FlashAnts are Pests. My review

Before we conclude this article there is a slight DISTURBANCE in the force.
Just in!
Justin, the owner of FlashAnts. Also the co owner and receptionist. Also the maid and gardener, as well as the bodyguard and sales rep.
He also works as Feedback manager.

His name probably isnt Justin, but something taiwanese like... Ami
But i think its time to begin entering the starting stages of creating a rather serious major issue/ problem.

A while back Mr. Adam J Phillips or Adam Phillips for short. (even shorter could be Adahilips or just plain old A-bop) posted a rather lengthy 'blog' article looking at the positives and negatives of "swf to video" convertors.
He reviewed 2.
The highly praised one was FlashAntsSwf 2 Video.

A while later i bought it.com
With the future of today when you buy a computer program off the internet (A rather smallish one) all you get is a download link and a key code.

Well with Swf2Video your program automatically processes a 'machine code' for your computer.
Well after sending them your machine code you get the keycode and you can start.
fantastic
UNTIL you want to change computer.
My friends as soon as you change computer you've lost a working program, as the machine code of your new computer has changed the serial no longer works.
So, you paid for it, what do you do?
Email them and ask for a new machine code expecting a reply.
Well you dont get one.
Ever

Flash Ants never reply, plus their phone number is invalid (which to be honest may have been expected)
So

Afilips ended up buying another copy the program was so important to him. We pay the full amount and what do we get?

Positives:
If you are positive your computer will stand the test of time or at least half your breathing life. Buy it!
It converts swf to video in a flash and can convert into image sequences perfectly as well without any faults.

Negatives:
If you have a normal computer and not an immortal one
DO NOT BUY IT
oh yeh and when exporting avi it dosent include sound so you have to do that seperatly

Suitcase rested

Also. I've been told another convertor from a more reliable person is in the works. So we'll keep you posted.
Though im not paying for another one.


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This was for my own bored enjoyment.

I've never understood when people say 'I made this when i was bored' Even though they are meant to be working on a huge project themselves (Myself, T&P)
Well basically bored means one of two things
1. Feeling Lazy (Although this normally creates nothing)
2. Been stuck on the same idea for so long and just want to stretch onto other ideas for a bit.
3. Something else (Perhaps a worry) is clogging up your mind when you try to work. It seems easier to start of newer things.
by the way i meant 3
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- Justin Ami

First attempt at Toon Boom and T&p preview

Today in the news the T&P preview only went to certain people. amazing huh :O

You can't handle the knowledge. out may

also in the news


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Attempt at Toon Boom

Tile: 'Snow Goon' or when released in the UK 'Marshmellow man'

Sound by Dolby or when released in the UK by Jamie Oliver.

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The best movie of all time

[If you cannot view TODAYS NEWS]
Please read the following. Do not read if you can see it above.
The news has been taken off the air today. This is due to the fact that nothing interesting is going on. Come on people, break into some houses and murder someone.
If you DO DO this
You will win the Daily Crumb DO-DO award and be the personal feature for a whole week. We will stalk you and continuously write amazing articles about your lifestyle inside and out of jail.

Hopefully this will bring on some complaints about us 'Advertising Violence'.

Anyway
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"The Daily Crumb Studios Progress News"
Munch media will very soon be closing down as we've bought them.
We're still working on "You Can't Handle the Knowledge"
And it is very very slow progress but the script is finalized as well as the storyboard and we may have almost reached the half way point.
If the project is not released by May. I'll be "dead."

so long
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The least exciting preview on earth

