Tuesday April 6.

> Hear about the status of a few creative projects. Questions in general?

> Topic: Images and video for collaborative gallery. I will talk about images and videos a bit, and then you can work on your projects. If there's time we'll work on the collaborative document, otherwise we'll do that on Thursday.

> For images, Photoshop is the best, but for images that will go on the web, there are free alternatives that work just as well. Try pixlr. Play with it!

• Two tips: 1) Use Layers. 2) Save as a .jpg (photographic images) or .png (good format for all types of images).

> One way to edit movies is Windows Moviemaker. Moviemaker is free and installed on Windows machines, but is limited in functionality compared to QuickTime or iMovie.

• Important tip: you must publish the movie as .wmv or .avi before uploading!

> Remember, get your images and movie clips from all over. Use Creative Commons search to find usable, open copyright movie clips. Or make your own (use your cellphone)!

> Lots of examples of video art out there. We've already looked at some, but jhave Johnston's site is good for creative use of video.

> Multiple embedded YouTube example, using a Google Docs presentations. Functions like inBFlat. Offers a quick way to make a "mixable" page of videos.



> Return to the collaborative document. Work in partners: one person writes, the other helps. Choose a single paragraph and work on the "writing style." Try to retain the interest of the individual writer's style but also edit the paragraph to shift the style away from an individual statement to a paragraph in a larger work. For example, shift from "My project is concentrating on Facebook" to "Facebook is" followed by a claim about Facebook. In short, begin to normalize the paragraph style so that it is part of the larger, emerging essay. If you and your partner complete editing that paragraph, move to another.