire Engine 3D
• Electric 3D
• Alternativa Platform

3D Game Engines

• PaperWorld 3D
• SWFZ

3D Vector Engine

• Five 3D

3D Physics Engine

• WOW Engine

3D Flash Components

• FreeSpin 3D
• Papervision3D CS3 Component

3D Animation Framework

• Cast 3D

3D Modelers

• G-Nero

G-Nero is an online 3D modeling application based on the Adobe Flash technology and the popular Papervision3D engine. Check out below videos and take your own considerations… Great isn’t it?

Here’s a little example by Erik, how easy it is to combine classical GUI elements like the TitleWindow component and Papervision3D to get eye-candy effect. The effect is very similar to the Microsoft Window Vista Aero style. You can also select a window to focus it after toggling into 3D.

Source code is available

As you probably know, Flash is a 2D program. However, there are a handful of open source 3D engines written in actionscript that allow real time 3D environments to be rendered within the flash player. Among these, is Papervision3D, which is probably the most powerful and widely adopted of the engines available.

In this tutorial, we will create a simple 3D gallery for a few photos. Before you get started, you will need to download Papervision3D, and make sure you have a class path within flash pointing to it’s location on your computer.

Read Tutorial

Swift 3D enables multimedia designers to quickly create high-quality 3D scenes and animations in the most popular vector and raster file formats including SWF, AI, EPS, FLV, MOV and AVI. Swift 3D combines ease-of-use with powerful capabilities and industry-leading output into an affordable tool that integrates seamlessly with Adobe Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop Extended and video editing applications, as well as exporting to Papervision3D.

Contest Regulations

1. Participation is free of charge. Each participant may submit more then one tutorial.
2. Dates. Starts on the 24th March 00:00 GMT, and will end the 24th April 2008 00:00 GMT.
3. The winners that designs the coolest Papervision 3D tutorial will win a prize. The language is English.
4. The only mention is that all submitted tutorials are subject to our staff’s approval.
5. Formats accepted :
   • Word document
   • HTML document
6. The submitted tutorials must be unique. Copy or duplications from other sites, books, or other will not be accepted.
7. The contest we hold is being sponsored by Electric Rain to win copies of Swift 3D worth USD 249.00 each.
8. Contest Prizes
   • 1st place: 1 copy of Swift 3D
   • 2nd place: 1 copy of Swift 3D
   • 3rd place: USD 50.00 (Paypal Transfer)
9. Criteria
   • Overall Creativity and Originality
   • Simple, accurate language
   • Visual impact
10. The 3 winning tutorials will be published on Flash Enabled Blog as well as the other accepted tutorials.
11. Submission. Submissions should be emailed to cpinho@flashenabledblog.com

In this tutorial we build on the last example from flashandmath previous tutorial “Simple 3D Drawing in Flash CS3″. We use the 3D engine we created there to build a collection of highly customizable 3D surfaces. We show on the next page how to begin by openning a file from the previous tutorial and adding examples to it. Then, in order to make our code easy to use and customize, we encapsulate the Timeline code in a custom AS3 class, SpinSurfaceBoard.

Read the tutorial

3 Great Tutorials on Papervision 3D at ComputerArts.co.uk, that introduce you to one of the most promissory Flash Tools at the moment.

See following links to download the tutorials and support files:

1. Introduction to Papervision – In the first part of this tutorial the author will introduce you to the basics of the Papervision component and how to set up and manipulate a basic model;
2. Introduction to Papervision3D – In the second part of this tutorial, Paul Wyatt further explores the interactive options of the real-time 3D Papervision3D component and shows you how to produce a COLLADA file;
3. Mapping textures for use in PaperVision – Paul Wyatt show how to use 3ds max to create a mapped texture for a 3D model which we’ll then apply and bring into Flash with Papervision.

3D World’s series of horror-themed tutorials continues with this character from the great beyond. Starting with a simple figure model, we explore how to add ghostly wrappings, hair, and a touch of creative magic.

A nice 3D cubic Gallery, made on PV3D by RimV.

Here are some of the features:

• Papervison 3d + Actionscript 3
• XML Driven
• Tweener Driven
• CSS Driven
• Well commented code
• Detail documentaion
• Light weight

You can download it from Flashden.

As everyone is seeking for Papervision tutorials, here are a couple of them, released by Jim Foley at Mad Vertices Blog.

Papervision 3D Core Training:
• PV3D “Setting Up” : View
• PV3D Intro – Hello World (I) : View
• PV3D Material Basics (II) : View
• PV3D Primitives (III) : View
• Swift 3D & PV3D (IV) : View
• PV3D Collada (DAE Files (V) : View
• PV3D Object Properties & Interactivity (VI) : View
• Animation using Tweener (VII) : View
• Applying Shader Materials (VIII) : View

This tutorial will walk you thru the creation of the XSI Mod Tool animated 3D logo.

