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HEYYYY GUYS WELCOME TO MY FIRST POST SHOWING OF MY WORK!!!!

This is my first time using photoshop and had a bunch of fun playing around with it and EVEN MORE FUN taking the picutes.

The whole theme behind the pictures is the idea of reflection and the perception of family and friends. I tried to show that theme through actual reflections and helped emphasize it with the color yellow and an overall warm temperature since it evokes a sense of nostalgia in me.

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Digital Image Overview

HIII WELCOME TO FIRST PROPER BLOG POST!!!!!!

Since we live in the digital age its is very important to understand how media is composed and distributed among different online platforms.

Because of this, today I’m going to inform you about some important aspects of digital media, including different media formats, codecs, commonly used tools for image manipulation and copyright essentials.

First let’s start with explaining common video and image formats, containers and codecs

A format is combination of a videos/images Container and Codec.

Container: A container is what keeps together all the elements of a video/ image. This can even include metadata such as audio and subtitles for videos.

Codec: Short for Compression and Decompression, This is what compresses the data of the Image/Video so that it can be effectively used.

Video Containers:

MP4: Most used video format suitable for any use and compatible for storing audio, video and even subtitles.

MOV: created by apple, an extremely similar format to MP4. More suitable if you are using apple products for your video.

AIV: One of the oldest video formats that struggles with larger files but is great when working with short videos or television

Image Containers:

JPEG/JPG: A Very common format for images, uses lossy compression which means that the image quality is dependent on the file size.

PNG: Most used Lossless format, which mean that there is little to no sacrifice in image quality however the size of the file may remain quite large.

GIF: Popular, that unlike JPEG or PNG allows the image to be animated.

Codecs:

H.264: A common and popular codec that has effective at compressing data and usable with every platform or device.

H.265: More advanced codec that was made to replace H.264. Has a higher level of quality making it more suitable for high resolution images.

VP9: Open-source codec ideal for streaming since it was made to create videos with smaller files

Now onto Export setting, since most platforms have different requirements and compatibilities the settings you must use for each platform must be different as well.

YouTube:

Format - H.264 (.mp4)

Frame Size - 3840 x 2160 (2160p), 2560 x 1440 (1440p), 1920 x 1080 (1080p), 1280 x 720(720p), 854 x 480 (480p)

Frame Rate - 24, 25, 30, 48, 50 and 60 FPS

Instagram:

Format - H.264

Frame Size – 1080 x 1920 (Vertical video, 9:16 aspect ratio)

Frame Rate – 30 FPS

Twitter:

Format - H.264

Frame Size - 1280x720 (landscape), 720x1280 (portrait), 720x720 (square)

Frame Rate – 30, 60 FPS

Editing the look of an image is very important process before many people upload their work onto different platforms and there are various techniques and tools that one can use to edit their works.

Editing Techniques:

Colour correction: colour is a very important aspect of visual media, the colour of one’s work can drastically change the mood and emotion that their work evokes. By using this technique, you can manipulate the colours to suite the emotions you want to elicit.  

Retouching: Allows you to remove any forms of imperfections or blemishes in the image so the viewer can focus on what is important.

Masking: Allows you to isolate parts of the image to remove and layer other images to create more complex and interesting designs.

Cropping/ Image Resizing: Allows you to change the size and shape of an image in order to suit your specific needs

Popular Tools for editing include:

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

Capture One Pro

Affinity photos

As people who post online, the safety of our intellectual properties is very important. Therefore, understanding copyright and other legal information is important to ensure that your work is not stolen or used without your consent.

Image Copyright and Legal information:

Copyright: Protects a person's intellectual property for 70 years before that intellectual property become available as public domain

Fair Use: Allows limited access to copyrighted material with out any need for permission from the owner. The purpose of using the copyrighted material must come under some form of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.

Creative commons: A way to licence your work that lets the creator authorise other people to use their works under specific conditions.

This digital era that we live in is constantly changing and growing. As creatives who work in this digital age we must continue to change and adapt along side it. That is why it is so important to properly understand the ins and outs of how media is composed and distributed along with how to keep the things we make safe.

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GETTING TO KNOW ENZO

HI IM ENZO!!!!!

I'm a film student learning how to actually make interesting things. I'm SUPER passionate about the whole film creation process (MAINLY BECASUE I DONT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO BE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING SPECIFIC)

MY GOAL FOR THE FUTURE IS TO MAKE A FILM THAT CAN MAKE SOMEONE CRY

ALSO THIS WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE BLOG NAME https://youtu.be/sWm3QTp-ruY?si=cKXkU9ULiodVNGml