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An intro to FX Studio

TechDept — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:04:14 +0000

An introduction to FX Studio, an upcoming mobile and web-based application that allows people everywhere to add a range of Hollywood-quality special effects to their video clips.
FX Studio is being produced by Framestore & Nokia.

by Framestore for Vimeo, July 26 2010

What next in Digital?

TechDept — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:26 +0000

What do experts from 11 companies think will be the next big thing(s) in digital? Read and listen to what they have to say in essays and short films (via the link below).

So, sexy digital is going all serious and proper. Once flirty and out there for anyone’s taking, digital is going around telling everyone that, nowadays, it’s more like data, don’t you know.
Digital: hot, spunky, appealing to young, forward-thinking, creative types. Data: crunchingly boring, appealing to geeks (but not sexy geeks). So what’s going on? Some of the answers can be found in the write-up (page 4) of the roundtable discussion hosted for the writers of the essays that follow, and in the collection of essays themselves.

By Suzanne Bidlake, www.campaignlive.co.uk, June 28th 2010

It’s Vuvuzela Time!

TechDept — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:30:33 +0000

Now you can enjoy (is that the right word) the biggest hit of the World Cup (so far) – the Vuvuzela – as you browse the web http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/

“And Then There Was Salsa”

TechDept — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:10:24 +0000

An amazing video for Frito Lay Dips:

http://vimeo.com/9194146

By Frito Lay Dips, (on Vimeo), Feb 3 2010

The Magical Classroom

TechDept — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:43:09 +0000

A short film by SMART Technologies showcasing the magic of their touch screen interactive whiteboards.

Augmented reality: 10 real world examples from the superbrands

TechDept — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:01:42 +0000

Exciting things are happening in the whizz-bang new world of augmented reality, which will surely hit the mainstream before too long.
Many of the world’s top brands have experimented with AR recently, and while some of the first wave of apps are more gimmicky than useful, others certainly shine a light on what we can expect from this space in the months and years to come.
Read more

By Chris Lake, May 20, 2010

Game Seeds card game

TechDept — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:11:35 +0000

“Game Seeds is a card game designed to spice up your brainstorm sessions on Character and Game Design. Game Seeds are wild free-spirited tiny creatures that you can play with, combine, hack and get inspired by to bring new characters and game ideas to life. The object of Game Seeds: design a Hero, design a Sidekick and design a Game by playing with a deck of cards.

LiveSurface Image Library

TechDept — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:58:49 +0000

‘From concept to context without comping.’

Great site for images to visualise and/or present your ideas.

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Luminosity Colour Contrast Ratio Analyser

TechDept — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:38:19 +0000

The old Accessibility Evaluation and Repair Tools (AERT) suggested algorithm for determining colour contrast now directs here. The AERT algorithm was never a recommendation, and WCAG 2.0′s luminosity contrast algorithm is recommended instead.

By Gez Lemon

9 elements

TechDept — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:10:05 +0000

Amazing graphics + twitter = cool moment

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