CU3ER v1 is released

What’s New?

Transitions Step away from common, boring & flat 2D experience and dive into endless possibilities of adding the third dimension to your slideshow with grid slicing, simple fade or slide, full or half-flip transitions, transition order, direction and much more. cManager Forget about XML! Let’s talk about the real joy – cManager! Create and manage your CU3ER like a PRO with our awesome, robust yet easy to use online application. Interactive workflow, rich GUI, timeline, live preview – set, create & export CU3ER within minutes. Shadows You are now able to simulate more natural environment for your 3D slideshow by deploying one of two available shadow types: static (image) or dynamic (live). Either way it’s an awesome practice to enhance CU3ER slideshow. Camera Push your CU3ER 3D look even further by setting 3D position and rotation of your slides. Additional gem is ‘lens’ option where you can simulate camera lens distortion like ‘fish-eye’. Thumbnails We like to call it ‘Advanced Thumbnails’. And they are indeed. Grid distribution, horizontal scrolling, vertical scrolling, custom scroll bar, thumb image, captions, numbering, round corners… Projects Considering yourself serious about your web design profession? We have provided you extensive control panel for creating, modifying and managing CU3ER projects across assigned domains. API Now you can sync or communicate with CU3ER and rest of your page elements with easy and simple functions. Play or pause slideshow, navigate trough slides or listen to CU3ER events. Playback Control Manage and control CU3ER playback with auto-play, slide duration, looping, starting slide, randomize and other options. Awesome for creating timely controlled animations like web banners. Layout You are allowed to configure almost every aspect of your slideshow layout. It’s so easy to manage perfect blend between CU3ER and your web page – is that what is this all about? Branding Management Custom positioning of CU3ER logo is available trough branding options. You can even turn off CU3ER branding if your boss finds us boring! Support Stack with something or looking for particular solution for your CU3ER problem? We have enabled you a couple of support channels you can use in order to solve your CU3ER problem.

and much, much more …

New CU3ER coming out soon!

You might know already that Stefan Kovac and me formed new company called MADEBYPLAY. We are very excited to work on new release of CU3ER with great new features and slicker look, please follow the updates at getcu3er.com.

You can also take a look at first screencast we’ve made for CU3ER v1

Thanks!

World Builder by Bruce Branit [video]

A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.

This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of ‘405’. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City.

another amazing video work

Scintillation – amazing video by Chassain Xavier [video]

This is an experimental film made up of over 35,000 photographs. It combines an innovative mix of stop motion and live projection mapping techniques.

Amazing!

Directed by
chassaing.xavier@gmail.com

Music by
myspace.com/fedaden

Taito Space Invaders Anime Music Video

source : technabob.com/blog

Flash Supersite : Morisawa Fontpark by Yugop

Another Yugo Nakamura perfect Flash website – Fontpark. Simple idea, executed amazingly leaving visitors to be creative with Morisawa font. And yes, visitors are creative, as you can imagine people can be… Some outstanding pieces will take much of your time watching, but try making something on your own too 🙂 I did…

source : Shigeru Nakagaki blog

Flickermood – experimental typographic animations

I really really love animations that show unbelievable typographics compositions. Last one I’ve come upon is a link from TheFWA.com, it’s called FLICKERMOOD and it looks great, congratulations to authors : qu-int.com and MyNameWasGod.com

Watch the video

Mr. doob Lab + Works – amazing pieces

We all know Mr. doob for his great pieces of Flash. He compiled his latest achievements in one usable interface so we can all enjoy easily + there are sources for every work there… Thumbs up Mister!

visit Mr. doob website

Assembly ’07 Browser Compo entries and results

Recently Browser category was introduced to all mayor demo scene competitions. Taking it roots from 90’s many Flash developers with AS3 gained enough power to present real demos, with tons of 3d, objects and bitmap filters.

Thanks to the simppa, great Flash devoloper from Finland, and his blog we get in one place all the entries from Browser category which usually consist only of Flash works.
First Prize won ADHDTV by EvoFlash which uses Away3D engine
Read more on simppa.fi blog

About the full demos, I’ve saw recent release from Farbrausch, the best crew in demo scene today for me
Demo is called Debris and features incredible physics real time showreel
I suggest you download Farbrausch 41: Debris but you can watch it from YouTube too

Minushi – 90 minute animated movie made completly in Flash

Minushi is full featured animated movie made completly in Flash by Tyler Gibb. It is now available after 4 year of hard work, split into 19 episodes for online distribution and available right now for watching. Story is interesting as I’ve seen it from trailer. Animation and painting is colorfull, flash style strokes… Behind the scenes content, full of information is available in Making of section.

via : flashmagazine