Tostitos "Amazing Flamenco Chef" broadcast spot takes an unexpected twist in this interactive expanding rich media unit. Read the full article to see the production process and check out the
PROJECT TITLE: Frito Lay: Tostitos Dips Media
CATEGORY: Rich Media
CAMPAIGN: Frito Lay
CLIENT: Goodby, Silverstein + Partners
In the first tutorial we discussed the basics of After Effects and transitioning your work from there into Flash. The second tutorial we took a look at 3 essential skills (Working with green screen footage, Creating masks and Creating loops). In this 3rd post, we'll discuss things to keep in mind when exporting from After Effects to Flash as well as review some performance test results.
This is the first in a pair of articles that concerts to bore a thin channel in your brain from the abstract, tridimensional experience we oft romanticize as reality all the way through to its practical implementation in interactive media. It aspires to orient you in three dimensions of both the real and virtual worlds such that simply existing will make you a more thoughtful interactive artist.
In the first tutorial we discussed the basics of After Effects and transitioning your work from there into Flash. This post will focus on three essential skills: Working with green screen footage, Creating masks and Creating loops. We hope you enjoy and if you do not enjoy, we hope you learn something. And if you neither enjoy nor learn something - we can do nothing for you other than ask...Why did you read through the whole bloody mess?
Flash is a great starting point for animations designed for the Web. But when it comes to more realistic motion effects, Flash is certainly limited. Enter After Effects. The combination of Flash and After Effects enables animators to create a broader cache of animations and techniques and ultimately develop more compelling deliverables. The goal of this three part analysis is to touch on the topics most beginners want and need to know in order to get started with integrating After Effects and Flash. Beyond beginner level topics, the 3rd and final post will touch on performance issues, concepts, and methods.
This article will provide everything needed to get a small Facebook Connect related site up and running using Flash (AS2). Needs: Flash MX or newer, text editor and a web server to place files. DOWNLOAD SOURCE
