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Edge Preview Resources: Runtime API v0.1.4
Edge Preview Resources: Runtime API v0.1.4. In Edge, you can create triggers that will execute your code at a specific…
Edge Preview Resources: Runtime API v0.1.4
Edge Preview Resources: Runtime API v0.1.4. In Edge, you can create triggers that will execute your code at a specific position on a Timeline. You can also bind code to the document, Timeline and specific Elements. Your code is called in the context of a Symbol even when handling Element actions. The current symbol is stored in the “this” variable as well as an argument “sym.” You can call Symbol APIs like this.play() or sym.play(). The “sym” variable is more durable…
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Facebook marketing
Activstudios can turn your Facebook Page into interactive advertising with embedded videos, calls to action, shopping cart integration, promotions and…
Facebook marketing
Activstudios can turn your Facebook Page into interactive advertising with embedded videos, calls to action, shopping cart integration, promotions and competitions, in HTML and flash. Our expert knowledge of Facebook development produces effective pages for brands wishing to engage successfully in this new and dynamic marketplace. Given the statistics, realizing how a Facebook business page can change your marketing campaign forever is an opportunity worth exploring. There are more than 600 million users on Facebook and the number increases each…
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WordPress, Shopify, Magento & Mailchimp
We are in the process of updating our services to include WordPress, Shopify, Magento and Mailchimp. We can provide off the…
WordPress, Shopify, Magento & Mailchimp
We are in the process of updating our services to include WordPress, Shopify, Magento and Mailchimp. We can provide off the shelf or bespoke designs, and also provide database setup and maintenance. Got a project to start now? Give us a call on 01502 676 150 or email us at info@activstudios.com for further details.
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Adobe ESEMINAR – Public preview release of Edge
In this session Adobe will show you how Adobe Edge preview works natively with HTML, how it enables users to…
Adobe ESEMINAR – Public preview release of Edge
In this session Adobe will show you how Adobe Edge preview works natively with HTML, how it enables users to add motion to existing HTML documents without hampering design integrity of CSS-based layouts, and how it enables users to easily create visually rich content from scratch, using familiar drawing tools that produce HTML elements styled with CSS3. Tue 6 Dec 11 - 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Register here. http://events.adobe.co.uk Adobe Events -RSS feed
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Broadcast Video Expo 2012
Broadcast Video Expo is the UK’s largest event for those working in production, post and delivery. Every year it attracts…
Broadcast Video Expo 2012
Broadcast Video Expo is the UK’s largest event for those working in production, post and delivery. Every year it attracts visitors working across all aspects of the television, video, film and audio industries all looking to touch, test and compare the latest products and services available. We will be attending the event in February, so why not pop down for a chat and a beer!
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Wacom Cintiq 24 HD tablet
Its hard not to love Wacom tablets. I have been an avid fan of Wacom since the first day I…
Wacom Cintiq 24 HD tablet
Its hard not to love Wacom tablets. I have been an avid fan of Wacom since the first day I set my eyes on one, when I was working at Bounty’s New-media department as an Interactive designer. I was lucky enough to be asked by my head of department “Do you want a mouse or a tablet?”. I was offered a Wacom A3 tablet with stylus and a mouse with a duel-sided scroll wheel, and was just a joy to…
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Framework for building prototypes
Everyone is going crazy about cross platform content since the dawn of smartphones and tablets. Why not have one site…
Framework for building prototypes
Everyone is going crazy about cross platform content since the dawn of smartphones and tablets. Why not have one site that conforms to any device? Foundation framework does just that! It’s a 12 column flexible grid that can scale out to an arbitrary size (defined by the max-width of the row) that’s also easily nested, so you can build out complicated layouts without creating a lot of custom elements. And when the Grid isn’t enough for your site, it just…
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Check out Flash Pro generating HTML5
The future of flash is unknown at present, but Adobe are not going to lose the fight that easy! Let’s…
Check out Flash Pro generating HTML5
The future of flash is unknown at present, but Adobe are not going to lose the fight that easy! Let’s get a lot more people making animated HTML5 content. To do that, we need to lower the barriers to entry. That means making content run reliably across browsers, and letting the hundreds of thousands of people with Flash skills apply those skills to a new output format. Because HTML is so broadly useful (Web pages, mobile apps, magazines, etc.), there’s…
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Avid Euphonix Artist Series receives a make over
We don’t use their products in the studio, but I must say, Avid’s Euphonix Artist series controllers have caught our…
Avid Euphonix Artist Series receives a make over
