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Instagram Video and the Death of Fantasy
Over the weekend, I went to a sunset picnic on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The evening couldn’t have been more picturesque — a group of stylish women chatting and lounging on blankets, framed against a lavender and glittering cityscape.
I pulled out my phone to capture the moment. I opened Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, and turned on the company’s new feature that lets people upload short videos in addition to photographs. I tried to document the carefully arranged snacks and decorations and capture the liveliness of the mood, but what I got instead was a grainy video of dresses and hair, whipped around by the wind, music thumping from a party next door and snippets of a conversation about birth control.
Last week, when Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, and Kevin Systrom, the chief executive of Instagram, introduced the new video-sharing feature, they described it as the future of memory, a way to capture the moments an
'Quick justice'
The brutal assault on the 23-year-old student has led to nationwide protests against the treatment of women in India.
Campaigners have called for tougher rape laws and reforms to the police have been accused of too often failing to file charges against attackers.
The government has promised to fast-track future rape cases. Legal proceedings in India sometimes involve years of delays.
As well as the one sitting at Saket, five other fast-track courts are being set up in Delhi to allow crimes against women to be dealt with swiftly. There are believed to be about 95,000 rape cases pending nationwide, according to Ranjana Kumari, a women's activist and director of the Centre for Social Research.
"'We need a system in which women can get justice quickly. Otherwise, in the normal course of things, it can take 10 or 12 or 14 years for cases to be taken up by the court. That is tantamount to denying justice to the victim," she told the Associated Press.
The government has also said that it will bring in stronger sexual assault laws and has established several committees to recom
The brutal assault on the 23-year-old student has led to nationwide protests against the treatment of women in India.
Campaigners have called for tougher rape laws and reforms to the police have been accused of too often failing to file charges against attackers.
The government has promised to fast-track future rape cases. Legal proceedings in India sometimes involve years of delays.
As well as the one sitting at Saket, five other fast-track courts are being set up in Delhi to allow crimes against women to be dealt with swiftly. There are believed to be about 95,000 rape cases pending nationwide, according to Ranjana Kumari, a women's activist and director of the Centre for Social Research.
"'We need a system in which women can get justice quickly. Otherwise, in the normal course of things, it can take 10 or 12 or 14 years for cases to be taken up by the court. That is tantamount to denying justice to the victim," she told the Associated Press.
The government has also said that it will bring in stronger sexual assault laws and has established several committees to recom
Technical Animations - Investigating Mechanical Engineering Failures
By Tim McGarvey
Professional developers use CGI, which is also referred to as computer generated imagery, to design test and build new products and to market them successfully, especially if they are complex. The use of engineering animations is helpful when trying to explain complex processes, products or events in television and news programming or when a producer needs to explore a "fantasy" concept, such as a what-if scenario.
Engineering animations can also be used to design and build complex structures in 3D or to investigate mechanical engineering failures for use in litigation involving industrial accidents. Mechanical animations and technical animations are a logical choice, as CGI software uses mathematical formulas and logical sequencing, which allows things to be build to scale, down to the last detail. Creating realistic elements built exactly to scale helps eliminate error and can lead to product improvement prior to expensive prototyping. This can eliminate errors in design, and reduce costs later on in the prototyping stage. 3D artists can also model object and animate processes and scenes that cannot be seen by the naked eye, or that cannot be videotaped, such as molecular activity, medical devices inside the body, for example.
These animations are often used in television or video production, especially information heavy stories that need to be explained quickly to viewers, such as information related to mechanical failures that cause disasters or accidents. They can also be used when conducting accident or engineering failure analysis. Engineering animations are create using special software, which builds exact replicas of structures or machines and then can be used to look at complex issues such as load distribution or stress evaluations.
The term engineering animations includes several general categories, such as conceptual animations, process animation, product animation, training animation, medical devices and architectural. Conceptual animation can be used to design, test and pitch product ideas to investors or research and development teams. Product development is costly and if a product can be streamlined or improved in the 3D design stage, the prototype phase will be more successful.
