Ben Jaques Blog and News

FlickmationHelper 2.0

ben — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:47:30 +0000

FlickmationHelper 2.0 is out now, go download it over at the FlickmationHelper page.

FlickmationHelper is a Java application you run on your computer. It helps you download and upload (Flickmation only) flickbooks from and to your device. It can then turn them into video files you can share with the world.

Flickmation is on sale!

ben — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:16:10 +0000

Flickmation is on sale until the full release of FlickmationHelper 2.0.

Head over to the iTunes Store to buy Flickmation whilst it is cheap.

FlickmationHelper 2.0 preview

ben — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:12:44 +0000

A preview of FlickmationHelper 2.0 is now available. It allows you to download your flickbooks from Flickmation 3.0 and FlickmationLite 3.0. and export them as AVI video files. It does not support playback with sound within FlickmationHelper or uploading to Flickmation.

The full release of FlickmationHelper 2.0 will be available soon.

Happy animating.

Flickmation 3.0 is out

ben — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:58:38 +0000

It has been awhile coming but Flickmation 3.0 is now available in the iTunes App Store.

Version 3.0 has lots of new features including:

A redesigned user interface that is easier and faster to use.
Add sound effects to four soundtracks bring even more life to your animations.
Create flicks and reuse them in your flickbooks. Flicks have a hierarchical structure, being made from up to sixteen parts. This structure means that moving/rotating/scaling a part will cause any parts below it in the hierarchy to be similarly transformed.
Flicks layers – flicks layers allow you to add flicks to your animations and then control them by setting keyframes and defining the paths they move along.
A timeline view of your animation making it easy to coordinate sound effects and your animation.

Happy animating.

FlickmationHelp is being updated

ben — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:47:24 +0000

The current version of Flickmationhelper (version 1.2.1) does not Flickmation 3.0 and FlickmationLite 3.0. An update is being worked upon and will be available soon.

FlickmationLite version 2.1 released

ben — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:33 +0000

FlickmationLite version 2.1 is now available over on the iTunes App Store.

Happy animating.

ColorsDraw 1.2 released

ben — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:04:55 +0000

ColorsDraw is the Java application/applet for rendering Colors! (the DS and iPhone/iPod Touch drawing app) .drw files on your computer.

You can find the latest release over on the Colors! Gallery download page or on the ColorsDraw development page.

New in version 1.2:

Export drawing sequence as a series of PNG files
Able to generate big AVI files

Flickmation 2.1 is out

ben — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:05:59 +0000

Flickmation version 2.1 is now available on the iTunes Store.

New things in this version include:

Uploadable brushes – create your own brushes with which to draw.
Opacity – change the opacity of your brush strokes and image pasting.

Version 2.1 of FlickmationLite is coming soon.

AppReviewsFinder version 1.0 released

ben — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:08:14 +0000

Go over to the AppReviewsFinder web page to download version 1.0.

AppReviewsFinder 0.9.4 released

ben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:32:44 +0000

AppReviewsFinder 0.9.4 has been released. Find it over on the AppReviewsFinder web page.