Everything I ever guessed about converting 2D to 3D is true!
I guessed it was a big pain in the arse, and this article at Slate.com confirmed this. And if you’re thinking, “oh more reading? I hate reading! ” Well it’s relatively short, and easy to understand even if you’ve never laid in bed thinking about this before (“ laid” or “lied”? ). It brings up an excellent point at the end, why would any filmmaker convert from 2D …

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Wow, I’m reading some excellent comments from my last post (17 is probably a record). I want to keep hearing them, but I also wanted to post an article this weekend, so lets keep it on the same topic. Last night Adam posted this video below which is news to me. A version of Quake 2 done in HTML5… …hopefully thats as ugly as HTML5...
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So the second article I’m suggesting you read today, (Yes, more reading!) is over here at ActiveTuts.com regarding The Death of the .Fla !! That’s right Flash developers, our precious .fla format might not be around forever. And phew, I was about to put money down on LongBets.org that it would. Pros and cons of this epic change:...
I’d say True. Below is a Flash site proving me right at least once. Anyone know if this whole micro-city / micro-environment look has an official “interface design” name yet. This is definitely not the first one I’ve posted here. Maybe we need to come up with a name.
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Print is dying. Digital is surging. Everyone is confused. – With these words Craig Mod writes an insightful article on the present and future of publishing. With the recent release of the iPad this article is extremely poignant and presents some excellent ideas about what it means to be publishing content in the Internet age. Go and read...
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