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For this lab 5 and 6 lab, our instructor teach us how to use Macromedia Flash, It was interesting software, Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics and supports bi-directional streaming of audio and video.

In designing POSTER 2 we also use same method as POSTER 1, using adobe Photoshop CS2 for designing the graphic design an AAA Logo Portable for text and logo designing

We have select black for our background default

We design the circle

Rounded rectangle tool > Ellipse



Design the shape using rectangle tool, line tool and set the color to grey





Crop the wmp skin to the background layout

Right click the picture (wmp) > blend option > click outer glow > and adjust the opacity



Save the picture and open by AAA Logo Portable to edit the text and add logo, after finish editing save to picture format

For creating this POSTER 1 we are using Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the graphic designing and we also use addition tools such ass AAA Logo Portable for the text and logo designing. The advantage to using the AAA Logo Portable software is it can generated you text and logo that already define in the software very colorful and beautiful

Before we start to make the Poster 1 we have to review the WMP layout and the background layout from the internet for getting some new info that related to the WMP.

For this poster we choose the background black at the beginning

Color Picker > Black > File > New > Background Content > Black

Then we crop the flower design that we downloaded from the internet and paste it to the black background



After that we create square line using Rectangle tools > Fill pixel



We crop the window button that we download from the internet and paste to the design background.



Then we overlap the wmp skin that we design to the button



Save the file as jpg, and we open the picture using AAA Logo Portable to add the unique text and save the picture again after finish editing the text.

Adobe photo shop open the save picture file and change the poster more colorful using blending option.

Right Click from the picture > blend option > select outer and inner glow > spectrum color > and adjust the opacity.

QUESTIONS ASSIGNMENT 2
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THEME 3 : WMP Skin
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1) Create two different set of WMP skin background image & poster to advertise your WMP skin


ANSWER
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POSTER WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER SKIN ONE
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POSTER WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER SKIN TWO
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Movie Maker - Sound & animation
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Sound and animation editing using windows movie maker was the extra knowledge today, the instructor ask to find animation & sound from the internet and compile together with your own creativity.

The title for the video clip is "My engagement day", the video clip created by using Ulead VideoStudio 9.0 and Windows Movie Maker, the video clip already submitted today and pending to be upload to this blog, i need high broadband speed to upload the 33.4MB video clip file :)

MOVIE MAKER
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Today, the instructor was given introduction about how to use and manipulate the windows movie maker. It is quite interesting to do movie clip with movie maker. So many add-on video effect and text effect to make the movie clip more wonderful. The lab assignment was given during the end off the class, "make your own video clip". I think i want to explore more than movie maker to create my own video clip......

KK01003 SISTEM MULTIMEDIA

Assignment #1

Multimedia Review - Myspace vs Facebook

Newspaper article

The Battle You’ve All Been Watting For! Myspace VS Facebook

By Matt Veres

For internet savvy college students, the internet offers a diverse selection of websites in which they can avoid one’s homework and other responsibilities. Two of the most popular procrastination destinations are MySpace and Facebook. While both sites enjoy millions of users, a debate still rages over which site is the best. I came across Facebook while I was a freshman at Southampton College. To join the site, one only needs an active college email address. One advantage of Facebook is that you can easily locate people on campus that share your interests. You can also find people that share your classes so you can arrange a late night Adderall-fueled cram session. You can add friends from other colleges and just recently, from high school. Each page has a straight forward presentation. Users can list their favorite movies, books, and TV shows. A Facebook page also has a section for quotations were users can quote masters like Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, or Homer Simpson. A big attraction to Facebook is the ability to post large amounts of pictures and place them in various albums. The shortcomings of Facebook stem from the blandness of an individual’s page. Every user’s page has the same layout and color scheme. Outside of pictures and added in text there is little room for personalization. No videos, no flash animations, no nothing. Another disadvantage is that if you form a group you can only invite friends from the school you attend. Also, Facebook is geared towards college students, high-schoolers, and college alumni, so you cannot befriend anyone outside a given age range. Facebook can also be used as ‘Exhibit A’ in your student court hearing. In some colleges, faculty and administrators can view student’s pages and check for inappropriate behavior or underage drinking. Who knew that the picture of you wearing a lamp shade and humping an inflatable sheep would come back to bite you in the ass? A second option for your internet perusal is MySpace. This site offers a chance for people to meet without the limitations of Facebook. People do not need a college email, and can be of any age. You can add anyone you like whether it is a new friend or a celebrity impersonator. Unlike Facebook, MySpace is available to personalize. You can change your fonts, colors, banners, add videos, and animations. The site also allows for users to have their own blog, where they can write anything from daily observations to dark poetry befitting of an emo song. Users can also post bulletins that can be viewed by everyone on their friends list. Like Facebook, MySpace also has its shortcomings. Some people take editing their profiles to gaudy extremes. They’ll place every shinny, flashy and otherwise obnoxious decoration on their page in an attempt to assert their individuality. The page could be so busy that your eyes may start bleeding (and make your computer crash!). There are also those who do not know that a lime green background does not mesh well with a yellow font. Picture posting is also very limited as you are only allowed twelve photos. The biggest pitfall of MySpace is that it is open to everyone. There is no age limit. This poses a problem because young girls on the site are notorious for acting a lot older than they are. Anyone who has visited the site knows what I mean. They are the girls that have pictures of themselves posing in skimpy outfits or in some cases just pictures of their cleavage. Nothing can get you in hot water faster than hitting on a fifteen year old because you saw her suggestively licking a lollipop online. After weighing the pros and cons of both sites, it is my opinion that MySpace is the better site. The ability to befriend people outside of college and add personal flair to your page puts MySpace just a notch above Facebook. But I suggest that you check them out for yourself to see which one is right for you.

