Interactive Media with Max - Student Work 2017

Making An Original Panorama Photograph for Use in a QTVR Movie 1) Download Autostitch 2.2 from CNET (currently for PCs only). http://download.cnet.com/Autostitch/3000-2192_4-196145.html or at http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html 2) Open Autostitch. 3) Create a New Folder on your Desktop and name it something specific- here’s a chance to be creative (do not name it “pano1”). 4) Open the file that contains the digital photos that you’d like to use in your panorama. 5) Copy only the photos to the new folder that don’t overlap more than about one third of the image. Try to have an object or shape that the program can match to the next photo (like a particular tree or part of a building). 6) Using AutoStitch window go to File>Open. 7) Browse through your computer’s files to the new file you created (remember?) with the specific name. 8) Wait for status bar to disappear. Be patient, there’s no work to do now! 9) Your panorama has been create...

For my DCC project, I decided to begin to learn the Dreamweaver website building software, and create the foundation for a website that will feature my work as a filmmaker and video editor. I presented my beginning frame work at mid-term, and have expanded, edited and refined the content on the site for my final project. The first thing that struck me about working with Dreamweaver, and the concepts behind building a website, is how similar the process is to creating a film or video using a digital non-linear editing program. I was able to use many of my existing skills, from working as a video editor, in the creation of my website. Initially, the process is highly organizational. You must take your concept and mentally visualize it, and then begin to lay down the ‘road map’ of how you will execute your vision. It is the same process in the film editing room. The concept of the film is in front of you in the form of a script and raw footage, and you have to come up with an ...

At the last three weeks of this semester, Mr. Panago introduced us a new video editing software Adobe After Effects. Adobe Premiere, which is also mainly for video editing that I explored in midterm project, is generally employed to arrange the order of videos, cut and put transitions, it is also capable of doing basic DVD authoring. While After Effects can edit video footage in much the same way as Premiere, it is designed specifically to work with video layering, compositing, effects and animation. Basically as what it states in its name, it is used for "Effects".Of course Premiere can also do these things but After Effects has a slightly different workflow that makes them easier. After Effects also tends to have better quality effects, etc (Source: http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/compare/aftereffects-vs-premiere.html ). Strong interest in editing videos drove me to discover Adobe After Effects as final project. To explore its two-dimension animated picture making functio...

This is what I did for the final project. It's a Animated GIF file. But, I don't know why it does't play after I posted it in this blog....I'll send you the file via email, Pat:) The idea is "Protect our earth"! (because the serious enviroment issues now) First, I imported this picture of earth into After Effect, I use CC sphere to make an 3D earth. Then I make it keep spinning..Then I use star burst effect to make the backgroud effect. After that, I saved it as a filmstrip file and then edited it in the Photoshop. I changed the color, contrast, hue and the light to make it seem poisoned which results from evironment damage. In the whole process, I encounter so many difficulties, it was not easy as I thought. I failed to render the file for so many reasons, such as the image size, ect. In the end, I re-do the whole thing by using 1/3 of the original size image. Finally, I make it.! I was planning to add sound for it, but the dreamweaver in my laptop doesn...

This is a recent story about a young Georgia teacher, Ashley Payne, who was fired over what was on her Facebook account, even though it was her personal account with the permissions set to the highest priority level to prevent public viewing. She is now in the process of suing the school district for reinstatement to her position at Apalachee High School in Winder, GA. The offense seems to center around a photo of the teacher on vacation with an alcoholic drink in her hand and a comment that she was about to go out and play a game called "Crazy B___ Bingo". The photo and comment were copied and forwarded to the Barrow County superintendent by a parent. Clearly this incident reflects the value system of the administration, because the cited "offensive" content would be perceived quite differently in another locale.

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Hey this post is for Ed, who has been trailblazing with posts and work inside processing. Please think about extending Processing with Pure Data if it suits the project. check this out http://gombology.net/ I'll try to get this working today... pp

Hey everyone please check this new Digital Arts Related blog. http://vagueterrain.net/

This is a fun short video that I made with ToonLoop. It only took a few minutes to do, but attention to detail is the key with this stop motion animation!

These images are from a project called Flickeur, found on runme.org, which randomly displays montages. The original images are accessed from Flickr and appear on the desktop.

