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Help Visualize Big Projects with Mock-Ups
With some projects, it's almost impossible to envision what things are going to look like until it's too late. That's why we like to go the extra mile and do full mock-ups on our larger projects. It helps everyone get a better idea of the how the finished product will look. For some clients, pre-production mock-ups have even helped in sales/marketing, or as visual aids in presentations. Can you guess which is the mock-up and which is the finished product?
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Impact of File Format on File Size
The purpose of any file format (and by that I mean JPG, PSD, GIF, TIF, etc) is to store your data and reduce the amount of space the file takes up on your hard drive. Some formats do this at the cost of quality (JPG in particular reduces file size by lowering quality, although not always by a perceptible amount). These are called LOSSY file formats. Other formats, such as PSD or TIFF, don't alter quality at all but don't offer as much savings in terms of file size. All that being said, let's see exactly how much a choice of file format (and a few other things) can affect your file size.
City of the Week: East Sparta, Ohio
Maybe I've been watching a bit too much Spartacus lately, but when I saw that one of our top visitors this past week was Sparta (I know, Thracian, not Spartan) ... anyway, I got a little excited. Turns out it was actually East Sparta, Ohio, but at least I got to learn about another new place this week. It's a pretty small village in northeast Ohio (population 806 according to wikipedia). Neither wikipedia nor their own website has much else to say about them, but we're happy to have them as visitors!
City of the Week: Ljubljana, Slovenia
So we thought it might be fun to, based on website analytics, feature the top cities visiting our website each week. The whole idea came about when we were all of a sudden hugely popular in Ljubljana, Slovenia (at least according to our analytics numbers). Mind you, it didn't take much research to realize it was nothing more than a SPAM bot hitting the site (1 page view per visit, 0:00 time on page, 100% bounce rate), but at least we got a fun idea from it ... and found out that Slovenia is actually a REALLY pretty place!
Omnizine Radio: Ep. 2
I think it's time for a sequel! Omnizine had a pretty good run back in its day, so we'll continue to release new episodes occasionally. Omnizine Radio features Chris Brooker and Jay Dee P., and was made possible in large part by Joe Cinocca at TULSAMUSIC.net. Crank up your speakers REALLY loud ...
DOWNLOAD Omnizine Radio: Episode 2 and enjoy!
Wait a minute ... you mean you didn't download episode 1?!? Well hurry up and download it before it's gone! DOWNLOAD Omnizine Radio: Episode 1
Picture Day at the Bean!
Today was the first annual PICTURE DAY at Colored Bean! Things have been pretty busy lately, so it might be awhile before we get the photos online, but I just had to share Adrian's luchadore pose ... priceless!
Picture day will never produce any museum-quality portraits (we're just not that pretty), but it's a great way for us to let loose and be silly for a few minutes. Plus it's a great opportunity to teach a little and familiarize everyone at the office (those that are interested anyway) with the studio equipment!
Gorilla Golf Unmasked!
Finally able to pull back the curtain on this one ... just finished up the new branding for the Oklahoma Zoological Society's Gorilla Golf fundraiser.