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Need comments on website and AE work
Dear friends
I have made a site https://www.extremepixeleffects.com and the work is still under progress.This is in some way more related to WebDesin forum, but the content also relates to AE, therefore, I thought of putting it here too. Also because this is my very first attempt with a website, I hope you guys will definitely come up with some good suggestions.
Following are my own comments:
1) Files in shockwave format still need to be compressed and this will take a little bit time for me to tweak it.
2) This kind of site with swf content generally comes with a nice pre-loader which will Insha Allah soon be incorporated.
3) The links are not working but they will very soon.
4)In future the main page will have small thumbnails of graphics and these animations will open in their respective pages.
5)Of course, the contact info will also be added.The design was done in Fireworks and slices were then called in Dreamweaver. SWF files were created in After Effcets using export feature.
Let me know how much time it took for you to download the full page. If you are a Mac user, please let me know if you had any problems in viewing or not.
Also tell me how do you like it? Any suggestions.
Thanking all of you in advance.
TweenGuy
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Site works for me, but let me give some points worth noting:
– the type on the buttons looks soft/ blurred
– overall contrast could be better. Try to bring out your banner/ logo a bit more. the intense yellow you use will make everything else look rather pale, so you might wanna consider creating your thumbnails with frames to make them more pronounced
– Try to settle for a strict color scheme. I’m not really convinced by your choice of colors. It makes the site just look drab and boring. Keep the yellow, black and blue, get rid of the greenish tones. Always use the same colors for type and backgrounds (the yellow in the banner is different).
– experiment with shapes and forms. If you stick with simpel rectangles, try to come up with some decorative patterns that you can sprinkle in here and there to loosen up things. Try to think of some navigational elements conforming to that style.Mylenium
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Everything Mylenium said and:
the playback of your clips is painfully slow in Safari on a cable connection;
the bottom movie has been rendered with fields, you’ll need to deinterlace that clip and rerender it;
you are using too much Shine (at it’s default settings)p
the 3D stroke animation looks disturbingly like something I’ve seen before (on the Trapcode site);
I dont’ get the firey surgeon thing, what’s going on with that?Good luck 🙂
JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
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Dear Mylenium and John Disckinson
Thank you both for your valuable time and advising something really good.Hey John
“the bottom movie has been rendered with fields, you’ll need to deinterlace that clip and rerender it”
TweenGuy: This was made about 2 yrs ago in 3ds Max, Sorry but I am not aware of deinterlacing. Any more tips?
“the 3D stroke animation looks disturbingly like something I’ve seen before (on the Trapcode site);
I dont’ get the firey surgeon thing, what’s going on with that?”TweenGuy: You are cent percent right, however, there are a few things to consider,
1) I have not used it for any commercial purpose, just for my own practice
2) this particular 3 seconds animation came out as a result of my practice session after watching tutorial at Trapcode’s site.
3) My website at least at this point is only meant for learning purpose, i.e. I will take suggestions from Pros like you.
4) Thank you once again. -
When you compress the video look for an option to “deinterlace”. This will remove the fields, which are not only unnecessary for playback on computer, they also look ugly – appearing as a comb tooth type pattern particularly in areas of the vision that a moving.
As far as the Trapcode vision goes, my advice to you is to NEVER use examples from tutorials on your site or in your reel – it’s unprofessional and could also be considered stealing.
regards,
JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
http://www.motionworks.com.au
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