A Celebration of the Ampersand

[dpletts]

I enjoy typography and particularly the ampersand, coming as it does in a variety of shapes. So I decided to make a slideshow about it, my first 'public' one. It is for PC only and lasts a tad over 5 minutes The zip file (Ampersand.zip, 19.5MB) can be downloaded here:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ktgcd0tyuhk

The emphasis is on artwork rather than photography, and most of the graphic material is sourced from the internet.

Cheers,

DavidP

[Ken Cox]

DAVID

you have produced an excellent demo of most of the things that can be accomplished with p2e

from my memory, features missing -- falling snow and a road tour

but you are forgiven

ken

[dpletts]

Thanks, Ken, for the kind words. Sorry about the falling snow and roadmap - but I have done a single slide of rain, lightning and thunder - just 16 seconds!

The link to RLT.zip:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ghvkyatznca

The venue is Chichester Cathedral Close.

David

[Ken Cox]

GOOD ONE

KEN

[LumenLux]

Like art itself - creative use of PTE expresses things "important" or "whimsical" from each of us. Well done. Your presentation reminds me, I have never liked an ampersand that looked more like a numeral "8" than what I thought an ampersand should look like!

[jfa]

Great art-work David, a very enjoyable AV. Maybe just a tad too long but I still enjoyed it a lot. You must have spent quite a few hours working on it.

For a first very well done looking forward to seeing more from you.

[dpletts]

Thank you, friends, for your kind comments and encouragement. The main reason for investing in P2E was to be able to add some visuals to the ambient music I make without having to embark on detailed animation. This is a challenge which I am looking forward to tackling. Creating 'artwork' is quite a lengthy business but I hope to give it a go - after all, being retired, I have plenty of time. I would also like to become more involved in taking photographs so that I can produce more traditional shows, but, maybe, with a surrealist influence.

As for the length of a presentation, I wouldn't want to go much beyond 5 minutes. Perhaps 4 mins would be a better target?

DavidP