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Monday, June 30, 2003

It's the end-of-the-financial year and tax time. Time to seek out those runaway receipts, buy software (before tonight), fill out BAS forms...

Just downloaded CoolPage, a WYSIWYG website creation program that is very cool indeed. You can freely drag images (or text boxes) around on the page to position them. Too easy! Now the challenge of transferring all this into a HTML document for PDF printing...


TRIVIA:

A half-man half-ape has been spotted in China.

I think I've found the perfect holiday destination - Polynesian island with free wireless internet access. Imagine soaking up the sun and blogging away on a beach with your laptop...

After watching Lipstick On Your Collar and The Producers this week, we can't get these two songs out of our heads:
Sh-Boom  and Springtime For Hitler.(wav)


Friday, June 27, 2003

We have been linked to, at Invisible Shoebox . A few entries down the page, there's also a very nice plug for our website. Thanks, Meredith!


Today was the Fwaksters' last day on our Cosmic Baby production; and their last day at Fwak! (for now, anyway). Good times have been had by all, so it's a bit sad to have to say goodbye. Especially when they leave behind a gift like this:

framed and signed

Ironically, I am reading a book at the moment called Experiment At Work, which proposes a radical and socially-ethical model for running a business. The  company in the book, is St Lukes, a famous advertising agency(not that I had heard of it)

In this book, Andy Law – himself now elevated to guru status – explains the philosophy and methods behind St Luke’s success. This is very much based upon putting personal growth and development ahead of business growth and development. In analysing the success of St Luke’s, Law provides points of reflection and a framework for managers and executives from any industry, who are seeking to get the most out of their employees in an age when human resources have become the vital component of nearly every company.

Workable? Or too idealistic? I'm halfway through the book...


(a page from the book)

We finally bought a copy of Gene Dietch's The Cat On a Hot Tin Groove. Straight from the fridge, Dad!


And before we leave the studio this Friday night... we are pleased to let you know that the Friendly Persuasion Show is BACK! We used to listen to this streaming radio show all the time, while we worked. We'll be tunin' in Monday mornings 11am-1pm (Sydney time).

Eddie: Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar!

(Guess who just got a dictionary in Hipster Slang?)


Thursday, June 26, 2003

Memo

Outputting Flash for Broadcast TV:

We do every stage of animation production up to THIS POINT. Need to learn more about the output/post-production part...

* Update

Flash to Video- Movie Dimensions?  Were-Here forums thread about movie dimensions (in response to my post)


Tuesday, June 24, 2003

* Updated

While I've been unsuccessfully trying to convert a Flash file (text, vector art, bitmaps) to PDF format, and searching the Flash boards for help, I came across this tutorial on Flash Drawing. 

It's a very basic tute, and the drawing style is somewhat irrelevant for animation, but there are some neat (trad. animation-influenced) tips. e.g.,

  • Changing the colour of your rough sketches to BLUE (like using a blue pencil)
  • Flipping your drawing horizontally to check that is still looks good (like turning your sheet of paper over on the lightbox to doublecheck)

More at: Flashkit Tutorials

* Lili's Flash Drawing Tips Part 1  Here it is at last (draft); to be submitted to the next issue of OzAnimation Magazine.


From the studiowhiz.com forum - Lots of links for Cartoon Character Animation.


He's a BOY... He's a LOBSTER... He's...
BO-OOY LOBSTER!
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