Category Archives: Photo and Video
new features on freetrappers.org.au
I am pleased to announce that we now have a gallery on the Southern Cross Free Trappers website. It can be accessed directly via http://freetrappers.org.au/gallery/ or visitors can simply click the new 5th menu link, aptly titled ‘Gallery’. In order … Continue reading
site redesign
Last weekend, after much sweat and beers, we launched the new design for Steve Curtain’s eucalyptproductions.com website. What stemmed from my NED12 assignment was 10 problems and solutions to the original construction – I don’t think we can call the … Continue reading
Distribution methods
Distribution of a multimedia project should have been one of the very first matters considered during the initial concept stages. The matters of distribution can have some very simple as well as complicated reasons for choosing one method over another. … Continue reading
Conceptual Models
instructing The user issues instructions when performing tasks. For example, typing commands, menu option selection, touch screen, speech recognition, a combination of function keys, and etcetera. For instance, tell the time, print a file, find a photo… The main benefits … Continue reading
Design Considerations
Interactivity What sets multimedia apart from all other communications is interactivity. To create effective multimedia, a sense of interactivity between the user and the product must be developed. For an interactive multimedia system, these main criteria (a.k.a. the 4 Cs) … Continue reading
Multimedia Fundamentals
Print media primarily uses static imagery and words as the form of communication, whereas multimedia focuses on a variety of techniques, including sound, graphics, and movement. As such, in a multimedia presentation, keeping text minimal engages users more effectively. Less … Continue reading
annotation of search information
First, choose the best three sources found in the previous task. Using whatever software or tool you think appropriate, record the following information about those sites: URL author institution blurb/ summary / screen shot (this can be a direct copy … Continue reading
blogging 101 – content is king
Initial belles lettres I’d been writing my own travel diaries and sending postcards to loved ones during my sojourns around the globe. Naturally I took up blogging, once I was aware of it. Way back in March 2005 I was … Continue reading
the wedding
Amy, dragons and a tiger (part 1)
Amy and 3 dragon fountains Meeting Amy started a special something in my life. Tan Dun – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | To The South The test of whether I was a good guy began a few weeks later, without … Continue reading