Banner is Up!

With all my hardwork and fun times my UNV banner is up and running on the website. http://www.unv.org.ph/ Some changes with colour and placement by request of the project manager was accomplished. Red and blue were switched and some other minor adjustments were made.

The Main Problem

The main problem was maintaining file size while keeping quality high enough and having many pictures present in the banner to simulate a banner/slideshow.

The Solution

Photoshop's save for web and devices feature was used to bring down the file size along with pre image resizing and ppi adjustments. The banner was carefully thought out. How many pictures would be used to convey their message and the break down of how many kb each image should be at the most to maintain quality and stay within the given limits. After planning, sizing and saving the images were ready to be imported into flash and used as either movie clips or graphics so that they could be used to classic tween. Since my as3 skills are still being developed, I felt much more comfortable using my classical previous knowledge of manually tweening and placement to complete this banner more efficiently. Making the deadline was very important for me to show my dedication and values. The deadlines were made, revisions were made. I have also been asked to make changes once they take more pictures in the future.

I am very happy with this project and I hope to be able to continue my work with this organization.

Love Revision

I don't know if anyone else noticed. However I did notice. David did not look happy in the previous post. He's with me so he HAS to be happy, plus in the actual photo he looks happy. Here is my changes and now I think you'll agree, he definitely looks much happier. :)

Loveeeeeeeeeee

I decided to finally do an illustration of my boyfriend and I. I like the way it turned out. Nice and Simple. Beautiful.

Thanks to Jon!

This is a thank you gift to Jon Finkelstein for allowing me to interview him. It was a great experience and I got a lot of fantastic advice.

Thanks again!

Illustration of Tim!

This is my thank you illustration for Tim Willison for sharing his time with me today. It was really great getting a chance to talk to him and learn about his company Oddly Studios. He is truly inspirational and remarkable! Thanks again. :)

So much fun to do!

UN Volunteer Philippines Flash Banner

This is a flash banner that will be used for the UNV Philippines Website to promote awareness and encourage citizens to become a volunteer to work towards the UN's Millennium Development Goals. The idea was to create something like a slide show. I decided to incorporate icons that listed the 8 MDG's. My biggest challenge was keeping quality looking high and file size low. Using Photoshop save for web and devices helped optimize the photos, also the use of allow smoothing in Flash. This is the second draft. I am pleased with it and enjoyed creating it very much. Thanks again to the UN for this opportunity!

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