Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are…

I’m sure everyone has needed one of these at one time or another. I just decided to finally get one together for myself.

To use, you first call StageAlignTool.init() and pass in the stage, and optionally a minimum width and a minimum height (defaults to 1024×768).
Next, you call StageAlignTool.registerLocation() and pass in the displayObject you wish to register, which position you wish it to lock to (StageAlignTool .TL means Top Left, StageAlignTool.MC means Middle Center), and optionally if you want it to stay relative to where it is now (true) or snap to the edge of the stage (false).
The class automatically sets your stage scale mode to NO_SCALE and the stage align to TOP_LEFT. It also expects the display objects you pass it to have their registration points in the top left corner.

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Usage:


//StageAlignTool.init(Stage reference[, min width = 1024, min height = 768]);
StageAlignTool.init(stage, 1024, 768);

StageAlignTool.registerLocation(bg, StageAlignTool.MC);


Give it a try and tell me what you think.

Julian Work AS3, Liquid Layout, Stage, StageAlign, StageALignTool

My friends, the Kwartas, are trying to adopt. They’re using social media to its fullest extent and I am helping them spread the word.

If you are interested, know anyone who is interested, or are just happy to see a nice couple who want a baby to love, check out some of these links:

Their adoption profile site: http://mariaandnathan.com/

Their adoption blog: http://mariaandnathan.blogspot.com/

Their YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb7PT0s9FiE

CNN.com story on their journey: http://tinyurl.com/kwartaadoption

on FaceBook search for “Maria Nathan”

Their Twitter acount: http://twitter.com/mariaandnathan

Feel free to leave a comment here or contact them directly, even it’s just for well wishes.

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Here’s a little something I whipped up based on a photo I took at the Obama rally on Oct. 18th, 2008

Julian Personal Projects barack, obama, rally, wallpaper

This class will allow you to create a pixellated copy of any display object.

It allows for varying pixel sizes and caching of rendered pixels so you don’t have to redraw them every time.

mosaic

Usage is as follows:

var myMoz:Mosaic = new Mosaic(yourDisplayObj:DisplayObject, pixelSize:uint, useCache:Boolean);
addChild(myMoz);

or

var myMoz:Mosaic = new Mosaic(yourDisplayObj);
myMoz.pixelSize = 10;
myMoz.render();

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Julian Personal Projects AS3, bitmap, Flash, mosaic

These comps were created for Whitewave’s Sun Cha brand energy drink. It’s a natural tea drink that’s caffeine free so you don’t get the rush/crash with most other energy drinks.
The campaign is titled ‘Take back the afternoon’ and the site was built to look like a public rally for those who wish to take back their afternoon.

Interactive Art Director – Julian Kussman, Copywriter – Kay Cochran

Julian Portfolio Portfolio, sun cha, website, whitewave

This is a Desktop Weather Widget that connects to a custom web service and displays weather warnings and information for your area. It find your location automatically and will keep you up to date on the weather. It was created using Adobe AIR and Flash CS3 (AS3).

Visit widget download site

Julian Portfolio AIR, AS3, Energizer, Portfolio, widget

This banner campaign was for MiA Control and MiA Mama, 2 products under the MiA brand name which is a line of dairy drinks aimed at women.

Interactive Art director – Julian Kussman

Julian Portfolio banner, mia, Portfolio

This design was for a micro-site to showcase The Hartford’s sponsorship of NASCAR driver Dario Franchitti.

I used strong brand colors combined with mechanical elements to evoke the exciting nature of NASCAR.

Interactive Art Director – Julian Kussman

Julian Portfolio Dario Franchitti, design, micro-site, NASCAR, Portfolio, The Hartford

These ads were made to promote a free beer giveaway on Anheuser Busch’s BudTV.

Who doesn’t like free beer?

Art director – Adnan Sabic, Copy Writer – Greg Vogler, Interactive – Julian Kussman

Julian Portfolio Anheuser Busch, banner ad, BudTV, Portfolio

Well let’s we how it goes.

Julian General iphone, WordPress