NMD201 New Media Intermediate Studio(S2): August 2011

Monday, 29 August 2011

NMD201 week7

This week we start moving to work on Interactive Sequences for Web. In this part, we need to create a portfolio on the web by using HTML. HTML is Hypertext Markup Language. I have not done any web work before, so, this is a new area for me and it is a challenge for me to study on New Media.

HTML boot camp includes 3 characters. First, the file names must be lowercase. Next, use no special characters. The last is that use “html” extension. Some key HTML tags were showed below,

<head></head> this tag use in the beginning and end of the web.

<a></a> this tag use to link two webs.

The reason for us to create an eProtfolio is that our design skills can be showed on eProtfolio. It is also a convenience function for us to promoting ourselves. We can start with thinking about the goal of this project. For example, the direction of eProtfolio could show culture communication, personalities and so on. It is also a new style CV for people to look for a job. So that contact detail is the most important part in eProtfolio.

Monday, 22 August 2011

NMD201 week6

This week is the last week for video remixes study. In this class, we did the last editing of our project “Meaning-making Media Fragment”. We adjusted the sound level of all the audio clips to normalize and add audio transition among audio clips. So, it will not sound strange. The final step is exporting, two versions are required. One is high quality that exports to Quick Time movie with current setting. Another is small size video that should upload on ABC Pool (320*180). In order to upload our final remix project on the ABC Pool website, the size of video has to be under 50MB. So, the quality of this video has to be decrease. Anyway, I enjoy the study of video remix. It is a challenge for me to explore a new area. Although it is difficult to search the creative commons resources, such as video, audio and image, it is important to improve my knowledge of New Media and more experience to create.

The linker below is my project on ABC Pool.

http://pool.abc.net.au/media/meaning-making-media-fragments

Sunday, 21 August 2011

NMD201 week5

This week we learnt to add text into our remix project by using Final Cut Pro. Color correction and key framing also were showed in the class. Thus, we can add title and sign during the editing. Color correction can be adjusted to change the color effect on the videos and images. All of them made our remix full of interesting. To add different effects will make our project show many information which relate with the topic. From the study, we know how to use Final Cut Pro to do editing on videos and images. That is fantastic to use different effects to link the different videos and images. Another thing we need to do is that to find some suitable music to be our project background music. It could be a Jazz, classic style and soft rhythm music.

The picture below is my project exercise of this week.

Friday, 12 August 2011

NMD201 week4

This week during the class, we were showed a website (ccmixter.org) which the creative commons music can be found. In this website, we can use or download the music which can be used in our final remix. We also learnt more about editing clips and images by using Final Cut Pro. In Motion which is a part of adjustment in Final Cut Pro. It is possible to adjust videos and images in Motion, such as change the scale, rotation and opacity. So, there are many different effects can be used during editing the video. Rotation is very interesting for adjusting, it makes the video clips and images can be whirling by changing the angle. Opacity also can be adjusted to different affections on clips.