Technology
Get "Real" Animation On The Web. RealNetworks (formerly known as Progressive Networks) has teamed up with Macromedia to develop a new software component which enables animators to create animation with Macromedia Flash, synchronize it with a soundtrack in RealAudio, then broadcast it on the web with the streaming technology of RealSystem 5.0. Macromedia Flash, released in spring 1997, is the technology that John Kricfalusi/Spumco is using to create original web cartoons. At that time, the product was a step forward for web animation software, in that it created a way of displaying animation on a web page without excessively large file sizes or lengthy download times found with Quicktime or Shockwave. Now, with sync sound and instant playback capabilities of RealFlash, animators will have an opportunity to easily use the Internet as a broadcast medium for animation, and "to create full-length content on the web with the quality levels of conventional media like television or film," said RealNetworks media systems' vice president, Philip Rosedale. Headbone Interactive is one of the developers which is already "webcasting" original RealFlash content, in the form of an animated short, Elroy. To launch the RealFlash and RealSystem products, Animation World Network is working with Real Networks to sponsor The RealFlash Animation Festival, which is accepting entries until February 1. For entry forms, product information and a free 30-day trial, visit http://www.real.com/festival
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