Recently we’ve collaborated with Nazroll from Redboot Solutions to accomplish task given, creating interactivity for Capitalan 10 Years Anniversary. The Flash page has touch-screen-alike interactivity, with iPhone-drag alike + horizontal + vertical gesture. It also integrated with XML which will pull all those data of course.

Check out the interactivity at http://www.capitaland.com/10

Wishing all readers a good day! Happy Working.

I wonder how this interactivity react on Ideum Multi-touch table

From my perspective, I personally think Apple wouldn’t want to put Flash Player because they’re totalitarian.

totalitarian |tōˌtaliˈte(ə)rēən|adjectiveof or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state : atotalitarian regime.nouna person advocating such a system of government.

By that, I mean all iPods need to use iTunes to connect. And if you’re going to play games, you need to download from Appstore. And when you download from AppStore, either you can play free games that usually limited ( some free games are awesome anyway ) or unlock the fun for just 0.99 USD.

Just a mere dollar.

Now if Safari in iPhone /iPad/iPod Touch would be able to run Flash, I can think that users would simply type ‘Miniclip’ or googled Free Flash game site, and have it run on their browser. Heck if I get myself an iPhone later, the first thing I wanted to play is Nanaca-Crash. And by doing that, Apple could lost millions of potential-game-purchaser and would harm their selling.

Still I think Flash Player would not make it into the iPhone.

Recently Apple bought Quattro, a mobile advertising company. Apple were set to reinvents mobile advertising. As it may controls their device to feed ‘only Quattro-coded-ads’ this is another totalitarian act, to kill Google Ads. If it were happen Safari in iPhone could run Flash, it already run the ads, like Advertlets or Nuffnang anyway. (famous Malaysia advertising network)

This April, I wonder if Flash CS5 that will be put on shelves, that enabling developers to publish their Flash as native iPhone Apps will help in the fight to put Flash Player in Safari. Maybe yes or maybe not. But with this way, customer also could see of what Flash could deliver to iPhone and at this point, it’s important for Flash Developer not to screw things up. After all, there’s staggering 6 million’s iPhone users that attempted to download Flash. iPhones become so hot that average Joe wanted Flash in it.

Again, Safari in those devices would not get a Flash Player. It will be a double-edge sword perhaps for Apple anyways. People might buy more iPhones but wouldn’t want to download apps anymore. Maybe.

To summarize and to add, having Flash in Safari would

1. Possibility of lower sales of games and apps.
2. More ads being displayed with Flash, and owning Quattro by Apple would be meaningless and against their Totalitarian concept
3. Drain iPhone batteries ( as always they said anyway :p )

Looking at the Apple history, they created USB, they throw the Floppy. And it’s not impossible for them to kill Flash too. If all things fails, I’d say Flash will be dead in 10 years, for Malaysia, it mean 15 years (joke intended ) Currently some of the weapons that Adobe has is Open Screen Project by collaborating with several device makers including Nokia & Google/Android. Don’t forget the emerging other devices too, like Google Nexus One. For me, the Google Maps Navigation making me salivating to buy Nexus One.

10 or 15 years are still long to go, but have to be prepared. This is surely, a challenge for us too

UPDATE: Adobe AIR for mobile announced 15 February. Official press release here.

And we were also assigned to design their new scale for the bottle.

This is the breast-milk bottle. The interesting part is that the design of the scale is to appreciate Mom’s. Either at minimum level or maximum level, Mum’s will be thanked for their effort for providing breast-milk. We even come up with sets of emotion for the labels.

Let us know if you spot this on the supermarket/ or baby shelf

1. E-Commerce Website + custom CMS - ArasMega (M) Sdn Bhd
2. TGV Mobile – prototype & featured in Mobile World Magazine March 09
3. Logo/Corporate Identity – Nurturing Concepts
4. Weddingkami Wedding Websites – Syazwan & Syazwani
5. Al-Quran for PSP Malay Translation
6. Officekami Community Project launching
7. Try Masak Flash Web & Flash Lite Game – Geoflex Sdn Bhd
8. Ministry of Eduation Courseware – MMU Cynergy
9. E-Commerce Website + custom CMS – Brotherhood Arts
10. Weddingkami Wedding Website – Joe & Dila

Hmm looks like the target of 2009 in doubling the projects can’t be fulfilled. But we added Ahmad Faiz to our team as Art Director.