It covers:

1. Papervision3D installation and Flash CS3 project setup.
2. Basic modeling technique.
3. Basic texturing technique.
4. Exporting Papervision3D compatible COLLADA files.
5. The self documented corresponding Flash Action Script 3.0 is provided.

What you need:

1. Softimage|XSI Mod Tool
2. Softimage|Crosswalk 2.5 (Papervision3D compatible COLLADA exporter)
3. Adobe Flash CS3
4. Papervision3D
5. XSIModTool_PV3D_Tutorial.zip (The tutorial content including the Flash CS3 project, the Action Script 3.0 self documented XSIModTool.as file, the required images, the XSI Mod Tool scene, etc.)

About the Softimage|XSI Mod Tool

The Softimage|XSI Mod Tool is a FREE 3D modeling and animation package, for non-commercial use, that plugs right into Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express and Valve Half- Life 2. The Mod Tool is packed with the same 3D modeling and animation tools that the pros use to create triple-A titles. One thing that’s really nice about the Mod Tool is that its Crosswalk enabled. This mean you can import and export content to and from other applications using the COLLADA, dotXSI and FBX file formats. In other words, your data is not locked inside the Mod Tool and yes, it can be used to create content for Flash with the cool Papervision3D technology.

This article was originally posted by Bolducati, where you can also find a very nice tutorial on how to install PV3D.

Currently there are many open source projects in the world flash. I myself am doing one or some, I do not know right now, (my problem is how many of them ends). And a project that was very interesting is currently papervision3d. You can create 3D applications and sites, games and others. Still being created its first version. And to download it is necessary to be registered. Without counting still in this SVN. In this tutorial, you will learn to make a simple application to understand the functioning of this engine 3d graphics. Not go into any details as to the use of 3D objects exported the max, since this is possible but it is not the case of this tutorial. But for now go adiantando is not complicated and you can learn to do this by following this tutorial other in English: http://rozengain.com/?postid=28. Remembering papervision that is not yet released then may make mistakes or certain things like support the animation of fuses is not supported.

Download the latest version of papervision, after it creates a new file in Flash CS3, (not work with earlier versions), enter the path to the engine in the document (publish -> settings. Action Script Version… settings. Classpath add V and direct to the folder where you left the source. Example: D: \ papervision \ as3 \ trunk \ src).

Create a script file of the type and save in the same folder where the file was saved previously created with the name of PapervisionTutorial.

package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import org.papervision3d.scenes.Scene3D;
import org.papervision3d.cameras.Camera3D;
import org.papervision3d.objects.Plane;
import org.papervision3d.materials.MovieAssetMaterial;

We created a package and import all classes necessary for our application. The idea that we will apply this tutorial is not intended to create an example that does several things, but a simple plan on the screen, and view important that you understand what you are doing.

Here We import the classes of flash Sprite and Event that use it to create body visible on stage and a loop for the engine respectively. Then there are the imports of the engine. Scene3D will be our scene, Camera3D our camera, Plane with a plan and we finally have MovieAssetMaterial establishing a material from a movieclip not instantiated. For good development with the engine it is important that we look at the classes in each of the sub-packages which belongs. In such objects have the Class ASE used to import 3D models that can be created in programs such as Blender, 3D Max, and Maya.

public class PapervisionTutorial extends Sprite { Public class PapervisionTutorial extends Sprite (
var container:Sprite; Var container: Sprite;
var scene:Scene3D; Var scene: Scene3D;
var camera:Camera3D; Var camera: Camera3D;
var material:MovieAssetMaterial; Var material: MovieAssetMaterial;

Our class and the objects that we use.

function PapervisionTutorial() { PapervisionTutorial function () (
container = new Sprite(); Container = new Sprite ();
addChild( container ); AddChild (container);
container.x = 385; Container.x = 385;
container.y = 225; Container.y = 225;

Constructor, created a container where renderizaremos the scene. We put on stage in the middle of it. This is. As my is with the size of 770 x 450 figures are as shown. If you want other size stage then divide figures.

scene = new Scene3D( container );
camera = new Camera3D();
camera.zoom = 4;
material = new MovieAssetMaterial( “example”, true );
var plano = new Plane( material, 500, 500, 2, 2 );
scene.addChild( plano );
this.addEventListener( Event.ENTER_FRAME, loop3D );

We created the scene, the camera, with zoom equal to 4, and material, (this material you should create a movieclip preferably a movement that has any, and the library linka it as example). After all created a plan with this texture, (if you want can use wire as texture, just leave a null texture). He has size of 500 x 500, and is divided into blocks, 2 blocks horizontally and 2 blocks upright. Added the scene and created by the loop end, (we always important EnterFrame: D).

function loop3D(event:Event):void {
material.updateBitmap();
scene.renderCamera( camera );
} )

Our method loop3D could only have a called method. Only renderCamera. We call updateBitmap as as the name already says, only to upgrade the texture of our plan. If our plan is not moving in its texture is recommended not to do this update since spent processing. If you only want to render an image and not create any animation, could then fail to do the loop and put only a call to renderCamera.

