Multimedia Projects

Use any free software available online to create any of the products listed below;
a) Create Music
b) Modify / Manipulate a video
c) Create animation advert with audio included.
d) Design poster with images manipulated.
e) Create a product with audios modified / manipulated.

Example of Product
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGfiR9M_pgA

Use some of the resources listed below for your practical activities.

Multimedia Project Resources and Ideas 

https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/

https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/iclone_videogallery.aspx

https://www.reallusion.com/Iclone/game/

https://www.moovly.com/education-solutions

Multimedia and Digital media News

Your have been assigned a multimedia related news article in groups of 3 and your task is to prepare a presentation that captures all the criteria of paper 2 as shown below. Your presentation will last for only not more than 7 minutes. Use Onenote as much as possible to capture your thoughts.

Group 1; Alya, Alameen, Ali Mohammed
https://gizmodo.com/5863434/goodbye-phonies-this-app-will-automatically-detect-photoshopped-images

https://www.popsci.com/use-photo-forensics-to-spot-faked-images#page-2

Group 2; Riya, Kirunda, Aminulloh
http://news.softpedia.com/news/forensically-detects-if-photos-have-been-tampered-with-489923.shtml

Group 3; Carlos, Gurjog, Hussein
https://www.seeker.com/manipulated-video-and-audio-will-make-future-fake-news-even-more-belie-2181890359.html

Group 4; Davesh, Naeem, Mohammed
http://news.mit.edu/2014/algorithm-recovers-speech-from-vibrations-0804


Group 5; Esther,  Karan, Krishan
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3138997/software/adobes-photoshop-for-audio-experiment-can-change-what-you-said.html

Group 6; William, Wahaab, Shahil
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2017/10/audio-manipulation-technology-has-the-potential-for-creating-fake-news

Group 7; Preet, Dhruv
https://www.nature.com/articles/439520b

Criterion A;
Part 1: What is the concern all about?        
            What extracts from article will use to support or give the context?
            
Part 2: Who is the primary stakeholder?
            What is the use of the IT system? Which part of IT system is the stakeholder using?

           This answers "Who", "How" and "Why"

Criterion B;
 Part 1; List the new concepts and terminologies that you will use for the description technology in;

• Input
• Processing
• Output
• Storage
• Network
• Security

Part 2;
What in the IT system enables or contributes to the concern identified Criterion A to be worst or more pronounced?

Criterion C;
List three unique advantages and three unique disadvantages of the IT system to three explicitly stated stakeholders in the article.

Name one implicit stakeholder and list two advantages and two disadvantage

Criterion D:
Part 1: Describe the one problem resulting from the use of the IT system.
            State  one solution to the one problem described
Part 2:  Describe how the solution will work
             - NB Technical solutions should be describe with IT terms showing inputs, processing, storage, outputs.
            - Non technical solutions should be supported with policies and actions required.
Part 3: List two positives strengths of the solution in solving the problem.
            List two negatives of the solution in solving the problem.
Part 4; Conclusion
        What  areas of the solution do you have issues with?
        what do you recommend for future development of the solution     
    

More related Articles

https://phys.org/news/2010-10-image-manipulation-software-morphing-quicker-video.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/07/12/scarily-convincing-fake-video-tool-puts-words-obamas-mouth/

https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/video-real-time-facial-manipulation-technology

Multimedia and Digital Media Notes

Activity 1
Investigate the following

• the role of creative commons in the protection of graphics and multimedia
• the role of DRM in the management of graphics and multimedia online
• Importance of Watermarking of online graphics, digital media and multimedia creations.

Activity 2

Graphics, digital media and Multimedia PowerPoint summary notes.

Use the power-point link below and other resources to answer the question assigned.

Graphics and Multimedia Notes

Quiz and Answers
Quiz and Answers

You can use Digital Planet book online resource also for reference

Digital Planet Graphics,digital media and Multimedia activities

Write brief notes on any of the following;

Text
• Text-processing software
• Formatting: for example, page layout, fonts, headers and footers
• File formats: for example, PDF, RTF, TXT
• Typography

Graphics, images and animations
• Software types: for example, albums, animated, 3D, bitmapped, vector, photo editing, photo casting,
simulation
• Bit depth, colour depth (grayscale, shades of gray, millions of colours)
• Layers, grouping, divisions, alignment
• Resolution, pixels, dots per inch (dpi)
• File formats: for example, JPG, GIF, TIF
• Computer-generated imagery (CGI)

Audio
• Audio-editing software, podcasts
• Digital audio: for example, MIDI (musical instrument digital interface), MP3 (MPEG-1 audio layer 3), MP4 (MPEG-4 part 14), WAV (waveform audio format)
• File formats: for example, MP3, MP4, WAV

