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03.01.10  |  Top 10 user examples: February 2010

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Loren Haynes Photography / Pink Adobe Productions
http://www.lorenhaynes.com
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid, SlideShowPro Director)

Loren Haynes is a multidisciplinary artist with an extensive resume. His web site, created by Rob Gale Studio, is an all-Flash-driven portfolio showcasing his original photography, music videos, and video clips of his television and film appearances. Behind the scenes, SlideShowPro for Flash is used for all photos and videos, while SlideShowPro Director publishes content and provides the means to dynamically update site content whenever necessary. The site design is personal with expressive typography and a color palette of pinks and browns, while the angled interface allows you to browse featured works in a unique, creative way. Check it out.

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

Spencer Boerup Photography
(SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro Director)

Lito Inso
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

John Blaustein Photography
(SlideShowPro for Lightroom)

Pixel Pushing
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

The Croquis
(SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro Director)

The Beauty of All Things
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

Eric Miller Design
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

Sucre Chine
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid, SlideShowPro Director)

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show and Tell Forum.

01.30.10  |  Top 10 user examples for January, 2010

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Ben Pieper
http://benpieperphoto.com
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid)

Ben Pieper is a photographer located in Kansas City, Missouri. He got his start in professional photography shooting for Hallmark, and now runs his own photography studio. His web site, powered by SlideShowPro for Flash and ThumbGrid, offers a full-browser presentation of his portfolio, including many wonderful shots of products and food (speaking of food, check out the Motion section for a fun video). As for presentation, the SlideShowPro player’s interface is turned off and scaled 100%. Alongside it on the right is ThumbGrid, presented in a dock-like fashion. Ben also layered barely-there arrows on top of content to travel backwards and forwards. In all, a really great presentation. Congrats to Ben for a job well done!

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://sbeelman.com/photography/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro Director)

http://www.johnnysavage.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro Director)

http://www.dirtybastardsmx.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

http://www.marcwilson.co.uk/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid)

http://sockittomenow.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

http://www.importedlight.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid, SlideShowPro Director)

http://timmelideo.com/
(SlideShowPro Standalone, SlidePress, SlideShowPro Director)

http://www.krystamanthe.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro Director)

http://www.phuket-luxury-villa.com/index.php
(SlideShowPro Standalone)

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show and Tell Forum.

12.30.09  |  Top 10 user examples for December 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Jar Design
http://www.freshnotcanned.com/work.htm
(SlideShowPro for Flash, Director)

Located in beautiful Burlington, VT USA, Jar Design is using SlideShowPro for Flash and our CMS product SlideShowPro Director to display their portfolio of work on their web site. The usage is simple, elegant, and incredibly easy to navigate. The gallery is loaded up with “fill” style album preview graphics (that have been customized with rounded corners), plus an external navigation consisting of a pair of forward/backward buttons and a gallery button that appears only when necessary. You can also switch between different galleries of content with the large buttons positioned underneath. Overall, the site is bold, fresh, and well executed. Congratulations to Jar Design and Deluge Studios for a job well done!

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.acfb.org/events/holiday_card/
(SlideShowPro for Flash)

http://www.gabrielabrustphotography.com/
(Custom Flash, Director API)

http://www.nicholasbreslow.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid, Director)

http://finemotions.com
(SlideShowPro for Flash, Director)

http://www.iheartnola.com/?p=693
(SlidePress)

http://www.susanmcwhinney.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, Director)

http://www.huberthayaud.com/
(SlideShowPro for Lightroom)

http://www.pacosinisterra.com/
(SlideShowPro for Flash, Director)

http://www.outoftheblue.com/design/work.htm
(SlideShowPro for Flash, ThumbGrid)

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show and Tell Forum.

