[Week 14] modules~ modules~ modules~ tasks~ tasks~ tasks~

Assalamualaikum WBT and hi everyone~ Here we are in the second last week. Even though the course is already coming to an end, there are still many works need to be finished by Thursday, which is tomorrow. 

These are the items that need to be submitted tomorrow~

Module 4 (video editing)

Task 1, pair (video)

Task 2, individu (split video clips, audio and images)

Task 3, groups (lesson plans on the four skills)

For the video, here is the final project from my partner, Hazwan Benjamin Bahak and I. Hopefully it is good enough to satisfy Pn Foziah. 

For individual task, I have decided to choose video clips entitled Here In My Home - Malaysian Artistes For Unity / Pete Teo. The songs is about the beauty of Malaysia as a multiracial country but we still can live in peace and harmony.  Take it a look at the video clips. I find it meaningful and creative. Kudos to Pete Teo~

Finally, for the group task, we choose year for, Malaysia, my country as our topic. 

[Week 13] submissions and module 4~

Assalamualaikum and hi everyone. Due to all the abundance of work, I feel time move faster than it should. The more work I do, the more keeps coming in and need to be submitted. How are you guys coping with the abundance of work? burning the midnight oil is not a problem anymore. My eyes can't even sleep unless it is already 3am. Hello swollen eyes, hello dizziness and hello fatigue..~

Week 13 of the resources class. Without wasting any time, let’s look into the major events of the day. Ok, this week we have submitted 4 things which are: 

1) Module 2 (photo editing)

2) Individual work, hardcopy + softcopy (task 1)

3) Pair work, e-book, hardcopy + softcopy (task 2)

4) Group work, lesson plans, hardcopy + sofcopy (task 3)

Talking about the tasks, it was a good exercise to practice what we have learned in the module. I personally learned a lot about photo editing while doing the tasks rather than doing the module itself. Although software such as photoshop was very difficult for me, later I managed to learn it and I applied it in editing pictures for my tasks. I am really happy that now I have learned and able to use various software to edit photos.

Now let's move on to the next agenda. Currently we are working on the module 4 which is the video editing. This module is another good instrument as we can learn about video editing by using software like:
• Any Video Converter
• BS player
• Cyberlink PowerDVD
• FLV to AVI Converter
• Free Studio
• HJ-Split
• Image Grab
• Power Video Cutter
• Prism Video Converter
• Real Player
• Riva FLV Encoder
• SID Video Cutter & Splitter
• VCD Cutter
• Windows Media Player
• Online Downloader
I believe that this module can help me to upgrade my technology skills even though I have zero knowledge on video editing.. It is really fun working on this module because now I am able to make and edit my own videos. Below is the progress so far on my video.

As we all know, each module comes with some tasks. The same goes to module 4. Pn. Foziah asked us to create a story board for the task 2 which is the pair work before the class itself. Pn. Foziah checked the story board and gave some comments on how to improve it. She commented a lot on our currently in progress video. We have plans to improve on it. Chiayyokk! 

[Week 12] E-book, continuation of module 2, intro to video editing

Assalamualaikum WBT and hi everyone!! 

Time flies very fast. I feel like just entered this semester but it’s already the 12th week. Yes, we are in the 12th week of resources class too.Last week was about editing pictures using various tools and software. Not to be forgotten that there are tasks to be completed after the module. This week, Pn Foziah is going to check the task 2 which is the ebook. Before doing so, Pn Foziah showed us some of the ebooks that have been done by her students. The ebooks are very interesting, colourful and of course it is attractive. Pn Foziah also reminded us on some important thing about the ebooks.

She reminded us to chose good quality pictures, with colourful and attractive graphics. Next, to insert the navigation keys, sound. Our e-book needs to also have a theme, characterization and plot. Because of that, my partnerHazwan Benjamin Bahak and I decided to do an e-book about Goldilocks and the 3 bears. Hopefully the e-book can satisfy Pn. Foziah.

After that, Pn Foziah went around checking all the ebooks and gave her comments and opinion. The comments given by her is very useful to improve the ebooks. Later on, Pn Foziah gave 2 sets of module which is the continuation of module 2. These two sets are continuation of module 2 using the adobe photoshop CS3 software. It is quite lot, but I am sure that we will learn something new from those tutorials.