We don’t use their products in the studio, but I must say, Avid’s Euphonix Artist series controllers have caught our eye for some time now. The Euphonix series controllers are for the professional Video/Audio artist, and are unique controllers in fact that they are networked together via ethernet ports, rather than the traditional conectivity of MIDI or USB one would expect. Not only does this free up your existing ports, but it also provides greater speeds according to Avid. The…
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Jot Pro stylus for ipad
We have tested a couple stylus’s for the iPad and have never been 100% happy with their performance and they…
Jot Pro stylus for ipad
We have tested a couple stylus’s for the iPad and have never been 100% happy with their performance and they ended up thrown in the back of a draw. When my colleague Matt introduced me to the Jot Pro, I thought now here is a serious iPad stylus contender. The Jot comes in two main flavours, the Jot, and Jot Pro. Both come in a variety of colours and they function the same apart from the Jot Pro has a…
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Website goes live
At last our website goes live. It’s been a busy year and the website was put on hold for a…
Website goes live
At last our website goes live. It’s been a busy year and the website was put on hold for a long time as client projects always come first and just didn’t have the time for internal projects. Finally it goes live! The site is still being tweaked, so some content may have missing information at present and will be updated over the next coming months. You can follow us on twitter for latest updates, or subscribe to our RSS or…
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Meggitt Values Campaign
Currently working with Hybrid Creative on a video production for Meggitts Values campaign. Brief is to edit 6 videos and…
Meggitt Values Campaign
Currently working with Hybrid Creative on a video production for Meggitts Values campaign. Brief is to edit 6 videos and 2 trailers for the campaign. Localisation of 36 XML subtitles in French, German, Spanish, Danish, Vietnamese and Chinese. The video was shot by Rocking Horse Pictures and was edited with animation sequences by Activstudios.
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Bloomsbury Art Fair
Working with Hybrid Creative on a WordPress website for Bloomsbury Art Fair. The Bloomsbury Art Fair is a charitable enterprise,…
Bloomsbury Art Fair
Working with Hybrid Creative on a WordPress website for Bloomsbury Art Fair. The Bloomsbury Art Fair is a charitable enterprise, dedicated to selling art and raising funds for charities.
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Fern Communications website
Fern Communications Ltd contacts us to develop their new company website. We developed the site in WordPress to enable Fern…
Fern Communications website
Fern Communications Ltd contacts us to develop their new company website. We developed the site in WordPress to enable Fern to use their iPhones and iPads to update their site on a regular basis.
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Snapped – Crime and Investigation Network
We are pleased to be working with Clicked Creative on the animation of a set of flash banners for Snapped…
Snapped – Crime and Investigation Network
We are pleased to be working with Clicked Creative on the animation of a set of flash banners for Snapped – Crime & Investigation Network, developing the online launch campaign for their flagship show ‘Snapped: Women Who Kill’. Clicked will be creating a deliciously dark and enticing mix of rich and social media elements, all wrapped up within a concept that’s guaranteed to make viewers tune in. So if you love true crime stories and want to know more about…
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The Body Shop
Clicked Creative contacts us to animate a flash an advertisement for The BodyShop’s new product Extra Virgin Minerals foundation. Animated…
The Body Shop
Clicked Creative contacts us to animate a flash an advertisement for The BodyShop’s new product Extra Virgin Minerals foundation. Animated with tweenlite in Action script 3.
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Zarzio Unveil AE composite
Current work has been the production of an animation composite for Zarzio Unveil campaign. Tmax Productions approached Activstudios to produce…
Zarzio Unveil AE composite
Current work has been the production of an animation composite for Zarzio Unveil campaign. Tmax Productions approached Activstudios to produce an animation and video composite in After Effects. The project involved green screen keying, rotoscoping, motion tracking, and particles system.
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RM WildCharge campaign video
We a pleased to be working with Me&Him Design on another video animation for RM. WildCharge™ is a whole new…
RM WildCharge campaign video
We a pleased to be working with Me&Him Design on another video animation for RM. WildCharge™ is a whole new way to bfree! Check out ‘the great contact’ power platform: this unique integrated technology lets you charge up and stay charged… wire-free!
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Embrace website development
Currently in development of a new HTML website for Embrace. Embrace provides bespoke and Modular Healthcare Furniture solutions for Healthcare…
Embrace website development
Currently in development of a new HTML website for Embrace. Embrace provides bespoke and Modular Healthcare Furniture solutions for Healthcare Providers across the UK. Their existing site UX was not up to par, so a restructure of the navigation and menus was planned so the user could easy understand and access the the range of products Embrace has to offer. We gave the site a clean a modern feel, that reflects the modular products the company produces.
