Playing With MaiTai

I've just been playing with Project MaiTai, a new graphics tool built using JavaFX v1.2.1. It lets you create interactive graphics by using building blocks that can be images, music, streams from Flickr or Twitter, RSS feeds, input from a mouse or keyboard, effects (e.g., blur, reflection, etc..) and more. Each block has different options allowing you to customize the effect it has on the graphics being created. Finally, the finished output can be exported as a movie file or a JavaFX application.

It's a very nifty tool that's quite fun to muckaround with. It's still being developed but if you want to have a go, just click on the beta link under Downloads on the right hand side of the Project MaiTai website.