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Multimedia:	Director, Authorware
Animation:	3D Studio Max, Lightwave 3D
Web Design:	Flash MX, Dreamweaver
Web Development:	Dreamweaver MX, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, Coldfusion MX, Javascript
Other Software:	Authoring, Image Editing, Audio&Video Editing, Animation&Composting, Other, Platform
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Arul's Blog	www.shockwave-india.com/blog

Profile of Ragunathan Arul Kumaran
Personal Details:	R.Arul Kumaran, 29 Years, Male, Indian
Contact Address:	Blk 143 #07-32, Potong Pasir Ave 2, Singapore- 350143
Hand phone:	+65 9387 5503
Email:	arul@shockwave-india.com r_arul_kumaran@hotmail.com r_arul_kumaran@yahoo.com
Background Summary:	I'm a confident and self motivated person with R&D nature I love developing Rich Internet Applications and knowledge adding Multimedia content. I have 8+ years of experience in Information Technology with a focus on web and multimedia application development. My skills include web development, authoring CD titles and CBT, WBT, games, and presentations. I'm running a web log on multimedia, Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX and Director using PHP for server side scripting. Key Expertise: - Ability to lead a development team to produce high quality output within project deadlines. Web and multimedia development tools Flash MX - Rich internet application development, Flash Component Development, Flash Remoting, and Flash Comm. Server Dreamweaver MX - HTML, DHTML, Java Script, Server Side Scripting in ASP, ASP.NET, Coldfusion, and PHP Director - Lingo Scripting, Xtra development, Authoring Lingo, shockwave multi-user server and shockwave 3D [Top]

[Top]	Technical Skills
Software:	Macromedia Flash MX
Skill Level	Type of Projects	Skills
high	Web sites Rich Internet Applications Rich Media Applications (Using Flash Communication Server) Games E-Commence Sites & Portals E-Learning solutions Off-line Applications (Example: - Exam-Manager) Navigation Interface Banner Ads, Popups Narrative Animation Screen Saver Flash 3D Vector Video Custom Smart Clips/Components and Extensions Development Multi-lingual applications Streaming Audio Players	Reducing File Size Animation (Frame by Frame, Motion Tweening, Shape Tweening, Motion Guide, Masking) Adding Interactivity using Action Script Object Oriented Programming Integrating Flash and Quick Time Integrating Flash and Visual Basic (through ActiveX) Using Shared Libraries Creating Reusable Objects, extending built-in Objects Creating Smart Clips, Components Managing Outside Communications (browsers, XML Objects, Movies, Projector, Printer and Fscommand) Flash Remoting, Flash Communication Server Implementing Database Integration (including Creating Parsers for CSV, TAB file format) Using 3^rd Party tools like Screenweaver MX to build online/offline desktop applications [Top]
Highlights
XML Explorer Windows Explorer Like Navigation interface for My web site Selected for Product Champion Chennai by Macromedia One of the Speakers when Flash MX is launched for the Public in Singapore on 17/03/02
Software:	Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Skill Level	Type of Projects	Skills
high	Web site Design Content Management using Contribute Building Scalable Sites Site maintenance Portals E-Commerce Sites Subscription based Sites E-Learning Sites Database Integration Product Documentation in HTML Developing ASP, ASP.NET, Cold fusion and PHP based Dynamic pages	Adding Interactivity Collaboration Customizing and Extending Page Authoring Page Design Page Management Developing Objects & Extensions Developing and Managing Templates & Library Items Using layers for Page layout Using graphics and rich media Hand coding CSS, JavaScript Creating/Using Server Behaviors Developing Extensions Extending Dreamweaver with DOM Contribute Site Administration [Top]
Highlights
Brainbench Dreamweaver Master Certificate (Scored 4.77/5) Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver Developer (Scored 100%)
Software:	Macromedia Director MX
Skill Level	Type of Projects	Skills
high	Corporate Presentations Interactive CD-ROM Multilingual CD-Titles Computer Based Training Web based Training Interactive 3D Product demo Edutaining Games Online Games E-Learning solutions Multi-user Games and Chat Applications Virtual Reality tours using QTVR & Shockwave 3D Custom Behaviors based on client requirement	2D Animation & Film loops Audio & Video Synchronization Using Cast Libraries for Localizing content Integrating Flash & Using Vector Shapes Optimizing the Movie & Streaming on the Internet Using 3rd Party Xtras and tools Advanced lingo Creating reusable behaviors Creating Authoring Xtras (Using Director itself) Using Multi-user Xtra Using QTVR Xtra Shockwave 3D & 3D Lingo Using Havok Xtra for creating 3D simulations [Top]
Highlights
VideoCue a cue point editor developed by me [more...]
