From the category archives:

Flash

Variable Video

by Jon Bishop on July 7, 2008

in Flash, How To, Internet Marketing, Variable Video

I’ve talked about variable video and personalized video a little in the past. Now let’s look at some more examples and break down some of their components.
Here are some examples:

Inspiring Escapes
Dexter
Haunted house
Walts wisdom
Carmen has a crush on you
News3Online
Disney World – New
I Love You – New

There are 4 main effects that can be achieved in a [...]

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Interactive at Drupa

by Jon Bishop on May 22, 2008

in Flash, Internet Marketing

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had the privilege of working on a cross media marketing campaign for Canon Europe. In true ‘I can do anything’ fashion, we at Magicomm decided to throw everything we had into it. The campaign is going to be showcased in the Canon booth at Drupa.
I’m not only excited [...]

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I talked awhile back about personalized video and how it could be (is) the next big marketing medium. The benefits of personalized video are obvious, you’ll get better quality personal information and it is very viral.
The key here is personalization and interactivity. The internet took a turn a few years back with the rise [...]

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Desktop Takeover – April fools joke using Flash

by Jon Bishop on April 1, 2008

in Flash

This is a little trick I’ve pulled on some family members in the past and most recently on my boss for April Fools. All you need for this is a working version of Adobe Flash.

If you cant see whats happening, basically the effect is that the desktop looks like its moving back and forth. 
So all [...]

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Realistic Fog/Smoke Effect

by Jon Bishop on March 13, 2008

in Actionscript 3.0, Flash, Free, Web Development

Here’s another effect using AS3 to make fog with source files below.

View: http://bishport.com/fog.html
Source: zip

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Realistic Flame Effect

by Jon Bishop on March 11, 2008

in Actionscript 3.0, Flash, Free, Web Development

This is my first attempt at creating a realistic flame effect in Actionscript 3.0 so be gentle.

View: http://bishport.com/flame3.html
Source: zip

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So its no news that a personalized landing page as a response portal to any kind of direct marketing campaign can increase response rates dramatically, but where’s the next step up?
Well it seems as if there are multiple cross-media technologies emerging from the web to help engage, interact and even entertain the user, therefor increasing [...]

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