Here is Hyperupic a computer Program written by Christopher Penrose for Mac OSX that makes sound from pictures. www.screwmusicforever.com/dreamweapon/Hyperupic.zip UPIC is a computer system, devised by the late Iannis Xenakis and his researchers at the CEMAMu in the late 1970s, which allows the composer literally to draw the elements of the score using an electromagnetic pen. This one uses jpegs loaded in and arcane values to tweak wierd music!

http://opensoundcontrol.org/ Is taking over. Isadora uses it, pure data uses it. My mom said she was going to use it to cook Thanksgiving Dinner remotely from her iphone. The apps listed here might be a little advanced for the focus of this class but Grads please feel free to explore the Apps included there!

Hello Everyone Well I was disaapointed to find that ToonLoop only worked well on Macintosh computers. Our Mac users are welcome to explore the usage of toonloop for your mini project(s). Think of the mini project as an add-on for your webpages or as a bonus avenue for your final presentations. Those of you who have PC computers, please go here http://www.runme.org/ and pick an application to study for a week. I will go over the site in class tomorrow and we'll explore the beginnings of CODE:ART. Runme.org has been around for quite a while and has a HUGE variety of materials to explore. Pat

A radio DJ I know believes that current Rock music is based on two albums: the “Revolver” album by the Beatles and the “Music for Airports” album of Brian Eno. Born in 1948, Eno is a pioneer of experimental and ambient music, and is widely cited as coining the latter term. In 1996 he and others founded the Long Now Foundation to focus the public on the future of society in the long term. A writer, visual artist, and musician, Eno continues to produce creative work and influence digital culture.

here is a multi-screen library for Processing http://code.google.com/p/mostpixelsever/wiki/HowThisWorks

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/2TK0jfkfI9w Thank you for everyone's comment :)

I believe the entire video is on Hulu (42 min.). If you ever rent the DVD, do yourself a favor and DO NOT miss the videos sent in by viewers when this was first released.

Remember, i am in Orlando on Thursday, so you have a free day to begin your midterms. I will see you all on Tuesday! Enjoy the weekend! Patrick

Pat, I believe you asked us to post our ideas for our midterm projects. You have given me several appealing choices and I may need some help deciding, but these are the nervous contestants: 1) A project learning and using Keynote 2) A project involving Sketchup as it relates to the storytelling project for Arturo's class 3) A project using stitched together panoramas and/or Quicktime VR panoramas P.S. Don't feel bad about not grading the panoramas- we will forgive you someday :o)

1.) A Homepage/Webpage to include basics a.) Pictures, with text and links b.) embedded video c.) VRML [not required] d.) Menus e.) Navigation System f.) Sound of some sort The webpage can be from a template, or you can use Dreamweaver or Bluefish or code it by hand! I will do a Dreamweaver tutorial if there is interest. 2.) Software Survey DO a survey of a piece of software that you might use as a tool for another class in MADAS or towards your degree. It can be modelling (WINGS3d,Blender,3DSMAX) Graphic (GIMP,PHOTOSHOP) VRML (Freewrl), 3D (Sketchup,Open Scene Graph) Video (Premiere,After Effects, Resolume) or anything else you would like to explore in a project. 3.) A video/music piece. Please discuss what you woud like to do with me so we can create a criteria of what you want to present together 4.) Powerpoint with Media on a chapter in the Book 5.) Avatar modelling or Second Life (script, model or gesture or fashion design) Remember creations in second life can be sold for real m...

Originally, I was going to develop a website containing my portfolio, resume, sample work and so on for the mid-term project. I plan to create a greeting video on the homepage, I want to use freesound and audacity to make my own background music. I will use i-movie to put my photograph works together as a video, then add some text as explanation. Etc. But now I feel it is difficult to use dreamweaver to develop a website because I only have a little basic knowledge about it. So, if I can't figure out how to use it soon. I will use creating a second life object as a backup plan. I might create a kindergarten which contains many fun stuff in it for children.

