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MM 126 Week #3

What a beautiful photography

Or is it..



Warning...

Lots of things to do today....
Let's try to get them all done.


Marking
Show Mr. M. your cc-media and chair for marks








Recall Last Week... about Tatoos and Grad?

Thanks for follow up EMAIL Kevin:
Sonyas website + some of her work:

http://www.sonyalacroix.com/
http://www.artthunderbay.com/index.php?pid=1
http://hightidetattoo.com/home


Student R&D


She does some pretty amazing stuff!
Also, here is some amazing juggling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSR3jhRjzfk
- Kevin


What makes a good photo or video - The Art of Composition


Do a GOOGLE DRAWING of what makes good photo, composition...

For your MM 118 show...
you will NEED to take TWO images, into Google Drawing and explain WHY it is a good photo

** MrM to add that requirement... to MM 118 **


Google must like this PHOTO...

So... let's try to SHOW with Google Drawings

Warning, good composition takes years.. maybe a life time to master... you will study MUCH more in Photography
You need to develop an "Artist's eye" for all this stuff...


Mr. M. developing Artist's Eye
- shadows
- color of light
- composition
- DEPTH
        all the time - he can no longer help it- it is a whole new world, a beautiful world to be studied and appreciated.



Sing-a-long
  1. at bottom of this page.. download the .jpg file (MM126GoogleImage05_natgeo_10.jpg - on Sep 15, 2011 9:18)
  2. Sign into your Gmail account
  3. Go to Documents
  4. Create a NEW Drawing
  5. DO NOT SHARE this with Mr. M.
  6. Follow Mr. M. instruction.


M. Mr. reminders
  1. Rule of thirds
  2. Center of Interest (2)
  3. Where is your EYE drawn to
  4. Fore, middle and Background  (so important if you want your photos/videos to have SOME depth, nothing looks worth than NO DEPTH shots)
  5. Color?  what do you think
  6. Lighting? what do you think
  7. Mr. M. thinks this has been fairly heavily PHOTOSHOPPED. - nothing WRONG with that, he just wishes he could see it the way it came out of the camera.


Challenge
  1. Take a few minute to draw somethings, or write on why you think Google thinks this is a picture worth giving away to millions of users - You will be learning Google Drawing while doing this.


Mr. M. Forgot

(this should be a regular part of Lecture Notes  :)

Thursday class.. Mr. M. forgot to show you templates...
   Do singalong.
 this Thursday



Recording your marks, and upgrade

Give them MARKS for UPGRADE chair and CC-media




Thanks to the students who suggested a better structure for cc-media.

Mr. M. and other teachers will accept the structure form Week #1 (without names of courses)  OR this NEW improved Structure

Also, thanks to Kevin Element for clarifying, NOT only the postion but the name of the Drop boxes for Professors.
NOTE: This has been revised in Week #1 as well.




Featured Graduate..

Interest in art / tablets


http://youtu.be/ncDKhy2dg4k



YouTube Video







Terms you gotta know


  1. Tiger, Leopard

  2. Snow Leopard

  3. LION is latest (2011)  - thanks to students for correction - Sept 22, 2011











All things Google (for Marks - Assignment #1):

  1. Calendar - put ALL your classes on Google Calendar  - WHY?
    (Warning, TURN OFF auto reminder, SET YOUR TIME ZONE, Use REPEAT until Dec 16)


  2. Google Task List  - WHY?
  3. Google Drawing  (New)

  4. Much more -- explore on your own if you want - like FREE long distance phone calls

Review What I Learned Document



  1. Bring it up - make sure you are sharing folder with mrmccormack@gmail.com
  2. Make sure your NAME of Document is exactly same as shown last week
  3. Do you have some info on "Creative Commons" license - in your own words perhaps?
  4. KNOW VERY WELL - what does http:// mean  (add an YoYo to your document, then https:  explanation)
  5. Put in some of the Windows 7 links/video in your document
  6. Can you remember what Space Bar does on the Net, or in Powerpoint, or Google Slide Show?