And the big news for 2010.

We will turn down Flavert activities for a year, to focus on Weddingkami. Weddingkami now is a separate entity from Flavert. Weddingkami is a brand that belongs to WK Wedding Solutions a registered company in Malaysia. In short, Weddingkami is a Interactive Wedding Card presented in spectacular Flash Website with Fantabulous Features as below

• Event Details
• Interactive Map
• Photo Album
• Wedding Wishes
• RSVP + Personalized Content
• Additional Content requested by couples
• Robust Client Control Panel

Follow @Weddingkami on Twitter and you can see our ‘Become Lovely Obsessive Group’ diary at Blog://Weddingkami.

So wish us luck for Weddingkami. And if you still have enquiries about any web technologies, Flavert will still able to provide consultation to you

They’re founded 2008 but already booming. If you look for VFX Studios, look none other than them.

look at the corner pattern. If you are not familiar with that pattern, it is this same pattern

Augmented Reality is indeed the new new new thing that booming. It actually can do more than that. Here’s another video to enlighten you

It’s Layar, the first Augmented Reality browser.

We can’t wait to get a hold on to this technology But hey, that prayer mat, it is just coincidence lah :p

I think you need to make it full screen to read it.

Last week I’ve prepared a Game documentation for a competition submission. So I thought, I can share it to others how we did our documentation. The documentation is about Flash Game and Flash Lite Game for TryMasak.my/Geoflex. In our documentation, what we usually need to explain is the Game Level, Game Rules/Gameplay, Game Instruction ( that involves screenshot ) and User Platform. Do note that this documentation is after the game has been developed. If the game is yet to be developed, it usually involves sketches for example the picture below

We hope the documentation will help you to provide yours too Oh yes please visit our client website yah!

7-11, 7 November come again. It’s the date of the incorporation of Flavert Media Lab Sdn Bhd. Today we’re 2nd year. As usual we didn’t throw a party but a small dinner for all of us. Clockwise is me, Art Director Ahmad Faiz, Sakeenah and the husband, our CTO, Faisal Arbain.

We’ve been active for this whole year, and looking forward to productize Weddingkami in the next year. On behalf of the company, sincere gratitude and thanks to family and friends who’ve become our supporters all way along. Not to forget, our dear clients too !

If you still not one of our Facebook Fan, join us now! Or follow us in twitter.

Okay here’s the synopsis of Baidir.

One morning Nayah is playing hide and seek with her big brother Baidir, when suddenly the room is destroyed and Nayah has disappeared. Baidir sets off on a wild quest in a fantasy world.

Indeed a short synopsis.

Now let me share with you what I’ve learn during university days. Let’s see the montage, parts by parts

This is the first part/Establishing Shot. The set is in the room. You can see the main character, Baidir, and his sister, Nayan painted together at the back of the door. The door opens and papers flying creating a mysterious set and feel. I think this is Baidir Room.

Establishing Shot – The part that will establish the basis of montage/animation. In this case, the basis is in the room ( refer to the synopsis )

You can see a boy/Baidir, is running on this scene. It adds suspense indeed. Why do he run ?

This is the second emphasis that strengthen the synopsis. Here we see an empty room. Notice the design of the first room ( at the first picture above ) and this room. This room designed more colorful and with dolls. Obviously this is Nayah room, and you can see the emptiness. If you see carefully, you can see there’s a picture of Nayah and Baidir above the window.

Okay another running. But now you can see the set. It is set in distant future, and in modern world. This shot taken to emphasize on the speed and action.

Now we could see in detail, the character. Baidir & Nayah. Take a good look of the characteristic in that picture.

