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Subject:	Re: FLASH: OT: Flashkiller
From:	Hal Medrano
Date:	Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:57:43 +0100

>"Kristin K. Rule" wrote:
>
>> <snip> Live Motion is a
>> perfectly good product made by a great company that will only help make
>> Flash more widespread.
>>
>> k
>
>That just might happen when they can articulate just where LiveMotion fits
>into the production process.
>

I think the two tools might complement each other very well. Right off the
bat, I love LM's ability to break apart text and have each letter
automatically be on its own layer. Speeds up the production of a lot of
text FX. Also like the ability to animate Photoshop layers (kind've like a
poor man's AfterEffects), and the ability to create a library of animations
which can be reused. I can figure out how to do a lot of this with Flash,
but LM seems to make it easier.

The way I see this integrating into the production process is, use LM to
streamiline production of certain FX, export the swf, use LoadMovie or
Import to bring it into your Flash piece and control all the interactivity
with Flash.

I also think as a multimedia designer part of my job is to figure things
out. I don't need Adobe to "articulate just where LiveMotion fits into the
production process"; I think it's up to me. As I already use a combination
of tools (Photoshop, Illustrator and Freehand, QuickTime, Flash), I expect
I'll be doing more or less the same in 5 years, only the tools will be
different. A new tool is like a new toy in the sandbox. If you like it,
use it; if you don't, don't.

I'm done with my soapbox now, someone else can have it, thenkew.

Hal Medrano
New Media Group
U S WEST Creative Services

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