Sometimes you can get stuck in a rut with your design work. Mantaining the status quo and doing what you know works. Knowing this I’ve compiled a list of inspirational sites that will hopefully inspire to go beyond “what works” and produce something even more amazing. http://www.thefwa.com – Favourite Website Awards. Mostly dynamic Flash sites [...]
Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile is now available for download from the iTunes store! With Connect Pro Mobile, participants can watch and listen to live presentations including real-time meeting webcam video and screen sharing demonstrations. Mobile users can see who is in the meeting at any given time, and chat with others using the live [...]
Look out iPad! The Sun is here. Very clever advertising from one of UK’s best reads.
Imagine taking a Flash project and porting it to the web, desktop and even tablet devices. The Flash platform has got you covered. View on AdobeTV.com
Just release today! The thing I love most about this title is the fact that the gallery is XML driven. Which means you don’t have to open Flash and publish an swf anytime you want to update your portfolio. Other cool features include: Displaying a random background on each page visit Adding unique ActionScript animation [...]
The eSeminar is now OnDemand on Adobe’s site for you to view at your leisure. Check it out: http://www.adobe.com/go/cs4ondemands Learn how your company can stay ahead by creating rich interactive customer experiences using Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional and the many groundbreaking Web design tools for animation and interactivity within Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium [...]
Learn how to use Photoshop to create interactive design content for web and mobile. Photoshop for Web
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Scott Kelby, Johnny Loiacono, Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski, Russell Brown and members of the Adobe team will be taking the stage at 7:30pm PST on February 18th to pay homage to the program that changed and shaped popular culture forever… and you can watch it on PhotoshopUser.com LIVE! It promises to be a fun-filled night [...]
Creating a Simple Animation in Flash CS4 Professional from Paul Trani on Vimeo. New to Flash? Well, a great place to start is learning how to create a simple animation using the Motion Tween.
Recently worked on an augmented reality project to promote Spartacus: Blood and Sand. We’re using video with alpha channels and pushing two videos through at once to provide the depth. You can check it out here.
I recently had the privilege of working on a large online promotional campaign for Spartacus: Blood and Sand. A new series premiering on Starz. The mostly Flash assets I created and managed took about 3 months and resulted in streaming video rich media, site “takeovers”, custom Flash experiences, games, augmented reality and mobile content. These assets were [...]
Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows some great masking technology in the next version of Photoshop. As you can tell, this will save a ton of time when it comes to tedious masking.
Whether you are looking to update your skills, work more efficiently in Flash, revamp your web site, or launch a new career or business, you’ll walk away with awesome new skills in the industry-leading animation authoring software! Join me! Philadelphia, PA February 26th, 2010 Minneapolis, MN March 26th, 2010 New York City, NY April 30th, [...]
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 public prerelease is the first runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised web browsing of expressive applications, content, and video across devices. Here’s a good article on some of the first demos and interviews.
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch has posted his thoughts on Open Access to Content and Applications. “Flash has been incredibly successful in its adoption, with over 85% of the top web sites containing Flash content and Flash running on over 98% of computers on the Web.”