Month: March, 2011

Featured client: Rivermark Research

Rivermark Research performs pre-IPO research for ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds). They created a set of banners to invite participation in a study they’re conducting. We think it’s a great use of the original template.

Here are a few reasons why these banners look so good:

The banners follow the “final frame” rule. All the necessary information is included in the final frame of the banner, so you don’t need to have watched the animation from start to finish.
The logo color (white) matches the text color and stands out against the blue background.
Rivermark used a 24-bit PNG logo with transparency, so the logo lays seamlessly on top of the banner background.

Rivermark’s set of banners included a 160×600. They needed a 120×600 as well, so we were able to perform a bit of custom work and resize the 160×600. You can see the banners below:

160×600		120×600

Have a custom job in mind? Contact us for a quote.

No Comments by myles on March 25, 2011

filed in Featured Clients

tagged 120x600, 160x600, etf, resize, rivermark research

Canned Banners accepted to Web 2.0 Expo Startup Showcase

We are very excited to have been accepted to participate in the Startup Showcase at the 2011 Web 2.0 Expo here in San Francisco. We’ll be competing for attention, approval, and validation along with 29 other startups. A panel of judges and the attendees will be voting on their faves. The winning startup gets a free pizza party at Chuck E Cheese! No…not really. The winners get to go onstage and give their pitch to the audience and then have a nice convo with the judges.

The competition’s gonna be stiff. For one thing, we won’t be the wittiest startup, which has us a little worried.

So if you’re in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo, stop by and say hi! (and, uh, vote for us pretty-please)

Date: March 29, 2011
Time: 5:15 in the PM
Location: Moscone Center West, San Francisco

Go here for more info on the Startup Showcase.

No Comments by myles on March 15, 2011

filed in News and Updates

tagged demo, startup, tradeshow, vc, web 2.0 expo

European and Latin language support added

With the changeover from Actionscript 2 to Actionscript 3, we’ve added support for extended character sets in our banners. What does this mean? Well, now you can use characters like ñ and ß in your banners. This allows us to support European and Latin languages such as Spanish, French, German, and Portugese.

Below are a few lists of characters you can now use in your banners. Keep in mind that not all characters may be available in all banners and all fonts.

Characters with accents

Symbol	For PCs: Alt key +	Mac	Symbol	For PCs: Alt key +	Mac
à	0224		ñ	0241
á	0225		Ñ	0209
â	0226		ð	0240
ã	0227		ò	0242
ä	0228		ó	0243
å	0229	Option+A	ô	0244
æ	0230	Option+’ (apostrophe)	õ	0245
À	0192		ö	0246
Á	0193		œ	0156
Â	0194		ø	0248	Option+O
Ã	0195		Ò	0210
Ä	0196		Ó	0211
Å	0197	Shift+Option+A	Ô	0212
Æ	0198	Shift+Option+’ (apostrophe)	Õ	0213
ç	0231	Option+C	Ö	0214
Ç	0199	Shift+Option+C	Ø	0216	Shift+Option+O
è	0232		Œ	0140
é	0233		š	0154
ê	0234		Š	0138
ë	0235		ß	0223	Option+S
È	0200		ù	0249
É	0201		ú	0250
Ê	0202		û	0251
Ë	0203		ü	0252
ì	0236		Ù	0217
í	0237		Ú	0218
î	0238		Û	0219
ï	0239		Ü	0220
Ì	0204		ž	0158
Í	0205		ÿ	0255
Î	0206		ý	0253
Ï	0207		Ÿ	0159
Ð	0208		Ý	0221
Þ	0222	Shift+Option+T	Ž	0142
þ	0254	Option+T

Punctuation

Symbol	For PCs: Alt key +	Mac	Symbol	For PCs: Alt key +	Mac
¡	0161	Option+1	¿	0191	Shift+Option+?
“	0147		º	0186	Option+0
”	0148		ª	0170	Option+0
„	0132		—	0151	Shift+Option+-