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Outshine Web Design Seattle, specializing in Flash Design & Development, Web Design & Development and Interactive Media. Based in Seattle, WA.

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Web Design Seattle Flash

Thanks for taking the time to visit my home on the web.

I am a web designer and developer based out of Seattle, WA. I have been working professionally in the Information Technology industry for the past 10 years with a specialization in front-end multimedia web development and design.

I have excelled while doing business as Outshine Web Design because of my attention to detail, ease of communication, strict adherence to deadlines, and friendly service. I build lasting relationships with all of my clients and continue to offer support and assistance whenever needed.

I enjoy working with a diverse client base on equally diverse projects. I approach every project with a fresh outlook in order to develop a solution that is custom built to fit your needs. I put technology to work for you, not the other way around.

Please take a moment to look around my site and learn more about me and my work. I always enjoy hearing from my visitors, so drop me a note, even if just to say "Hello".

Sincerely,

Luke Heath

Seattle Flash

I have been designing and developing with Adobe Flash for the past 10 years. I am currently available in the Seattle area for Flash freelance and contract opportunities.

Please contact me today!

About

SUMMARY

Operating independently as Outshine Web Design for the past 5 years, I have been working professionally in the Information Technology industry since 1998. I have experience in nearly every aspect of web development, with a specialization in Front-End Multimedia Development & Design.

PROCESS:

I service the entire life-cycle. I begin by clearly defining your needs and working with you to select the ideal combination of technologies to reach your goals. The technologies that I employ regularly are:

Design & Graphic Art
- Macromedia Flash CS3 Professional
- Adobe Photoshop CS3
- Adobe Illustrator CS3
- Swift3D
- FLV creation and deployment

Development
- Actionscript 3
- Actionscript 2
- Javascript
- CSS
- XML
- Hand Coded HTML
- CGI Scripts
- PHP Scripts

After the initial planning and requirement gathering phase, your project begins development.

During development you have constant access to your project via a secure staging server. This is established to accommodate easy proofing of key modifications.

Each of my clients have immediate access to me during normal business hours, which allows for an expedited, hassle-free development process.

After development, your project undergoes a testing and quality assurance phase. Your project will be tested vigorously on both Macintosh and Windows platforms, as well as all major web browsing software such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Safari, etc.

Once your project has been approved for launch, it is deployed to your live web server. I offer continuing maintenance and support to keep you online and up-to-date.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss what I can do for you.

Featured Projects

Suicide Squeeze Records

Suicide Squeeze Records is one of the most respected and appreciated indie labels in music today. With early releases from Elliott Smith and Modest Mouse to their current roster that includes Minus the Bear, These Arms Are Snakes and Russian Circles they have established themselves as a label full of amazing talent and genre-spanning releases. I've been working on a freelance basis with Suicide Squeeze Records for the past year, as was extremely excited to have the opportunity to design, develop and implement an entirely new web presence for the legendary indie label.

This project utilized Adobe Flash Player 9 as the front-end interface and a MySQL back-end that contains all artist and product information. All content is completely dynamic and is queried with PHP which loads into Flash through XML.

There are several neat bells & whistles including the streaming music player, the random background color fades and the ability to sort and organize store items.

Minus the Bear

Seattle prog-rockers Minus the Bear contacted me to design, develop and implement a unique and immersive web site to be released in conjunction with their latest album, Planet of Ice.

The site features a music player that streams the entire album, which served as a sneak peak before the album's release. The site's other features include a custom video section, dynamic photo gallery, and CMS-based Tour section that the band's management uses to update their rigorous tour schedule. The band's only specific request was that I create realistic clouds that would move along the top of the site. After a little trial and error I was able to develop a dynamic cloud script that randomly renders and animates the clouds, so you'll never see the same formation twice. Because the animation is somewhat CPU intensive, I also implemented code that detects the visitor's CPU speed and removes the clouds when neccesary.

Minus the Bear have been successful for many years, but with a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and several world tours under their belt, they are beginning to reach the masses. Visit their site to check out the tunes and click on the "Store" option to snag some Minus the Bear goodness before everyone else does!