And now the character jump, like a Yamakasi/Parkour/Free Running action. Now when we talk about this kind of action, it’s heavily resembles France as this action (Parkour) originates from France. And this production/ Baidir, is from French. Dear Malaysians, this is what it’s mean by Local Content. In a snap, we knew this is France action. It may not from character design but from action.And try to focus on the background later on as you can see the famous identical Eiffel Tower. In this shot we could also see Baidir, as pictured from the previous image ( of him and Nayah )

Now this is the second emphasis to the character design. Notice the character of Nayah and Baidir. Same color when Baidir jumps from the roof. And if you can see the somewhat like a dog in grey at the left, it’s also the same design from the first shot. I’m speculating that dog might be Baidir’s sidekick later on.

And Baidir still jumps, with some birds joining in :p

Now, the trailer introduce Nayah, the girl. See the hair, identical with the sketch.

and Baidir landings, this is the favorite part/camera angle to show Parkour in action.

The previous shot of Nayah zoomed out. You can see her inside some sort of fantasy castle and using the premise of “ I’m a princess so come and save me my hero”

I think this shot/action is what defines their synopsis, ” wild quest”.Nothing beats more than a flashy entrance from top…

.. plus some smokes like a Ninja / Naruto. But this action for me resembles Uchiha Sasuke. The reason I said like that because of the gloves and the muffler covering up to his mouth does resembles him, it’s just me. Anyway, the movement of the character here is pretty deep. Felt that he’s some sort of a pretty strong character.

Finally, we see Baidir, somewhat emotionless.

Off course, he’s now at the fantasy world, wondering where he have to start.

The Recipe

Now, if you see carefully from beginning of the teaser, this teaser use A-B-A formula. Room – Baidir running – Nayah room- Baidir running – Nayah’s pasteboard shows her with baidir – baidir jumping – zoom in pasteboard Nayah + baidir – baidir still jumping side view – Nayah alone – Baidir going down – Nayah zoomed out in a castle – Baidir lands + some smoke + seriousness + in a fantasy world.

If you have sharp ears, try listen to the early beats and listen to the arrangements that they use to ‘cut’ to follow A-B-A formula. Thanks to my lecturer, Mr Ghaz ( Ponti Anak Remaja ) and Mr Woo Ming Jin (Salon / Slovak Sling – 15 Malaysia ) one piece of advice – Cut through the beat.

They did an extremely good teaser that tease the audience to know more. Now if you’re going to do a teaser, make sure it follow all this patterns + mise en scene. Mise en scene is what helps you define the set and story without telling a single word to the audience, and it’s easily understood. See for every caption I commented on each picture/shot, I did explain the importance of the set and item at the current shot. Actually, composing a teaser/MTV’s much more harder than series/movies because you compress all the things you want to say in an extremely limited time.

Now I’m glued to this Baidir project. Hope it goes well. Can’t wait to see the series. 2D is making it’s comeback indeed. See their website – Baidir.

Credits to Zufar, my fellow groupmate in MTV assignment during MMU years to give me this trailer. He currently working on War of The Worlds: Goliath created by Tripod Entertainment.

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Hahah! take that apple. So here’s some quickie updates about Flash that was announced during Adobe MAX 2009

Flash 10.1

• - 50% reduction on RAM Usage
• - possibilities for accelerometer and social networking.
• - Major phone manufacturer join in to deploy flash on their devices.
• - Google and RIM joined Open Screen Project. Means there will be Flash for Android and Blackberry.
• - handles gesture, multitouch application

AIR 2.0

• - USB Storage device detection
• - performance increases
• - native installer support
• - socket servers
• - UDP support
• - increased accessibility

Flash to iPhone

• - In next Flash Pro CS5
• - Publish a Flash file to iPhone native code/apps. From the publish setting and that’s it.
• - not breaching any laws. still need to pay for developer license from Apple to put on AppStore.
• - Safari iPhone still not supporting Flash. Just that this means you can publish your Flash Apps to run on the iPhone.

In short, we need just to port our available projects or goodies to iPhone native apps, when Flash CS5 released. This means wider reach to the client. As example we’ve did TryMasak/Geoflex that feature an online Flash Game and Flash Lite format for mobile. With Flash CS5 enables developer to publish as iPhone native apps, we see it as another platform to publish TryMasak Game to the iPhone.

Talking about AIR 2.0 that support USB device detection, I was thinking on Poken-AIR-Apps if that possible. Didn’t know Poken? clicky here.