Video
• Video-editing software, vidcasts and special effects (for example, morphing, transitions)
• Digital video: for example, AVI (audio video interleave), MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group), video CODECs (coder-decoders)
• File formats: for example, AVI, MOV

Read the common social and ethical considerations in the link below and provide your own examples are you write brief notes.
https://multimediachsitgs.weebly.com/social-and-ethical-issues.html

TOK questions  Related to this Topic

http://itgsopedia.wikispaces.com/TOK

Students will explore in class over the issue of manipulated digital images and information on the media. To what extent they can trust such information and how it is shaping our perception of reality. Students will address the command term “to what extend “by researching on the following articles and critically analyzing the information presented. Articles to be used are:

1. “Can you believe your eyes in a digital world?” http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-10558258

2. “Manipulated Images throughout the history “ http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history/category/1800s

3. Video that shows evidence on Video manipulation “ http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/02/14/manipulated-foxnews-video-shows-why-ebooks-are-the-wrong-choice-for-k-12-11-environments/

4. “How fake images can give people real memories “ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121213-fake-pictures-make-real-memories

5.Social media and manipulation of people's perception - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/03/facebook-voter-experiment_n_6094690.html?ir=Technology&utm_campaign=110314&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-technology&utm_content=Title

Write down two TOK questions on ONENOTE that related to this topic that can be explored.

Graphics and Multimedia Social and ethical issues

Graphics and Multimedia Videos

WHAT MULTIMEDIA?

LOSSY VS LOSSLESS

Vector Vs Bitmap

Copyright and Fair Use

TOK discussion article
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121213-fake-pictures-make-real-memories

Social/Ethical Issues
http://multimediachsitgs.weebly.com/social-and-ethical-issues.html

Graphics and Multimedia Articles

Get a news article that relevant to  Graphics and Multimedia topic.

Use the article to answer Paper 2 type of questions under the following headings. Post your findings on OneNote

Criterion A

Criterion B

Criterion C

Criterion D

Some examples of articles

1. https://www.wired.com/2015/07/bronx-documentary-center-infamously-altered-photos-edits/
2. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170629-the-hidden-signs-that-can-reveal-if-a-photo-is-fake
3. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37899902
4. https://thehackernews.com/search/label/image%20editing
5. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/can-you-tell-whether-photo-has-been-manipulated
6. https://www.pdnonline.com/gear/software/adobe-photoshop-artificial-intelligence/
7. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37899902; Project Voco
8. https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/photo-editing-software-privacy-steal-identity-953756-2017-01-08 Identity Theft

Photo Manipulation Activities

Most common Photo Editing Techniques

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-common-photo-editing-techniques-that-you-wished-you-knew

https://fstoppers.com/education/10-editing-techniques-changed-my-photography-68187

https://www.exposureguide.com/image-editing-techniques/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTw50M1dwb4


Resources

https://www.photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/layouts/create-captivating-street-dance-competition-poster-photoshop/


https://www.google.com/search?q=photo+manipulation+competition+2015&rlz=1C1GGRV_enKE758KE758&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf9_a9_d7ZAhUEkRQKHRQyDTgQsAQIJg&biw=1163&bih=559

Introduction to Graphics and Multimedia

Objectives

• Define multimedia/digital media
• Describe the components of Multimedia
• Explain the importance of knowing text formats
• Describe the hypermedia and hypertext concepts

Multimedia power-point notes.

Multimedia/Digital Media notes

Monday 5th March 2018 

Activity 1 10 mins

What makes the image above true?

What makes the image above false?

Is the above image true or fiction?

Activity 2 15 Mins

Select any one image from the link below and try to answer the following questions

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/surreal-photo-manipulation-40-amazing-artworks/

• What do you think was done to achieve that?
• List down as many IT concepts and terms that may be necessary in this field of study.
• What issues can arise from manipulating images as shown
• What benefits or negatives arise by doing these?

Activity 3 10 Mins.

Read at least one article from the link below. Do you think image manipulation is blessing or a curse in print journalism. Support that with evidence from one article read.

http://hoaxes.org/photo_database

Activity 4 10 mins

There must be a reason for manipulating the images in the link below. Describe the reason for any of the image examples shown below

http://listverse.com/2007/10/19/top-15-manipulated-photographs/

Activity 5 10 Mins

Read the article " How fake images change or memory and behaviour"

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121213-fake-pictures-make-real-memories

Other resources

http://photoshopmeartistically.com/amazing-examples-photo-manipulation-design/
http://hhsitgs.wikispaces.com/3.6+Multimedia

How it is done;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pluN0sCKxhc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt6bOSzDVTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqj0cizMe0E

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/22-viral-pictures-that-were-actually-fake?utm_term=.uu1rY3L8Q#.iwm8GWORq