Tag Archive: animation

Mar
05

Logorama: Use Maya Animation Software to Create an Oscar Nom

Have you heard of Logorama? If you’re trying to win the office Oscar pool, you might want to read up. It’s an animated short that pokes fun at a world consumed with branding. Complete. And total. Corporate. Satire. All packed in a hilarious 16-minute short film! Yeah, there’s somewhere around 2500 logos in there… Here’s …

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Feb
08

Adobe Flash and Fireworks Tutorial – Creating a Simple Animation

Andrew, our graphic designer here at SoftwareMedia.com, put together an animation tutorial using Adobe Flash and Adobe Fireworks (after much pushing and nagging from me, I admit). Learn how to apply motion to objects in Flash by using the classic tween feature. If Andrew starts to bug the crap out of you, click on the …

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Jan
11

SoftwareNewsDaily.com Animated GIF Contest Results

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Blame it on the Monday but I’m just going to cut to the chase. Congratulations Brian! Your design won over the SoftwareMedia.com office today. Check out Brian’s winning design and the three following runner-ups. Careful not to stare at it all too long — there’s a whole lot of animation going on all at once …

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Nov
20

SoftwareNewsDaily.com Animated GIF Contest ($100 Prize)

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SoftwareNewsDaily wants your help in spreading the word!  In an effort to gain new SoftwareNewsDaily readers, we are hosting an animated GIF design contest. There is a $100 gift card to Bestbuy.com in it for the winner. Yep, you read that correctly, $100! We’re upping the ante from our last contest. Of course, this also …

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Sep
30

How to Create Animated GIFs in Photoshop CS4

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For this video tutorial, I show you how I created an animated GIF in PhotoShop CS4. The GIF animation is of the twitter bird, who flaps around around a bit and then shows a little banner that asks you to follow him. In the video below, I walk you through the whole process, from importing …

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Sep
21

Our Freeware Recommendations (Graphics Editor, Audio Recorder, Screen Capture, and Others)

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Seriously.  Who owns, personally owns, all the software they need?Nevermind want. No one does. No one I know at least.  Adobe, Microsoft, Corel all rock. Of course.  They’re great.  But they might as well be Pretty Pony  Design Software, as far as my home computer endeavors are concerned. Thank god for freeware. There is some pretty …

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Sep
09

Adobe revamps Adobe TV

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Adobe launched the latest version of Adobe TV today, its popular video channel offering its own official advice and training for Adobe products. The new face of Adobe TV includes the ability to customize your viewing experience and interact with the player during tutorials. Videos featured instruct on topics ranging from beginning tutorials, such as …

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