Today in the news a tall man was playing basketball. He found out he'd eaten the hoop.
His in hiding at this point in time.
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RMN productions blog is up and running again, how long will it last? I'm not sure. I'm also not sure why because RMN wont be making any productions in the near future. But some old films will be released back onto the internet soon enough.
(Please not not get RMN productions mixed up with RMN Copz the animation)
The blogs open here
rmn-productions.blogspot.com
i say i say i say
do not forget to check out the RMN Copz blog
rmncopz.blogspot.com for continuous updates.
Both Matthew Menhenick and I are working on separate projects for our final major so keep checking both the Crumb and the Copz blog.
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Information:
The new Crumb animation will be titled
"You can't handle the knowledge"
and will continue on with the characters from the Tomothy and Pals episodes.
No more information.
Now i wanted to show the least exciting preview on earth but that would be a blade of grass.
So ive decided to show the second least exciting preview on earth.
ITS DOG FOOD

The storyline revolves around this tin :O
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Stepping back in time a little

Today i n t h e n e w s s o m e t h i n g s g o i n g o n w i t h t h e t e x t
ALSO

Ye Old Days

This was during filming of "Tramp Snatcher". The second college collaboration piece which you can no longer find. Although the 'Life in the lands' trilogy in now available on DVD from your local shop that sells DVD's.
So please buy it and watch it, comment on it and then sell it off again at Cash Converters.

Talking of the past
you may or may not have seen these before


and the origin of Matthew Menhenicks RMN COPZ


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I star in RMN COPZ!

The calling of Ginu Gindress

Ginu Gindress is an amazing digital artist. Known mainly on the interweb world of Deviant Art. Some of her/his pieces have shocked the keyboard students across this dimension.
And now, Ginu Gindress is showing off some work. Right here, for us.
It cost The Crumb a chunk of jar coins but we piggy opened it and molded the shape of a rich maidens face.

^ A delightful piece of work.
Ginu is from the country of Fish. And the county of Crown. And the school of about nine.
Shes basically training on the English language. We interviewed her.
So Miss Gindress what inspired your latest artwork?
"Erh, Glass fish plastered, erh... on sand, stuck on scales like saw flush basket shame."
Many words, meshed together from a very wise man there. Thankyou Ginu.
Ginu is Japanese.
She has done some amazing photography as well.
Heres a nice shot she took of John Lasseter feeling Hayao Miyazaki's shoulder.

Poor Totoro man.

ANYWAY

Also in the news the mad Hatter has made an article on shoe polish. It will be released in the coming weeks. So WATCH OUT.

Take a sneak peak into The Daily Crumb studio and you'll find.
The Staff List.

Nathan Viney
Patrick Soup
Mad Hatter
Daniel Kerr (Deceased)
Sammy the monkey
Dazla
Various other monkeys doing various other things.
Ugly Frown (Office Clown)

yep
- Crumbbucket.snatch.

Ugly Frown the Office Clown has written a story for tonight.
"Good nice sake. i cant lift that, its a HORRORble HAUNTED looking mirror." Two men in a DARKish hallway thats CREAKY. and the LIGHTS NOT WORKING!!! "Well you *SWEAR WORD* have to pick it up, its too heavy just my WEAK AND FRIGHTENED arms."
"Oh come on you GHOUL, YOU DEAD/UNDEAD MUTATED HUMAN BEAST."
"What?"
"I said, oh come on you waste of GLOOM and DOOM and DEATH"
So they both grabbed the IF IT BREAKS ITS BAD LUCK FOR THE BOTH OF THEM mirror and heaved it up the CREAKY WOODEN stairs.
They both fell and cracked their WHAT? THERES NOTHING 'HOORRRIBLE TO PUT HERE. oh ok.. sorry. you know, id sort of got used to you screaming like that. Anyway. They both fell and cracked their necks BLOOD everywhere, spraying onto the WINDOWS and.... whyd you capitalize 'windows?'. WINDOWS ARE SCARY... THE TRADITIONAL ONES ANYWAY. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The blinds set fire and WAIT WAIT WAIT........ FIIIIRRREEEEEE! yes.... and anyway. this is getting confusing they all die.
the end.