Scripting:	Active Server Pages/ASP.NET/Coldfusion MX/PHP (Server Side), JavaScript (Client Side), HTML and XML
Skill Level	Type of Projects	Skills
high	Dynamic Content for web sites Using XML for Content Management Web Database Integration (MS SQL, My SQL, MS Access) Personalized E-mail Management Portals E-Commerce Sites Subscription based Sites Web Applications Flash Remoting with Coldfusion MX, .NET and JRun	Browser Detection & Delivering right content for that Browser Hand Coding Writing reusable functions Fine tuning Applications for performance Advanced Form Validation HTTP Uploading using File INPUT Element Using ADO, ODBC and OLE DB Creating a DLL in VB for complex functions and Registering and calling the DLL from ASP (to Improve Performance) Web services with PHP, .NET, Coldfusion Coldfusion components [Top]
Highlights
Web File-Manager ASP based tool to manage files in the Server [more...]
Software:	Macromedia Authorware ver 6.0
Skill Level	Type of Projects	Skills
moderate	Corporate Presentations Interactive CD-ROM Computer Based Training Web based Training Edutaining Games E-Learning solutions	Creating Interactivity Synchronizing Sound and Video with Other Elements Using Calculation Language Using Knowledge Objects Creating custom DLL in VB and Integrating it with Authorware Integrating Flash Integrating Director Embedding a Browser through ActiveX [Top]
Highlights
DC-Motor CBT for Learning the basics of DC-Motor (Nominated for Chip Multimedia Awards 2000) [more...]
Software:	3D Studio Max, Discreet Plasma 3D, and Lightwave 3D
Skill Level	Type of Projects	Skills
high	Creating 3D for Flash (Using Plugins for Max like Illustrate) Creating Shockwave 3D content Product Demo Pre Visualization Advertisements Special Effects for Film & Video Character Animation 3D Titles Low Polygon count Mesh Development for Games Walk through Medical visualization	Modeling Organic Models using Lightwave 3D Procedural Animation (Animating using Expressions in 3D Studio Max) Optimizing the Model Animating Using Character Studio and other Plugins Using Video Post and Filters Modeling, Lighting and Animation Designing and creating animated promos and quickies Physics Simulation using Havok [Top]
Highlights
Robot Walk Created using 3d Studio 4.0 India's First Authorized Training Center for Lightwave 3D ver 5.0 (Graphics India Pvt. Ltd)
Other Software:	Image Editing	Authoring
	Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Macromedia Fireworks MX Fractal Design Painter	Scala Multimedia Toolbook Macromedia Action Visual Basic
	Video & Audio Editing	Other
	Adobe Premiere Uled Video Producer Sound Forge Sound Edit	Microsoft Office 2000 FrontPage Visual InterDev Visual SourceSafe Visio MS Project
	Animation & Composting	Platform
	AutoDesk Animator Pro Poser 4.0 Brice 3D Illuminaire Paint Illuminaire Composite Elastic reality Digital Fusion	Windows 95 & 98 Windows Me Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Apple Mac OS [Top]

Some of My Projects
[Top]	CD Titles
Project & Media	Description	What I Did?	Software Used	Client
Multimedia CD (Compact Disc)	Murugan Arul Pravagam Multilingual CD-ROM about Lord Muruga and his Temples. It has a karaoke interface for practicing the songs.	Story Board Layout User Interface Authoring Image Editing Audio Editing Audio Synchronizing Video Editing	Animator Pro Photoshop Director Sound Forge Adobe Premier	J.K.COMBINES [Top]
CD Title (Compact Disc)	Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam This CD-ROM features Interactive & Continues play modes, Picture & Meaning mode, Temple & Musical versions of the songs & Quick navigation.	Story Board Layout User Interface Authoring Image Editing Audio Editing Highlighting Flash text based on the cue points in the Shockwave Audio	Flash Director Photoshop Sound Forge	Krishi Multimedia [Top]
Infotainment Games (Compact Disc)	Rukku Dhathi's Play Time This CD-ROM feature games and stories for children Games include Animal Cries, Yong Ones, Shapes and Colours, and Colouring Book.	Games Programming Authoring	Photoshop Director	Heritage Multimedia [Top]
[Top]	Computer Based Training / Web Based Training
Project & Media	Description	What I Did?	Software Used	Client
