Social Resistance Training Game

Art & Logic worked with York Zimmerman to design and implement People Power, a cross-platform game that is intended to teach the principles of non-violent resistance to participants in social movements. Based on principles and a mathematical model that were derived from the Serbian overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, as well as study of other similar historical struggles, a graphically appealing game was designed that supports the modeling of conflict and resolution. more...

Art & Logic worked with York Zimmerman to design and implement People Power, a cross-platform game that is intended to teach the principles of non-violent resistance to participants in social movements. Based on principles and a mathematical model that were derived from the Serbian overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, as well as study of other similar historical struggles, a graphically appealing game was designed that supports the modeling of conflict and resolution. Art & Logic also built a Scenario Design tool. This component allows designers to build arbitrarily complex social models and resistance programs, for use within the game.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Flash  Flex  ActionScript  AIR  Media  Education  Games  Film

Real-time Editing for Digital Photography Workflow

Lightbox Network is an industry leader for professional digital photography workflow, with clients such as NBC Universal, New York Daily News, Discovery Communications, Getty Images, Hallmark Channel, Time, and Bloomingdales. Art & Logic developed the Live Media Desk application that enables real-time collaboration of photo shoots between photographers and editors. As photographers upload images, they become immediately available to editors working remotely to filter, adjust, rank, edit metadata, and forward images. more...

Lightbox Network is an industry leader for professional digital photography workflow, with clients such as NBC Universal, New York Daily News, Discovery Communications, Getty Images, Hallmark Channel, Time, and Bloomingdales. Art & Logic developed the Live Media Desk application that enables real-time collaboration of photo shoots between photographers and editors. As photographers upload images, they become immediately available to editors working remotely to filter, adjust, rank, edit metadata, and forward images. With Live Media Desk, images can go from a photographer's camera at an event to the desk of an editor then published to a public web site within minutes.

TAGS:  Web  MySQL  Java  PHP  Flash  AJAX  jQuery  Web services  LAMP  Image Processing  Flex  ActionScript  SOAP  ImageMagick  Payflow  ffmpeg  Flash Media Server  DCRaw  BlazeDS  Media  Photography

WiMAX Tutorial Software

When a major microprocessor manufacturer needed an application to play their tutorial video to new WiMAX users, they came to Art & Logic. As the content would be flexible, covering numerous languages, markets, and product versions, they needed a system that could be skinned and configured easily by OEMs. Art & Logic co-designed and then created custom player software, along with a comprehensive configuration system, a Google gadget, Vista gadget, and internationalized installers, all of which ended up being shipped on many thousands of laptops.

TAGS:  Computer Hardware  Media  Software  Science  Wireless

The Online Photo Archive of the New York Daily News

Daily News Pix is the photo archive of New York's Daily News, showcasing 90 years of images from the tabloid. Art & Logic developed this web site for Lightbox Network. Users can browse for images by category or search for images and may purchase professional, framed prints. Media users may register and license images for publication, and the tools in Daily News Pix allow an administrative user to invoice license holders, review and update print orders, and manage royalties for contributing photographers, as well as customize the home page and other site content.

TAGS:  MySQL  PHP  AJAX  jQuery  LAMP  PHP5  ImageMagick  Payflow  Media  Publishing  Photography

Enhanced CD Player Application for Apple Inc.

A group of companies, including Sony, Philips, and Microsoft have developed an enhanced compact disc format that joins standard music tracks with interviews, lyrics, music videos, and electronic liner notes. Apple Computer hired Art & Logic to create the cross-platform (Windows and Mac OS) player application for this new medium. Art & Logic worked directly with Apple's QuickTime Development Group to implement the delivery mechanism for the multimedia content stored on the enhanced CDs.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  QuickTime  MFC  CodeWarrior  Microsoft Developer Studio  MacApp  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Software

Instant Messaging for Groups and Individuals

A social networking startup hired Art & Logic to develop an instant messaging desktop client application and supporting web services. The desktop client provides a "live chat" experience with rich HTML and easy video sharing. It also fosters the creation of small, themed communities or groups with social links and file sharing.

TAGS:  Windows  JavaScript  MySQL  Desktop  AJAX  .NET  Installer  C#  SSL  YouTube  XMPP  Widgets  SMTP  Jabber  Media  Social Networking

iTunes Plugin for e.Digital Corporation

Art & Logic was hired to develop an iTunes plugin to support a range of high-capacity digital audio players and portable digital jukebox devices on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. The software manages the transfer of audio content between the iTunes application and the audio player and maintains playlists used by the device to organize tracks.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Audio  Mac OS 9  Plug-in  iTunes  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Video

USB MIDI Drivers

Steinberg hired Art & Logic to write their USB MIDI interface device drivers for Mac OS Classic, to support their Midex 8 and Midex 3 devices. Art & Logic implemented Steinberg's LTB time-stamping protocol to solve inherent USB timing problems. Art & Logic engineers then had to make the driver work with OMS (the standard for MIDI on Mac OS). With Steinberg in Germany, the Art & Logic Online Conferencing System kept everyone in the loop without requiring expensive transcontinental phone calls. The success of this project led to the opportunity to port these drivers to OS X.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  USB  MIDI  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Pro Audio

Clip and Metadata Management Application

Omneon ProXplore™, a web application for clip and metadata management on Omneon systems, maximizes the benefits of file-based workflows by supporting multisystem searches, facilitating efficient content movement, and enabling content organization based on physical or user-defined metadata properties.

TAGS:  Flex  Networking  Media  Photography  Film

Media manager for photography shoots

Lightbox Network, Inc. hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows version of its media manager application. Live allows photographers to do "live" shoots with a tethered camera, such that images and movies can be processed and uploaded to the Lightbox server as the shoot is happening. Editors and the like can then see virtually real-time progress of the shoot online and interact by requesting larger versions of the captured media and beginning work on the post process. Images and video can also be manually uploaded, and all uploads are managed via an upload manager.

TAGS:  Image Processing  .NET  C#  QuickTime  Media  Photography

MovieGoer - iOS App for Social Movie Going

Nettle hired Art & Logic to build their flagship app that integrates the social network with the movie going experience. MovieGoer allows users to track friends, movies and cast members, share their movie going experience through short video reviews, stay on top of movie related information through newsfeeds, and much more.

TAGS:  iOS  iPhone  Social Media  API  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Media  Marketing  Film  Advertising  Video  Recreation  Movie