Put in your What I learned Document
Order a YoYo
http://www.yoyo-canada.com

http://www.yoyo-canada.com/one-page-checkout.asp

http:// or https://  <- order a yoyo

What is https:
Don't ask Mr. M. - Ask Google

http://www.google.ca/search?q=what+is+https



Delicious



How many "bookmarks" does Mr. M. have

How many do I have to have to get a good mark in December?


This is part of assignment - and will be graded again in December
Mr. M. Demo
The Web is a big place, full of new and interesting things to discover. The problem is finding the good stuff and keeping track of it all. This is where Delicious can help.


http://www.delicious.com/


UPDATE 2011 Sign up for DIIGO not delicious



Alternate to delicious. - from student email on Friday night..
Hey Mr. M.
Question:
>What was the name of the bookmark ad-on that you were using?
Answer:
  Let me make a few assumptions...
Assumption #1
You know of this one... from my notes
 http://www.delicious.com
and the addon for Firefox - toolbar
http://www.delicious.com/help/quicktour/firefox

So... if it is NOT that one you are asking about (all that is in my notes),
I think you may be asking me about
Diigo  - which I choose to use instead of delicious

    http://www.diigo.com/

and there is a toolbar for FireFox as well.

Firefox Toolbars are kinda essential - too much work without them...

--------------
At home,
Install the DIIGO Toolbar in Firefox  <--- way too much trouble if you don't do this.
Ask Mr. M. if you need help.


TIP OF THE DAY... lets learn about Preview


Often you will need a screen shot for your assignments.


What is Preview
What can we do in Preview
Can we grab a screen, can we size, can we convert, can we have a slideshow, ?

Alternate. on grabbing screen shots... on your own.
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#capturescreen



Windows 7 TIPS



Thanks Ryan:
Windows 7 - Tips, keyboard... amazing..
thanks for showing (esp. after class)
Windows - cursor keys etc.
Mr. M found these:
Why not write in your "What I learned Document"

Maybe this is one of BEST: video too
http://lifehacker.com/5390086/the-master-list-of-new-windows-7-shortcuts


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiqkbts7grQ



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gST6tn-JMtE




Movie of the Week


On Saturday, Mr. M. was at:
http://www.srcprint.com/

Several of our students/grads work/worked there.
Great place to print large format and highquality

Alynne works there - showed Mr. M. this amazing NEW phone / website.


Portable - Mobile Internet

If Mr. M. was a first year student, he would most certainly concentrate on "mobile" technologies.




http://www.pomegranatephone.com/






File types and sizes - You Need To Know


Examine the load times in this image below:







Review

  • What do you recall from last week's LAB?

  • What was that all purpose PDF/JPG software application on a Mac called?

  • What did SPACE bar do in Finder

  • Why name your files starting with an "!"

  • In Windows - what was the HOT key to grab JUST the current window, not the WHOLE screen.





Tip of the Day






Duplicate a file in 1 second on Mac - can do same thing Copy/paste on PC
DEMO

Why would you do this?
Why does Mr. M. do this all the time.
ie. Huge Powerpoint file with narration from itworldcanada.com on the weekend, first thing Mr. M. did was make a duplicate for safe keeping



  1. Do you feel lucky today?
Demo:

- Go to Google.com
- type something in
- Press DO YOU FEEL LUCK today?
- what does that do?

Terms you gotta know

  1. Bytes, Kilo, Giga etc.

  2. File extenstions like .mp3, .mov etc., .doc, .ppt

  3. QuickTime and QuickTime PRO (Is that on NEW Image ? Mr. M. to check)



Creativity Corner


What about creativity?

Can you show off your creativity in today's Morphing exercise?













Learning Objective

Can we learn in only one week - about important file types, sizes and formats - and why it matters

This knowledge is a basic thing, and it is something you should know.

Size DOES MATTER - a DVD is limited, BlueRay has limits, and especially the Internet

Highlights

  1. Understanding Files and Files Sizes  (first 90 minutes)
  2. Morphing
  3. Mark MM 126 - Quick Mark - 1- Your File structure on cc-media  (lower case - exactly same as shown in notes)
  4. Work on you MM 118 slideshow, or other assignments if you wish.

