During the holiday we were assigned another task to do. This task was some kind of video editing too, but we were to come out with a video on a particular theme. Since this task was due in the holiday, we gave priority to the So You Think You Can Dance first before the holiday. However I found it quite difficult to work during the holiday and keep in touch with my partner as my home in hometown has no internet. Everyday I had to carry my laptop to the cafe and order a drink in order to use the wireless internet connection there. After a lot of hard work, we managed to create our own video to be uploaded onto Youtube.
From this task, I learned how to create video based on a single theme. The theme that we had chosen is "student life". I managed to follow closely the theme, from the comments given by our friends, the content of the video was closely related to our lives as a student in university. And I personally feel that it reflected the life of a university students to certain extent. Life as a university student is sometimes tiring yet fun.
Even though video editing is not really a new thing to me, but this was the first time that I used Cyberlink Power Director. I was very happy to explore the software, as the further I go along with the software, the more I found it handy to me. Compared to Windows Movie Maker that I used to use and know better, Cyberlink PowerDirector enabled me to create more interesting videos in terms of varieties of animations and titles. Windows Movie Maker is kind of a basic one, as it contains only the necessary features in video editing. On the other hand, in Power Director, things are made much easier, for instance, if I need to use a certain part of a video clip, i only need to look at the time, key in the time line, and the intended part would be extracted. Well, this is only one of the examples. There are a lot more that I have learned about this software.
After the video task, what followed was the e-book task. Today we were shown a few examples of e-book in the class by Puan Foziah. Initially I got all freaked out when I heard that we were to create an e-book. All that was on my mind was the kind of sophisticated e-books with great animations and stuffs like that. I was very afraid that I might not be able to make it.
However, after looking at the examples given, I got all relieved as there was nothing new other than creating PowerPoint slide show! The only thing new here is that instead of the theoretical slide show, now we are to do slide show on story. Looking at the example, I roughly know what is required in the e-book. I hope I will have fun doing the e-book!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
How was the Video Editing? Now do you think you can dance?
To be frank, this task was a night mare for me. In fact the time given was quite short, as there were only 4 days allocated for this task. It was a bit short because group work is definitely time consuming. Video editing is something that has to be done step by step and I think that dividing job among group members is not really a possible act. To be precise, for this task, firstly we needed to download the episodes from 8tv website. Then, we need to gather all the materials to be edited.
This is where the problem occurs. Video editing cannot be divided to be done by a few people as the video needs to have a good flow even after the editing which might not be maintained if the video is edited by a few persons at different times. Hence, sitting down as a group appears t be the best way to accomplish this task. However, it is not easy for the whole group to sit down together to do the editing job due to the difference of schedule. It was quite tough for us to find time to gather all the group members to attempt the task together.
Things went worst when it went to the uploading part. After coming back home from the university, without wasting any time I switched on the laptop to start uploading the videos onto Adec. I did not know what was the matter, perhaps the files were just too large to be uploaded onto Adec. We were required to do everything in avi format, which appears to be one of the largest file ever. I sat down in front of the laptop for at least 8 hours, I only managed to upload one out of more than 20 videos! That was crazy!
Knowing that the other group members were likely to be able to upload the video, I packed my stuffs to go and stay in the house in order to try upload the videos as soon as possible. There we stayed up the whole night trying to upload the video. Everyone was very tensed up as all the group members were going back to hometown on that day for holiday. However, after staying up the whole night we only manage to upload another 1 video onto Adec.
In the end we decided to upload the videos onto adec in the computer lab in the university. Luckily we managed to upload the video in the computer lab. Yet, things did not end here. Later on in the evening, when I was almost going to start my journey back to hometown, I got to know that we were to burn all the videos in CD and hand in the CD to Izyan. This sudden change of instruction had cause me a mental break down after staying out for the whole night. I just could not take it anymore as the instruction was quite last minute. Here, thank you izyan, for actually trying your best to find the solution for us regarding the failure to upload the videos onto adec. Also thanks to zarne, as she was the one who burned the CD when I could not take it anymore.
*Sigh* this task was really a night mare!
This is where the problem occurs. Video editing cannot be divided to be done by a few people as the video needs to have a good flow even after the editing which might not be maintained if the video is edited by a few persons at different times. Hence, sitting down as a group appears t be the best way to accomplish this task. However, it is not easy for the whole group to sit down together to do the editing job due to the difference of schedule. It was quite tough for us to find time to gather all the group members to attempt the task together.
Things went worst when it went to the uploading part. After coming back home from the university, without wasting any time I switched on the laptop to start uploading the videos onto Adec. I did not know what was the matter, perhaps the files were just too large to be uploaded onto Adec. We were required to do everything in avi format, which appears to be one of the largest file ever. I sat down in front of the laptop for at least 8 hours, I only managed to upload one out of more than 20 videos! That was crazy!
