Exported Video For Pixelation Project

After today's seminar and lecture, I decided to go back to Waverley 105 and finish off what I had started this morning in Adobe Premiere Cs3.

I quickly batch processed a set of images from last nights new scene in Photoshop. Once I had done that, I had all the images ready to put into my pixelation movie in Premiere. I created all the sequences for the pixelation movie and added them and proceeded to edit the movie and add some sound, (Music for the time being).

Here is the video rendered in .AVI format.
The quality is obviously low because of youtube's compression, but still, enjoy.

Batch Processing

I did some batch processing in Photoshop Cs3 last week and tried it out a couple of times on the different sets of images that I have.

Yesterday, I created another part for my Sock Adventure pixelation project.

Here are a few images of the new part.

Multimedia Technology Article

A lot of computer manufacturers are trying to make gadgets smaller as they progress into the new digital age, but this isn’t the case for American based software and hardware distributor “Microsoft”.

Microsoft believes that bigger is turning out to be better, due to a recently developed technology that grasp’s the ideals of future multimedia technology and touch screen devices.

The device is called Microsoft Surface, which is a 30-inch tabletop display that lets users interact with digital content by touching and moving items on screen.

Obviously at this point in time, the product itself may not be very practical for an average household, but is perfect for businesses such as, restaurants, hotels, retailers, public entertainment and public information. This is because the device offers interaction for multiple users, which is key to the integral part of communication that lies in every business.

A given example would be an information desk in a town or city, because users would be able to search for tourist attractions or plan routes to destinations from the information desk itself.

One feature that I was particularly impressed by was the fact that Microsoft Surface can deal with Multi-Touch Contact, meaning that more than one person can interact with the display at any given time, as opposed to an original touch screen monitor that only let one user interact with the display.

Object recognition is also a key element that lies within Microsoft Surface. Users can place physical objects on the touch screen display which range from digital cameras to drinking glasses. The objects trigger different types of digital responses which the user can interact with, for example, users can browse through the content of an mp3 player on the tabletop display and then drag and drop a file to be played by the music software on Microsoft Surface.

In a business situation, a physical object such as a glass could be left on the tabletop display with a certain amount of liquid in it, the tabletop device would be linked to staff behind a bar in a hotel, once the drink begins to get low, the device would then tell the bar staff that maybe the customer would like another drink.

A diagram is noted below to show how the tabletop display system works.

1. Touch sensitive acrylic pad and tabletop display.

2. Infrared system which reflects light to measure such things as amounts of liquid in a glass placed on the tabletop display.

3. The computer hardware (CPU, Central Processing Unit) that powers the operating system, Windows Vista.

4. The projector, which projects the screen full of 1024 x 768 pixels onto the tabletop display.

In conclusion, Microsoft Surface will make a huge impact on businesses and companies around the world, thanks to their new technology which will take users through new and easier experiences.

This new multimedia experience will expand and most definetely be a feature in all businesses in years to come.

Bibliography:

http://www.cheaplaptops.org.uk/20070601/microsoft-surface-diagram-how-it-all-works/

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/about.html#section=Press

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/10/computer-table-hybrid-knows-wh.html

Last Weekend And Pixelation Progress

Last Weekend I went back home to see some of my friends and obviously my family.
I went out driving and played some pool with my friends.

I got back into Nottingham on monday because I had no lectures on that day.
I had a lecture on Multimedia technology on tuesday morning which was so-so, to be honest.

After the lecture, I went to the Horn in Hand pub with some of the guys off the course. I met some new guys from the course aswell, (I hadn't met them in earlier lectures, so technically they are new xD) which was nice.

I went around Nottingham for the afternoon with Joe and Alan. Joe was taking pictures for his first person pixelation project, so me and Alan decided to assist him.

When I got back to my flat, I decided to take some pictures for my pixelation project.
Here are some of the images from my camera phone that will be used in the pixelation animation.

First official lecture

I had my first lecture yesterday and surprisingly, I really enjoyed it.
I have a longer session in Uni tomorrow, consisting of more lectures and an introduction to the boots library.

I can't wait for Fable 2 and Dead Space to come out next friday, Only 9 days to go :D.
Also, Fallout 3 comes out on the 31st of October. It's going to be WILD.

As you can see from my posts, I am a big gaming fan and love to play on my xbox 360 when I can.

I read through the booklet that we were all given at the end of the lecture and I really want to start the "Identities" module because it sounds just up my street, (Designing an environment with a 3d avatar included). Sounds awesome :D.

Mid - Week Madness

Hello again, freshers week has been absolutely crazy.

I've been e-mailing some graphic design and advertising companies in Nottingham, to see if they have any part time positions for students.

I suppose getting a part time job whilst studying at university is an added bonus, (Money :D) but it will be great to have the work experience.

Think I might just chill today and play on my Xbox 360 to pass the time, haha.

First Time Blog Entry

It's my first blog entry and i'm new to the course.
Just thought i'd get into the habit of blogging and posting stuff on here.

I don't know whether I will have many things posted on here until next week when I officially start my course.

I definetly want to gain newer skills within the multimedia area, (being a past multimedia student at college). I want to be getting used to Games Design practice as I feel this is the route I want to take in the second and third years of my course.

I also want to gain extra skills in web design, like flash scripting and creative graphics.

In my welcome week, I have had main lectures on subject breakdowns and what modules I will be covering in the first year.

I've been out 3 nights in a row since I moved to Nottingham and it was my birthday yesterday, so i'm feeling pretty rough at the moment but enjoying the induction to my course :D.

Catch you all later........... so until my next post

Adios