Thursday, June 25, 2009

I Really Wonder...


Hello, all you creative people of KooBits!

The KooBits contest "It would be cool if KooBits could..." is finally over! We have given the submissions to the judges to decide who has got the most creative ideas!

Is it you, him, or her?!?!

So, keep your fingers crossed and let's wait for the results!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Say HI to Nanoboy in the flesh!


Event: Meet-and-greet session with Nanoboy and nano-pals
Date: 27 and 28 June 2009 (Saturday and Sunday)
Venue: IMM Level 1 Atrium
Time: 3pm-4pm
Programme: FUN! FUN! FUN!









Heard of Nanoboy, the world’s tiniest superhero, and been wanting to meet him?

Now you can say HI to him personally!


Come on down and join us at IMM on 27 and 28 June from 3pm to 4pm for a smashing good time! There will be stage performances, photo-taking, and exclusive previews from ‘The New Adventures of Nanoboy’ series! Stand to win exclusive Nanoboy DVDs, merchandise and collectibles too!

A Scrawls Studios partnership with DVD licensee Scorpio East and merchandising sponsor Jujups.com, ‘The New Adventures of Nanoboy’ series will launch on Okto at 1pm on the 4th of July.

Here's a book created by Wee Hong Liang from Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School using the Koobits software. Check out the wonderful content and animations! Download this book and get KooBits Viewer to read the full version of this book.


(Click on the picture)


So bring along your family and friends to spend a fun-filled afternoon with the nanoscopic hero and his nano-pals on 27 and 28 June!



Event: Meet-and-greet session with Nanoboy and nano-pals
Date: 27 and 28 June 2009 (Saturday and Sunday)
Venue: IMM Level 1 Atrium
Time: 3pm-4pm
Programme: FUN! FUN! FUN!




Friday, May 15, 2009

It Would Be Cool If KooBits Could...

Calling out to all the COOLEST people out there!

I know you have been waiting for this moment!
Here's your chance to EASILY walk away with a maximum of $500 in cash just by giving us not more than 5 minutes of your time!

How?!

(Click to zoom in the poster!)

Complete the sentence "It Would Be Cool If KooBits Could..."
with your most wanted feature or function that you want to see in the future version of KooBits! Some extra terrestrial, the good friends of our KooBits family, have already made their own wishes...



"It would be cool if KooBits could have a time line to control my animations."
"It would be cool if KooBits could have a circular animation path."
"It would be cool if KooBits could have contents of Mickey Mouse and his friends."

Pretty good suggestions, yeah? But there should not be any copyright infringement please, I am sure the coolest people have the most creative and innovative ideas, right?

So no more hesitations! Just download the submission form right now and brainstorm away!

All the best, everyone!

Download Submission Form

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Never Too Small To Be A Hero

Mind you, kids! KooBits is never your conventional, boring educational software that sits in the shelves of your school's computer labs to collect dusts!

Apart from the awesome technology and features we have (Can I hear a loud cheer?!), we have brought in Singapore's very own superhero and his friends to join the Kool KooBits Club!


If you think Superman is powerful, think twice.

How is he powerful? Hmmm...

Nanoboy will the NEXT BIG THING because he is the world's smallest hero who can save our megahuge earth! Smallest would be an understatement because you practically cannot see our superhero with your naked eye!

Let's do a little bit research together with your calculator. Wikipedia states that nano refers to one billionth of a metre, which means it has a SI prefix of 10^-9. How tall are you? 1.4 metres? 1.5 metres? Taking your height to be 1.5 metres, punch in these numbers into your calculator now: 1.5 x 10 ^ -9.


Nanoboy, hence, refers to one billionth of a boy. He is equivalent to the size of any particles and bacteria around you, which means he would be the superhero to save you and your family from swine flu, bird flu and any other bugs in the atmosphere. Together with his friends, they will combine forces to battle against all enemies!


Fights aside, Nanoboy is just another 9 year old boy just like you. He goes through countless of stressful examinations, probably constant nagging by his mother to do homework, jeerings from his fellow classmates for his miniscule height in reality and all the issues you are dealing with right now.


9 year old. Nano height. Superheroic mission. Nobody can do it except for Nanoboy!



Nanoboy is the brainchild of Scrawl Studios, a local animation studios started in 2002. With a strong team filled with artistic talents and creativity, Scrawl Studios has successfully emerged internationally, with fans from Korea, Australia, Canada and many more being their faithful animation supporters.

Very soon, Nanoboy will be featured on OKto TV for all of us but for now, you can enjoy these incredible content and animations from KooBits in your schools! Imagine how cool it will be when you get to know KooBits before all your other friends in other schools!

This is what happens when Nanoboy break into your school.
Evergreen Primary School has the privilege of receiving the tiny superhero into their warmth environment.

What are they all looking at?

NANOBOY in da house! He doesn't look very tiny at all. Oops!


Nanoboy: I love visiting schools and interacting with all the students! See you all soon!