Knowing that the other group members were likely to be able to upload the video, I packed my stuffs to go and stay in the house in order to try upload the videos as soon as possible. There we stayed up the whole night trying to upload the video. Everyone was very tensed up as all the group members were going back to hometown on that day for holiday. However, after staying up the whole night we only manage to upload another 1 video onto Adec.
In the end we decided to upload the videos onto adec in the computer lab in the university. Luckily we managed to upload the video in the computer lab. Yet, things did not end here. Later on in the evening, when I was almost going to start my journey back to hometown, I got to know that we were to burn all the videos in CD and hand in the CD to Izyan. This sudden change of instruction had cause me a mental break down after staying out for the whole night. I just could not take it anymore as the instruction was quite last minute. Here, thank you izyan, for actually trying your best to find the solution for us regarding the failure to upload the videos onto adec. Also thanks to zarne, as she was the one who burned the CD when I could not take it anymore.
*Sigh* this task was really a night mare!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Audio Editing... Learned!
Audio editing task was a great challenge to me, as before approaching this task, I had never done any audio editing task before. Hence, it can be considered as I started this task with zero knowledge.
I started with downloading and exploring the suggested software, Audacity. It is a very useful software, as in it is user friendly, and it took me only a while, to get hold of the functions and the features of the software. Through this task, I am very happy that I learned another new software, Audacity (audio editing software) and also a new online storage site, 4shared.com. As in before this I was never exposed to any kind of online storage.
Patience and determination are among the key points in completing this task. Playing a very important role, they actually helped me in holding me back to my seat when I was almost going to give up on the task. I was so fed up listening to the same song again and again for so many hours! Telling myself I had to be patient and by hook or by crook I would have to finish the task, finally self discipline had come to me and then I managed to finish it.
Audio editing was not easy to me, it took me 9 hours to complete an edited song. This task makes me realize that editing is not an easy job. There was a great deal of trials and errors before I could actually come out with the final product. I hope Pn Foziah will like the edited song. Perhaps it was not the best, but, I had tried my best to do it with all my heart.
The lesson today was an exposure for us towards video editing. In the class, Pn Foziah had made full use of the facilities, went online to search and show us an edited video. The video was done in a fantastically as the pictures and the songs used were a perfect match with the theme of the video. For the task of the week, we be in groups to work on the editing of the "So You Think You Can Dance" episodes. I am very fortunate that video editing is not a complete stranger to me. Hence, I am feeling much better compared to the time when we were just given the photo editing and audio editing task.
I started with downloading and exploring the suggested software, Audacity. It is a very useful software, as in it is user friendly, and it took me only a while, to get hold of the functions and the features of the software. Through this task, I am very happy that I learned another new software, Audacity (audio editing software) and also a new online storage site, 4shared.com. As in before this I was never exposed to any kind of online storage.
Patience and determination are among the key points in completing this task. Playing a very important role, they actually helped me in holding me back to my seat when I was almost going to give up on the task. I was so fed up listening to the same song again and again for so many hours! Telling myself I had to be patient and by hook or by crook I would have to finish the task, finally self discipline had come to me and then I managed to finish it.
Audio editing was not easy to me, it took me 9 hours to complete an edited song. This task makes me realize that editing is not an easy job. There was a great deal of trials and errors before I could actually come out with the final product. I hope Pn Foziah will like the edited song. Perhaps it was not the best, but, I had tried my best to do it with all my heart.
The lesson today was an exposure for us towards video editing. In the class, Pn Foziah had made full use of the facilities, went online to search and show us an edited video. The video was done in a fantastically as the pictures and the songs used were a perfect match with the theme of the video. For the task of the week, we be in groups to work on the editing of the "So You Think You Can Dance" episodes. I am very fortunate that video editing is not a complete stranger to me. Hence, I am feeling much better compared to the time when we were just given the photo editing and audio editing task.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Photo Editing Product :)
This is the product of my photo editing task. I changed the background, and also wrote my name and date on the picture. This picture had been uploaded in PhotoBucket :) I hope my product is not so bad after all :)
Photo Editing Materials :)
These are the raw photos used to complete the photo editing task. I got them from Google Search Engine :)
Photo Editing Task... Meaningful :D
Here, I am doing some reflection on photo editing.
At first, I missed the dateline. Due to the misunderstanding of the date line of the task, I didn't make it on time to upload my edited photo on PhotoBucket. However, I and the others were lucky enough to be given a second chance to upload the edited photo again. After this, I promise to myself, I would be more careful on the dateline.
