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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Canal+ "Closet"

A great commercial we saw on youtube!

Keep Creative,

James

Friday, 17 April 2009

Flickr pic of the day!

Don't forget to go to his Flickr page for more great images.

Keep Creative,

James

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Flickr pic of the day!

By LJ

Another photo by this fantastic artist.

Keep Creative,

James

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Today we have another treat for you all, a collection of free desktop wallpapers we have found on the Internet. The theme for today is illustration. They are fun, creative, and best of all free! Brighten up your day with a great wallpaper for your desktop. There should be something for everyone!

Au Reve (1280px X 800px)
by J3Concepts

click image to download

Spiders Ice Cream Morphine (1280px X 800px)
by J3Concepts

click image to download

The Day We Met For Coffee (1280px X 800px)
by J3Concepts

click image to download

How To Raise A Thief (1280px X 960px)
by J3Concepts

click image to download

The Bandits Theme (1280px X 800px)
by J3Concepts

click image to download

The Colour Method (1280px X 800px)
by J3Concepts

click image to download

Hear Me ROOR (1280px X 800px)
by William Thresher

click image to download

The Legend Goes (1280px X 960px)
by William Thresher

click image to download

Jacks Magic Beans (1280px X 960px)
by Mutant Hands

click image to download

My Broken Heart (1280px X 960px)
by Four

click image to download

Well that about wraps it up for today, our top 10 illustrative free wallpapers available on the Internet, enjoy, and be inspired...

Keep Creative,
James

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

iPod Just Gets Better!

After recently acquiring my new iPod Touch I felt it just had to be an entry in our blog. But what to discuss? Maybe the pros and cons of the iPod compared to its competitors, or the annoying way people refer to the machine as an iTouch. Of course not! Lets talk about its astonishing beauty, ease of use, and the fact that they have just now announced you can use it as a phone as well - well sort of!
Apart from Mac's ever changing creativity within all of it's products, they always seem to be able to set a standard that there other competitors just seem to merely produce a poor imitation of, and without the class. For example Microsoft’s awful Windows Vista operating system. Apart from containing numerous bugs, the operating system was (unofficially) the answer to Mac's OSX that came out 6 years before the new Windows Vista! Or the epic first iMac (see "We love design! - Design Classics") where every appliance, electrical equipment, etc, copyed it's see-through plastic cover, or even after the iPod all the many poor cheaper looking mp3 players trying to follow it's slick cool look.

Let's face it, Macintosh has done it again, the iPod Touch and Phone is just irresistible. Touch screen, ease of navigation, slick rotating windows... beautiful! I wonder how many more products will try and imitate (well the list has already started)!
But wait I here you say... the iPod Touch can be used as a Phone!?
YES! (and I'm not refering to the iPhone!)
Well sort of... I read an article yesterday from ITProPortable.com saying that the iPod Touch can now be used as a virtual mobile phone with the Internet company Truphone.

Truphone have launched a new Wi-Fi application that transforms the music player into a caller device. With its Wi-Fi capability, the new application enables users to make and receive calls through VoIP with other iPod Touch users, Truphone’s Internet telephone service customers, and Google Talk’s messaging service users; eventually, the addition of feature to make or receive calls from landline devices is also there on the cards, the company asserted.

For dialling, the app utilizes a virtual keyboard over the interface of iPod Touch devices, and necessitates the addition of headset integrated with microphone.

The software is available through Apple’s App Store, and as it utilises the Wi-Fi ability of the device, calls made using the VoIP feature are free of charge.

Quoting the move as company’s another step towards becoming an established internet player globally, Truphone’s CEO, Geraldine Wilson said in a statement, “There are a slew of new features we're rolling out for the iPod Touch that will let users call landlines, Skype users or send instant messages. We're talking weeks, not months, before these go live".

Don't you just love it when creativity inspires more creativity!

Keep Creative,

James

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

5 Great Websites To Entertain You!

It's a simple entry this week. Are you ever sitting at home or work, bored or in a creative rut? Then check out these sites we found on the Internet. They are all fun, aesthetically pleasing and great ideas. Enjoy!

Jag-Jeans.com

This site is a great interactive site, allowing you to take your own photo shoot. Surprisingly addictive, well constructed, and great company promotion!

CocaColaZero.com

A beautifully slick website, with fun advert videos and cool games. Looks great too!

ThoughtPile.org

A fantastic idea, help the world, give your ideas, and win a cool chair! The site has a unique navigational system, and a very simple but sophisticated feel.

DeadSpace.es

A great Spanish site (also in English). Online game with great introductory graphics, and a brilliant example of viral marketing!

7UpLimaFree.com

A fun musical website, with fast impressive graphics! Be careful it gets addictive!

Enjoy &
Keep Creative,

James

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Getting Animated!

Firstly, my apologies for not uploading a blog entry last week. Sometimes work just gets too much! But this week we are back with an extra pep in our step as the new intro for our website is up and running! Therefore, as the title might suggest, our blog this week is about the wonderful world of animation!

As technology expands and becomes far more accessible, the possibilities for using alternative ways to capture people’s attention become greater than ever before. If you are sitting at your computer reading this blog and wondering how you can dramatically direct more traffic to your website and capture a greater audience for your advertisements, then animation could be the key.
There are so many fun, quick and "to the point" animations out there that often we lose site of how effective it is - it's almost subliminal!

I will be concentrating mainly on the ways in which to captivate your web market.
Firstly, and most importantly, keep it short! If you haven't grabbed the attention of your target audience within the first 8-10 seconds, you never will!

Make it rememberable! The key to a successful animation is to get your audience talking about it... "Have you seen...?", "Look at this cool site..." etc. This works as viral marketing, it keeps people talking and reflects creativity and forward thinking.

Establish one message or key point. Don't over-complicate things. As soon as you try and cram all your ideas into one, you confuse your audience and lose their attention; you will create a greater impact with simplicity!

Always have an "opt out" option, let people skip the intro; sometimes people just can't wait, even for 8 seconds! You don't want to annoy your customers and turn away potential clients.

If you stick to these key points, you will be successful in guiding more people to your site, through the strongest form of advertising - word of mouth!

Here is a preview of the intro of our web site.
Go to imprentapronto.com to see it in all its glory!

The animation shows the blast of creativity that comes from IP. We used the printing colours CMYK to reflect our printing and design services.
The ink is made through a system of particles combined with a ‘blob mesh’ which makes the particles turn into ‘drops’ which, when they detect the others closest to them, join together as regards volume, imitating more or less the way mercury behaves.

Imprenta Pronto would like to give special thanks to Gabriel Martinez Rodriguez for his exceptional work!

Don't forget your Solutions for Success™

and keep creative!

James

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Great Free Desktop Wallpapers

Ok, ladies and gentlemen, this week we have a treat for you! It's all about spreading the love.
Ever been trawling the Internet for hours to find a decent desktop wallpaper? Fed up of finding advertisement-heavy websites with nothing but cheesey celeb wallpapers and poorly-designed cartoons? Want to make your computer look beautiful? Well here at Imprenta Pronto we have done the hard graft for you! We have carefully and painstakingly searched and searched for free desktop wallpapers that you all can enjoy.
There's something for everyone - we have put them all on one site!
To download click on your screen size of choice, then drag the loaded image to your selected desktop file.

Mac Wallpapers