Article Review

The tiltle of this article is ‘The Patriot, V. 02, N. 06’ and the author is Matt Veres from Stony Brook University Patriot. This article was issued on Apr-2006 which is published by Enduring Freedom Alliance. The Citation of this article is, The Patriot: Stony Brook, NY. From the article review, the author was comparing the most popular procrastination destinations, which is Myspace and Facebook. In this article the author also do some multimedia review on both website. The first multimedia review by the author is Facebook. In this article he mention that Facebook’s interface is very easy to navigate an with a convenient panel on the left side of the screen. The Personal information can only be viewed by other students at your school or your friends at other schools. Beside that, The Facebook allows an unlimited number of photos that can be “tagged”. This means you can have pictures of your friends show up on their profiles. The Layout is plainer than MySpace, but it keeps the pages under control and prevents them from being unreadable because of people who have no sense of color coordination and think it’s cool to put lime green text on a bright yellow background. The second multimedia review by the author on his article is MySpace. He mention that MySpace is a lot more customizable because you can actually use html to change your background, add pictures, and even put in videos. MySpace also provides a built-in blog, where you an express yourself or just put up random stuff. Another than that you can add full songs to your profile from your favorite artists and bands. Though this can get annoying when you’re browsing profiles at 2:00am and you forget you have your volume all way up. Using third party services like youtube.com, you also can insert videos into your profile, something you can’t do with facebook. Insert pictures of whatever you like directly into your profile using html. Why simply list Austin Powers as one of your favorite movies, when you can put a picture of him there. Besides that you can make your friends compete with each other and watch them squirm for an exclusive spot on your “Top 8”. You can even enter code into your profile that allows you to have more than eight people listed there and also change their names and pictures. The conclusion for this article is, I was agreed with the author opinion that Myspace is the better site. It is because referring to the article, myspace site is more flexibility and this site is no restriction for multimedia file and support most of the media type such as text, art, sound, animation, and video. Compare to facebook, the site is more statically and not to much media content that we can do to this site, therefore the site so many limitation for media content and seriously the site is really boring.

1st Assignment ( essay -individual )

1. Multimedia Review - You Tube VS Google Video Or Myspace VS Facebook
2. How Advance Multimedia techniques are affecting the way we

• communicate or
• socialize
• buying things
• learning or
• any other related topics

Include the following info in your review - name and date of publication, name of articles, review of articles ( in your own words), conclusion (e.g do you agree with the author's point of view? why? and why not?)

Due date August 7, 2008, Tahoma 12 pts, 1 1/2 spacing

Exercise
Creating a Watermark
Large areas on your page which are monotone (a single colour) can look very drab. The best way to rectify this problem is by using a watermark. A watermark is a lightened area, as if someone had poured water onto it.

To start with, get your monotone slab. (Not really an award-winning piece of art yet) :)


(This step is optional, but adds to the watermark's effect) Choose a slightly darker shade of the colour, and put a gradient across the area.


To create the watermark shape, put some swirlies in. Choose font "Wingdings", and type "jk" in white. Increase the font size, and position the watermark symbols so that there are no "ends" on your image.
This watermark might look alright now, but if you were to put text on it, it would be unreadable.


Select your watermark layer, and decrease the opacity to 25%. This completes your watermark.


Links:
http://www.basicphotoshop.com/basictutorials.htm

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS2, that is the intro that given by our instructor for the first lab, we have given choice to explore all the icon function in the main frame. It's really quite simple & hard to play with the icon and the function and draw some simple picture. Tutorial was given on the lab...