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11th Oct 2010

We recently updated a few of our Adobe Creative Suite licenses to CS5 to allow us to take on a Flash XML job that required some of the neat features that Flash CS5 offers. Prior to CS5 it was possible through Actionscript to link an XML file to a .swf file. Flash CS5 allows you to control dynamic text through an external XML file. This XML file feeds either the .fla or the .swf directly. The only possible pitfall we found was that Flash auto generates language folders and the structure of these cannot be manipulated.

Tags: Apple, Blog, gadget, iPad

One of the first to get iPhone 4

24th May 2010

We’re all Apple fans here at Lion and Aurélie was one of the first people in the UK to get her hands on the new iPhone 4. In the queue at 7am at the Kingston O2 shop and back in the studio some 4 hours later with iPhone in hand.

First impressions are good, the HD screen is crystal clear and the new OS4 operating system runs like a dream. Interestingly we installed Os4 on an iPhone 3G and now it run’s like a dog. So if you’re still running a 3G don’t bother with the upgrade.

Tags: Blog, Equipment, iPhone, iPhpn

SVN version control

13th Feb 2010

Working on large scale project often involves a bunch of developers and designers working at the same time on one given project. To put an end to files being over-written by mistake and we’ve decided to adopt Subversion. Although quite fiddly at first, we now swear by it. Being able to version control a project that is likely to evolve in the future is a blessing and makes transitions even smother.

We’ve opted for SmartSVN which is MAC and Windows compliant, coupled with Beanstalk where we have 3 platforms: one for development, one for staging and one for production (the live environment).

This is still early days but we can already see the benefits. Rolling back versions of software is quick and easy now.

Tags: Blog, SmartSVN, Subversion