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Version 2 is even better than I thought it would be. The control over positioning is so good (5/100th px)that we can safely use some fonts at 8pt. You'll see what I'm taking about. Only certain fonts will counter Flash's antialiasing at such small sizes.
This is by no means even close to done, I just wanted to post it to get some opinions.
The loading sequence isn't in there yet, so forgive the choppy loading.
Home, profile, and design are working.
http://jcmultimedia.hypermart.net/V12/html
your site is looking great MAN! I love the color and the quickness of the whole thing!
I am going to have to purchase Swift 3D that program is awesome!!!!
L8R :cool:
It is very nice and clean.
Is there one of the anti-antialiasing fonts that you have had the most success with? I have tried hooge, silkscreen and several others with mixed results, even when I think that I have followed all of the instructions to the letter (to make a bad pun).
Cheers,
Flick
Looks good MP!
Your really starting to develop your own style!
Cheers...ziggy
Any tips on getting the fonts to work? looks like you are using some fonts of the minimal site. I tried Kroeger but it doesnt look as good as yours...not even close.Quote:
Originally posted by monkeypants
Version 2 is even better than I thought it would be. The control over positioning is so good (5/100th px)that we can safely use some fonts at 8pt. You'll see what I'm taking about. Only certain fonts will counter Flash's antialiasing at such small sizes.
This is by no means even close to done, I just wanted to post it to get some opinions.
The loading sequence isn't in there yet, so forgive the choppy loading.
Home, profile, and design are working.
http://jcmultimedia.hypermart.net/V12/html
Thanks.
MP..
Really nice. Makes me want to revisit to see what's new. One thing, I was hoping the text could be a teeny bit bigger when I have to read something over a paragraph (sometimes i'll blow it up using the zoom in feature) .. i'm running at 1152 though, so you might wanna ignore me :D
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About the "miniml" fonts.
Even though the instructions for the fonts say to make sure your positioning is on the exact (full) pixel, swish doesn't seem to see it that way.
I find that if you nudge the x coordinate by .15, .30, or sometimes even .5, the text clears up. Keep the y coordinate at the full pixel.
If your text is in a sprite, you have two positions to worry about...the position of the text AND the position of the sprite. You may need to play around with the alignments for a while.
Remember that these fonts only work at 8pt or multiples of 8pt (8,16,24,32,40,48...for those that can't multiply). You will get anitaliased text at any other size.
Hope it helps.
You're doing a fantastic job. The site looks great!
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The font idea is great. Thanks for sharing.
I'd fix the annoying scroller (um, clicker thingy) I can help you so that it functions like a normal scroller that scrolls up and down onpress and stops on release unless the only going down in stages with the left click is what you are wanting.
~Jer~
It's just a little glitch in the drag layer (I'm working on it). If you click just above the scroll handle, it will work fine. You can also click & hold at the top or bottom of the line for a continuous scroll.Quote:
Originally posted by Jerry T
I'd fix the annoying scroller (um, clicker thingy) I can help you so that it functions like a normal scroller that scrolls up and down onpress and stops on release unless the only going down in stages with the left click is what you are wanting.
~Jer~
The reason I like this particular script is that it gives the look & feel of a regular scrollbar, and it's also crossbrowser (not with the .swf in it though...)
Still lots of work to do.
Its easy to do in swish 2 exactly as a traditional scroller you would see on the internet with a dragable sidescroller handle, but if you would rather do it using javascript thats cool. Nice site.
~Jer~
Thanks for the ideas. The "news" window will eventually hold my guestbook, so I'll need to be able to use an ssi tag there, and insert html into a layer.Quote:
Originally posted by Jerry T
Its easy to do in swish 2 exactly as a traditional scroller you would see on the internet with a dragable sidescroller handle, but if you would rather do it using javascript thats cool. Nice site.
