My design studio exploration is on Metajive.com, a web development company based in Encinitas, CA that specializes in flash designs and technology. (Actually, the proprietors of Metajive are also my new neighbors who just move back here from Seattle about six months ago.) Proprietor Dave Benton has a graphics design degree, is frequently a speaker on Action Script at Flash conferences and has a background in videography. The websites make heavy use of flash and are often very photography-centric. The techniques on their websites are easily recognized as flash concepts that were introduced to us in Flash 1 which is both exciting and motivating! Their clients can be found on their website and include direct clients and clients for whom they have worked in partnership with other web development companies.
The Maven by Liquid Force website provides a great example of a media rich website which can be developed using the basic techniques we’ve learned in Flash 1. Admittedly, I really enjoy this “genre” of flash website which relies heavily on photography and “background imagery” to support the brand and marketing. The website includes photo players, video players, scrolling text on “floating” text areas and simple “animated” buttons, all of which have been introduced to us in our class. I particularly like the use of flash on the Team page and specifically the layout of the blog, about me, photos and video sections of the page. By using flash to “open” these content areas, the page content is presented in a compact manner and can be accessed without any scrolling of the entire page.
I enjoy the MackDawg productions website, a video production company that produces extreme sports videos. http://www.mackdawgproductions.com/. I’m very attracted to the basic graphic design of the website which creates a “viewing window” for content and uses angles and color shades to offers a sense of depth to the right-hand sponsor area which appears to jet out from the page. I love the flash presentation in the Movie section. Move the scroll bar to see the movie titles appear and notice especially the reflection of the titles as they scroll by.
Using a similar flash design as the Maven site, the website for Transmedia presents information about their print magazine publications. Again, I am attracted by the use of photography. I really like that the “floating text” area has an “X” in the right hand corner that allows the user to close the text window and view the underlying photograph. I also am attracted to the use of color accenting to differentiate the different magazines while maintaining the same overall page layout for site information.
The Maven by Liquid Force website provides a great example of a media rich website which can be developed using the basic techniques we’ve learned in Flash 1. Admittedly, I really enjoy this “genre” of flash website which relies heavily on photography and “background imagery” to support the brand and marketing. The website includes photo players, video players, scrolling text on “floating” text areas and simple “animated” buttons, all of which have been introduced to us in our class. I particularly like the use of flash on the Team page and specifically the layout of the blog, about me, photos and video sections of the page. By using flash to “open” these content areas, the page content is presented in a compact manner and can be accessed without any scrolling of the entire page.
I enjoy the MackDawg productions website, a video production company that produces extreme sports videos. http://www.mackdawgproductions.com/. I’m very attracted to the basic graphic design of the website which creates a “viewing window” for content and uses angles and color shades to offers a sense of depth to the right-hand sponsor area which appears to jet out from the page. I love the flash presentation in the Movie section. Move the scroll bar to see the movie titles appear and notice especially the reflection of the titles as they scroll by.
Using a similar flash design as the Maven site, the website for Transmedia presents information about their print magazine publications. Again, I am attracted by the use of photography. I really like that the “floating text” area has an “X” in the right hand corner that allows the user to close the text window and view the underlying photograph. I also am attracted to the use of color accenting to differentiate the different magazines while maintaining the same overall page layout for site information.
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