Category Archive: Tutorials

Final Cut Editing (Exporting)

In which one exports a Quicktime. Read on!

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Final Cut Editing (Effects)

In which Digital Magic is Applied. Onward!

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Final Cut Editing (Timeline)

In which Media is Divided and Sequenced. Behold!

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Capturing video

Please note this is specific to the Rembrant 104 camera / external hard drive set up. Other setups may require modification of this procedure.

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Anthony McCann – I was alive

Anthony McCann

Anthony McCann reading I Was Alive, an erasure poem based on the text of Frankenstein.

CSS Positioning Exercises

Once you’ve learned all about positioning, try your hand with these exciting exercises:

And oh yeah! — Colorzilla for Firefox

Soundtrack Basics

A quick overview of Apple’s Soundtrack, a non-destructive audio editor designed for video soundtracking (duh) and long audio file arrangement.

soundtrack controls

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Introduction to compositing

For this tutorial we will learn the very fun technique of selecting specific images out of a picture and placing them against a new background.

Let’s start with our source image, our beloved friend Jason Brown. Go ahead and drag this image to your desktop, if you haven’t already done so.

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how to load paper in the epson

types of paper

we have four main kinds of paper we’re printing currently.

* Ink Jet 17×22 – thin yet big. good for seeing what stuff looks like or making posters.
* Ink Jet 13x 19 (Super B/A3). thin yet large-ish. good for seeing what stuff looks like or making posters.
* Velvet Fine Art Paper 13×19 (Super B/A3). Thick and arty. Nice for finished pieces. Matte – not great for photos
* Velvet Fine Art Paper 17×22. Thick and arty. Finished pieces that can use the larger scale of 17×22. also Matte.

loading thin papers into the paper tray

Both thin Ink Jet papers are loaded into the printer via the paper tray

To load the tray follow these steps.

Step 1. Lift up the tray cover
Step 2. Flip up the roller guide and load the sheets
Step 3. Adjust the paper guide to the size of your stock
Step 4. Replace the cover and extend the tray

loading heavyweight paper manually

In order to print on the heavier Velvet Fine Art paper choose Manual Feed and follow these steps for manually loading the heavyweight paper into the printer

Step 1. the heavyweight paper has a smooth side and a textured side before loading the paper determine which side is smooth
Step 2. select the paper icon with the “paper source” button, release the paper lever and open the top cover.
Step 3. Insert and align the paper with the smoother printing surface facing up.
Step 4. pull the paper lever back down and extend the paper tray

Using My Webs

To put files on the web from the DARPA computers:

  • Find your My Documents folder
  • Inside My Documents, go to My Webs
  • Anything that goes in My Webs is live on the web.

To get to your files on the web, go to http://pages.pomona.edu/~YouUserId/

For example, Jason’s files are at: http://pages.pomona.edu/~jb004747/

You can’t see a listing of files, so to get to a specific file, you must enter it’s exact name. For example:
http://pages.pomona.edu/~jb004747/images/capybera.jpg