Following up my review of the Adobe CS suite, comes the tragic news that as of November 15 Adobe LiveMotion 2.0 is dead.
As a result, I am now seriously investigating Flash again. Argh.
That said, there’s a part of me that knows that anytime something genuinely pisses me off, it’s probably something that’s going to be insanely rewarding once I conquer it. Therefore, I am now regarding Flash as something that must be mastered. That, and Flash MX Professional 2004’s video capabilities, including its integration with Final Cut Pro, look extremely promising.
Hmmm.
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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