Export Settings

These are the export settings I have always used and to export video for web.



These are setting that I have found to be recommended by a number of video bloggers.

As I endeavor to give me work (and portfolio that I am building up) a professional edge I think it is high time I did some more research in to rendering video for the web.

*MENTAL NOTE* Use the college Library and photo copy relevant pages from a Final Cut book, on rendering video for web!

Subtitle Strip (Final Cut)

Just found a great tutorial for creating a subtitle in Final Cut, which is perfect to introduce an audience to who is speaking on screen

For anyone wanting a basic on screen subtitle check out the link!

http://www.rippletraining.com/creating_subtitle_templates.html

Open Ended Questions

I have just been refreshing my mind on what is and how to ask open ended questions, as I prepare to gather some primary research for my dissertation

I found this video from bnet



Asking good questions gets good answers

This information will also put me at an advantage as I prepare to film and interview more people at up and coming technology conferences.

iPhone supports growth of online video growth.

I have been collecting research to support the fact online video is continuously growing

In part of my brief I have wrote

"I also believe as many phone networks upgrade to the 3G standard, a standard that has been designed “to allow simultaneous use of speech and data services” data services such as streaming video, coupled with the fact more people buying mobile phone handsets such as the iPhone and the Google Android based devices that come with access to the Internet as standard this will encourage more users to consume more video content"

I have just found some evidence to support this fact

"Following the launch of the iPhone 3G S, YouTube saw an increase in uploads of 400%"

Stuff.tv Accessed on 5th October 2009

http://stuff.tv/News/iPhone-3G-S-boosts-YouTube-uploads-by-400/12640/

Critical Analysis

As I undertake my third year of a B.A Design for Digital Media degree a lot of the marks will be gained form critical analysis of other peoples and my own work. I found this video that examines what it means to be a critical student, which I thought was worth sharing and would make a very good first blog post.



I would be interested to hear what other people definition of being a critical student is, and what methods they use to analysis and be critical of their own and others work.

Evidence / Research FMP

Before I could undertake this project I needed to teach myself to code in CSS, to do this I first borrowed the lynda DVD tutorials from the library





Using the lynda DVD's gave me a better understanding of what it is possible to achieve with CSS

I next need to put in to practice what I had learned in the lynda DVD's. Having never wrote any CSS before, I looked for some templates where I would be able to edit lines of code, to enable to learn, what the various parts of the code control.

I found a brilliant CSS layout template website named csseasy.com Using this website allowed be to configure certain design element of the code with out having to learn to script every thing





As I started editing code to change design elements it quickly became clear how a CSS website is structured.

From learning this I was able to put together some simple websites



By this point I was confident enough to try to skin a blog, after a failed attempt with both wordpress and tumblr, I decided to use blogger, as I have used this platform before.

Photography and Photoshop

My friend is studying for a degree in Art and Design.

This weekend he requested my help in Photoshop. He wanted to mock up a design for a piece of clothing he is going to make for a project

I enjoyed getting to do the photography for the piece (photography is an area I would like to increase my skill in) While editing the piece I realized how much I have improved in Photoshop.



I would really enjoy a job in photo-retouching (I am actually starting to think post production is my kind of thing, I really enjoy Photoshop and I have started to use After Effects)