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Betboo, Whatcar and Vantage
Its been a busy week working on 3 campaigns with Clicked Creative developing sets of flash banners for Betboo, Whatcar…
Betboo, Whatcar and Vantage
Its been a busy week working on 3 campaigns with Clicked Creative developing sets of flash banners for Betboo, Whatcar and Vanage Sizes include: 728×90 (Flash) x 3 – 160×600 (Flash) x 3 – 300×250 (Flash) x 3 – 120×60 (Flash) x 3 – 728×90 (Gif) x 1
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One Meggitt Group campaign
We have been busy over the last year working with Sink140 and Hybrid Creative on multiple projects for Meggitt Avionics…
One Meggitt Group campaign
We have been busy over the last year working with Sink140 and Hybrid Creative on multiple projects for Meggitt Avionics Group. The design and animation of 3 display systems, and 2 after effects animations detailing Meggitt’s history. Final works will be included in Meggitt’s interactive brochure and kiosk displays at Farnbourgh Air Show
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iPad, iPhone detection & redirect
Here are two scripts that you can add to your websites index page to enable detection and redirection to alternative…
iPad, iPhone detection & redirect
Here are two scripts that you can add to your websites index page to enable detection and redirection to alternative content if viewed on an iPhone, iPod or iPad. Handy if you have a flash site or if you just want to redirect users to alternative styled content. Just change the URL to the content you want to redirect to. EG.1 <script type=”text/javascript”> if ( (navigator.userAgent.indexOf(‘iPad’) != -1)) { document.location = “http://activstudios.wordpress.com”; } </script> EG.2 <script type=”text/javascript”> if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf(‘iPhone’) !=…
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Blackbelt Recordings Website
Currently developing a flash XML website for Blackbelt Recordings new record label. Blackbelt recordings is a Drum & Bass record…
Blackbelt Recordings Website
Currently developing a flash XML website for Blackbelt Recordings new record label. Blackbelt recordings is a Drum & Bass record label aimed to supply experimental Drum and Bass music to the masses. The site will supply regular news on current releases, artists mixes and downloads. Site URL will be added soon. watch this space for further details.
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iPhone 4G prototype found!
Surely this can’t have happened? After the media and legal storm surrounding Gizmodo’s leak of the iPhone 2010 prototype, how…
iPhone 4G prototype found!
Surely this can’t have happened? After the media and legal storm surrounding Gizmodo’s leak of the iPhone 2010 prototype, how did another phone break free? It certainly seems the real deal and we can glean a few extra details from it. As MacRumors reports, the new images surfaced at a Vietnamese forum called TaoViet.tn–and unsurprisingly this Web site is now experiencing problems, probably due to the massive traffic hit it’s currently taking. So the original images and even cached backups…
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Meggitt Avionics kiosk animations
Currently working on 5 animations for Meggitt Avionics display stand at Farnbourgh Airshow. Working in collaboration with Sink140 and Hybrid…
Meggitt Avionics kiosk animations
Currently working on 5 animations for Meggitt Avionics display stand at Farnbourgh Airshow. Working in collaboration with Sink140 and Hybrid Creative to produce 5 animations detailing Meggitts history within the defense, energy and aerospace industry.
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RM Educational Systems
Our current project has been a collaboration with Me&Him Design on an animation for RM Computers. The brief was to…
RM Educational Systems
Our current project has been a collaboration with Me&Him Design on an animation for RM Computers. The brief was to produce two animations to promote the RM brand. Concept storyboards provided by Me&Him. We chose to composite the edit in After Affects and output to f4v for a smother render, we then imported this into an FLV component in flash and output to SWF for embedding into the RM website.
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The Blindside – Warner Bros
We take on yet another set of flash banners for Lemon Digital. A set of animated flash banners for Warner…
The Blindside – Warner Bros
We take on yet another set of flash banners for Lemon Digital. A set of animated flash banners for Warner Bros film The Blindside. Banner sizes to be produced are 160×600, 728×90, 180×150, 120×240, 120×90 and Touts 274×164, 136×200. Final work to be displayed on Warnerbros homepage.
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Valentines Day – Warner Bros
We take on another set of flash banners for Lemon Digital today. A set of animated flash banners for Warner…
Valentines Day – Warner Bros
We take on another set of flash banners for Lemon Digital today. A set of animated flash banners for Warner Bros film Valentines Day. Banner sizes to be produced are 160×600, 728×90, 180×150, 120×240, 120×90 and Touts 274×164, 136×200. Final work to be displayed on Warnerbros homepage.
