Yesterday we released customizable embed players. Shortly afterwards we discovered a bug that caused all the embed players to play automatically. The problem was fixed immediately - sorry for the inconvenience.
If you embedded any players within the past 24 hours, and they continue to auto-play, please re-embed them to fix the issue.
You may have noticed something missing up in the right corner of the header - the Inbox. Unfortunately, the Inbox has been having some issues recently, so we have had to temporarily take it off the site. It’s in the shop now, and the mechanics tell us it should be running smoothly, back where you normally find it, and with all your old messages, by early next week. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Below is a message from Loren Bouchard, judge of the animation contest….
Dear MotionMakers:
Well done. And thank you for sharing your work. In a contest with as modest a prize as this one, I wouldn’t have been surprised if entries were few and far between, but that’s not the case here at all. Besides the quantity, I’m impressed with the high level of originality. This is not a bunch of knock-offs - there are people taking real creative risks here. I’d like to recognize a few people/pieces for honorable mentions: stecker_show, happyfatties, MovingBoxStudio, and todd_spicer – thank you, great job.
jkenwks - “Mick the Mighty Miner” is really something. Keep doing stuff like that.
PSSTpassiton is a collective. So points right there, just for teaming up. That is key in this industry. I especially liked “Sparkle Esperantumor Stimulation”. Love 2D/3D mixed together.
And fugazi77: “Sunny Day All is Well” - another trippy piece, and another example of INCREDIBLY high quality animation and execution.
And now the winner…
The winner is Slothvision, who entered “The Sloth Life, It Can Changes”, “John Wolfington:Shotgun” and “PlanetX”. They all appealed to me immediately, but “The Sloth Life”, in particular, felt approachable and funny. The voice of the character came through (even though it was written), and there was a mature storytelling ability at work, with ups and downs and a bittersweet final beat that tied the whole thing together. A great short.
Thanks again everyone, for entering and for checking out each other’s work. I had a great time looking at all of these, and I had a great time working on our own little call-for-upload pieces. (Thank you, Nora.)
- Loren BouchardP.S. I can’t resist also sharing this - If you’re in the mood to hear a completely different (mean, nasty) perspective about this contest, check out this guy’s blogpost:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/internet-blogs/a-new-low-for-online-animation-contests
We recently added an “Avatar Webcam Upload” function to the site, which lets you take a photo with your webcam and use it as your profile avatar.
All you have to do is:
You can access the new function by clicking the “my account” tab on the navigation bar within “my profile”, and then accessing the “Avatar” section from the account settings sidebar.
Enjoy!
Today we launched our new player in public beta. You can test the player by clicking this button on any player page:
Below is an example of the new player in action:
Next week we will give a more detailed explanation of this player’s new functions. In the meantime, please give it a spin and leave any feedback (or reports any bugs) in the comments of this post. Enjoy!
Dailymotion is teaming up with the dopest animator in the business to find the next great animated series. From November 21st- January 4th we invite our users to enter their animated pilots, demos and concept tests into the contest group found at http://animationprocreation.dailymotion.com.
The winner will receive a four-month development deal with Loren Bouchard (producer of the current Adult Swim hit, “Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil”, and such acclaimed animated series as “Home Movies,” “Science Court” and “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.”)
Check out the amazing call-for-upload video Loren created:
Dailymotion and VANS Shoes congratulate MotionMaker destin777 for his winning submission to the Halloween Trick-for-Treat skateboarding contest!
The three runner-up vids are:
1. Zombie Adventures for Dailymotion by user: mikedvideo
2. Best Thing Since Sliced Bread by user: dlakes
3. Vans Contest Vid by user: williecrespo.
And, of course, we thank MotionMaker stecker_show for making the awesome call-for-upload vids.
To check out all the Halloween Trick-for-Treat skateboarding videos, visit the contest homepage. There is some great stuff in there—thanks for all your uploads!
We are pleased to announce the launch of our “Trick for Treat” skateboarding video contest just in time for Halloween. The competition, which runs until November 3, 2007, invites the skateboarding community to upload original videos showing their best tricks for a chance to win gear from Vans. This contest also coincides with the launch of our new Motionmaker category: “Extreme.”
Judging for the contest will be conducted by Vans and will be based on criteria such as trick originality, creativity and visual style of the submissions. The lucky grand prize winner will win skate gear from Vans, the leading lifestyle brand for the skateboarding community. Additional details, rules and instructions for entry to the contest are available at http://trickfortreat.dailymotion.com.
Also, check out the first call-for-upload video (http://www.dailymotion.com/Vansshoes66/video/x362mq_trick-for-treat). It was made by Motionmaker Chris Stecker (username: stecker-show).
After many long nights, this morning we are pleased to announce that a new set of functions is available on Dailymotion. We have done a lot of work on the back-end of the site lately, so that we can continue to bring you a fast and functional site, whatever the server-load may be. Today these modifications are visibile, and we hope that you appreciate the improvements.
Graphical Changes
The site header and footer have been, let’s say, refreshed. The new, clearer header makes it easier to find the most important pages of the site. As to the new footer - it has also received a bit of a face lift, and provides better access to additional information about the site.
The video list pages have been reviewed in depth. Now they offer more space for videos, and the sorts on filters in the left sidebar make it much simpler to navigate through the site.
Improved Tools on the Player Page
We have reworked the ergonomy of all the tools found just below the video on the player page. Don’t hesitate to use and abuse the “share this video” function, or the social bookmarking tools like Digg or Del.icio.us (just to name a couple). Notice that if a video is already on Digg, the number of diggs is indicated in brackets.
Player on Profiles and Group Pages
Previously, the Video Stars on user profiles and on group pages were simple images. But this didn’t satisfy us. Video Stars are videos, after all, and if they’re good enough for you to feature them, then they deserve special treatment. Thus we decided to swap out the still graphic for a video player, so it’s possible to watch them directly without passing onto a dedicated player page.
New Tool: Uploader
A new tool is available on Dailymotion: the Uploader. It enables you to place an upload form directly within your site. With it, your visitors can register or log-in to Dailymotion, then upload videos to their account - or record via webcam - without leaving your site.
Improved Comments
You told us that there was an issue with the comments feature, namely: they don’t appear as soon as they’re posted. We have fixed this issue and today, every comment appears just as soon as you make it.
That’s all for today. As usual, we invite you to let us know what you think of these changes, or to alert us to any possible bugs you may encounter by adding a comment to this post.
Good surfing on Dailymotion!
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You have spoken, and we have listened. Following the release of our latest version, you alerted us to a mistake we had made in serving search results: namely, that supplying “Featured Videos” at the top of those results was neither relevant, useful, or necessary. We are sorry for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused, and have since returned the presentation of search results to a simple list. Thank you for your input, and please don’t hesitate to let us know whenever something isn’t working on the site - we’re here to make your experience better.
Have you already sold a few things through internet classifieds? If so, you know how much easier it is when you have a few photos. Just as nothing sells a videogame better than a demo, and nothing sells a movie better than a good trailer, what could sell your vintage Vespa better than a well-presented video?
Well, now it’s possible to do this on Ebay, the world’s leading online auction site.
All you have to do is copy the embed code (which you can find beneath the player on each Dailymotion video page) and paste it into
the HTML description field of your Ebay item. It’s that easy.
We hope you find this new cross-platform feature useful…and profitable.
Cheers,
The Dailymotion Team
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