Oh Bama

I'm still in the process of getting the clouds done in After effects. I'm using some action script tweening. Here is a link if you want to see it.

AS2 Tween Class

CUBEFREAK.COM

Check it out!
It's a website for a speed cubing documentary.
I launched it yesterday and I already got hits from all over the world!

Layout #1 Obama and Biden

These are the landing pages for the Obama and Biden website on Technology. I started off with a central O sitting on the "cloud." I was really attached to my first layout, but I started to simplify, and I really like the second one. It's so clean.

In terms of flash, I want everything to be a little floaty - I want some sense of depth. I think i'm going to use some sort of zoom mechanism to achieve this effect. I'm also going to add videos of time lapsed clouds and mathematical equations to represent science and the world wide web.

Goggle analytics and flash =]

Hey everyone, just wanted to share this with you. It's a way to put google analytics in a flash site. Really useful =]

project4x

After Effects Experimentation: Week 1

I'm doing these little animations based on what we learned in the class in my motion class. So I'm going to be uploading them =]

For this week's class, I had to do an animation using the simple shapes that after effects offers...

So, I posted this video in several sites, trying to find the best quality. Youtube is just bad. blip.tv let's you upload the real size of the video (re-sized here) and Vimeo is really good, I like the frame rate and good quality.



After Effects Experimentation: Week 1 from ivan cruz on Vimeo.

Obama on Technology

The project is the expansion of the technology category. This new category will have it’s own icons, and imagery but still keep within the Obama branding. The brand is known for change and hope. This extension will develop that idea further into the space travel, education and research by activating the scientific community through blogs.
The target audience is wide. It is based on the scientific community. This includes students, graduates, professors, and those working in the scientific/engineering field. This includes males and females 18 and over. But I am specifically targeting to college students and young adults who are active bloggers and post and share their videos on YouTube.
The visual identity will be based on the same typographical treatment that the Obama campaign is using with the rendered background of vector algorithms, satellites, and space shuttles. These symbols represent the creative chances that scientist must take in order explore new ideas without restriction. Satellites and space shuttles represent the advancement of space travel, and with it, uniting the planet as these accomplishments are met.
This is going to work by using several technologies—Flash, XML, and PHP. With these technologies, it is easier to update the site with current events. Links to YouTube videos and other external links will enable the audience to blog about these issues. The site will be 1024X678, but will be able to conform to any browser using liquid layouts in flash. The hurdles of this project are making it low broadband and accessible for people in rural areas with dial up connections.

revenge on junk mail

How to get revenge on junk mail
Officeofstragicinfluence.com

By replying with a brick attached =]

Saul Bass

While doing research for Type 3 and I came across this link:
notcoming.com/saulbass
Really Interesting

Obama!

http://www.barackobama.com/

For interactive design 2, I have to make a flash version of this site. It's a challenge because it's a great site. Since it was built with social networking in mind, it makes people spread the word. So I'm still brainstorming, what's the next step.
Any Ideas?

Here's some more info:
Campaign stops: Typography

Itunes 8 Visualizer and other Visualizers

It's just incredible how diverse the visualizer is. The transitions are great. Each song has it's own feeling. It was first programed in Processing. I've used this program before, but I didn't know it was this powerful. Here is a link with more info..
Magnetosphere

I've been on a look out for this transition in a while. The colorful oscilloscope days are over! These are my favorite inspiring flash visualizers that i've seen that are pushing this limit:
Simple2
And this one Flash 3D

Express Card?

I always wondered what that long rectangular slot was on my macbook pro. I went online to find answers and it turns out to be an express card slot.

A few days ago, I went to the apple store and found an express card that is capable of reading SD memory cards. But at thirty something dollars, it was too expensive. I went on amazon and I found a 21 in 1 card reader for $28! So I bought it. It's a great little piece of hardware. It took me forever to upload pictures from my Lumix Panasonic camera with the USB cable. Now it only takes seconds! It's faster than Firewire 400, and 800.

So what else can the express card slot do?
Multiple screens, Solid State Drive (to use as a scratch disk for Photoshop, After Effects, FinalCut), and USB, eSATA, and Firewire hubs.

Express Card Article
Amazon 21 in 1 Card Reader

100 Year Forecast

Day two of blogging

Um, I think I'm going to get addicted to this...

Ha! First blog on Blogger!

So, right now I'm working on a couple of projects:

Updating a Nursery's website
Finishing CUBEFREAK
Restructuring Leonard's Website

I also joined Twitter!
I still don't know how, or why I should use it.
I'll post the link to in later...

I was also thinking of creating an interactive 3D timeline for my blog, I could do it, but I would need to find out how to publish an xml file from a form like the one that I'm using for this one. If I can get it to XML, I can do this! Maybe if I can create a PHP script which takes my blogs from here and hmmm.... I just don't know how to do it, and I think it's too much work, well I'll see....