CBT (Compact Disc)	CBT on DC-Motors It is a video based presentation divided in to module & sub modules. Video navigation interface helps you play any specific portion, sub portion of the video. I used Video Cue to generate the Behaviors, which takes care of play back. After going through the lessons people can test their understanding using the Assessment Interface. Even though we completed the product with the tight deadline of 6 days, because of the quality of work it was nominated for Chip Multimedia Awards 2000	Video Editing Flash Animation Audio Editing Custom behaviors for Synching Video and Menu in Director Integrating Director Movies in to Authorware Authoring in Authorware	Flash Director 6.5 Authorware Photoshop Premier Sound Forge	Coastal Technologies U.S.A [Top]
WBT (Intranet / Internet)	WBT & Games for Children This Intranet solution is for educating Malaysian children using edutainment games. The base framework is constructed using Authorware for keeping track of the students. Animations were created in Flash and embedded in to Authorware. Complex games were developed in director & integrated in to Authorware.	Authoring in Director Authoring in Authorware Games Programming Animation	Flash Director Authorware Photoshop	Ministry of Education Malaysia [Top]
CBT (Compact Disc)	Analytical Writing Spoken and Written English Language Analysis Pilot Training Module for UNESCO PROAP	User Interface Using Photoshop & Flash Authoring	Flash Director Photoshop Sound Forge Adobe Premier	Dr. K.Karpaka Kumaravel [Top]
CBT (Compact Disc)	What is Multimedia? This presentation explains what is multimedia, why we need it, How effective it will be, etc. I use this presentation in my seminars	Everything needed	Photoshop Director	Myself [Top]
CBT (Compact Disc)	Testing a Solenoid Explains how to test the pulling power of a solenoid. Explains using 3D Animated objects in Flash.	Concept Storyboard 3D Modeling 3D Animation Rendering to swf Frame by frame correction in Flash Layout Authoring	3D Studio Max with Illustrate Plugin Flash Director Fireworks	Central Instructional Media Institute [Top]
Technology Demo (Shockwave)	Chennai Map My Experiment Project. Which is a Zoomable Navigable Map of Chennai City. It has different views (Road map, Rail map, Temples & Tourist spots). It can be used to show how to come to your place by specifying From, To and the Vehicle. It Animates the vehicle in the map to show the way	Concept Tracing the Map in Flash Flash Coding Director Coding Authoring	Flash Director	Myself [Top]
[Top]	On-line Games / Web Pages / Rich Internet Applications
Project & Media	Description	What I Did?	Software Used	Client
Website (Internet)	Shockwave-India.com My website to provide Tips & Tricks, Samples, Source Codes, and Idea’s to Multimedia Developers. It helps Macromedia Director, Flash Community to perform better. (Yet to be launched)	Idea Logo design Database Design Website Development Maintenance Content	HTML Flash Dreamweaver Fireworks JavaScript ASP XML	My Own [Top]
On-line Game (Internet)	Memory Game & Slider Puzzle Designed for carstreet.com. When the game is complete it submits the duration and score to an asp page.	Layout Graphics Game Coding Authoring	Fireworks Director ASP	Satyam Computers [Top]
www.hindilinks.com (Internet)	User Interface Design of HindiLinks.com	Layout Design Action Scripting	Flash Dreamweaver JavaScript ASP	Networld Consulting Singapore
Remoting Components (Internet/Intranet)	CommonGateway, Search Button, and Search Window components for Reusable Search functionality which allows to call specified remote function with the search parameter	GUI Component Development Advanced Action Scripting	Flash MX Coldfusion MX Remoting	KWE logistics Singapore [Top]
[Top]	Corporate Presentation
Project & Media	Description	What I Did?	Software Used	Client
	Madras Medical Mission This Presentation shows the achievements of MMM. It is a video based presentation with animated titles.	Integrating Flash Animated Interface with Director	Flash Director Photoshop	3rd Agenda [Top]
Corporate Presentation (Compact Disc)	Netfinex (a finance Portal) It is a video / animation-based presentation where Captions has to appear based on the cue points in the video. I used my Video Cue Application to generate the cue points.	3D Animation Authoring Synchronizing Captions with MPEG Video	3D Studio Lightwave 3D 3D Studio Max Photoshop Illuminaire Paint Illuminaire Composite Digital Fusion Director with DirectMedia Xtra	Agenda Net Marketing [Top]
