Just a quick update today…
We’re now well over 100% funded on the InDesign->HTML5 Kickstarter project!
I’ve posted a set of stretch goals for the remaining 2 weeks.
Update (12/12/12): The product, now called in5 is now publicly available:
http://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/
Thanks to posts from Keith Gilbert and John Nack, we’ve had a flood of backers and tweets for the Kickstarter project!
We’re now 64% funded with 61 backers at the midway point, and there are more pledges every time I check my email!
It was a very good day for InDesign->HTML5. We jumped from 54% funded and 49 backers yesterday, to 73% funded and 69 backers at the end of today (5pm PST). We’re now on track to reach our minimum funding goal early. Wahoo!
Update (12/12/12): The product, now called in5 is now publicly available:
http://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/
InDesign->HTML5 has reached 32% funding and we still have 20 days to go, thanks our 34 backers!
We’ve posted a few updates to the Kickstarter page.
We’re also picking up some press:
Update (12/12/12): The product, now called in5 is now publicly available:
http://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/
If you’re like many designers that we know, you’re able to produce some fantastic designs using InDesign. More and more, clients are asking for digital projects like HTML5 websites and mobile apps. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been an easy way to translate your designs into web and mobile experiences.
That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of our InDesign to HTML5 project on Kickstarter! InDesign to HTML5 will export your layouts directly from InDesign, and allow you to distribute your content easily and affordably across all devices. Our exporter will be very similar to the fantastic Interactive SWF exporter currently in InDesign, except that it will not rely on the Flash Player (and will thus work on mobile devices, including on the iPad and the iPhone).
Here are some of the advantages of our InDesign to HTML5 product:
Kickstarter is a creative new way to fund projects with individual contributions. By contributing to our project, you can gain early access to our InDesign to HTML5 exporter, and we get some money to support our initial development time. Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, so we need to reach our funding goal for the project to move forward. So, please spread the word if you want to see InDesign to HTML5 happen!
Update (12/12/12): The product, now called in5 is now publicly available:
http://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/
Now that Titmouse’s new series Motorcity (mentioned in the previous post) is about to air, they’re sharing some behind-the-scenes magic.
In this video, Supervisor Animator, Allison Craig shows off the Facinator tool that I built for Titmouse:
Since the folks at Titmouse rendered their 2-D characters from every conceivable angle, they asked me to build a tool to rotate the detailed 2-D heads in 3-D space. You can see this in action starting at the 1 minute mark.
The 1st episode of Motorcity airs this Monday, but you can see it early (for free) on iTunes.
Source: Cold Hard Flash
Check out this awesome behind scenes video at Titmouse from G4TV.
If you’ve got quick eyes, you can also spot Facinator in action.
