This is the piece that I created over the last few days to advertise my flash design services.
It's much better than my first one...

http://www.pwizard.com/flashintromain.swf

The file weighs in at 540 Kb, so I plan to add a loading section that lets people know that it's loading so 56k users wont get impatient and leave.

The song in it is "we are free" from the gladiator soundtrack. I've included only about 30 seconds of music from the song so It complies with fair usage terms.

the pictures are royalty-free shots that I got at freefoto.com.




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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Speed the text up a little and try to comfortably loop that tune... its wierd when it goes off... i'd add more funky visuals too, since it didn't hold my interest (pun kinda intended) for its entirety.... but apart from that, I like your idea.

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You talk about "Attacting Customers", but I find this boring as hell ^^. Speed up the message speed, make it a tad more interesting. Although it looks good, it needs a bit of work

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that section about "These are your customers" I think you should change it to a picture with more than 1 person in it. A crowd of people would work much better.

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A. Cut the time down to about half that. It went way too slow.
B. The music cut out at the end. BAD.
C. Do something more with that spinning thing. It kinda gets old.
D. The text entrances look like a kid who just received his copy of Flash, aka: WEE EVERY TRANSITION POSSIBLE! ITS COOL! In other words, pick something that works. I think a regular fade in would look great.


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1. I wouldn't equate EVERY human being as a potential customer.
2. That tacky watermark spinning abstract nonsensical design really distracts the viewer from the text.
3. There are only two customers when you say THESE are your customers.

I made the text slow b/c in my last one people said it went too fast. What would be the ideal length for each text message to display (in seconds) I.Y.O.?

I've been trying to figure out why the song cuts out. Any ideas? I may replace the tune with something a bit more lively.

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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

[This message has been edited by Pagewizard_YKS (edited March 24, 2004).]

I like the bg music, but it doesn't loop well... It comes to an anticlimactic close and then just POOF it's there again. And ditto what everybody else said.

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