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Clash of the Titans – Warner Bros
We take on further flash banner work this week. Development of an html emailer localized to DE market, and a…
Clash of the Titans – Warner Bros
We take on further flash banner work this week. Development of an html emailer localized to DE market, and a set of animated flash banners for Warner Bros film Clash of the Titans. Banner sizes 160×600, 728×90, 180×150, 120×240, 120×90 and Touts 274×164, 136×200. Banners to be displayed on Warnerbros homepage. Html emailer for DVD promotion of the original Clash of the Titans film.
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AKA Studios website launch
This week brings the launch of a new flash website for AKAstudio. The site includes deep-linking, link error correction, browser…
AKA Studios website launch
This week brings the launch of a new flash website for AKAstudio. The site includes deep-linking, link error correction, browser history capability and twitter feed. Site launches mid week. AKA studio is a Drum & Bass Producer signed to various labels, Good Looking Records, Influenza Digital, Intelligent Recordings, Rubik Records and Binary Soul.
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Finally! Apple iPad revealed
Finally we get to see the new iPad from Apple. Its an oversized iphone, and it looks great! The iPad…
Finally! Apple iPad revealed
Finally we get to see the new iPad from Apple. Its an oversized iphone, and it looks great! The iPad has a 9.7-inch touch screen. It is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and comes with 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash memory storage. The device comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless. Jobs said the battery lasts for 10 hours, and that the device can sit for a month on standby without needing a charge. The iPad can also…
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Sherlock Holmes – Emailer
We work with Lemon Digital today to develop a video emailer promoting Warner Bros latest film, Sherlock Holmes. The market…
Sherlock Holmes – Emailer
We work with Lemon Digital today to develop a video emailer promoting Warner Bros latest film, Sherlock Holmes. The market is to be localised to German, and will incorporate a video teaser trailer linked to the website www.SherlockHolmes-derFilm.de
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Lego Education CRDOM
Tomorrow we kick off with a CDROM project for Lego Education. We are working with Me&Him Design on our second…
Lego Education CRDOM
Tomorrow we kick off with a CDROM project for Lego Education. We are working with Me&Him Design on our second project collaboration for Lego. Lego Education is a learning resource designed to teach children of all ages in a hands on way. Activstudios will be producing a video edit and interactive CDROM interface development.
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Studios xbox dies! 3 rings of death
Sad news today. The studio’s xbox dies from it’s second bout of the three lights of death. We will miss…
Studios xbox dies! 3 rings of death
Sad news today. The studio’s xbox dies from it’s second bout of the three lights of death. We will miss you! You served us well. R.I.P The 360 Elite is on order, I hope Microsoft has sorted the graphics chip overheating on this one. Come on Apple, make us a games console. Please!
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Design an iPhone icon for your website
With the increasing use of iphones, many customers and clients like to add websites to the iphones home screen. If…
Design an iPhone icon for your website
With the increasing use of iphones, many customers and clients like to add websites to the iphones home screen. If you have ever wondered how to design your own icon, then look no further. Your icon needs to be 45×45 pixels. design your icon without any rounded corners or glossy shading. The Phone automatically rounds off the corners and adds a slight glassy reflection on the top half of the icon. Name your icon as: apple-touch-icon.png and upload this to…
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Nice new tablet! from Wacom
Wacom have released a nice new tablet to their Bamboo range of graphics tablets. It includes pen & touch so…
Nice new tablet! from Wacom
Wacom have released a nice new tablet to their Bamboo range of graphics tablets. It includes pen & touch so you get the best of both worlds. The Bamboo Pen & Touch fun comes in two sizes, small and medium, with touch sensitive pad and 4 expression buttons. It also comes with the batterie-less pen, so no worrying about the batteries running down at a critical moment. I must say the Bamboo is just great! works like an iphone with…
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Back in the studio! Goodbye 2009
After a great Christmas break of food, drink and merriment we are back in the studio at last! 2009 has…
Back in the studio! Goodbye 2009
After a great Christmas break of food, drink and merriment we are back in the studio at last! 2009 has been a great year for Activstudios and we have networked with some great people over the last year. May I take this opportunity to wish all our new and existing clients a Happy New Year! and a prosperous 2010! This year brings forth many new and exciting projects for us. We are currently working with Me&Him design to develop an…
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Warner Bros – Where the Wild Things are
Latest project working with Lemon Digital on a video emailer for Warner Bros Where the wild things are. A story…
Warner Bros – Where the Wild Things are
Latest project working with Lemon Digital on a video emailer for Warner Bros Where the wild things are. A story of a young boy who escapes to an island inhabited by mysterious monsters.
