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January 1, 2008
Welcoming a new year with animation & photos
Hey everyone--happy 2008! May the new year bring you much peace, joy, success, and hilarity.
The madcap, After Effects-wielding Spiridellis brothers at JibJab have created a great animation to ring out '07. The look on Steve Jobs's face is particularly excellent. :-)
The NYT features a gallery of New Years photos from around the world. I really like the shot of a sparkler-loving child in Moscow, as well as a slightly surreal shot of the Popemobile at night.
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I couldn't help but notice that the JibJab video uses the same music--Billy Joel's "We Didn't Light the Fire"--as the Richter Scales' "Here Comes Another Bubble" video that triggered the recent copyright fracas with Lane Hartwell. I wonder where JibJab got all those mugshots? :)
Heh--yeah, that thought crossed my mind, but I figured I'd whistle past the graveyard... --J.]
That site is awesome. Can you tell me what they are using for the custom movies - flash or shockwave?
[I'd imagine they're using the Flash Player to composite JPEG or PNG image files with pre-rendered video on the fly. --J.]