All the students enjoyed the surprise visit very much because autograph sessions involved almost the entire school! Enthusiastic children then came out with their own adventures of KooBits. Here's a favorite book of mine by Moek Chayyly in Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School. (Just click on the links to view the books on our web portal right now!)



For more information regarding Nanoboy, please feel free to contact us at
contact@koobits.com
.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

You Don't Want to Miss This!


Ideas?! Competition?! Participation?! Attractive Prizes?

I wonder what is going on...

18 May 2009
Stay tuned to find out.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

KooBits For Children

KooBits For Children

I am sure you know KooBits IS for children. But let me tell you, that's also our lunch!

What?!?!?!?!?! 神经病!!! Paagal!!! Fou!!! Crazy!!!

Read between the lines guys!

KooBits ordered KFC (KooBits For Children, hehehe!) for lunch today as it was about to rain. We feasted the juiciest fried chickens in our small, squeezy pantry together. After so many years, KFC still maintained its standard of giving finger lickin' good chickens! It tasted exceptionally better when everyone gathered, young and old, together for a short chillout session.

Fastest Fingers First! Jafri grabbed the first crispy chicken and hid himself in one corner.

Then it was Dr Chen who refused to be shot while he slurps his mash potato.

Adeline is grinning from ear to ear with her drumsticks!

The two most pleasant girls in KooBits munching on their wings. Sweet girls!

And in no time, the chickens were reduced to bones. Guess whose bones are those?

Final shots before we packed up for work!


Yi Jie: Where's the camera?
Serena: Wow! That chicken over there is tempting me!
Adeline: Oh gosh! I want that chicken!
Xinying: Heh heh.

Adeline: YAY! I got that chicken!
Yi Jie: Eh, I want a bite too!
Xinying, Serena and Jafri: Cheeeeeeeeeese!

The Greediest Person Award goes to...*drumrolls* You make a guess!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Tips, tips, tips!

Hey guys!


How has KooBits helped changed the way you think of books, projects, presentations and classes? Are you a master of KooBits yet, especially those who participated in N.E.w Author Competition? I am sure all the KooTrainers have passed on our skills and tips to make the coolest books!

Here's some tips to the rest of you who did not participate in the competition! Most of the interesting stuffs are hidden in the right clicks on your mouse, which is easily overlooked.

Tip #1: Story-telling Function
If you have a picture spread across the book, the book separation line may be an obstruction to the picture. You may want to set the picture to story-telling mode by doing a right click mouse action on the selected picture.

The book separator can be seen in the Read/Presentation Mode.

Go back to Edit Mode, select story-telling by doing a right click on your mouse.

Go back to the Read/Presentation Mode, the lines are gone now! You can also move the picture anywhere now in the reading mode!

Tip #2: 2D Animation -> Picture
You can change your 2D animation into a picture by stopping the animated process. Do a right click on the picture and select stop. This requires a little bit of aiming at the right position. Let's try!

That's a 2D animation from the Nanoboy plug-in! It's electrocuting something!


You can also try selecting "repeat" and see what happens!

Tip #3: Moving the Bubble Text
A lot of people could not find the trick behind moving the bubble text, selected from the Media Panel. Today, I shall reveal the answer to all of you!

The secret lies in moving the Edit Panel away because part of the bubble text is hiding behind it, as shown in the picture below! You can then choose different corners of the bubble to perform different functions.

Bubble Text: "Help me! I'm being blocked by the giant!"


Bubble Text: "Remember, my top right hand corner allows you to move me around while my bottom left hand corner enables you to change my size! So make me fat now by giving me words!"

Tip #4: Copy & Paste are Passé
Do you know that you no longer have to go through the hassle of copying/cutting and pasting when you use the wrong textbox in KooBits? All it takes is a simple right-click on your mouse!


For example, if you were using an Input Textbox and would like to switch to Auto Textbox, right click on the mouse and go to Set Type. Select Auto Textbox (or any other textboxes you wish to switch to) and voila!

A simple right-click can do wonder!

With all the above right click tricks, you can try doing this with us now!

The Polluted Sea
  • Firstly, source the background from the Clipart first. The one above is found in Clipart -> Background & Design -> Nature -> Mountain.
  • Next, do a right click on the picture and select Locked. This will enable your picture to fuse as a background.
  • Then, find the ship, explosion and ripple from their specific location. They are all found in Clipart, 2D Ani and Video respectively.
  • For some special effects, let's start with the ripple video. Right click on the ripple video to select Transparent. This allows you to change the opacity of the video.
  • Fill the sea with the ripple video so that it will seemed like the sea is moving literally.
  • Then, create path animations for the explosion and ship.
How do you create a polluted sea as the ship moves from one point to another?
  • Select the ripple video -> Select Ani Start (to set the start point of the animation) -> Change the color of ripples by right clicking on the video (Eg. Green color) -> Select Ani End (to set the end point)

Go to the Read/Presentation Mode in order to view your animations. You will be able to see the sea changing colors as the ship moves!

Did you get that?

Have fun creating more cool books! Don't forget to publish them online!