I watched most of the fluxus films on ubu.com. I was quite confused about the meaning of those videos. It seems there is no story, no structure to them. Then I Google searched for an introduction about fluxus. It says fluxus is about blending different artistic media and disciplines together. It is intermedia, an attitude rather than a story. Fluxus artists are fond of combining various elements at hand , intersecting them together, in order to creat a new piece of art work. One example, called wrist trick by Paul Sharits, contained images of a wrist trick which were overlapped together to form a wrist trick film. Fluxus films are also very simple and small. For example, Peter Kennedy & Mike Parr - Flux Film 37 (1970) showed a process of bluring by using tape stuck to the camera lens. I like how they used a simple method to creat an effect which couldn't be duplicated by the technology of the time. Fluxus is also humorous, for example, "end after 9" and "9 mintut...

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I watched most of the fluxus films on ubu.com. I was quite confused about the meaning of those videos. It seems there is no story, no structure to them. Then I Google searched for an introduction about fluxus. It says fluxus is about blending different artistic media and disciplines together. It is intermedia, an attitude rather than a story. Fluxus artists are fond of combining various elements at hand , intersecting them together, in order to creat a new piece of art work. One example, called wrist trick by Paul Sharits, contained images of a wrist trick which were overlapped together to form a wrist trick film. Fluxus films are also very simple and small. For example, Peter Kennedy & Mike Parr - Flux Film 37 (1970) showed a process of bluring by using tape stuck to the camera lens. I like how they used a simple method to creat an effect which couldn't be duplicated by the technology of the time. Fluxus is also humorous, for example, "end after 9" and ...

I'd like to create a video that weaves together dance, myth, song and indigineous knowledge. In addition to using pre-existing public domain/ creative commons files, I will be creating original content through collaborations with other artists - at this point a singer and a dancer. I will be exploring how to use the digital media suite, the greenscreen, protools, premiere, audacity, resolume, and pure data in order to make this video.

Please post your Midterm idea on the blog before Tuesday. I will bring a handout for those of you who might be struggling with an idea for midterm. It will also help by giving you some examples of what projects have been done before. I invite you all to check THIS blog for project ideas as i have left some of the posts form the previous semester on this blog. ALSO: Some people have asked and i want to be clear YES, you can do a midterm and then ENHANCE, UPDATE and EXPAND the same project into your final. I always allow this but i like for you all, as i said before to really take some time to explore the variety of topics before deciding what you want to do. REMINDER: I want you all to email me pat@digitalworlds.ufl.edu with a time where we can meet about your project. Pat

Hi everyone. PLease fill out the student survey that chris has sent you all. PLease do this before midnight tonight! I want to use the survey to soften the rough edges and focus on the things that people are concerned about. We have hopped around a bit because i have wanted to expolore ideas as they have come up instead of being strict with lessons. This does not mean there is disorganization, trust me. I have been trying to expose you all to as many elements of digital culture so you have some fun ideas for a midterm project. I also want you to know that you do not have to feel obligated to do an Second Life project if you are enrolled in IST or IRS. These courses are designed to have some important overlap, not redundancy, so please use time in SL to improve your Avatar or create a media space if you have not already. Important things we have covered so far including Second Life has been Beatniks & the 60s -- Media, Fluxus and arts Burroghs and Gysin -- Hypertext 3D basics -- vi...

After watching all of the fluxus movies on ubu.com, I though End After 9 is still my favorite. I like the humor it brought from the expectation we paid to what will happen after 9, it will just really end? or something else? But it appeared that nothing happed, the movie just ended after 9, like what the title said. It’s sort of strange, but memorable. I found the key factors of the Fluxus artistic philosophy that define the majority of Fluxus work: 1. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style. 2.Fluxus is intermedia.[5] Fluxus creators like to see what happens when different media intersect. They use found and everyday objects, sounds, images, and texts to create new combinations of objects, sounds, images, and texts. 3.Fluxus works are simple. The art is small, the texts are short, and the performances are brief. 4.Fluxus is fun. Humour has always been an important element in Fluxus. (source:wikipedia.com) End After 9 is typical Fluxus work accordi...

I viewed three films which were categorized in theme” Dance with camera”. Before I viewed these films; I started to imagine what they would be presented. I guessed designers would dancing and carrying with camera at the same time. After I viewed these films, I knew I was wrong. The author, Harris, shot a dancer from different camera angles among twenty-five filing sessions over the course of a year, and then he put the sequences together as a montage. This film is quite different to usual films which also shot dancers. Most of films would focus on the movements of a dancer; however, Harris used a lot of zoom in frames to create a new insight. He may want to express different thoughts behind the dancer’s body through camera. The background music was congruent with that images, it did convey emotions within movements. Another one was a silent film which featured a dancing girl. This film was titled “water motor”, but I did not understand why it got this name. The introduction stated...

