http://www.stevesmart.com/ stevesmart.com is the homebase for Steve Smart, a visual motion artist, part-time Flash developer, Father and Husband. en-us steve@stevesmart.com 2010-02-03T13:27:07-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001758.php 2009 Reel from Steve Smart on Vimeo.... 1758@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2010-02-03T13:27:07-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001556.php Motionographer and Go Media recently sponsored a fun little wallpaper contest. Basically they presented everybody with a sample pack of Go's vector toolkits and had everyone go to town with creating their own wallpaper using those sample vector shapes. Here's... 1556@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2007-03-11T21:31:32-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001484.php If you've recently installed Adobe's Video Production Suite (consisting of After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc.) you may have missed the fact that there are some nice plug-ins bundled with the package. But, you have to install them manually, they don't... 1484@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2007-01-05T17:06:49-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000756.php A friend at work, Mike Holder, put this cool little graphic together showing the evolution of the Photoshop toolbar over its lifespan. Nice work Mike. (Also, this article is a few years old, but it presents a nice history of... 756@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2005-08-31T14:39:27-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000440.php As everybody knows, digital photography is changing everything about how we store and display are images. Programs likes iPhoto and Photoshop Album allow users to catalog and archive thousands upon thousands of images on their hard drives. But, simply storing... 440@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2005-03-01T21:00:07-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000203.php The above image was created using my own handwriting font from Fontifier.com. All that's required is to print a template, fill in samples of your own handwriting and then upload a scan of that template back to their site. A... 203@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Links 2004-01-07T09:39:16-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000010.php While reading Brandon Hall's waxpraxis, I found a link to the new Trollback website. An amazing motion graphics and effects house with shops in L.A. and NYC, Trollback's new site also features good examples of video inside Flash and also... 10@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2003-10-02T15:10:24-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000092.php Remember when tiling background patterns on websites was the bomb? Well, they may be old school now, but in some circles they're taking on an air of retro-chic. If you're looking to add some BG patterns to your site (and... 92@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2003-03-17T09:35:20-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000094.php In honor of Einstein's birthday, we have another lovely custom Google logo. Here are others from the Google archives.... 94@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2003-03-14T14:11:28-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000102.php The artists at Google will occasionally substitute the homepage logo for a modified version that celebrates a holiday or event. These are sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much. But they are always clever, amusing and very well done. Today's is... 102@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Graphics & Design 2003-03-06T08:32:53-06:00