[Google Web Designer app -- Anyone use it?]

Edge is much better than GWD.

Animate CC is much better than Edge.

Hand coding DOM with proper tools and workflow is the best, but You have to fight Your way throu the CSS. ( Or simply get around it.)

 

IMHO.

[Compressing Time in a Timeline]

tl = new TimelineMax( );

tl.timeScale( 1.3 );

 

This will speed up your anim a bit.

[DoubleClick validators for standard ads]

We've been told that the validator doesn't check against white-listed files (like TweenMax from DC's cdn), and although the warning could be written better, you should not have any problems. 

Could someone confirm that DoubleClick accepts this CDN link despite the warning? (https://s0.2mdn.net/ads/studio/cached_libs/tweenmax_1.18.0_499ba64a23378545748ff12d372e59e9_min.js)

 

[Sizmek to start counting the file size of external libraries on Feb 1st]

Yeah, it's unfortunate that the backup now counts against the ad size.  

 

I asked my office's Sizmek contact if there's a way around that and he said no; with Sizmek, the backup image sets the size of the div (expanded) in which the ad will be displayed.  But you can compress the image down significantly, or if you are not concerned with the backup image you can just upload a single color jpg or gif.

Really??? They need a separate asset to set the ad's dimension? I is an extremely weird idea. Why don't just they add a meta tag like adWords and other ad providers?

 

Anyway, thanks for the idea. I will compress the backup to 1% quality then

[Sizmek to start counting the file size of external libraries on Feb 1st]

It's probably just the backup image being counted; that was what I discovered when the file size of one of my ads was too big.  The backup image gets added to & counted in the final package.

 

If you compress your backup images more it should help.

Fine, thanks! I dind't noticed it. Yes my backups are quite big but earlier that din't counted. I have to read the small text more carefully

By the way. I stll don't understand this "backup image" thing. This is a separate ad. It wont be served along with the Html, only for those who don't have an html capable device. Which is weird in 2016.

[Sizmek to start counting the file size of external libraries on Feb 1st]

Today I was really suprised when my uploaded ads were TOO BIG. It truned out they count in the CDN libs into the ad size. These ads are Standard HTML Banners, not the "polite" kind. What is happening?

[Google Web Designer app -- Anyone use it?]

After a few ad campaign made with GWD i have decided not to use it anymore. It has a weird and slow interface, generating huge, redundant code, producing random errors. Pain in the *** to make modifications on the timeline. And finally and most importatntly it ruins it's source code sometimes. Rendering whole finished files unmodifyable, or unplayable. It's a JOKE.