I'm interested in Yoko Ono so I chose to watch her Film No.1 (One) in which a match lit up and went out eventually. The whole movie focused on only one subject (a match) which enable viewers totally immerse themselves in this silence scene. I wonder whether it was shown in slow motion? Then I watched several other fluxus films on the website and found that subjects in fluxus films are varied. It seems that everything at the center of the screen has its own story worth a deep investigation from the artistic perspective. It might also imply that anything can be art even if there is no shining decoration (e.g., sounds, production and shooting techniqures). As for my mid-term project, I initially wanted to do an E-magazine but I didn't know any good free software. Now I will probably construct a webpage dedicated to 2010 Shanghai World Expo. I originally planned to participate in this event as a volunteer, but now I'm not sure whether I can back to Shanghai next year T_T. So I ...

After viewing a few of the fluxus films, i found myself struggling to be captured or connected to these works of art. obviously minimalistic in intention but big in personal meaning for the individual creator, these experimental films were certainly unique and had their impact on the time. The film that I watched that was most interesting to me was George Maciunas' - Artype, featuring no more than patterns of monochromatic dots and lines. It begins with a while dot, varying rapidly in luminance against a black background. Suddenly, the colors are reversed, with the dot appearing in various shades of black against a white background. All the while, the camera is jerking around, giving the dot the appearance that it is shaking within a constrained area of the image. Then, numerous dots appear on the screen and appear to have upward motion, going at speeds fast enough they create a blur of almost horizontal lines. They then morph in size to create a visual field that is hypnotizing. C...

I will be working on a website for my mid-term project. I am using this opportunity to learn how to create a web page, as having a strong web presence is a very important aspect in my field of study: filmmaking. I am currently working on my Master's thesis in the documentary film program in the college of journalism, and I would like to take what I learn from my mid-term project and create a web page for that thesis film. The web page that I will be creating for this class will be a profile for me as a filmmaker. It is very important that any film website (and, in my opinion, any website period) is very easily navigable, the included media on the site is easily accessible, and the the person visiting the site gets an overwhelming sense of what the film is or what type of filmmaker is being profiled. So this will be my goal. I would like to create a site that is simple yet stylized in its design. The films and all associated media and text that will be included on each page mu...

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In looking at some of the Fluxus films archived on ubu.com , I was surprised to find that they were all silent films. After learning about the all encompassing aspirations of the works of John Cage, and after reading the Fluxus Manifesto by George Maciunas, I was expecting the Fluxus films to try to achieve an overwhelming sense of total immersion on the viewer. My experience was quite the opposite. Most of the films are very simple, in technical execution and in imagery, almost to the point of feeling incomplete. What most struck me was the lack of sound in all of the films. "Surely if they wanted to achive immersion in the idea and experience of the work, they would have included sound, right?" Even in the early 1960's, capabilities for sound recording and even sync-sound recording were a possibility for independent filmmakers. The Cinéma Vérité filmmakers as well as the Direct Cinema filmmakers were employing the use of the Nagra sound recorders at the same t...

Text in media has always been a problem. Chaplin introduced sound in films, then they had to have subtitles in other languages to be shown in non-English speaking venues. Beat Poets: Burroughs, Kerouak, Ginsberg William S. Burroughs predates the idea of hypertext Who was the true hero of “Star Wars”? In the classical sense of the idea of a hero (see Joseph Campbell), it would have been Darth Vader because he went through the greatest transformation. When developing “Star Wars”, Lucas studied poet William Carlos Williams. The name Obi Wan Kenobi is taken from the idea “obey one master.” Musician Ravi Shankar said that the difference between the Beats and the Hippies was that Beats already had ideas before drug use started in both groups. Beats included American poet Alan Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouak, Brian Gysin. Non-Linear Narrative- the “cut up method” Gysin is famous for introducing the idea of the “Dream Machine” These ideas were based in the literary, ...