[Stacey Dunleavy]

I was playing with those a little – it still feels too loose and imprecise… I guess I need more practice…

[Stacey Dunleavy]

It looks like effects on a masked layer to me…

[Stacey Dunleavy]

I’ll have to try that next…

Thanks for the tip!

[Stacey Dunleavy]

Again, with my tight budget, I got the cheapest Mac Mini (which is now $150 less, of course). It does give me warnings of a full hard drive and too many apps open at once if I don’t manage my workflow. I’m contemplating another one to work in an array if I have to get any larger projects…

[Stacey Dunleavy]

I also had to switch back to the Classic 3D render instead of Cinema 4D… It’s perfect now!

[Stacey Dunleavy]

Thanks! I was playing around with the blur Effects, but not getting what I wanted. It figures it was something simple…

[Stacey Dunleavy]

My elderly iMac was dying, and I had to upgrade. Since I was on a budget tighter than a Victorian corset, I went for the new Mac M1 Mini. It’s even faster than the “professional” level PC at my office. Although I did have to invest in an external hard drive for project storage, the connection is more stable than the old iMac as well.

[Stacey Dunleavy]

What I eventually had to do was recreate the web banner native in Animate, and add the clickable buttons there. I had to find a cheap host to test it, but it worked! I found out this is the workflow some banner designers have to do …

[Stacey Dunleavy]

There’s the Free Music Archive, run by WFMU. A lot of it is Avant garde, but can be good for background sound…

https://freemusicarchive.org/

[Stacey Dunleavy]

I have a WordPress domain, but I’m looking for some place that lets me upload raw code and art files. I’m also trying to create a portfolio site of working HTML – banners, emails, etc.