Web

The Power of Web Graphic Technology

If when you think of the web you think of "html", you are almost a decade behind the real scope available to us.

FLASH delivers amazing power, not merely to animate and entertain, but to deliver dynamic user interface experiences, tap into databases.

XML provides a way to create a single strand of information that can be repurposed and reformatted for the web, print, and database use.

CSS radically simplifies the formatting of text and graphics, and in time will make all user experiences virtually identical, regardless of the browser or computer platform they are using. It also takes the pressure off of bandwidth, by drastically reducing the amount of formatting instructions and special codes such as Java that are needed to communicate the graphic content of a site.

At Kindig Omnimedia, we have embraced all 3 of these powerful web graphic technologies, and are pledged to using them in the ways that best facilitate your communication success.

More on Flash:

Flash is faster, because it puts the intelligence of the interface on the user's computer, instead of depending on the browser's connection and bandwidth. Flash does not allow audio to be interrupted, providing a drumbeat for the precise delivery of visual elements. And wise Flash programmers know how to make the download process invisible to the user. 96+% of the world's computers have the latest Flash version, 99+% have Flash 5. And because of the Babble of different video and audio standards, Flash is the best means of delivering full motion video and audio without hassles. Below are some samples of self-promotional flash animation and video produced by Kindig Omnimedia.

Kindig Omnimedia Web Services

Kindig Omnimedia is your best source for truly creative and exciting communication efforts via the Internet. We're your "idea people", excellent at asking the right questions, helping you identify your true needs and usage patterns, and developing a useful, intuitive approach that will conform to the established norms of web browser practice.

Some URLs where you can see our work:

Client: Magnetic Studios, Inc.
Goal: Promote a national audio recording and creative consultation service

This HTML-based site extensively uses Flash players to allow convenient viewing and listening of a wide variety of Magnetic's sample work, and commentaries by their people. Kindig Omnimedia designed the site, wrote the copy, and took the photographs in the studio. An eclectic blend of evocative "lightning" and "light" images were also licensed from iStockphoto.com

URL: http://www.magneticstudios.com/

Client: Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease (attorneys)
Goal: Recruiting website: attract "best & brightest" to Vorys

For this exciting project we partnered with Robert Abbott, Dave Bull, and their company, Shift Global Inc. to produce a cutting edge Flash video site. We shot interviews and "b-roll" in each of the 6 Vorys offices. We chose to shoot in Hi-definition video so that we could capture images for their brochures at the same time. We used a Mini35 system with 35mm prime lenses so that we could reduce depth of field and use a static frame with cinematic grain structure. After we shot and edited the many segments, we created Flash videos at a compression rate appropriate to the web. The client has been very happy with the results.
URL: http://www.vsspcareers.com

Client: DeDietrich
Goal: The value and distinctive differences of DeDietrich Cast Iron Boilers.

Using Flash creatively to add visual interest and personality; a full description of all products, and convenient lookup maps for locating reps and wholesalers for the various product lines in local areas. Designed to be accessible to consumers, useful to contractors and wholesalers. Temporarily, you may view the site on my testing server.
URL: http://www.omnimedia1.com/OmnimediaSite/DeDietrich

Client: VLM International;
Goal: New identity for a proven telecom billing software and services company

As a companion to the mailing of new brochures and CD-ROMs, the web site is designed to provide an alternate method of viewing details about the software and service offerings of the company, downloading the video, and contacting the company for more information. It also amplifies the iconic identification with Benjamin Franklin introduced by the brochure series we developed.

URL: http://www.vlminternational.com/

Client: Engineering Excellence Inc.
Goal: Installation and service of air conditioning and heating systems for both retail and commercial environments. National network of HVAC contractors.
URL: http://www.engineeringexcellence.com/

Client: The Grammateus Institute (Personal effort of Richard Kindig)
Goal: Comprehensive site on the reasons for Jesus' death on a cross. Implemented as a fast-loading CSS site
URL: http://www.whyjesusdied.com/

Client: Columbus Zoo and Aquarium;
Goal: Education and entertainment: in-depth exploration of the Amazing Manatee.

We did all the research, writing, and most photography for this impressive site. This included partnering with experts in Florida to get the photos needed to develop the Manatee Match game and the Manatee Anatomy game. These games were our concept: invented, researched, and developed by us with the appropriate technical coding by our network of experts. ATGI did the interactive coding under our direction for these useful educational tools.
URL: http://www.columbuszoo.com/animalareas/shores/manatee_coast/index.html

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Our Perspective...

The Actualization of
Human Communication Potential

The Worldwide Web, more than any previous medium, provides the ideal means of full expression for our talents and communication skills.

• The Web demands crystal-clear focus of communication priorities -- at which we excel.
• The Web offers tremendous story-telling opportunities, which we are able to capitalize on through the written word, photography, Flash movies, and video.
• The Web delivers tremendous capacity for in-depth information, which we enjoy because we appreciate ideas and understand technical issues. Publishing on the Web is the perfect solution to the crisis of constant change that research and discovery have unleashed in recent years.

Richard Kindig may be a good choice to spearhead your website redesign because he subscribes to the "what I know is" attitude that is emerging as so powerful in the world of information that the web has unleashed. Kindig Omnimedia operates as a virtual company which develops constructive relationships with experts around the globe. We are therefore comfortable with "not knowing" but finding the correct answers by skeptical research methods. All you need to know is that we are excellent at listening and creative problem-solving, and committed to solving your problem as though our life depended on it. And that because we know what we don't know, and engage in dialog with very bright free agents who partner with us on each project, your solutions will be custom tailored to your needs ... and your costs will represent a "bargain" for sophisticated, prescriptive, successful solutions.

Our regular consultants include the webmaster of an international ecological foundation, a former art director for BBDO in California, experts in flash actionscript coding from 3 states and several countries in Europe, experts in html coding, PHP, and MySQL, etc.

We are creatively and technically
proficient at Macromedia Flash

We are committed to internationally-developed
web usability standards.