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“The Quark Game” Built Entirely in QuarkXPress

The Flash capabilities of QuarkXPress far surpass those of InDesign. (In my view, InDesign just lets you export page-turning Flash animations, while QuarkXPress lets you author complex Flash content.) While Flash is clearly on its way out, there are still a few more years of life in it. And, although Quark hasn’t announced that their [...]

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Motionographer Website Inspires Motion Designers

The Interactive layout space in QuarkXPress gives you powerful tools for creating graphics that move and interact with the user. If you’re looking for inspiration in the realm of motion design, check out www.motionographer.com. They feature some of the best work from studios and individuals, and interviews with successful designers.

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Adobe Kills Mobile Flash Player

Adobe recently killed the Mobile Flash Player and will instead focus its efforts on Flash for desktop computers. Adobe conceded that Flash just isn’t suited for mobile devices and that HTML 5 and CSS are much better options — something Apple has been saying for years. The change isn’t much of a surprise since Apple [...]

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Convert Flash to HTML5 for Free

QuarkXPress has powerful tools for creating Flash-based animations. If you would like to convert those animations to a universally supported industry standard, consider these free services: Swiffy: Google Labs’ Swiffy is a free service for converting animations from SWF (Flash) format to HTML5, bringing them into compliance with Web standards and making them usable on [...]

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