FLV on Youtube - download and play

In last class, Mark raised the questions regarding video downloading from Youtube and display with pop-up windows on the Web. The explanations are listed below:

1. Downloading
If you consider to extract video contents out of the Youtube-marked skin/player, and use them on your own site (please credit properly on your Bibliography page), simply download the video by righ-click > "download this video to realplayer"(on PC). "RealPlayer" allows you to save the video on your local disk. You will find the video is already in FLV. (Flash Video) format, meaning it is ready for being embedded onto your HTML web pages.

In the class, I mentioned that FLV. files can't be directly opened by QuickTime player, etc., but you can possibly view it with Adobe Media Player or RealPlayer without further processing.Give a try, if you can see following video (which is download from Youtube directly) with either of the players:
http://pages.emerson.edu/faculty/x/Xiying_Yang/vm618/TigerWoods.flv
The resource page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gKSxUer_3I

2. Displaying video in pop-up window
Please follow this tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dJRk_pLNJ4

Please bring a video file to the class on Wednesday

Hello everybody,

In tomorrow's class, we're introducing Flash Video encoding and editing techniques. Please prepare one or more video file(s) in .avi or .mov format, and bring a copy to the class. The video can be either your own work or an archive considered suitable to be added onto your Website. It's up to you to choose a video with or without soundtrack.

Thanks for your attentions.

Lily

VM618 instructor

Recommended Website: incorporating animated/multimedia components

Hello everybody,

I've included some links considered helpful to your animation design, that I intended to share with the class last Wednesday but couldn't due to the school server problem.

Comics online
http://www.marvel.com/comics/
animated component:
http://www.marvel.com/videos/440.Ultimatum_Comic_Book_Trailer

folklore:
http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
game trailer:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26280.html

http://www.golf.com/golf/
http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/article/0,28242,1838918-4,00.html

Film production
Federation of European Film Directors website:
http://www.ferainfo.org/

audio/video production
http://www.audiovideocorp.com/

Macromedia Flash MX

Hi everyone,

If you really need to work on Flash animation at home, try this one:
Macromedia Flash MX
It was released in 2004, therefore the interface looks slightly different from the version we have in the lab.

Tips: "Convert to symbol" is under "Insert" menu on Flash MX.
I've downloaded it onto my PC, overall it's fine for creating animations.

Please share links for free downloading on the forum. Thanks.

Flash Professional 8

 flash download

Photoshop CS3 Extended free trial

The following link directs to Photoshop CS3 Extended download for both Mac & PC, in case you don't have the application at home:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?sdid=ZPQE&product=photoshop

For more free software resources:
http://lilyhonglei.com/courses/resource.html#7

Lily

Discussion: The Power of Mass Creativity

Following link directs to a lecture delivering info about Internet communities and online collaborations, feel free to make comment:
http://uc.princeton.edu/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3073

Description:

We-Think: the power of mass creativity
by Charles Leadbeater

(Apr 23, 2008 at the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA))

In his new book, We-Think , Charlie Leadbeater explores how the web is changing our world, creating a culture in which more people than ever can participate, collaborate and share ideas and information. But participation is not always a good thing: it can just create a cacophony and as the web changes to become more collaborative it leaves users open to invasions of privacy.

Join Charlie Leadbeater at the RSA to consider one of the defining battles of our time – the struggle between people who want to freely share - music, films, ideas, information - and those who want to control this activity, either corporations who want to make money or governments who fear debate and democracy.