Ideally, an agency for which you work as a freelancer has hired you as the square peg to fit into a square hole. A bit like software, there is a distinct interface between the people you are working with – approvals, in-feeds, time lines, and expectations.
The golden rule is: expect to contribute more, do more, and give more. In the end, you will get more. Here’s why:
My Aircraft Bio for Canada’s Air Force. Had a great time with this one. Most interesting part was mapping our interior photos to the interior texture maps of the model. Great work AL!
Check it out, especially if you wonder how Canada gets freight trains worth of humanitarian and mil equipment around the world:
The crews loved it for its accuracy. “Fantastic”
Check it out here at the Centennial of Flight Website. Air Force commission to present highlights of the last 100 years of Canadian aviation as a flash piece. The result was very received by Air Force, and we hope to add more content top the timeline throughout 2009! Check out some details in the project section.
Click to launch
I built this while at FITC Toronto. The Speakers were quite motivating, I guess!
Click to load, once loaded, click to start. Mouse control only (maybe the control is a bit too realistic, in that it takes some time to master the roll and pitch)
The goal is to flyby all the red markers in minimum time. The fighter uses realistic elevator and aileron controls, so it is tricky to fly at first and gives an appreciation of what pilots have to master. Of course, flying in 3rd person rather than first person adds to the issue!
Details on implementation:
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With collateral as good as this, you want to show it off. NASA has chosen some microsoft technologies like Photosynth and Virtual Earth to allow interactivity beyond flat photos and give a sense of space. If you haven’t checked out Photosynthbefore, it is definitely worth a look. The preprocessing overhead to generate a scene is high, so for now, only the resultant views can be browsed – no lightroom plugin or flash lib yet!
Check it out at NASA
Grant Skinner’s slides (in 3D) that were presented at FITC Toronto this year. I really like this presentation, which is a great read for anyone doing any AS3 coding.
