I’ve talked a bit about separating our semantic and non-semantic content within websites. We can take our rich non-semantic content and throw it onto a canvas. This provides a number of benefits, cleaning up our…
Month: October 2016
New Site
Recently I redesigned my website (cjgammon.com). Personal sites are kind of a constant background project for me and a great way to keep exploring and learning. I like to keep it clean with some animation…
Parallax Deep Dive
Welcome to the first part of my deep dive into parallax. In this part we’re going to talk about what parallax is, how it relates to the web, and whether it’s just a fad. You’ve…
Basic Parallax
In the second installment of my Parallax deep dive, I go into how to implement basic parallax on the web. I also discuss some other things to consider when implementing parallax. We cover the formula…
Advanced Parallax
In the third installment of my Parallax deep dive, I go into how to implement more advanced parallax on elements that are further down the page. We explore some more advanced calculations to get specific…
Scrolling on a Path
In the fourth installment of my Parallax deep dive, I discuss one technique to animate elements along a complex path. I discuss how to use an SVG path created in Illustrator to define an animation…
Mouse Parallax
In the fifth installment of my Parallax deep dive, I discuss how to use mouse movement to apply a parallax effect. Using the same plugin exporting layout data from Illustrator that I discussed in Episode…
Beyond Parallax
This is my last episode in my series on parallax. I’m going to go through one quick demo of how we can trigger events on items based on their position in the viewport. I also…
Three.js Introduction
Three.js is an open source javascript library for drawing 3d graphics on the web. It was created by Ricardo Cabello (aka. Mr. doob). It grew out of the work he had done for Flash on…
Three.js Getting Started
Let’s set up a basic scene in Three.js. The first thing you need to do is include the Three.js library. You can download it at threejs.org. You can also use the CDN url from cdnjs…