12.02.09  |  Top 10 user examples for November 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Measure
http://www.designmeasure.com/

Iowa-based graphic design and communication studio Measure is using SlideShowPro for Flash and SlideShowPro Director to present their portfolio of print, editorial, and interactive work online. Underscored with an eye-opening background color animation, SlideShowPro for Flash is floated in the center of the site with a transparent background, a customized gallery icon, and a gallery that uses “Fill” style album previews. Measure has also augmented SlideShowPro for Flash with a caption element pinned to the right-side of the window that dynamically updates with textual content using SlideShowPro’s events. Last but certainly not least, Measure is also using PHP to access SlideShowPro Director’s API on a mobile page that includes selected works.

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://agendaphotography.co.uk/
http://www.roderickvosshop.nl/
http://www.alupacreative.com/portfolio
http://www.joequint.com/
http://www.mkippen.com/
http://www.jasonliske.com/
http://www.remusedstudio.com/
http://onmy.planet.ee/photo/
http://www.superyachtmedia.com/

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.

11.03.09  |  Top 10 user examples for October 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Gabriel Jeffrey
http://gabrieljeffrey.com/

The online photography portfolio of Gabriel Jeffrey is an exercise in both simplicity and visual impact. The site uses SlideShowPro Director (for content management and publishing) and SlideShowPro for Flash, which has nearly every inline interface item turned off. The component is scaled to the dimensions of the SWF — allowing photos to be displayed full-frame in the browser window at any screen resolution. The site contains a simple navigation positioned at the top left, plus large forward / backward graphics layered on top of the component for lateral browsing through an album. Last but certainly not least, there’s also a collection of beautifully-shot videos in the “Moving Images” section that uses SlideShowPro’s media player interface.

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.imagebychristos.com/
http://vixpetportraits.com/
http://www.studio-ca.se/
http://dirkrauscher.de/
http://www.reneadler.com/
http://www.tedmorrison.com/ (Director API)
http://www.indyrain.com/
http://www.sambroadbent.co.uk/
http://www.accesi.lv

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.

10.01.09  |  Top 10 user examples for September 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Joel Cudmore
http://www.joelcudmore.com/

Joel Cudmore’s photography portfolio site is superbly executed from top to bottom. The layout is easy on the eyes, minimal, and serves as the perfect backdrop for his collection of still-life, architectural, and creative photography. Joel uses SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro ThumbGrid, and SlideShowPro Director as his content publishing / management source. The home page is especially unique, for Joel is using SlideShowPro Director’s new Smart Album functionality to populate the display with content tagged “home-page,” giving him freedom to dynamically change content anytime. Not only that, but he’s using ThumbGrid as the interface (with SlideShowPro unseen off the stage), with some custom ActionScript that detects thumb clicks, reads the album/content ID from the chosen content, then redirects the browser using a SlideShowPro permalink. Clever, and beautiful. Great work Joel!

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.tim-barber.com/
http://www.teddymaki.com/
http://www.hatcherydesign.com/work.php
http://www.adstudio.be/
http://www.arossphoto.com/
http://www.tony-hart.com/
http://www.megelaine.com/
http://hofferphotography.com/
http://DigitalFusion.net/

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.

08.28.09  |  Top 10 user examples for August 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Ivan Suta Fotografie
http://www.ivansuta.ch

The portfolio site of photographer Ivan Suta has it all. A great color palette, simple typography, an amazing portfolio of commercial/personal photography, and a well-styled instance of SlideShowPro for Flash loading content from SlideShowPro Director. Congratulations to Ivan!

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.smirnovweddings.com/
http://acanarytorsi.org/
http://www.lucaprasso.com/
http://www.redfridayband.com
http://www.maloneandco.com/portfolios.php
http://lindseybakerphoto.com/
http://frainphoto.com
http://www.susanwrightphoto.com/
http://www.bo-tikken.dk

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.

