JoelCrawfordSmith.com

Flash & Director Multimedia Authoring

My interactive multimedia authoring experience is mostly in the area of interactive educational programs and custom video distribution. My experience in Flash actually starts with Macromedia Director 4 in 1996. As Macromedia started to favor adding innovations to Flash instead of Director (like flv streaming video distribution) I moved on to Flash, the heir apparent. I've been all Flash ever since.

Flash Animation & Menu for RosettaNetExperts.com

  • Cool Feature:

    Example of a flash animation and menu that I made for RosettaNetExperts. The customer gave me a storyline with copy and by his account I fulfilled his vision.

    I created the more complex sprites, like the trees, in Adobe Illustrator and then I imported them into Flash.

     
    RosettaNet Footer
  • Flash Streaming Video Distribution and Management.

    I also have experience creating Flash live Streaming Video Players for Akamai Technologies. I have more than my share of experience with Brightcove. This includes customizing players, analytics, and custom embed code to pass in Flash Vars from Content Management Systems. I also have deep experience in Brightcove Administration.

Interactive Educational CD about Orthopedic Devices for Health Care Professionals

  • The Mission: One of my specialties was creating interactive CDs for new Johnson & Johnson medical devices, usually DePuy Orthopedics products. Often times in the orthopedic world a representative click to zoomwould not have much of an opportunity to touch products and instruments before going into surgery as an observer, especially with new products. The focus of these CDs was to educate our representatives about our products without actually seeing the product. They usual included live or cadaver surgical demonstration videos, a library of all relevant documentation a detailed breakdown of the instrumentation, and most importantly the advantages of this product compared to the competition. These educational tools provided the representative with a method to become knowledgeable in a short period of time. This product was meant to be distributed on CD but I have adapted it for online viewing. I have removed the videos to reduce file size down to less than 100 mg (and the videos contain proprietary knowledge that I am not at liberty to distribute). If you attempt to view areas that have been removed you will see your cursor turn into a no symbol.

    Cool Feature:

    Since a significant portion of the audience was older and not tech savvy I provided a way for users to click through the content in a chronological order with a professional voiceover for all textual content.

    For the users who knew exactly what information they needed they could use the tabbed navigation skip to that information.

     

    This is another example using a simple Flash project for instrumentation familiarization. I did all the photography for all the instruments.

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