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Design with 960 Grid System
Here are some links to some handy resources AS Language Reference in an AIR app GTween Beta 5 released Standalone…
Design with 960 Grid System
Here are some links to some handy resources AS Language Reference in an AIR app GTween Beta 5 released Standalone Flash/Flex/AIR debugger Coda text editor We’ve also been comparing CSS frameworks like Blueprint and the 960 grid system
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Warner Bros – Ninja assassins
Currently finished a set of flash banners for warner bros Ninja Assassin.
Warner Bros – Ninja assassins
Currently finished a set of flash banners for warner bros Ninja Assassin.
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Academy of Freelance Make-up (AOFM)
We are please to be working with AOFM with development and maintainance of their websites www.aofmakeup.com, www.aofm.tv, and www.aofmpro.com We…
Academy of Freelance Make-up (AOFM)
We are please to be working with AOFM with development and maintainance of their websites www.aofmakeup.com, www.aofm.tv, and www.aofmpro.com We are approached by the London Academy of Freelance Make-up, to take on development and maintenance of their three websites. The Academy teaches students the art of hair and make-up and works with brand names such as Versace, Armani, Dior and Vouge.
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WarnerBros Banners
Working with Lemon Digital on 18 banner touts for Warner Bros website. Gossip Girls, Batman the Brave and the Bold,…
WarnerBros Banners
Working with Lemon Digital on 18 banner touts for Warner Bros website. Gossip Girls, Batman the Brave and the Bold, ER, Bannana Splits, Paul Newman, Gimme Shelter, Observe and Report, Fringe, and Friends. Final banners displayed on www.Warnerbros.co.uk
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Warner Bros – Sherlock Holmes
Currently working with Lemon Digital on 5 sets of flash banners For The Firm, Where the Wild Things are, The…
Warner Bros – Sherlock Holmes
Currently working with Lemon Digital on 5 sets of flash banners For The Firm, Where the Wild Things are, The Informant, Sherlock Holmes and Scooby-Doo Final banners to be displayed on www.warnerbros.co.uk
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Lego Education Center
Activstudios is pleased to be working with Me&Him Design on a flash microsite for Lego’s Education Center.
Lego Education Center
Activstudios is pleased to be working with Me&Him Design on a flash microsite for Lego’s Education Center.
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Grimsby Institute
Source Four contacts activstudios to develop a set of flash banners for Grimsby Institute. Project will be uploaded to folio…
Grimsby Institute
Source Four contacts activstudios to develop a set of flash banners for Grimsby Institute. Project will be uploaded to folio soon.
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Anglesey Race Circuit
Just finished a flash intro for Anglesey Race Circuit website. The project will be uploaded to the folio as soon…
Anglesey Race Circuit
Just finished a flash intro for Anglesey Race Circuit website. The project will be uploaded to the folio as soon as time permits!
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Meggitt AeroSpace Presentation
Activstudios is currently working on a Flash Presentation for Meggitt AeroSpace in collaboration with Mathew Lane of Sink140. We can…
Meggitt AeroSpace Presentation
Activstudios is currently working on a Flash Presentation for Meggitt AeroSpace in collaboration with Mathew Lane of Sink140. We can not say any more about the project at this stage, as it is for our-eyes-only. Top secret stuff!
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Velvet* Magazine
Activstudios has just finished development of Velvet* Magazine launch page. Velvet* is a magazine designed and produced by Cubiq Design.…
Velvet* Magazine
Activstudios has just finished development of Velvet* Magazine launch page. Velvet* is a magazine designed and produced by Cubiq Design. The brief was to develop a flash holding page with a countdown to the Magazines launch date. http://www.velvetmag.co.uk/
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New Activstudios website
We are in the stages of developing a new website for Acivstudios. Our existing site will not have any further…
New Activstudios website
We are in the stages of developing a new website for Acivstudios. Our existing site will not have any further updates untill our new site has been launched. Site should go live Mid March 2009. This blog will only be temporary, as the new site will have an RSS feed, which will replace this blog. Watch this space for further details.
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RJDM Final stages
RJDM Portfolio Development is nearing it final stages of completion. It has been a grand effort to develop this site,…
RJDM Final stages
RJDM Portfolio Development is nearing it final stages of completion. It has been a grand effort to develop this site, and has taken its toll on all involved, Especialy Matt! This site will be worth the wait, and is a grand effort for involved behind the scenes.XML Drive flash with backend PHP administration console.