} )
} )

Ready. Control + Enter.

Next post on papervision see movements and animations.

Source Files

More information and tutorials in English visit: http://wiki.papervision3d.org/

The Original Tutorial was write in Portuguese, and can be found here.

Unic8, made an awesome 3D visualization of the sound spectrum. He used the PV3D. Check it here.

Brgds,

CP

Papervision3D moves from private testing to a full public beta.

Everybody is welcome to download and start playing with it. We believe you will find it very easy to use and to integrate into your Flash 8, Flash CS3 and Flex projects.

It is released under the MIT Open Source license, which means it is absolutely free for any commercial use.

For more details read full post at PV3D blog.

Brgds,

CP

Hi,

After some contacts mantained between me and other two guys, we have decided to start writing some tutorials about Flash, Flex and Air. We will be publishing the same tutorials at the 3 sites, which are Flash Enabled, Garotos de Web e Ricardo Castellano Blog. Soon i will had a new section for this tutorials and everyone will be able to check them. If you want to be notified about this maybe you want to subscribe to the feed.

Brgds,

CP

Some days ago, i posted about this new set of Programs that let you do whatever you want to do, when you wanna to develop web applications, 3d, and so on so on. Now, they released their 1st demo, which you can find here. However, let me say one thing, at 1st sight, this demo have much more lower texture detail than PV3D. However it’s always good to have more than one option when we are seeking for web tools, and i beleive that on the near future, the Aviary will get mature and will give us higher texture quality. Other details are not available yet, or at least i didn’t find out, yet.

Brgds,

CP 

PV3D component has been released. John Grden wrote the features of this version, which i quote here:

• Design-time render and editing in Flash IDE
• 3 Material types supported – BitmapFileMaterial, BitmaAssetMaterial and MovieAssetMaterial
• Creates MovieScene3D and Free or Target camera
• Manages resizing / centering of Papervision3D scene [optional]
• Dynamic masking to constrain the viewable render area to the bounds of the component [optional]
• Full API and access to Scene, Camera, Collada objects to code around
• Automatically loads materials via Collada file [when materials list is not given]
• New Custom Panel for modifying rotation, camera zoom, camera focus, camera Z at design-time

• 

Ready to get started?
Download it here

You’ll needs some docs with that sauce:
DOCS

Wanna see it in real world action? I used it for the slide presentations at the class this last weekend at RMI.
Here are the demo files and the project for the Jedi Training Sphere slide show

In case you wanted to see the Jedi Sphere in action, and thus, the slides from the classes:
Developer’s slides
Designer’s slides

And of course, you can find all of that stuff out on Google code:
Papervision3D google home

Enjoy it.

Brgds,

CP

PV3D component has been released. John Grden wrote the features of this version, which i quote here:

• Design-time render and editing in Flash IDE
• 3 Material types supported – BitmapFileMaterial, BitmaAssetMaterial and MovieAssetMaterial
• Creates MovieScene3D and Free or Target camera
• Manages resizing / centering of Papervision3D scene [optional]
• Dynamic masking to constrain the viewable render area to the bounds of the component [optional]
• Full API and access to Scene, Camera, Collada objects to code around
• Automatically loads materials via Collada file [when materials list is not given]
• New Custom Panel for modifying rotation, camera zoom, camera focus, camera Z at design-time

• 

Ready to get started?
Download it here

You’ll needs some docs with that sauce:
DOCS

Wanna see it in real world action? I used it for the slide presentations at the class this last weekend at RMI.
Here are the demo files and the project for the Jedi Training Sphere slide show

In case you wanted to see the Jedi Sphere in action, and thus, the slides from the classes:
Developer’s slides
Designer’s slides

And of course, you can find all of that stuff out on Google code:
Papervision3D google home

Enjoy it.

Brgds,

CP

Hi. Check this video presentation about Aviary. It’s just awesome.

Aviary is a platform ecosystem for people who create. It is organized around a suite of rich internet applications geared for artists of all genres. From image editing to typography to music to 3D to video, they have a tool for everything.

All of their tools are based right in the browser. One important thing to know about this tools is that they all communicate and relate to each other. To illustrate an example: You can import a swatch from Toucan into Phoenix, while doing complex bitmap processing of a 3D object developed in Hummingbird.

Phoenix

Image editor.

Toucan

A swatch generator tool and community in one.

Peacock

A pattern generator tool and community in one.

Raven

Vector editor.

Hummingbird

3D modeller.

Myna

Audio editor.

Roc

Music generator.

Hawk

Video editor.

Owl

Desktop publishing tool.

Penguin

Word processor (geared towards poets and writers).

Pigeon

Painting simulator.

Rookery

A free, unlimited distributed file system network that anyone can connect to and store data in. It also powers our search engine.

Eagle

A smart online application that can identify complex data about an image based on the pixel patterns (for example it can identify which specific camera an image originaly came from and whether it has been edited or not).

Crane

Custom image product creator, that can integrate with other websites.