Portfolio Re-design, the looong process begins... I want you guys with me on every step. Rating Options

[digitalfragrance]

Hey guys. I'm in the process of re-designing my portfolio. I've made a flash intro (heavily inspired by John H.M. Chan), and now I'm working on the look of my actual portfolio. The final project will be encoded and animated in Flash CS4... but I'm just in the beginning stages of design.

P.S. - I'm still a n00b when it comes to Flash.

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Homepage [beta .jpg]

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Edit - I'm 75% done building the portfolio part. I've posted the links to it.

[emberfly]

It loaded very quickly for me... instantly really, I didn't even know it was loading--it was done right when i clicked the link.

I'm confused, though. Why are all the images pixilated/bad quality on my screen? Is that just my computer?

- I love the font you used. That modern/classic/whateverit'scalled font is my favorite.

Also, when you click on the links: home, identity, print, web, etc., the text changes to blue on all of them except print. Is it meant to be like that?

I think that music thing you have on the side with the stop/play and volume control is super awesome. It's very useful, especially for me since I have absolutely no volume control on this computer... My computer is handicapped

Also, the image side of the page is like 2 pixels higher than the content side of the page... i'm like OCD over that, but I'm sure clients won't even notice.

[digitalfragrance]

It loaded very quickly for me... instantly really, I didn't even know it was loading--it was done right when i clicked the link.

I'm confused, though. Why are all the images pixilated/bad quality on my screen? Is that just my computer?

- I love the font you used. That modern/classic/whateverit'scalled font is my favorite.

Also, when you click on the links: home, identity, print, web, etc., the text changes to blue on all of them except print. Is it meant to be like that?

I think that music thing you have on the side with the stop/play and volume control is super awesome. It's very useful, especially for me since I have absolutely no volume control on this computer... My computer is handicapped

Also, the image side of the page is like 2 pixels higher than the content side of the page... i'm like OCD over that, but I'm sure clients won't even notice.

I'm pretty sure the pixelation is just you - I didn't compress the flash move at all. Some of the pop-up windows images aren't the best, but I had to scale down some hi-res photos... and that's just what happened. Sometimes Firefox leaves images pixelated if it doesn't load them correctly

The print link is not supposed to be like that. I'll fix that today That's what happens when you're editing links at 2AM.

You're welcome for the volume! You need a new computer!

The image is meant to be like that - it has to do with the way that the animation opens every time you click a new link. Also, I didn't want everything to be exactly centered, so I purposely added those two thin lines on the bottom of the content/top of the image.