Later, Pn Foziah asked the class to move forward to the front of the class because she wanted to show us some examples on video editing. She showed the edited video of Chun and Ella. The videos are really wonderful and it gives a basic idea to me on how video editing works and its product. Although we do not get the module 4 yet, Pn Foziah asked us to choose a theme for our video editing task. My partner and I chosed ‘laughter the best medicine’ as our theme and we really hope to create a meaningful video soon.

Till next week. 

[Week 11] behind a picture~

Now I am entering 11th week with full of confident and feeling proud as I have learned many new things from this class which other students who're not taking this course are not able to do. Today lesson is still on photo editing as Pn.Foziah was checking the task that each of us has done.

We were asked to edit a photo and the edited photo must be able to carry a message to the viewer. I edited a photo using Picnic.

Unfortunately, when I showed my picture to Pn. Foziah, she commented on the photo that I edited. She said that my picture doesn't have a story behind it. This is because we could not just edit a picture for the sake of editing it. It must be logical so that the viewer will not feel doubt looking at the edited picture. Hence I have chosen a picture of a fisherman came home from a long day work. I edited to put the focus on the fisherman and insert caption and frame with my initial on bottom right.

It was successful and I uploaded it in the website that Pn. Foziah had allocated for us. I hope that my effort that I had put in is worth so that Pn.Foziah will be satisfied with my work. That is all for this week and I see you in next entry.

Here are my very own editing~

Edited using Picnic~

before~

1st trial, edited using Adobe Photoshop CS3~

before~

[Week 10] Raised Me Up, Give it Up to Me, Cintailah aku Sepenuh Hati, Dua Insan Bercinta~

due to the completion of module 3, this week we were assigned on 3 task.

 First is to make a ringtone using a song

I used a song by Westlife-You Raised me up. even though the song is quite melancholy, I love the sentimental elements behind the lyrics which is an appreciation for my parents after all that has been done by them to raise me up.. Their sacrifices will always be remembered and strengthen everytime I hear this song as my ringtone.

But the song was rejected. So instead I use Sean Paul ft Keisya Cole- give it up to me. The song is more catchy to be used as ringtone.

For task 2, we have to mashed up 2 songs. For this, I choose two male singers from Indonesia which have great and soothing voice. Their songs are also a hit and my personal favourite.

Finally, for task 3, we need to enhance a song, Dua Insan Bercinta, live version by M.Nasir and Siti Nurhaliza. Youtube do not allow us to embed this song. So here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1CZ4p2z_8 You can listen to it~ we need to cut out the noise and make their voice clearer.

[Week 9] it's all about photo editing

We were given a new module. module 2. It is about PHOTO EDITING!! yeah~ the most bulky module so far, means the most time and effort need to be spend here to make sure the module will be able to be completed in time. chiayyokk! 

MODULE 2 PHOTO EDITING

 Adobe Photoshop CS3
This is the hardest software among all the editing softwares included in the module. It is quite tricky to edit the picture because everything is in detail. No wonder all the professional photographers are using adobe photoshop up until CS5 to edit their photos. with skills and practice, a picture edited using Adobe Photoshop definitely look bombastic and really enhance and boost up the quality of a picture.

ACDsee

ACDsee can be used to edit features of a picture like, correcting the colour cast, reducing noise of a picture, crop a picture and resize it.  What I can say about this software is it is easy to use even though the features provided are quite simple and limited.

iPhoto
Actually I failed

 to download iPhoto even though I had tried for so many times. Apparently, the software is only meant for Mac program and I am using Windows. As replacement, I decided to use an online software called Picnic. Since it is an online software, you do not have to download anything, I like it because my laptop is getting slower after all the downloads.. 

 Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Paint is the most simple software that already installed in your laptop or CPU. Paint is a great help when I need to printscreen anything and only choose a part of the printscreen.

Photobucket
Same as Picnic, photobucket allows us to edit pictures online, apart from serving as pictures storage. There are many features provided, you can add frame, add text, edit the exposure and etc.

Photoscape
Photoscape can also be used to Add text, Basic Photo Editing, Insert Frame, Insert Frame (Barbie), Noise Reduction and to resize image

 Triscape FXfoto

Before doing the module, this is the first time I've ever heard of Triscape FXphoto. It is quite fun to explore this new software and the features are variety and interesting.