Corporate Presentation (Compact Disc)	Corporate Presentation & Product Demo shows all the carpet designs & available shades through a password protected interface	Image Editing Video Editing Authoring	Photoshop Adobe Premier Macromedia Director 5.0	M A Trading Company [Top]
Corporate Presentation (Multimedia PC & LCD Projector)	Interactive Multimedia Presentation	Layout Image Editing Authoring	Macromedia Action Adobe Photoshop 3.0 AutoDesk Animator Pro	Madras Refineries LTD [Top]
[Top]	Animation Projects
Project & Media	Description	What I Did?	Software Used	Client
3D Animation (Broadcast)	Advertisement for V.V.D Coconut Oil	Modeling the Bottle in Lightwave Animating the Oil Droplet	Lightwave 3D 3D Studio 4.0	V.V.D [Top]
3D Animation (Compact Disc)	Product Demo introducing all the fireworks of Kaleeshwari	Modeling Texture Mapping Image Editing	3D Studio 4.0 Photoshop 3.0	Sri Kaleeshwari Fire Works
Logo Design (Print)	Logo Design - Veedevadandi Babu (Telugu remake of Tamil Film-Ullathai Alli Tha)	Logo Design	Photoshop	Mr. Chowdary [Top]
3D Logo Animation (U-Matic Tape)	Logo Animation	Modeling Animation	Lightwave 3D	IGCAR - Kallpakkam
Special Effects (Broadcast)	Special Effects Trailer - Naga Vamsam (a Telugu Film)	Special Fx Modeling the Snake Animating the Snake Titles	Lightwave 3D 3D Studio Max Photoshop Illuminaire Composite	Mr. Srinivasa Reddy [Top]
3D Logo Animation (AVI)	Logo Animation	Concept Storyboard Modeling Animation Composting	3D Studio Max Lightwave 3D Photo Shop Illuminaire Composite Digital Fusion	Master Brain Software Consultants [Top]
3D Animation (AVI / FLC / Video)	Some of My own Animation for demonstrating my ability, to practice the software	Concept Storyboard Modeling Animation	3D Studio Lightwave 3D 3D Studio Max Photoshop Illuminaire Paint Illuminaire Composite Digital Fusion	My Show Reel [Top]
3D & 2D Animation (Video Tape/ Video CD)	Maintaining Enfield Bullet It teaches mechanics and bullet owners how to maintain the bike. It shows common problems and workarounds	Graphics Titles 3D Animation 2D Animation	Photoshop Animator Pro 3D Studio Max	Enfield [Top]

Products Developed by me
Product	Type	Description
DB-Manager	ASP Based Sever Tool	DB-Manager helps you to Connect to any database through ODBC & OLE dB using ADO Construct a query string using the wizard kind of interface Execute the query & get the Resulting Data It allows you to connect using connection files created using Dreamweaver UltraDev. You can save successful connections to a connection file (UltraDev Compatible) & Bookmark your query.
Web File-Manger	ASP Based Sever Tool	Web File-Manager is a file management tool, which allows you to Copy, Move, Change Attributes, Delete, Rename, Edit, View Files & Folders in your HTTP Server using Your Browser. If you find a mistake in your HTML Page instead of the normal procedure (FTP download the file, correct the problem & Upload the File again) you can use File-Manager to directly edit the file in the server. * It allows you to access all the drives, folders, and files in your web server & Helps you to register DLLs put some entries to the registry. (Final version under construction)
Video Cue Editor	Director Tool	Video Cue Editor helps you to create, edit, modify cue points in Tabuleiro's Mpeg Xtra, DirectMedia Xtra cast members. It also enables simulating cue points in Sound, Shockwave Audio, MP3, Video, and QuickTime cast members using Behaviors. These cue points can be used to trigger any lingo command Installation: Copy the VideoCue.dcr into your director's Xtras folder Access: Through Xtras > VideoCue menu [Top]
Exam-Manger	Flash based Application	Exam-Manager helps you to conduct online/off-line tests using choose the best answer, multi choice, multi response, and true or false type of questions. You just need to create the Question set file in specific XML format using the qSet schema that's all It takes care of the rest (For creating questionset.xml file I'm also developing another Flash application named Question-Manager). (Under construction)
QuickView	Rich Internet Application in Flash	A Rich Internet Application which enables topic based viewing and quick viewing for my blog. It uses typical email client interface for browsing through the entries. [Top]