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- ukit0
I saw a nice-looking banner someone did for Joe Satriani recently. Might want to take a look at that for inspiration.
- Projectile0
NSFW>>>
- Projectile0
...so, basically, what i'm starting to conclude from this is I should give it to them with a few minor tweaks mentioned to keep them happy, and make a mellow version for my portfolio. and replace the image with a shopped one of someone else fucking gwyneth paltrow. Or a photo of myself fucking gwyneth for that matter...
- brandelec0
projectile, here's a couple i did last year. originally made it much simpler.. but like you said marketing wants more in your face effects sometimes...
http://sbrbs.com/sites/echo/
- Etype0
my eyes burn
- set0
As far as being distracting and annoying its very effective!
Bloody banners...
:D
- exactly.. don't make it too distractingbrandelec
- brandelec...have you ever MET a marketing guy before?Projectile
- yup, i work for a half dozen :)brandelec
- harlequino0
Replace Chris Martin with Joe Cocker. Just cuz.
- dMullins0
You should make the write-on text happen faster.
- brandelec0
i would start over.. less is more
- fyoucher10
Yeh, simplify it. A lot. Keep the effects subtle and tasteful. Get rid of any sliding movements, either on the guy or copy. Stick to effects where things are fading in somehow. Get creative.
- yeah.. that's what my previous ones have been like, and marketing dudes go "needs to be punchier!" ..."more impact" ..Projectile
- ..and they they start coming up with their own "ideas"... ned i say more? fmlProjectile
- fiesta0
"something very wrong is happening if a human being is sliding in horizontally at a few tens of miles an hour"
FUCKING LOL'D
- detritus0
Also - what's the thinking behind the slide animation of the dude?
It doesn't make any sense at all - if you must animate him somehow - have him fade in from black, or something.
Animation is contextual - something very wrong is happening if a human being is sliding in horizontally at a few tens of miles an hour, then stopping suddenly. Animation must be believable - if he wa sliding in like that, where's the whiplash, recoil and blood seeping out of the nostrils?
- detritus0
Take out ALL the effects and animations, bar the brush stroke 'Viva la vida' one - then make those 1/4 speed.
After that, I don't know.
- fiesta0
not everything can be solved by googling a tutorial
- Projectile0
any suggestions, folks? I dont see too many nice flash banners these days.. or nice text animation treatment of any sort. It's gotta be fairly eye-catching, as it's going all over youtube and even busier sites..
all the tutorials I've seen are for even MORE dated stuff..
- jimbojones0
besides of being dated, the effect is SLOW. stop the time, how long does it take the text to be complete. by that time I'm in LA, banging Gwyneth Paltrow.