07.30.09  |  Top 10 user examples for July 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Imago
http://www.imgst.de/

This month’s top example is Imago, a photography and multimedia design group in Olpe, Germany. SlideShowPro for Flash is used in every section of the site to display photographer profile photos, their company portfolio, behind-the-scenes photos, and interior shots of their studio. All of SlideShowPro for Flash’s internal elements are turned off (the navigation, captions, etc) and the component is adorned with simple previous / next buttons; plus an image counter. All together, it’s a very clean, simple, easy to navigate site with great photography.

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.arturo-garcia.com/
http://www.maestrofilms.net/
http://www.swift-vision.co.uk/
http://www.kaiser-acoustics.com/
http://www.markherronphotography.com/
http://realisonsmontreal.com/
http://www.mmfa.org/
http://www.stunningheadshots.com/
SlideShowPro Director API example:
http://bluelemonphoto.com/

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.

06.17.09  |  Top 10 user examples for June 2009

Every day, users of our products share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the winning user bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Cooperative Studios
http://www.cooperativestudios.com/

Cooperative Studios is a French multimedia company that specializes in providing surf and beach culture video content to news media and corporate clientele. Their web site, cooperativestudios.com, was developed by Will Hindson and uses SlideShowPro for Flash, SlideShowPro ThumbGrid, and SlideShowPro Director to present their portfolio of videos, plus photography. Interestingly, ThumbGrid (overlaid with a cool weathered frame) is used as an introductory navigational element in their “Footage” and “Portfolio” sections to dictate which video SlideShowPro for Flash should start with. Content captions are displayed outside of the component using ThumbGrid’s rollover events. After selection, ThumbGrid moves out of view, and SlideShowPro for Flash appears. The component is augmented with lateral navigation links, as well as a close button to move back. According to the developer, the protected area of their site (where clients download assets) also uses SlideShowPro Director to offer download links to the original, high-resolution video files. In summary, it’s a cool, creative, easily updatable web presence that is our pick for June “Site of the Month.”

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.mileskirk.com/
http://www.olgastefatou.com/
http://www.amyguip.com/
http://www.guyaslan.com/
http://www.danhigginsphotographer.com/
http://www.vincentmounier.com/
http://www.shreniksadalgi.com/
http://www.t-photographic.com/
http://maziarzpeople.com/

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.

05.20.09  |  Top 10 user examples for May 2009

Every month loads of SlideShowPro users share their creations with us. From those submissions we pick the ten most creative, beautiful, and/or unique examples and include them in our monthly newsletter. Whichever site from those 10 stands out just a little more is crowned “Site of the Month”, which not only gives the site’s designer bragging rights, but also awards them with a free SlideShowPro t-shirt as our small way of saying ‘thank you’ for making us look so good.

SITE OF THE MONTH:

Gene Smirnov
http://www.genesmirnov.com/

Gene Smirnov’s web site is the total package. Rich typography, a simple layout, and a portfolio of work that’s overflowing with amazing photography. Smirnov is based in Philadelphia, and has shot photos for many music publications (Spin, Rolling Stone, URB, etc), record labels, and other corporate clients. Much of that work is presented using SlideShowPro for Flash for viewing and navigating between content, as well as SlideShowPro ThumbGrid which is layered (invisibly) above and accessed by clicking the center of each photo. Smirnov is also using the “Line” Preloader Appearance, which is positioned at the bottom of the content area, and a “Push” Transition Style that uses a very low setting for Transition Length; allowing content to quickly “pop” into view. Congratulations to Smirnov for a job well done.

THE REMAINING TOP 9 (ALL FANTASTIC – DIVE IN!):

http://www.WillKeeler.com/
http://www.lakitchen.es/
http://nkurence.com/
http://www.chrislearyweddings.com/
http://www.doodlebread.com/
http://www.monicalavandera.com/
http://visceralindustry.com/
http://www.cooperstudios.net/
http://seanmcginty.com/flash/

Note: To respect the privacy of our users, only those sites shared directly with us are considered and included. If you’d like us to consider your site for next month, please submit your site by sending an email or posting to the Show & Tell Forum.