Production Skills

Graphic Design / Desktop Publishing

Extensive knowledge of professional graphic design, with years of experience working in the industry's most dominant software packages such as Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Macromedia's Fireworks, Flash and FreeHand.

One of my strongest area's of expertise is image manipulation, fully utilizing the tool set of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create custom graphics, recreate company logos, correct photo imperfections for the use in print, web or video work.

Highly skilled in desktop publishing and Graphic design, capable of creating a wide range of print media from business cards, and flyers to Large format Banners and Custom Wallpaper.

I have a huge assortment of past print jobs in my portfolio to view at your request.
Skilled in the following desktop publishing programs: Adobe Indesign, PageMaker, Quark Express, Microsoft Word and Publisher.

Video Editing / Motion / DVD Authoring

Over nine years of experience in video editing on desktop non-linear systems in both Macintosh and Windows environments. Vast working knowledge of the industries leading Non-Linear Editing and Compositing applications such as: Adobe Premiere / Pro, Adobe After Effects, Discreet Combustion, Canopus Edius, Rex/Storm Edit, Avid Express DV & Final Cut Pro.

Exceptionally skilled in custom CG creation, such as animated titles, logos, backgrounds, etc. utilizing the latest software specialized for media creation. Creative eye for video editing, I customize each project with the skillful use of transitions, filters, custom CG, audio and sound effects to make the production a pleasure to watch while being informative as well.

Skilled in the operation of professional video equipment such as: Betacam SP, Mini DV, DV Cam, Super VHS, I also own a Canon XL1 3 chip DV Camera for video acquisition on projects that require it.

Fully capable of authoring NTSC and PAL compliant DVD's complete with flawless 2pass mpeg2 encoding, custom motion menus, subtitles, ac3 audio and copy protection. Skilled in a variety of DVD authoring programs such as: Spruce Virtuoso/ Maestro, Adobe Encore DVD, PhotoShop, After Effects and DVD Studio Pro with Canopus Procoder for encoding.

Web Development & Interactive media

Over five years of experience in web design, with strong emphasis on custom navigation concepts, fresh clean optimized graphics, flash components and streaming video, mixed with a variety of html, JavaScript, PHP, XML and CGI scripting.

Fully utilize my production skills in Graphic design and Motion graphics to develop dynamic web experiences, with such features as custom online feed back forms, Streaming video, Quicktime VR's, mp3 players and message boards and more. Well versed in all of the industry's leading web development tools such as: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash along with Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator.

One of the latest trends in web designs is to incorporate a variety of streaming media, such as web video and music, I'm fully capable of encoding to all types of steaming formats such as: Windows Media, Flash, QuickTime, RealOne 9, mp3, and mpeg just to name a few.

Capable of creating multimedia presentations with interactive content for DVD, CD-Rom, and online. By combining a variety of media such as full motion video, flash animation, graphics and music with interactive navigation; I can create a truly dynamic and entertaining marketing tool.

Software tools used in developing my projects consist of Macromedia's Dreamweaver, Flash and Director. I tend to rely more on using a mix of flash, html and QuickTime for its cross platform compatibility.

Recent Projects

CenterStage Karaoke
I recently finished a custom wallpaper and logo design for Drink Houston's new karaoke room.

BCM Interactive Map BCM's web operations hired me to help develop a new interactive flash map for their new website re-design.

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