Tuesday, July 29, 2008

pHoTo EditiNg aNd E-BoOk

I really want to do photo editing and create E-Book.. And this week lectures touch on that. I have some clear idea but still unable to to things on that since i still don't have the Photoshop. It's ok and be calm. But.. keep reminding that we have to hand in the task by Sunday. oh gosh.. I will think about this later.

In the mean time, my group had discuss about the e-book production. Huda, Mira, Kasthuri, Izuddin and me agreed to come out with a narration based on the topic Glorious Food. Roughly, we have come out with a storyboad that show a the plot of our narration. Some elements such as flashback is also included. Promising, it is a common story yet different.. Haha..

In term of types of application that we want to use in order to develop the e-book, the initial choices are only powerpoint presentation, window movie maker and power director. Using Flash should be very interesting and make the e-book alive and interactive. I have read about it in the Wikipedia..

"Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of multimedia software developed and distributed by Adobe Systems and earlier by Macromedia. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.

Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics and supports bi-directional streaming of audio and video. It contains a scripting language called ActionScript. It is available in most common web browsers and some mobile phones and other electronic devices (using Flash Lite). Several software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash, including the Adobe Flash Player. The Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program is used to create content for the Adobe Engagement Platform, such as web applications, games and movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Flash.

In the end, I just wondering if we should take into consideration if the learning outcomes and the Curriculum specification before we develop the e-book. I will go and try to find out on the forum soon..