The beta preview splash screen for ImageReady 1.0
In 1996-1997, ImageReady 1.0 was being developed by Adobe. I worked with Doug Olson to come up with a splash screen for the application to depict give personality to the product. I used CoSa After Effects to make the animation before it was Adobe After Effects. In the end the splash screen was turned into a secret splash screen and the product identity took on the image of a cyclist instead. However even more secret than the secret splash screen was the animated secret splash screen on a continuous loop I made to be the first ever Adobe animated splash page. I don’t know if anyone outside of Doug Olsen at Adobe has ever seen this. I found it in an old hard drive while doing some cleaning. I also did a series of icons & other things that are still being used in Adobe products today when working with web graphics. Thought I’d dust off this little animation off and put a light upon what you I was up to then.
Here is the artwork Adobe choose to use in the end:
Photo of ImageReady boxed product
Enjoy!
Bruce Heavin 