DIIIIEEEEEEEE











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Full credit to Pixar. We love you. + New staff member

Today in the news the mad hatter from Alice in Wonderland joined the Daily Crumb as a writer. Here is an interview with Nathan Viney on the matter.
"We've been wanting to hire him for so long now, he wrote his own lines for the original book and performed the parts magically in the films. He'll be releasing his first article in a few days time. So please keep checking"
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At college we were asked to make a new soundtrack for a youtube video.
I went for the preview of
DISNEY PIXAR'S WALL-E
Pixar's creation (Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and more)

(If i am contacted to take this down I'll be very happy too)
I edited with a strange guitar tune and some warped sound effects. Please check out the original animation here.
Victor Navone, worked on the piece.

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Journey for the Architect

Today in the news Mr. Meadowgrave the gardener found a dead body in my backyard.

Also in the news Blob Corp (RMN COPZ, The Hobby) and The Daily Crumb (Mobile Effect, Tomothy and Pals, Lukai and his castle) collaborated. Here is what they produced



- Comment below or on the site that spammed you here

- Crumb

Samurai Man, Space Dragon: the musical

Today in the news

Beans beans
they make you smoke
the more you eat
the more you choke

Samurai man
on his way
hopping along
to save the day

grease monster
he loves chips
but sauce man comes
and grease man dips

Pie man comes
eating meat
little bit of ale
on his feet


Dribbling ghoul
Wet grass
dribbles on you
Get a flask

Fat bat
cant fly
his fangs
you die

Space dragon
swoops around
Satellite falls
hits the ground

Mr Figg
step outside
A train Mr Figg
We're all gonna die

Mr Figg
step outside
A plane Mr. Figg
We're all gonna die

Old woman
Mrs. Monk
Got in the pool
She just sunk

What a fool
Painted bull
All those fumes
Melts my shoe

Meteorite
Turn and spin
Space dragon
dosent do anything

Boar in bed
Vomit in bowl
Rotten head
A broken soul

Italian man
makes nice pasta
Bought a van
serves it faster

Italian man
makes nice pizza
lost his touch
went to master

Master was gone
Seagull dead
Man went home
put it in bread

Germ creature
leaks around
Morbid creature
Kills the ground

Skin peals off
as it roam
flesh so soft
a bit like foam

Master stabbed a cat
with a sandal
he then sat
lit a candle

Italian man on Figg's foot
"I keep dieing"
"And i cant cook."
"Well listen here you nasty three."
"You're so small you are a flee"

Samurai man
enters the room
Doors swing open
loud boom.

"I have one leg, this is why i hop."
"Oh shut up, you just stop."
"Master please help us."
"AND YOU STOP MAKING A FUSS"

Mr Figg
step outside
A space dragon
We're all gonna die

"A wounded wing on a space machine"
"Human built?"
"Why are you helping him?"
King Kong enters with an ice cream
Pie man attacks
Is this all just a dream?

Dribbling ghoul and Fat bat
All sat
Oh drat, killed the cat
"You leave now you killed my cat!"
"But master we only just sat."

Germ creature bites some beans
begins to smoke, dancing to folk
continues to choke until

Walls cave in, roof falls down
Water crashing through
Fat bat drowns

Samurai crushed
by a big rock
Germ creature suffocated
by a sock.

Master dies a heroes death
head chopped off, his final breath

Dragon crushed
by brick and stone
Italian man collapsed
just like Rome

Mr Figg rides on the painted bull
Old woman dead you know
Boar in bed
Boar is dead

Bull dies
Figg crys
Aeroplane is landing
Figgs the last one standing


"Aww Figgs so sweet i want to marry him for breakfast."

- The daily Crumb

Rmn Copz Blogs

Today in the news the teaching board have decided on new tactics of learning.

Also in the news my computer died

RIP

Hopefully your coffin will include my assignment and final animation.

If not

I shall be getting my own coffin.

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Matthew Menhenick released yesterday an

RMN COPZ blog for all those fans out there.

You'll find progress updates and extra little animations online posted frequently.

