Blog
Welcome to my Door 15 Design Studio Blog:
You may not find all work related items here as I always like to share some of the cool, interesting and useful stuff I find on the web! Feel free to browse my blog and if you have found anything useful or interesting why not drop me a line...
Items you may find on my blog:
html design resource : flash design resource : graphic design resource : freelancer resources : html web design tips : javascript tools for web design : css freelancer resources : general cool or interesting stuff from the web.
Robbie Savage smacked in the face! Aston Villa vs West Ham
Not sure if you were listening to the radio 5 live broadcast for Aston Villa vs West Ham but it was hilarious, Robbie Savage in mid conversation when he gets hit in the face while he's in the commentary box! What are the odds! Well worth a listen, check it out.
New service now available
Door 15 has been investing in some new sotware and hardwaree so i can now bring you a new service. If your looking to have your clients video converted altered or branded then you have come to the right place!
Door 15 also offers the facility to build custom branded video players in both flash & quicktime.
Don't ask us how this guy does it...
Not sure what this is, but we like it! This guy takes random clips from youtube or other community sites and makes them into music videos. What a talent, awesome!
Top 5 tips for 30k advertising banners
30k! Are you kidding me! It's the broadband generation!
Most advertisers will insist on flash banners being 30k or less, here are our top 5 tips for getting your flash banners down to size.
1) Code, code code! Never tween your animations, if you have the skill and knowledge always code your animations. Use a tween engine if you have to, but make sure it's a lite one.
2) Cut your assets to size. If you don't need to have the whole image in the frame, cut the back end off, even if you cant see it it's still using space in your file. If it doesnt need to be on the canvas remove it.
3) Fireworks is your friend. Propably the best optimiser you can buy, we use this all the time to prep our assets, you can reduce your assets by 90% using this fantastic piece of software.
4) JPEG, PNG or GIF? If you don't need transparency always use JPEG, you can optimise your assets a hell of a lot more than PNG or even GIF.
5) Limit your fonts. Only use fonts you really have to, if you can use standardised fonts like arial, this will reduce your file sizes by not having to embed custom fonts.
Well there you go, we know alot more tips but they are a trade secret! Hopefully these tips will help you in achieving that 30k goal. If you would like Door 15 to produce 30k banners for you please get in touch.
Dyson makes us think warp drive is that much closer!
No it's not a warp drive. But it makes us think how far technology is coming along nicely. This a fan. Yes just an ordinary fan, but the principle behind it and how it works is pure sci-fi.
Never thought a fan could look so sexy and cool. I don't need a fan, but i may just buy one to show off to my mates!
