Cloud and Landscape Generator

Building my base of reusable code, I spent the last few days implementing, tweaking and making examples of a fractal based clound/landscape generator.

Since the Flash 10 penetration rate will need some time to get close to 100%, it's implemented for Flash 9. Everything is generated in code, so it would be perfect for projects with size limitations or when requiring to generate content dynamically.

Base algorithm: Same result as Photoshop Filter menu -> Render -> Cloud ..	Landscape generator: Heightmap and texture accessable independently (as 2D arrays or as Actionscript Sprite or Bitmap) ..
Dark (k)night psychedelic: An example of use. Infintely looping 3 layer parallax scrolling using Flash blend modes, distance based bluring, and horizontal flip for faster init time and psychedelic effect.	Dark (k)night clean: Similar but no filters or blend modes.
Clean blue skies:

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Water Effect

Here's a water effect I made some time back.

Flash 9 version :	Flash 10 version :

The only difference between the versions is I'm using typed arrays (Vector) in the Flash 10 version, which gives a nice performance boost.

It would run smoothly at higher resolutions if implemented as a Pixel Bender kernel, but I'm saving that for another day. :-)

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