Dont forget my voice will starring in the next episud

Rmncopz! BLOG

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Teapot Time

Today in the news a man woke up to find his face had been molded into a teapot
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This opens up to todays working update.
TEAPOT TIME
*It's time for a cup of time folks*

If you haven't seen Teapot Time and the horrible Teapit of Pat ...? :I on British television then you will not know what i am talking about.
A quote from the late Terry Teaplop, "Goaaah. Tastes like i don't like it."

hoo hoo we make no sense here at the Daily Crumb. Theres no TV show.
So if you've just come in we'll repeat the news for today.
Today in the news Terry Teaplop of Torten Shire bank road of Tortoise Clover saw a tattoo he'd rather like to tatatouille on the old town teapot mine.

If you understood that
You can shake Sammy's hand.
And Vectors hand.
Vector is a corpse.

Ok so im working on two projects

1. Collabortatiob qi Maty Mnehaick
2. Tomayth and pals you dc ant handle the dk onws

'Journey for the Architect' is the collaboration piece.
Both animated on flash, haven't had time for toon boom yet. Sorry Karina and myself himself. Thats me. I wish, and i hope i have time soon but t&p has, wait for it. 13 more backgrounds to do :O
and all the animation that accompanies that.

want some preview screen shots?
oh alright.

oh sorry, well that was the T&P preview.
Heres the monk one.

(Yes thats Tintut next to him)
and now for


Studio Ghibli: Laputa, Castle in the Sky.
Although most of the art form is traditional manga style and the character animation isn't up to scratch with the latest films this is one of my favorites of the collection. A magical story with magical characters. But aren't all Hayao's films ^_^
Sweeney Todd by Tim Burton
Sing along! "Finest in the shop, and we have some Shepherd's pie peppered with actual Shepherd on top! And i only just begun, the politician so oily its served with a..
AAaanyway. It's dark and gloomy, just like most of the others. The colours are amazing and the acting ain't so bad either. This reviews t0o short to be longer.
Studio Ghibli: Tales From Earthsea
Goro's first film, i like it though ive had mixed views from readers of the books. See it for yourself.
Pixar's Ratatouille
BAAAAAAh best

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Oh and heres a little info about myself to be posted with the Monk collab
Beginning so many years ago Nathan and his family hid in an old theatre watching films over and over. His father found an old store room and set up home there, stocking biscuits and old jars of ink. The family lived there happily using the public toilets and stealing the food stocks at night. They always made sure not to leave a mess for the morning so the owner didn’t notice any changes. Two years went on and the family were found eating at some popcorn on the floor by a visitor. On the same day they were taken away by the police. The children Nathan, eight year old sister and a baby boy were send to different families. Unfortunately Nathan was sent to a rather violent family that liked to cut at skin with broken bottles. They threw darts at a red pen mark on his forehead and made him cook five large meals a day. In an interview he said “I didn’t like it much at all” He ran for it at the age of thirteen and hid in the back of a van. That’s where it all started. The van was doing a delivery to the city stocked up with paper and mechanical pencils. Over a three day journey every piece of paper had a doodle on it, mostly of gruesome events and story ideas. The van reached the City of Plymouth and Nathan jumped out of the van before it was unpacked. The man who was driving the van reported “I was fired but it was for an amazing celebrity so I don’t mind. Spare any change?” Nathan found a broken laptop in a large bin he had found comfort in. He had slept there for a few days and was used to hiding away. The laptop screen was completely new to him, he recalls biting it and pressing the screen. In the end he found his finger moved a tiny cursor and he discovered Flash. A program he could draw his scribbles and make them move. Soon enough he was making money from doing little film screenings in his alleyway. He wasn’t eating throw away junk anymore but KFC burgers with jarlsberg cheese. He met a man with a curly moustache and top hat who suggested Plymouth College of Art and Design. He gave him his card and walked off. Nathan originally thought he meant it was a new place to stay so slept eventually lived in the college library, they seemed very open to anyone. He still lives there, getting food scraps from the bins and such. He is now doing a course on moving image and hopes do get a house and animation degree in the future. This piece is his first Collaboration. I hope you enjoy.
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More new flash project news

Today in the news a talking flower ate my jigsaw piece.
Also
I've put Tomothy on hold for a second as I and Matthew Menhenick are doing a flash collab piece for college.
The story of two monks going on a journey separately and ending up somewhere CRAZY.
Well thats all we got so far.
Here is a preview image anywayz.


