Leona Naess animated logo and holding page

Date: 15th August 2008 at 10:19 am | Filed under: flash, portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge

This holding page built for Polydor artist, singer / songwriter Leona Naess features an animated logo with random fades and glows. The flash random timing actionscript is something I have utilised in the past to create similar effects (see: Flash mousetrails with random flashes!).

The holding page also features a streaming mp3 (using flash), mailing list signup form with javascript validation embedded youtube video and google analytics.

Check it out:

www.leonanaess.com

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Toba Film Website

Date: 8th June 2008 at 12:24 am | Filed under: portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge

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This website for media production company Toba Film is a Flash microsite with html as a backup for users without the flash plugin and for search engines. It features a scrolling thumnail bar from which you can select a video to watch, each thumbnail is a slideshow featuring images from the video. The videos are encoded as flv (Flash Video). The video playlist is fully dynamic so that new videos can be added easily.

Check it out: www.tobafilm.com

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76 Digital Remix Theme

Date: 25th April 2008 at 5:02 pm | Filed under: blog, development, themes, wordpress | Author: Sam Burdge

I have updated my site with my new 76 digital remix theme for WordPress.

The new theme is built on a model I have created for a highly configurable, versatile set of premium themes which I will be releasing this summer. The premium themes will each come in three different versions – Editorial, Media and Ultimate (which combines the features of both editorial and media versions). The themes features will include:

Editorial Version

  • Dynamic site header
  • Rotating news on homepage
  • Feed aggregator to display news from other sites
  • Dropdown navigation for sub-pages
  • Sliding sidebar navigation
  • Sliding comments
  • Lightbox integration
  • Dynamic banner / google advertising integration
  • Gravatar support for authors and commenters
  • Widget ready
  • Plugin ready
  • Author profiles
  • Various post layout options
  • Multiple language support
  • Image gallery layouts
  • Easy to use setup page
  • Feed syndication
  • Various page layouts
  • Full Instructions
Media Version

  • Dynamic site header
  • Slideshow on homepage
  • Dropdown navigation for sub-pages
  • Sliding sidebar navigation
  • Sliding comments
  • Lightbox integration
  • Dynamic banner / google advertising integration
  • Gravatar support for authors and commenters
  • Widget ready
  • Plugin ready
  • Author profiles
  • Various post layout options
  • Multiple language support
  • Image gallery
  • Easy to use setup page
  • mp3 and video support
  • Feed syndication
  • Various page layouts
  • Full Instructions

I will also release a free 'light' version of the theme set, so watch this space!

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    Date: April 25th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

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Encoding Flash Video (flv) - Part 1 - The Basics

Date: 16th February 2008 at 12:53 am | Filed under: development, flash | Author: Sam Burdge

This is the first part in a series of articles I will be writing on encoding Flash Video (flv files) using the Adobe CS3 Video Encoder. I intend to cover all aspects of flv encoding to help you to attain the best results possible. If you are using another software to encode your flv files, such as Adobe After Effects or Final Cut Pro, many of the principles will be the same.

Read on…

3 Responses to “Encoding Flash Video (flv) - Part 1 - The Basics”

  • Comment by Grant Forrest
    Date: February 29th, 2008 at 10:29 am

    Hi Sam Been hunting the internet for some advice on optimum source files for flash - with no joy. But came across your encoding flash video article and have been enlightened. Many thanks Grant

  • Comment by John Smith
    Date: July 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Very helpful information. Much appreciated. Thank you.

  • Comment by samir
    Date: July 15th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Thank you for this useful article.
    Very informative.
    It solved my issue with horizontal lines in flash video files.

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Neil Stewart Website

Date: 16th January 2008 at 7:07 pm | Filed under: portfolio | Author: Sam Burdge

Neil Stewart - HomeNeil Stewart - GalleryNeil Stewart - BiogNeil Stewart - Moving Image

This site, built for photographer Neil Stewart, is the first site 76 Creative have launched this year. Built with PHP, it features categorized thumbnail galleries, the usual biog, links and contact information, and also a moving image section with an embedded Flash Video (flv). All of the navigation for the site is done using images to create the hand written look that we were going for, it uses a javascript to give the mouseover effect for the images. For me, this is one of the best designed sites I have worked on so far, as it has a distinctive style, yet it's simple and functional.

Check it out: www.photoneil.com

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