Well, all of the links on the left hand menu now lead somewhere, although a few of them lead to some pretty sparse pages at the moment.

We've Moved
Most of the time during the last few days has been taken up with moving the site to a new server. So if you bookmarked any of the individual pages on the old site, they will still work for now, but those pages wont be updated, http://beam.to/aif now points to the new site, but there is now a better way to get to the site (see below)

We have gone dotty
Yes, Alan's Image Factory now has a dot com address, you can find us at www.aifweb.com - this will make it easy for you to find us no matter where our server is located.

3D Headings
Do you need some 3D headings for your web site, or to brighten up that report that you are creating?. Well you can create them right here, just jump to the Web Design Page and follow the link.

All of the study guides for the modules being offered in semester 1 - 2002 are now available from the Multimedia courses page.

Added the link to Maroochydore TAFE site.

Added the 2002 class schedules for semester 1 to the multimedia courses page (under student links)

Made a start on the Computer Graphics area and got a few pages added

Also added a link to Mike's Oz Reunion site on the Student's Sites page

I have just come across what appears to be a great graphics program which has a lot of useful features and a terrific price - it's free!

It is called Pixia and here are the basic specifications according to the read me file provided with the program

•  Pixia is a painting tool made exclusively for full colour graphics.
•  Maximum graphic size:
  10240 x 10240 dots (Note: this depends on RAM capacity.)
•  Number of Layers:
  As many as memory allows
•  Peripheral devices supported:
  TWAIN32 devices.
  Printers made to suit Microsoft Windows
  Tablets (Wacom, Oce-Japan)
  

I have only had a quick look at it but as I experiment more I will let you know my findings. The program originated in Japan but has been converted to other languages by keen fans. Grab a copy now from the English Pixia Site. There you will also find links to other Pixia sites, with galleries and lessons on using the program.

I found Pixia at freewarehome.com This site often has programs listed that don't appear on other freeware sites, so it is well worth checking out.

Decided to ditch the old site (see sidebar) and start again. The old site was too heavy with graphics and was rather slow to download. Hopefully this site will be leaner and meaner and will reduce the download times.

Of course, a site that is basically about graphics and multimedia needs to have pictures and animation's, but now these will be kept to a minimum on the general pages.

Most of the graphics will now be on the gallery thumbnail pages, with links to larger images. This will let you decide if you want to wait to see a larger image. What I am planning to do, unless I forget, is display the file size with each thumbnail, which should give you an idea of how long you will need to wait.

Because I have decided to completely revamp the whole site, it may be a while before all of the links are in place and all of the pages have any more than the briefest of content - please bear with me