- Nathan (munch) Viney

New flash project news

Today in the news the stars have moved slightly. This means you have no future. Who'd have thought it?
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Lately you may have realized there has been less Crumb articles. This is due to illness, film marathons and working on another flash animation.
Princess Mononoke, Howls Moving Castle and a new collective Laputa, Castle in the Sky. A masterpiece of storytelling and artwork.
I watched Pixar A Bug's Life, not the best Pixar film but still alright. Ratatouille, another masterpiece and Toy Story 1 & 2.
I plan to buy some more Ghibli soon.

NEW FLASH ANIMATION In the Works: Tomothy and Pals 'Untitled'. An animation i hope to complete in the next months based hopefully on storytelling. Well thats what ive been trying to get at. The last thing i did that actually had a story was way back with Red of the Undead.

Though for soundtrack and college i may need to buy FlashAnts Swf2Video.

Voice actors include:
Arthur Larsen and Courtney Leacock along with many extras.
Soundtrack will hopefully be performed by Brackenwoods Antiseal
Here is the first preview image


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Peel

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Over the Deeks

Today in the news Dreamworks new furry talking animal film has been titled "Kangaroo and the Antz."

An astonishing tale of a Kangaroo that isn't like the rest of his family who like to stomp on ants. He soon becomes the friend of an ant and then goes on an amazing adventure. He is hated by his father and banished from under the tree where they live.
All the ants hate the kangaroo so fire him down with bread crumbs. It's up to the Kangaroo's ant friend to save him.
Soon they all live happily.
At this time Dreamworks are also working on 10 other 3d animated features. all to be released next week.

I hate sarcasm.
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Over the Deeks
Adam Phillips NEW D&D flash.

Enjoy.

Also Menhenick released some short flashes, one that was never completed.


Once again enjoy! :D

- The Daily Crumb

Ratatouille Secrets

Today in the news listen to the symphony of crackle.

((Please Click for larger))

heres the van from Toy Story for reference


DVD EXTRAS:

>>
Also
"YES!" Short joke video hidden in the Scene Selection Menu. Screen-shot coming soon.
thanks Project Insanity for these two

Check out almost every single Secret in PIXAR films HERE

- The Daily Crumb bucket

Merry Christmas Folks

Highlight: The Sun, the 2007 sequel. Brackenwood Wins

Today in the news:
Listen to the music and you'll get washed away. And drown, unfortunately.
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What is this? RMN are attacking you from behind walls with shot guns?? You may remember Tintut evolved from a Tutti Fruity advert college project. Here is Copz' advertisement.

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You may have noticed that on the left side of the Crumb there are two new sections, Crumb Radio and Crumb Past. Past explores some of those more memorable posts. Dont forget to explore the labels.
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As Christmas gets closer let us wonder over some of the year so far.

oh

well it looks like this year has not had any highlights
apart from the big one WATERLOLLIES WAS RELEASED
All the rest was black and white videos of our manager acting a fool, which you can check out in the 'videolog' section.
It seems

Well done 2007.

2nd to fifth place included:
2. Doctor Who
3. The Daily Crumb NEWS
4. RMN Copz
5. Espen

an 'old' picture below

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RMN CATZ an RMN Copz Spoof

Today in the news the last of the penguins has confessed to stealing some ice cream sandwiches.

Also
I made a RMN COPZ spoof. RMN CATZ. Enjoy


- The Daily Crumb