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Jul 12 11

Music in the Park Concert Poster Design

by Opaque Design

Concert poster designed for the “Music in the Park”

“Music in the Park” is a free summer concert series held in downtown San Jose, CA featuring Neon Trees, The English Beat, and Cracker.

For this poster design, we wanted to evoke that warm, sunny feeling of  an outdoor summer concert… where you swap out your work shoes for sandals as you head over to the show right after work…

Apr 22 11

New Site Design: SaveAlternative.com

by Opaque Design

Opaque Design is pleased to announce the launch of their site design for SaveAlternative.com.

Save Alternative is a radio network and online music community focused on alternative music. The goal of the site design was to present a lot of content – news, featured artists, videos, and concert listings of new and upcoming artists - in a concise format with a modern, minimalist design.

This project was especially enjoyable for us to develop, as we are huge, huge, huge alt music enthusiasts. We grew up during the rise of alternative music in the ’80s, listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, The Mission, etc. (which we listen to as much today as 25+ years ago). While some of our current favorites to crank in the office are She Wants Revenge, IAMX, Moving Units, Dial M For Murder, Veil Veil Vanish… and well, we could go on and on…

SaveAlternative.com

Apr 5 11

New Site Design: Millstone United Travel Soccer

by Opaque Design

New web site design launched for Millstone United Travel Soccer.

This soccer club is based in central New Jersey and has boys and girls soccer teams in a variety of age ranges. Millstone United needed a site that organized a lot of club information in a concise format, and that they could add and update club news, minutes, and other information themselves. read more…

Feb 16 11

Tip: Using Video to Promote Your Business

by Opaque Design

Video can be a highly effective way to promote a service or product. It gives potential customers a quick way to determine if a company is what they are looking for.

Possible Uses for Video

Solar Panel Promotional Video

Visually explain a service or demo a product – Demonstrate a product in action, show installers on the job, or have the owner or other staff on screen explaining what the company does.

How-to videos Offer helpful video content to customers to keep them coming back to the web site, or into a store. Give them tips on how to use their new purchases.

Before and After video Quickly show the benefits of a product or service by showing the results of using it.

Promotional Video Tips

Catering Services Promotional Video

Keep production costs in check – Opaque Design often creates a promotional video by combining photos, logos and voice-overs with animated video effects and transitions.

This technique provides an effective promotional tool, while keeping production costs low. The resulting video can be used online or for broadcast.

Simplicity is Key – Potential customers and prospects have limited time to spend, so outline the specific benefits of your service or product. Give enough information to get them interested, but resist the temptation to go overboard with details and lose their interest. read more…