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Posted on 01.21.09

Best of ‘08: Adobe Creative Suite 4

by Tim Frick

Travis, Joy and Tim added Adobe’s flagship product line to their 2008 list of best new apps. Creative Suite 4 got a significant overhaul this year and, with hundreds of new features spread across seventeen apps, has already streamlined our workflow and significantly boosted productivity. Seems like every day we find some sort of tweak or new feature that changes the way we work. We like that. Our clients reap the benefits. Everybody wins.

Posted on 01.21.09

Radio Free Mightybytes

by Tim Frick

The simple need for holiday party music inspired the creation of Radio Free Mightybytes, our own Internet radio station. A collective “Egads!” welled up from the Mightybytes conference room when, a mere day before the maiden mid-December tasting of our homemade Mightybrew, we realized that our holiday shindig would be without music, not because of a lack of tunes (we had plenty) but due to an inadequate delivery system. Maybe we were collectively preoccupied with year-end project needs, or perhaps it…

Posted on 01.19.09

Adobe MAX Roundup

by Tim Frick

I’ll start right off by saying this series of posts about Adobe MAX are loooong overdue. Yeah, I know. Bad blogger. The ‘to do’ list upon my return from San Francisco was daunting, to say the least, and unfortunately posting blog entries didn’t top that list, since we were so busy trying to wrap up projects, prepare for the onslaught of holiday madness, and wind down the year. In these trying economic times I’m certainly not going to complain about having…

Posted on 01.18.09

Best of Adobe MAX #5: 3D Integration in Photoshop and After Effects

by Tim Frick

Limited 3D functions were introduced in several CS3 applications but Adobe really upped the ante with CS4. Animators can now import 3D models into Photoshop, paint textures directly onto them and export PSD files with 3D objects intact for animating in After Effects. The resulting layers in After Effects retain all properties from the Photoshop document except for lighting, which of course can be re-created in After Effects. It’s a bit of a drawback, yes, but hopefully one that animators will…

Posted on 01.17.09

Best of Adobe MAX #4: Sound Synthesis in Flash

by Tim Frick

Tone generation is new to ActionScript 3.0 and developers have embraced this feature wholeheartedly to build audio applications that are both impressive and innovative. Hobnox has used this technology in their AudioTool product to build virtual synthesizers, drum machines and effects pedals, effectively creating a network-enabled version of Propellerhead Software’s flagship product Reason within the Flash Player. Just thinking about the worldwide collaboration possibilities that a network-enabled music creation tool offers is impressive enough. Play with these devices for a few…