What shall I put in my Google Doc


Do Sing-a-long
Table of Contents feature
(Works in Micro$oft Word as well)


MM 126 - What did I learn? - Joe Smith

We will add a
Table Of Contents
and
a table with file types and sizes (for Quick Mark Next week)




TIP OF THE DAY




Trivia

Some say a KB  (kilobyte) is 1,000 bytes,
other say
1,024 bytes.


Open your
MM 126 - What did I learn? - Joe Smith
Google Doc.

Add a few heading like
Windows Tips
Mac Tips
File Types and Sizes (required today)

Make them a proper Heading type formatting.

Go to top of document and
INSERT
a
Table Of Contents

Try making a change, - does Table of Contents update?



Lab Topic #1 - Understanding File Types and File Sizes


First Create a table like this  (under the heading) - SING A LONG


 Ext.  File & Extension
 Remarks  File size in bytes
 Common File size units
 .txt  hello.txt  Created in Smultron
 __ s
 bytes (same)
 .doc hello.doc
hello.docx
 Created in Micro$oft Word
 ___
   
 .pdf hello.pdf  Search Google for a PDF file that YOU are interested in.  Download it, and write here the numberof pages, and the file size.  TIP: search google for :
filetype:pdf  History of Art
   
 .mov hello.mov  Created with Kross xMorpgh, a movie, 24 fps, 120 seconds long  - and in iMovie maybe.

Other exported from QuickTime Pro
   
           
 .htm

 hello.htm MM 125 - From Orion's class - your first web page with a picture (include the bytes for the image(s) and the HTML    
   
 .hmtl  Slideshow.html What is the TOTAL weight of your slide show in Bytes, the .swf, xml, the .js, all of your images - Can the Web Developers tool bar help us out here?
   
 mov  mymorph.mov  Your Morph - maybe we can edit in iMovie to make a better movie, with titles and add a sound track.
   
 .flv  mymorph.flv  Next week - we will UPLOAD your Morph movie to YouTube (private or public), and let YouTube convert it for us, then we will compare the size of the .mov to the .flv
   


Be sure you are using correct abbreviations for your columns.

i.e.
Kilobyte
KB
Refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte


When this table is compete, add Rows for the following and show Max. capacity
(put these in ORDER of size, smallest first)

  • An old 3.5in floppy disk
  • CD ROM
  • DVD
  • Blue Ray
  • $150 external drive at Future Shop
  • A USB Stick you can buy for $18 at Staples
  • Your Computer at home's Hard Disk capacity
  • A SD card you might buy at Staples
Add the very last row...

terabyte - how many bytes

and what is bigger than a terrabye


Sing-a-long

  1. hello.txt
  2. hello.doc  or hello .docx
  3. mysong.mp3 - from iCompositions.com
QuickTime Pro
convert the .mp3 to aiff, .wav etc - and fill in chart.

Required for you to do

Photoshop, a small image with hello in text on it, save as
.psd
.jpg  (high compression) - save for web under File menu
.jpg  (low compression,highest quality)
.gif
.png


Making a MOVIE - sing a long

Why?
We want to learn about file sizes and file types - so let's make an interesting Movie!
using:

How many people like paying a fortune for software?

How many like FREE!

Norrkross MorphX

Step #1
Download from
http://www.norrkross.com/software/morphx/morphx.php


Step #2
Grap the two sample faces images

touch up in Preview
(you can use photoshop for your own)

save

Step #3 - Runn MorphX
DEMO

Save in folder  (backup before you leave, but extra copy on cc-media/studentname/mm126/morph

Export it as a .mov file

You NEED to SAVE 4 files in cc-media, the Morphx file (not the application, the working file, TWO images, and the .mov movie file)


For next week, have one of your own morphs.

Be creative! Morph to an object? A dog?

Mr. M. video
http://vimeo.com/4967947


Fill in your google doc table with File types and File sizes.


DUE next week in the Lab!





HOMEWORK CHECK LIST

  1. Do your own Morph - save all files on cc-media  (2 images, the Morphx file, and the .mov= A TOTAL of 4 files)
  2. Get that table of files sizes COMPLETED in your google doc. - what I learned - there are many items to add to the table as listed above
  3. Keep up your What I learned documents - why not put that morphing tool in it?




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Rob McCormack,
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