Product marketing can be greatly enhanced by these types of animations as they can be used to highlight unique details, or to explain complex information to an audience. It has been shown that visual aids such as 3D animations of complex products or information increases viewer retention, which is a plus when producing video productions, television series, training materials or when presenting at trial.
Engineering animations can also be used to design and build complex structures in 3D or to investigate mechanical engineering failures for use in litigation involving industrial accidents. Mechanical animations and technical animations are a logical choice, as CGI software uses mathematical formulas and logical sequencing, which allows things to be build to scale, down to the last detail. Creating realistic elements built exactly to scale helps eliminate error and can lead to product improvement prior to expensive prototyping. This can eliminate errors in design, and reduce costs later on in the prototyping stage. 3D artists can also model object and animate processes and scenes that cannot be seen by the naked eye, or that cannot be videotaped, such as molecular activity, medical devices inside the body, for example.
These animations are often used in television or video production, especially information heavy stories that need to be explained quickly to viewers, such as information related to mechanical failures that cause disasters or accidents. They can also be used when conducting accident or engineering failure analysis. Engineering animations are create using special software, which builds exact replicas of structures or machines and then can be used to look at complex issues such as load distribution or stress evaluations.
The term engineering animations includes several general categories, such as conceptual animations, process animation, product animation, training animation, medical devices and architectural. Conceptual animation can be used to design, test and pitch product ideas to investors or research and development teams. Product development is costly and if a product can be streamlined or improved in the 3D design stage, the prototype phase will be more successful.
Product marketing can be greatly enhanced by these types of animations as they can be used to highlight unique details, or to explain complex information to an audience. It has been shown that visual aids such as 3D animations of complex products or information increases viewer retention, which is a plus when producing video productions, television series, training materials or when presenting at trial.
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TMBA is an animation studio that creates detailed 3d animations for NBC, CBS, Discovery, History, etc. To learn more about technical animations you can visit the studio website.
Web-based Photography Tutorials And Photoshop Elements - A Perfect Business Formula
By David Peters
Today you may learn to work effectively with Adobe elements on the internet. This could be learnt in as little time as a week. You will discover that Adobe elements is easily superior to everything else available in the market. Its sheer array of features, functionality and performance is unparalleled and awesome.
Typically a course must be able to teach you how to set up Adobe Photoshop Elements, being able to work in the full edit work place for Mac and PC, do manual tone adjustments, modifying and controlling color plus making slideshows, re-touching strategies, resolution management and understanding picture size.
Using a little ingenuity and creativity one can earn a lot of money on the back of the skills acquired by learning Photoshop Elements. One can for instance start a photo restoration service. There are so many people who would give anything to have their old pictures, that are of tremendous nostalgic value to them repaired. For this you may use the spot healing brush, the healing brush tools and patch tools. These will recover any old or damaged pictures. You will surely be able to charge handsomely for this.
O.her services that you can offer at highly profitable prices include repairing red eye, pet eye or finger over lens issues. You may also charge for converting a colour photograph into black and white and the other way round. More services you can imagine offering are improving photos with graphic design utilities. Images could be made to look like drawings or paintings, or you could merge pictures to create new wholes. You could also design greeting cards as well as T-shirts!
A significantly sought after skill today is web design which you can acquire on your Elements. You can earn lots of money whether you design a whole web site, or several buttons, banners or generic templates that people may download for their personal use.
Video tutorials sold on the internet are an amazing way of getting to learn Elements. It uses the commentary method of instructing to demonstrate features and key methods. Since the format is audio visual the learning and retention is that much more. This technique permits learners to take their lessons at home or at office on any Pc or mac with an internet connection, and it will cost them less than $1. This is definitely a great way to learn and millions around the globe prefer this to training classes, workshops, books or PDF manuals which are way too expensive.
Photography made a great progress way in the more than hundred years of its existence. It exists in a way not thought possible just a few years ago and its use has increased significantly. Adobe is one firm which has made photography a magical experience extending its possibilities in the personal and commercial realms, like never before. The good thing about the entire thing is that it has ensured that photography is accessible to as many people as possible.
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