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Work: Actionscript

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Reason Amplifiers

Reason Amplifiers

Client: Reason Amplifier Company

Reason was started by amplification gurus Obeid Khan and Anthony Bonadio. They make some incredible amps so I was really excited to have the opportunity to code their new site. Our goal with this site was to create an experience as good as sitting down and playing the amps in person. My favorite section is the sounds page where you can pick a guitar and a Reason amp, choose some amp settings and hear exactly how it sounds. The site also features videos of Obeid demoing the amps which gives you a great feel for how they operate.

Disciplines Used: Actionscript, Flash

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The Office – Corner Hit

The Office – Corner Hit

Client: Myself

If you haven't watched The Office on NBC, you need to drop whatever you're doing right now and go watch some episodes. In the opening of one of the episodes, everyone is watching one of those infamous 'bouncing square' screensavers and anxiously waiting for the square to hit the very corner of the screen. I thought it was so funny that I re-created the screen saver in Flash the next day. I wanted to see if I could get it to 'go viral' so I did my own blog seeding and created a downloadable screensaver as well as a widget that people can embed on their MySpace or Facebook page. It was a big success. I received almost 40,000 unique visitors in October and November.

Disciplines Used: Actionscript, Flash, Design, CSS, XHTML, Viral Marketing

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C3 Pass-Along Thoughts

C3 Pass-Along Thoughts

Client: C3

C3 developed a packets of month-themed postcards that they gave to vendors and clients as promotional materials. The task for this project was to translate these postcards into an effective viral online campaign. Each month, C3's mailing list would receive a link to that month's online postcard animation where they could easily send the same postcard to their friends. Instead of doing an animation with a beginning-middle-end, I decided to use Actionscript to create some type of perpetual motion in many of the cards.

Disciplines Used: PHP, Actionscript, Flash, CSS, XHTML, Viral Marketing

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Color Burn Photo Transition

Color Burn Photo Transition

Client: Tracy Routh Photography

The bitmap class has been one of my favorite additions to my Flash repertoire. I created this color burn photo transition for the Tracy Routh Photography home page. In addition to a nice subtle effect, the photos are pulled in via XML so it's easy to modify what photos are included in the piece.

Disciplines Used: Actionscript, Flash

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Interactive Historical Timeline

Interactive Historical Timeline

Client: Kansas City Ballet

The Kansas City Ballet wanted an interactive piece to commemorate their 50th anniversary. This Flash piece serves as a timeline of their complete 50-year history. The content is dynamically assembled on the stage to keep it easy to edit. The big challenge with this project was to efficiently manage some relatively large bitmaps. The end result should load quickly and go easy on your processor.

Disciplines Used: Actionscript, Flash

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