~Jer~
Monkeypants, your sites never cease to amaze me.
well,...slick as always, MP. Excellent work!
btw, minimal fonts..., in my footer i used some font (blurb), as small as 5 :D
cheers
wolf
looking good as always, I look forward to seeing it develop. It's a bit white for me, but then I like black sites:D
Wolfgross, I used to have the blurb font, but my copy is now corrupt can you send it to me? (BTW, my blurb font was a custom font made by a guy called blurb who was a swish wizard when swish was pre version 1 :D)
well, my pleasure (check your e-mail)..and my regards to Mr. Blurb :DQuote:
Originally posted by almark
looking good as always, I look forward to seeing it develop. It's a bit white for me, but then I like black sites:D
Wolfgross, I used to have the blurb font, but my copy is now corrupt can you send it to me? (BTW, my blurb font was a custom font made by a guy called blurb who was a swish wizard when swish was pre version 1 :D)
cheers
wolf:D
Its been an age since i posted, been busy with work.. but man.. that is nice.. the music is sweet.. no techno and easy on the ears.. :). I have some of freelance work coming sometime in the next 2 months. The other guys i have on my books are away and cannot commit themselves.. Interested??Quote:
Originally posted by monkeypants
This is by no means even close to done, I just wanted to post it to get some opinions.
email me [email protected]..(I live in the USA but use that address for the english side of things:))
Cheers
Nice work Jay. Very clean and straight forward. I also tried the MINIML fonts a while back and couldn't get them to work. Maybe I'll try again.
You are liking Swift3D aren't you?!? Those little 3D touches add quite alot to a site. I bought it about 3 weeks ago and haven't put it down. Swish and the .SWF files Swift3D make play together very nicely. Though, I've found that when the .SWF's get over 100k, it bogs Swish down HORRENDOUSLY. Then if you put more than 1 100k files in there, you're screwed.
Really Good site, colours all go. 1 question though, I have Swift 3D. how do u keep your SWF files so low? and what do you draw your Graphics in?
As always, great work Jay!
Colors work well together.
Can't wait to see the finished product.
-Mike
Nice work...very impressive. Was this all done in Swish or did you use flash anywhere? Just curious...either way looks great
So in effect you didn't retire, you just promoted yourself to full time design, good choice!
D
The trick to keeping swift 3d files small is to limit the number of polygons in the shape. The more angles a shape has, the more polygons it will require to draw the wireframe.Quote:
Originally posted by XR-ANNIHILATOR
Really Good site, colours all go. 1 question though, I have Swift 3D. how do u keep your SWF files so low? and what do you draw your Graphics in?
I do most of my vector graphics in Freehand, and most of my raster graphics in mediachance's Real Draw Pro.
As for keeping overall file size small, I use a maximum of 2 fonts per .swf, and I limit the use of raster (bitmap, gif, jpg, png) images as much as I can. I also optimize and trim all of my sounds.
I didn't use flash for any of this version yet...there's still forms to do. I might give Insane Flash Animator a try when I get to the forms to see ifit's easier than flash in that aspect.Quote:
Originally posted by sleblang
Nice work...very impressive. Was this all done in Swish or did you use flash anywhere? Just curious...either way looks great
Most of it was done with swish, with a little Swift3d, Flix, and Freehand .swf sprinkled in.
[Edited by monkeypants on 08-07-2001 at 03:11 PM]
I've had the same problem. I've been waiting until most of the layout is done before I put the swift3d content in. I keep my swift files small, but even a 10k swift sprite seems to slow things down.Quote:
Originally posted by rdbruski
You are liking Swift3D aren't you?!? Those little 3D touches add quite alot to a site. I bought it about 3 weeks ago and haven't put it down. Swish and the .SWF files Swift3D make play together very nicely. Though, I've found that when the .SWF's get over 100k, it bogs Swish down HORRENDOUSLY. Then if you put more than 1 100k files in there, you're screwed.
I'm about to put $$ down on Swift3D...I was wondering what your guys feelings are about Swift3D versus the Font3D package that they have. Does Swift3D take care of all that Font3D does and more, or are they diff't in their areas of interest?
your site looks great!!
what is the mane of that font you use in the main module that loads. its the one in the boxes all the way to the left. can you e-mail it to me
thanks
[email protected]