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Four Reasons you should be using Query Wrangler

Query Wrangler is not a new kind of Jeep, and it’s not a brand of blue jeans. It’s a WordPress module that should have WAY more than 1,394 downloads. It could have easily been titled “Drupal Views for WordPress”. Read more »

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Flash V-Cam

This is a virtual camera setup for Flash, and it’s the more recent one that uses AS3. It allows you to do a camera movement, similar to what you’d do in After Effects, without having to move any of your elements around. Read more »

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Adobe Media Encoder + HandBrake = H.264 Success

So recently, I’ve had the chance to learn something valuable about Adobe Media Encoder (AME).HandBrake is it’s perfect companion, and here’s why…

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Demo Reel 2012

Well, here it is – my demo reel for 2012. Enjoy!

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Blueprint CSS is Awesome Stuff!

I’ve spent my fair share of time fighting to achieve good layout and typography in HTML / CSS / Javascript. If you’ve done the same thing over and over, and you’ve never tried Blueprint CSS framework, today is the best day of your life. Check this out right now… http://blueprintcss.org

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PFHoe Tracking 24fps FIX!

If you’re shooting 24fps video with a device like a Nikon D90, an old DVX-100, or some other camera that can shoot 24fps, and trying to 3D track it with PFHoe, you may get crappy results when importing the .ma file into AE. Here’s a quick fix that may work for you. Read more »

Is HTML5 Too Trendy to Survive?

By now you’ve probably heard about it somewhere. The mystical HTML5 that will change the web forever. It will be a nice update, but revolutionary? I have my doubts. Read more »

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Taking Control of Text Outlines in Illustrator

Illustrator is powerful vector graphics program. Here’s how to take control of outlined text once and for all! Read more »

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Back to the Tablet

This past weekend I dove into my electronic junk drawer and found something that I hadn’t used in years. It was an old Graphire 3 Wacom Tablet that I bought way back in college.
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My Backup and Archive Strategy

It’s 4 a.m., and instead of sawing logs, you’re still awake rebuilding a project that’s due in the morning because your hard drive is making the click-of-death sound, and your files are toast. Read more »

Flash Data Visualizations

I stumbled across some very very cool data visualization examples this afternoon. Really really interesting stuff… Several modern and easy to understand ways to understand data, all based on Flash. Read more »

3dsMAX vs. Lightwave

When I graduated from East Tennessee State University in 2004, I was well versed in 3dsMAX. Since then, I’ve picked up Lightwave, and it’s been enlightening to see the differences in the two packages. Read more »

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Anaglyphic 3D Photos

Create your own anaglyphic 3D images with only one camera. Read more »

SCORM and Flash

I’ve worked on several projects that are designed to be used in a learning management system that uses the SCORM standard. Read more »

Looping through objects on the stage with Actionscript.

A couple of recent projects where I’ve needed to loop through each movieclip on the stage, and do something with it based on it’s instance name. Read more »