To do a good photo edit, it is very important to choose good photos to be edited. While choosing the photo, it is best when the photos can blend in a photo nicely. Well, still, it does not matter if the photos do not blend, only a little more knowledge needed to blend them together. I guess that's what photo editing is all about.
I think that Adobe Photoshop is a very good and suitable software to be used in editing a picture. Before this I heard of it and used it sometimes for scanning purposes, but then I had not gotten any chance to really look into it and understand its function. This tutorial task gave me a chance to get to know Adobe Photoshop.
Besides, I too learned some techniques in doing a good photo editing. The lecturer notes and PowerPoint Presentation were very handy as they explained the steps or techniques on editing photos. My idea on the task came from those notes too.
I learned a lot through this task. I found it very meaningful. I believe this is one skill that would help me a lot when I am doing my assignments later.
Very soon after the photo editing we were given another task to do, which is audio editing. We were exposed to a few examples on audio editing, for instance, cutting out unwanted words from a speech or song. Again this is another new thing for me after the photo editing. I would never expected that we were going to learn audio editing too. This is definitely cool!
At first, I missed the dateline. Due to the misunderstanding of the date line of the task, I didn't make it on time to upload my edited photo on PhotoBucket. However, I and the others were lucky enough to be given a second chance to upload the edited photo again. After this, I promise to myself, I would be more careful on the dateline.
To do a good photo edit, it is very important to choose good photos to be edited. While choosing the photo, it is best when the photos can blend in a photo nicely. Well, still, it does not matter if the photos do not blend, only a little more knowledge needed to blend them together. I guess that's what photo editing is all about.
I think that Adobe Photoshop is a very good and suitable software to be used in editing a picture. Before this I heard of it and used it sometimes for scanning purposes, but then I had not gotten any chance to really look into it and understand its function. This tutorial task gave me a chance to get to know Adobe Photoshop.
Besides, I too learned some techniques in doing a good photo editing. The lecturer notes and PowerPoint Presentation were very handy as they explained the steps or techniques on editing photos. My idea on the task came from those notes too.
I learned a lot through this task. I found it very meaningful. I believe this is one skill that would help me a lot when I am doing my assignments later.
Very soon after the photo editing we were given another task to do, which is audio editing. We were exposed to a few examples on audio editing, for instance, cutting out unwanted words from a speech or song. Again this is another new thing for me after the photo editing. I would never expected that we were going to learn audio editing too. This is definitely cool!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
I missed the deadline!
It's nine o'clock in the morning. I am feeling like a zombie after struggling for the whole night in order to complete the tutorial for the photo editing task. I rushed through the tutorial, but it was already eight o'clock in the morning.
It was very unfortunate that I actually missed the deadline for this photo editing task. Due to the misunderstanding of the verbal instructions, I only manage to complete the whole task couple of minutes ago. Well, it was my fault that I was not alert enough of the date to hand in the task, as I did not expect that the phrase "hand in by this weekend" actually means handing in the task midnight before the Sunday. Things came even worst when I was not at home by the time some of my friends told me we were to upload our product on Photo Bucket IMMEDIATELY (it was already very near to the time that the Photo Bucket to be closed". *Sigh*
Well, in the end I managed to complete my tutorial. Since the Photo Bucket was closed, I signed up an account in Photo Bucket and uploaded my product in my own account. Tutorial was sent to Pn Foziah's email address too. *Sigh* I hope things are not too late :(
From here I learned that from now onwards I must be more careful on the deadlines. It is always a better idea to get an exact time and date, rather than the days because missing the deadline is something that cannot be forgiven while handing in assignments. I shall take this experience as a lesson to reflect to in the future.
It was very unfortunate that I actually missed the deadline for this photo editing task. Due to the misunderstanding of the verbal instructions, I only manage to complete the whole task couple of minutes ago. Well, it was my fault that I was not alert enough of the date to hand in the task, as I did not expect that the phrase "hand in by this weekend" actually means handing in the task midnight before the Sunday. Things came even worst when I was not at home by the time some of my friends told me we were to upload our product on Photo Bucket IMMEDIATELY (it was already very near to the time that the Photo Bucket to be closed". *Sigh*
Well, in the end I managed to complete my tutorial. Since the Photo Bucket was closed, I signed up an account in Photo Bucket and uploaded my product in my own account. Tutorial was sent to Pn Foziah's email address too. *Sigh* I hope things are not too late :(
From here I learned that from now onwards I must be more careful on the deadlines. It is always a better idea to get an exact time and date, rather than the days because missing the deadline is something that cannot be forgiven while handing in assignments. I shall take this experience as a lesson to reflect to in the future.
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