Creative Focus :: Digital Media

Which OS Should You Target?

Posted In | Site Categories: Mobile and Wireless, People, Technology
Wireless history is filled with plenty of examples, good and bad, including the webOS flash in the pan. Fast-changing fates make it challenging for developers to decide which OS to support. The research firm iGR has been tracking the mobile market for a dozen years, and I recently spoke with its vice president of wireless and mobile communications research about what developers need to consider.

Roger Wins Telly Award for Mobile Roadie

LA-based mixed-media production studio Roger recently won Silver honors at the 33rd Annual Telly Awards for its anthemic Mobile Roadie spot.

Roger Wins Telly Award for Mobile Roadie

LA-based mixed-media production studio Roger recently won Silver honors at the 33rd Annual Telly Awards for its anthemic Mobile Roadie spot.

Building Games With Corona SDK

Posted In | Blog Categories: Tips & Tricks, Interviews | Site Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
Mobile game developers are beating a path to Corona SDK, a development platform built upon such components as OpenGL, OpenAL and the Lua cross-platform programming language. I recently talked to Don-Duong Quach, a programmer and co-founder of Cannon Cat developer Loqheart, about his use of Corona SDK.

Disney Launches Fish Hooks Game

Posted In | News Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless
Disney/ABC Television Group’s Digital Media team is launching "Fish Hooks," a new physics-based puzzle game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch based on the popular Disney Channel series of the same name.

Joanna Priestley Animates Clam Bake iOS App

Posted In | News Categories: Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, People
Acclaimed indie filmmaker Joanna Priestley releases “Clam Bake,” an interactive iOS app for iPad, iPhone and iPod featuring her iconic animation style.

Joanna Priestley Animates Clam Bake iOS App

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Acclaimed indie filmmaker Joanna Priestley releases “Clam Bake,” an interactive iOS app for iPad, iPhone and iPod featuring her iconic animation style.

Ready for HTML5?

Posted In | Site Categories: Mobile and Wireless, People, Technology
By next year, annual sales of smartphones that support HTML5 should hit 1 billion worldwide, says the research firm Strategy Analytics. Even today, there’s a healthy installed base of HTML5 phones: at least 336 million, based on 2011 sales.

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom App Released

Posted In | News Categories: Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, Television
P2 Games announced the launch of the first official "Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom" app titled "Big Star Fun," which is now available on the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom App Released

Posted In | News Categories: Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, Television
P2 Games announced the launch of the first official "Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom" app titled "Big Star Fun," which is now available on the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

New ParaNorman Trailer Hits the Web

Posted In | News Categories: Films, Internet and Interactive, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Films, Internet and Interactive, Stop-Motion
In anticipation of the film’s release on Friday, Focus Features has released a final web trailer for the LAIKA stop-motion animated “ParaNorman” 3D feature.

Samurai! Daycare Makes a Splash on YouTube

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Flash, Internet and Interactive | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, Flash, Internet and Interactive
“Samurai! Daycare,” a new animated series from Pipsqueak Films, has generated over 250,000 views on YouTube in less than a week.

Brendan Iribe Joins Oculus

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Games, Internet and Interactive, People, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Games, Internet and Interactive, People, Technology
Former Gaikai chief product officer and Scaleform CEO Brendan Iribe joins virtual reality technology developer Oculus.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THEME IN SCREENWRITING

Posted In | Blog Categories: Writing Tech | Site Categories: Anime, Cartoons, Education and Training, Films, Internet and Interactive, Writing
Emmy-winning screenwriter Jeffrey Scott sheds light on the importance of theme in developing plot, subplots, characters and dialogue.

Nice Gesture, But What Does It Mean?

Posted In | Site Categories: Mobile and Wireless, People, Technology
One step forward, two steps back. That’s how Don Norman describes today’s gesture-based user interfaces (UIs) for smartphones, tablets and a growing assortment of other devices.

TeamUp Unveils Collaborative 3D Rendering Powered by Multi-Optics

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, Technology
TeamUp announced its Multi-Optics renderer and real-time 3D collaboration.

Geomerics Announces Enlighten Upgrade

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Mobile and Wireless, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: SIGGRAPH | Site Categories: Events, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
Geomerics announced the release of a major upgrade to its award-winning Enlighten software.

Toon Goggles Partners with Sony

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Online kids channel Toon Goggles is partnering with Sony to launch a new exclusive app for Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P.

Toon Goggles Partners with Sony

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless
Online kids channel Toon Goggles is partnering with Sony to launch a new exclusive app for Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P.

Cartoon Network Launches CN 2.0

Posted In | News Categories: Mobile and Wireless, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Mobile and Wireless, Television
Cartoon Network announced that it has added an innovative enhancement to that experience, a first-of-its-kind app for iOS that will allow kids to watch television and play games simultaneously.