About Degrafa:
Open source framework that works with Flex 2/3 and eventually 4. Allows for really easy graphics to be draw via markup.
Licensed under MIT and powered by the Flex community
Showed gear (based on gearAutoShape) with gradient blend and glow filter that is all done via mxml code.
Degrafa is not just limited to simple shapes/fills but there are lots of features that sit on top of that stuff.
easy but no loss of flexibility and complexity via coding.
Real World Examples:
Rich User Interfaces – skinning entire applications
Frameworks – Axiis and Birdeye (United Nations)
Skinning Flex Charting
Dynamic Graphics – Herff Jones eDesign (yearbook layout manager) and Autodesk Project Dragonfly (room layout)
Games – Tetris, TicTacToe, Pong but ideas are quite extendable.
Mapping – textures, custom markers, vector maps
And a lot more!
What’s next?
Working towards Degrafa 1.0 and Flex 4 – A bit different than FXG.
Optimization is a major theme in 1.0
1.0 Preview
Decorators wrap geometry and allow for things like dashed lines, end caps, extrude, etc.
Video fill allows the use of a video as a fill.
Elliptical Arc Advanced
Super Shape 2D is an advanced geometry that allows thousands of shapes with a few parameters
Advanced Curves – Jim Armstrong
new transforms like Perspective Transform to give shapes a 3D look
lots, lots more!
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