Well i havent writen much in the last few month.
Been quiet busy with the company.
Got two major contracts for web development, so everything is going better than expected.
Also got some motion graphic work from En liten byra in Sweden.
And some brand identity jobs here in HK.

A side from that we are working on our new website since we don’t really like the flash one we built, and we want better SEO options that a full flash site can offer.

I will post some of the work and the motion graphics later on in the work section.
and hope you will enjoy it.

/J

Well i been playing around with flash CS4 now for a few days (when i have time).
And overall i think the cs4 design premium is an awesome upgrade that everyone should get.
And flash comes packed with loads of great new feats, i love the motion presets and absolutely adore the motion guides something i wanted for a long time.

But the 3D features…what a disappointment, i think its great that they added 3D capabilities to flash and it shows that things are moving in the right direction.
But there is still a lot to wish for in that area, it felt like using swift 3D  10 years ago.

The things that i didn’t like was:
No depth in objects, all objects are paper thin.
Lack of multiple surfaces in objects, so you can’t flip a card to reveal a backside for example.
You can use a workaround by having 2 objects sharing the same space in 3d on different layers, and make a cut from one to the other in the time line, but that causes a “gap” in the animation that is like nail in my eyes.

The tools still need a bit of polishing, and a virtual camera similar to the one in AE would be a most welcome addition in future releases, or even better as a free patch.

Still over all i think Flash cs4 is well worth the money especially if you do alot of animation, character animation etc.
Then the new bone tools will be like a god send.
Ok thats all for now, because i can smell dinner burning.
Take care
/Johan

Well so today i was on my way out to meet my friend karim, and talk about the latest updates on a project.
As i came out from the elevator area i see the big fat pig woman.
She didn’t recognize me, or if she did she sure managed to hide it well.

Her fat mushroom textured skin seems to work as a form of organic force field against my brain melting mind power, as it seemed to have no affect on her.

As  i was focusing my power to breach her defenses and melt her brain, i never saw it comings.

It was like getting an arrow through the neck with a bill attached to it…………….She has offspring!!!!

Like tie-fighters emerging  from the Deathstar, they came out  from behind the protective sphere that is their mother.
2 fat poorly dressed sons with no apparent color vision judging from their clothes.

For some reason they looked awfully familiar, it took me less than a heartbeat to remember where i had seen ugliness like that before.

It was when i was about 7 years old, me and my friends used to collect these cards….garbage pail kids.

Paralyzed by chock, and in fear of contracting something from these midget monsters running around her in a circle …like electrons around an nucleus, or more suitable like flies around shit.

I was unable to do anything but stand there and watch as pig woman left the building again squeezing herself in front of  a helpless old  womman with a permobile.
Leaving me without being able to do anything to claim revenge for past acts of aggression on her behalf.

Rest assured pig woman i might have been taken off guard this time, but payback time is around the corner.

Well i been looking at the new silverlight 2 and the microsoft expression studio.
It’s quiet nice and has some great features that flash lacks.
And its very easy on the wallet compared to adobes product range.
I like the scalable media delivery that silverlight2 has and that it can run on almost any mobile as where flash can only run on flash lite enabled phones.
And lets face it flash lite is shit, using flash 4 syntax as if anyone remembers that anymore.

Oh sorry what was that you said?
What about us Linux users?, there is no support for Silverlight on the linux platform.

Well im sure the two of you can managed without it, just like you managed without basically everything that makes computers fun.

How ever i just finished downloading the trial for expression studio so im gonna give it a run and see what my feelings are after a few days.
Will keep you posted.
/Johan

Since the launch of the new website things have really started to pickup.
Now in all fairness that’s not due to the new website itself, because this is something that’s been going on in the background for some time.
But we (metamorphic studios) are in negotiations to introduce some new very exciting services.
And we are all hyped Alex in  the Taiwan office hasn’t slept for 3 days out of pure excitement, and neither have i for that matter.
Still its a long way to go, and i wish i could tell you all more because im about to explode.
But all i can say now is that we are fighting our way through paperwork, but we hope to be able to introduce this new service in 1-2month.
Yeah i know it sounds far away, but its not really that far.

I will keep you updated.
/Johan