January 01, 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.

Posted by John Nack at 03:36 PM on January 01, 2008

Comments

Stephen Shankland — 05:52 PM on January 02, 2008

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.]

Angela — 02:56 AM on January 03, 2008

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.]

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