Recent News from Ajar Productions
- How to Get a Job In Animation, Design, or Development
Ickydime has a great post on How to become a … [flash developer, designer, 3D animator, etc]. I can honestly say that I went through all of these steps, except the internship phase, and that’s probably only because I started on my career path after finishing college. It’s solid advice…
- PNG vs. JPG
I’ve long thought that PNG has been an underused format, especially among designers who should know better. This illustration explains the strengths of the PNG format quite well. The one thing that it doesn’t mention is that PNG is the only common (web) image format that supports 8-bit transparency. GIF…
- A Better System: A Lesson From The Flash Community
I reluctantly began using Flash just over four years ago. I say “reluctantly” because at the time I was looking for a 2-D animation tool and the animation that I’d seen in Flash looked homogeneous. While this assumption is still somewhat true of Flash, there are plenty of talented animators…
- Flash Extension: Roughen Edges
Sometimes I’m going for a slick, smooth look in Flash. Sometimes I want my drawings to look a little rougher. This extension adds a command that will roughen the edges of lines, fills, and drawing objects. It can be re-applied for more dramatic effects. It’s an imperfect implementation, so make…
- Flash Player Gets Color Management
Looks like there’s now a way to avoid that pesky color shift when bringing artwork into Flash. John Nack has the details. Share and Enjoy:
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