Ron Lindeboom
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[Steve Roberts] “You could go to the COWmunications forum and ask what the COW uses.”
The format we use is whatever format the client is willing to write a check for.
Well, except for those insane ones that spill out of their place and track all across the page and overlay the page and make you have to watch them. We draw the line at those.
Many of the banners here are GIF and most of the others are Flash.
Best,
Ron Lindeboom
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We are trying to prove how lame we all are by quoting Barry Manilow lyrics (actually Will Jennings’ lyrics, to a Richard Kerr song).
It’s a new low for the COW.
:o)
Ron Lindeboom
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[quicksilver8907] “I am going to a community college currently and working full time as a media technician for a planetarium and multimedia theater. I wish to keep that job, I just want to know what else I could be doing. I am from Central California.”
Where at in Central California? What school are you going to?
Ron Lindeboom
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[Nick Griffin] “…shouldn’t the best advice to quicksilver be to attend a college, university or even community college and progress from there?”
Yes, that would be the best advice but let’s hope that while at school, he discovers a real career. ;o)
This industry has become much like that of writing wherein everyone who has a word processor is capable of writing a novel; yet, there are few great writers, as the software doesn’t make the writer.
I subscribe to the Grinner Hester Principle which states: You do this because you have to, you’d be miserable doing anything else — if you do it for the money, you’ll be miserable waiting for it.
Sure, there are exceptions but even the people I know that are some of the most respected people in this industry don’t make a lot of money.
As 10CC (Kevin Godley & Lol Creme) sang so long ago: Art for art’s sake, but money for god sake.
Maybe an internship will cure ‘im, and get ‘im back in school — whatcha think???
Good to see you back, Nick.
Ron Lindeboom
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[walter biscardi] “one of them decided to hang around a bit longer just because he’s enjoying the time.”
And the great chicken pizza???
Ron Lindeboom
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No offense intended but it is very rough to tell you where to intern. The fact is, there are no easy answers in this and most internships mean that you are working for free to learn a craft or trade. In that, it’s going to be tough to pay your way when you are not making money. That means that you will likely need to be close to Mom and Grandma, who will stuff you full of food when your bones begin to show.
Not knowing where you live, I am at a loss as to give you many ideas. (That, and I haven’t hardly slept in days. Been far too busy for that. Wanna intern here? We can’t pay you but we do have pizza and chicken — and Walter Biscardi says he’ll ship out a few sides to go with it.)
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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[David Cherniack] “1. Underlining judiciously has its place, especially in headings.”
Yes, it does. But AE is an animation program and as such, I would opt to think that you can animate an underline (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread) and even use other techniques to accomplish the same thing. Newspapers, magazines, etc., have far more restrictions than does AE.
[David Cherniack] “2. The other major Adobe apps do it.”
The other apps are not animation apps. Well, now that Photoshop has the Extended version, you could do it there, couldn’t you???
[David Cherniack] “3. The discussion is about why it’s not in AE. Not why it should or shouldn’t be done.”
Gee, I didn’t know that you owned the site, David. And I was unaware that throwing ideas into the discussion was verboten. I just checked the policies and code of conduct page and didn’t see any such thing…
Also, held to such a ludicrous limitation, this thread would be merely useless supposition and speculation. There would be absolutely NOTHING of substance in it.
[David Cherniack] “4. Why, pray, bring caps into the discussion.”
It’s called “illustrating a point,” and it is something that people do to support ideas.
Lastly, these boards are for FAR MORE than just answering your question(s), David. There are many less experienced users here, as well as many very experienced users.
The boards are here to broaden people’s perspectives and understanding of things.
If you want to hold it to a “you can only answer my question or I’ll fold my arms across my chest and hold my breath” formula, feel free.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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A mistake? Hardly.
IN STUDIES THAT I HAVE READ OVER THE YEARS, BLOCKS OF ALL CAPS TYPE, AS WELL AS BLOCKS OF UNDERLINED TEXT, ARE HARDER ON THE EYE, SLOWER TO READ AND MAKE FOR A VISUAL MESS ONSCREEN. ANYONE WHO HAS EVER STUDIED TYPOGRAPHY WOULDN’T USE THEM AND IN THE WORLD OF TYPOGRAPHY, THEY ARE SEEN AKIN TO THE WAY THAT PEOPLE WHO JUST GET AN EDITING TOOL WILL USE A BUNCH OF TRANSITIONS, UNTIL, THEY TOO, LEARN THAT TRANSITIONS ARE ALSO BOZO NO-NOS.
Thanks for participating in my object lesson to illustrate the point…
Shane Ross, by the way, has a great blog entry at the COWBlogs on the subject of transitions and their overuse. It is at:
https://blogs.creativecow.net/node/269
In it, he explains the principle of “Just because you can, should you?” When it comes to both glaring transitions and underlined type, most pros would agree that the answer is an emphatic, “No!”
Ron Lindeboom
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Skewered someone’s sacred cow, did we?
My point was merely that Apple claims to be both the “plug & play” as well as graphics/design/creative leader. I guess I expect more out of them.
Microsoft can afford to be sloppy — they’ve got 95% of world’s market. When you have the “token few,” you have to do it better, especially in one of your core markets.
With skewer firmly in hand,
:o)
Ron Lindeboom
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I just tried highlighting text in a few browsers and it’s quite easy to see what is highlighted, even with my 56 year old eyes and the ever-thickening glasses I must wear. ;o)
Sorry but we won’t be going back to black highlighting as I think it’s just too heavy-handed for the new look of the site.
Sorry if that bums you out.
Thanks for the kind words about the rest of the site, they are appreciated as the team has been working hard on this.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom