reflection week 11

something behind the picture???

For this week we need to edit pictures as individual task. My first impression is “ARGH, it is

difficult” but after editing the pictures I found that it was very interesting and fun. We can

choose any picture to be edited as long as there is a meaning behind the picture. We all know

that, there are thousands meaning behind a picture as long as we know what we doing.

I have chosen my own picture to be edited. There are a few soft ware’s that we can use to edit

the pictures such as Adobe CS3, Photos cape and many more. I have chosen CS3 to edit my

picture. You can see the result below. Quite nice right??hahaha

After edited the picture, I realize that it can be used in order to make the teaching aids more

interesting. We change the colour, the location, and many more. We need to explore it to master

it. We need to be creative to be good in editing picture.

BEFORE

AFTER

NICE PICTURES ??

reflection week 10

photo editing



Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editing program developed and published byAdobe Systems. It is the current and primary market leader for commercial bitmap and imagemanipulation, and is the flagship product of Adobe Systems. It has been described as "an industry standard for graphics professionals" and was one of the early "killer applications" on Macintosh.



Photoshop CS3, the current tenth iteration of the program, was released on 16 April 2007. "CS" reflects its integration with other Creative Suiteproducts, and the number "3" represents it as the third version released since Adobe re-branded its products under the CS umbrella. Photoshop CS3 features additions such as the ability to apply non-destructive filters, as well as new selection tools named Quick Selection and Refine Edge that make selection more streamlined. On April 30th, Adobe released Photoshop CS3 Extended, which includes all the same features of Adobe Photoshop CS3 with the addition of capabilities for scientific imaging, 3D, and high end film and video users. The successor to Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS4, will be the first 64-bit Photoshop on consumer microcomputers.

Features

Photoshop has strong ties with other Adobe software for media editing, animation, and authoring. Files in Photoshop's native format, .PSD, can be exported to and from Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Adobe Encore DVD to make professional standard DVDs and provide non-linear editing and special effects services, such as backgrounds, textures, and so on, for television, film, and the Web. For example, Photoshop CS broadly supports making menus and buttons for DVDs. For .PSD files exported as a menu or button, it only needs to have layers, nested in layer sets with a cuing format, and Adobe Encore DVD reads them as buttons or menus.

Photoshop can utilize the color models RGB, lab, CMYK, grayscale, binary bitmap, and duotone. Photoshop has the ability to read and write raster and vector image formats such as: .EPS, .PNG, .GIF, .JPEG, Fireworks, etc. It also has several native file formats:

The .PSD (Photoshop Document) format stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These include layers with masks, color spaces, ICC profiles, transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors, Clipping paths, and duotone settings. This is in contrast to many other file formats (e.g. .EPS or .GIF) that restrict content to provide streamlined, predictable functionality. Photoshop's popularity means that the .PSD format is widely used, and it is supported to some extent by most competing software.

The .PSB (Large Document Format) format is a newer version of .PSD designed for files over 2gigabytes. The .PDD (PhotoDeluxe Document) format is a version of .PSD that only supports the features found in the discontinued PhotoDeluxe software.
(taken from: wikipedia.com)

In my opinion, the software (adobe Photoshop) was remarkable. By using this software, I can add effect on the picture such as put a frame on, enhance beauty-from blur picture to clear picture and many more. I have lot of fun using this sotware eventhough at first, i found it quite hard to work on the editing process using this software...thank to my friends for teaching me using this software..thank guys ;)

Here’s the link for resources for Adobe Photoshop users including tips, tutorials, free downloads, actions, plug-ins, training and support.

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/Adobe_Photoshop_Resources.htm

Those who wants to know or learn more about Adobe Photoshop, you can log in to this website..happy learning guys!!!

Before the class ended, the lecturer gives us a task which was to edit any photo and upload it to the photo bucket and I managed to do it on time.

Here are some of my edited pictures.

reflection week 9

What is Video Editing?


VIDEO EDITING


This week is particularly about video editing.. It was an interesting topic to learnt.well, what is video editing actually? Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Editing is usually considered to be one part of the post production process — other post-production tasks include titling, colour correction, sound mixing, etc.
Many people use the term editing to describe all their post-production work, especially in non-professional situations. Whether or not you choose to be picky about terminology is up to you. Usually, the word editing to mean any of the following:
• Rearranging, adding and/or removing sections of video clips and/or audio clips.
• Applying colour correction, filters and other enhancements.
• Creating transitions between clips.


The Goals of Editing
There are many reasons to edit a video and your editing approach will depend on the desired outcome. Before you begin you must clearly define your editing goals, which could include any of the following:
Remove unwanted footage
This is the simplest and most common task in editing. Many videos can be dramatically improved by simply getting rid of the flawed or unwanted bits.
Choose the best footage
It is common to shoot far more footage than you actually need and choose only the best material for the final edit. Often you will shoot several versions (takes) of a shot and choose the best one when editing.
Create a flow
Most videos serve a purpose such as telling a story or providing information. Editing is a crucial step in making sure the video flows in a way which achieves this goal.
Add effects, graphics, music, etc
This is often the "wow" part of editing. You can improve most videos (and have a lot of fun) by adding extra elements.
Alter the style, pace or mood of the video
A good editor will be able to create subtle mood prompts in a video. Techniques such as mood music and visual effects can influence how the audien will react.
Give the video a particular "angle"
Video can be tailored to support a particular viewpoint, impart a message or serve an agenda.

For this week, work in group, we were required to download episodes of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, a famous television programmed from 8TV. The task required us to download the original episode, combining the episode into one and extracting the important part of the video…woooo….sound soooo complicated….hopefully, I and my group do not get any difficulty in doing this task…
Here’s the link for free video editing software. You can choose what ever video editing software you want to use.
http://www.fileflash.com/allfiles/free_video_editing_software/
When I am doing this task, I had tried some editing video software and I found out that Cyberlink Power Director was the best ever software for video editing. It really user friendly and we can make lot of effect using this software..