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Technology in Action

Technology in Action. Technology in Action. Technology in Focus: Digital Entertainment. Analog vs. Digital Entertainment. What’s Special about Digital?. Analog Sound and light waves Continuous waveforms Digital

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Technology in Action

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  1. Technology in Action

  2. Technology in Action Technology in Focus: Digital Entertainment

  3. Analog vs. Digital Entertainment

  4. What’s Special about Digital? • Analog • Sound and light waves • Continuous waveforms • Digital • Describe sound and light as a string of binary data representations (1s and 0s) • Provides exact reproduction of sounds and color

  5. Analog-to-Digital Conversion

  6. Digital Photography • Digital cameras • Capture and convert images to digital data • Resolution or sharpness of the image • Measured in megapixels

  7. Digital Camera Storage • Images are stored in a flash memory card

  8. Digital Photo File Formats

  9. Transferring Photos to a Computer • Methods of transferring images • USB ports • Flash card readers

  10. Enhancing Photos and Adding Special Effects Dabble Ripple Emboss Original • Image-editing software • Comes with camera • More powerful programs: Adobe Photoshop, Jasc Paint Shop Pro • Types of enhancement • Redeye removal • Crop • Correct color balance • Filtering effects Click to see various photo effects

  11. Printing Photos • Photo printers • Ink-jet • Dye-sublimation • Heating element passes over a ribbon dyed with colors • Produces high-quality images Ink-jet Dye-sublimation

  12. Digital Photography Advantages

  13. Digital Video • Digital video cameras • Small and light weight • Use MiniDV format • 1 to 3 hours of video data • Transfer files using FireWire or USB 2.0 Older Model Modern Video Camera

  14. Hardware FireWire port Firewire cable USB 2.0 Software Windows Movie Maker Adobe Premiere Pinnacle Studio DV Transferring Video to a Computer

  15. Editing Video and Adding Special Effects • Video-editing software • Includes a storyboard to manipulate files • Allows you to review clips frame by frame • Allows you to change sequence of frames • Allows you to add transitions, titles, animations, and audio

  16. Exporting Video

  17. Digital Advantage

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