Adobe are about to launch something that only Adobe could come up with. AMDM – Adobe Museum of Digital Media is the latest release brainstorm by Adobe Inc. Appropriately, the digital world is about to get it’s own platform that will showcase how digital media is used (and bent) with the Adobe Master Suite, and some extremely ingenious uses of the products we use as developers every day.
Check it out, there is a prelude video, and the announcement of the first Digital Media Artist: Tony Ourlser, a truly incredible Digital Artist, the showcase of his work speaks for itself.
What can we say? Except Finally, a return to the original MK roots! Check out this promo Video for the prelaunch of Mortal Kombat. The return of Fatalities is just the best news since …well…MK3 showcased on PS1 and Super NES. New feature, X-Ray Damage, totally cool, each character with its own unique damage direction. Cyrax looks off the hook, and Kung Lao’s Hat Rotator Saw Fatality is “sick” (awesome). The Arena’s of old make a welcomed returned, but tuned up to look how they should have looked had the technology been available 15 years ago.
Now, if only Ed Boone would bring back SubZero of MK3 Fame, then I would be one happy Kombatant.
Apple has announced the details of the iPhone’s new operating system, the iPhone OS 4, which will be available to use on Apple iPhones and iPod Touches this summer.
Apple claims that the new operating system will provide more than 100 new features, including iBooks, the new ebook reader and online Apple bookstore that debuted on the Apple iPad. The main feature being “Multitasking”. After attending the online Keynotes today I can’t help but wonder if the lack luster of MAC releases of late, is at the stage where we are no longer impressed and are waiting for something more?
By now, some of you may have noticed your custom built video players that port YouTube videos from the YouTube site no longer work. You may notice they will preload the image on the file from YouTube, but a small red error text in the top left corner now appears?
If that is the case, unfortunately, you are one of the many who will need to upgrade to our New YouTube API approved Flash Video Streamer. This is a decision by Google/YouTube and is beyond our control. The new player installation will vary depending on how your system is programmed into your SiteAdmin. An hourly rate of $120.00 will be charged with an estimated 3 hours Maximum to install.
Most of what you hear about HTML 5 is not entirely clear to the layman as to what it means. If anyone can recall the entire leap from standard html to the Web 2 madness, then brace yourself for the next buzz platform for web development…only, this one has far reaching impact on your web presence if you are not prepared for its overtake.
So what is it?
In the shortest possible term, the way we produce sites today still run elements of code that are at least 10 years old, the basic core structure has not changed all that much. HTML 5 will change that completely and this is why we have paid attention to is rise in the development community popularity over the last 12 months.
From what we have seen on the web, CS5 is probably one of the most anticipated releases from Adobe to date. Some of the editing features in Photoshop alone are breath-taking, pretty much what we have wanted for years will now be possible in the new Suite. Major differences: Flash as a stand alone app is no more. Flash Catalyst replaces what used to be Flash CS, and Flex 4 is now the main thrust behind Flashes online delivery Engine. More about this on a separate post.
First off, I want to say – iPad is a beautiful looking piece of hardware! Apple are outstanding when it comes to design of any of their range of products. Now, down to business…what we have liked and not liked so far:
Photoshop has turned 20 years old. One of the pioneering tools for most graphic designers has gone through some major changes since it first hit the stage in the late 80′s. Creators, Thomas Knoll and John Knoll first launched the application, then called “Display” in 1990. A quick name change the following year to Image Pro, then to Photoshop which remains it’s name today.
Photoshop CS5 promises some amazing additions to the suite of tools and effects, and we can’t wait to see its roll out soon. The leading image in this post was created by our Director using techniques common to Photoshop. A stack of layers, brushes and Effects went into creating our “Homage Photoshop in the Can” illustration.
Last week Jeremy Clark from Adobe and I unveiled the first glimpse of the Wired Reader at TED. Above, you’ll see a video, narrated by Jeremy and Wired Creative Director Scott Dadich, who led our tablet team, that shows more. It explains why the tablet is such a groundbreaking opportunity for magazines such as ours.
It’s here, the new iPad…. – and to be honest, we are not sure how to accept this piece of hardware without saying “Um, its an enlarged iTouch…isn’t it? What we thought from the initial rumour was that the iPad was going to be a MacBook Pro minus the keyboard. With that said, we are hoping that this is the start of what would be an exceptional piece of hardware.
from apple.com
“All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large, Multi-Touch screen. And they’ll work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps you can’t do on any other device.”
