{"id":2273,"date":"2009-11-27T21:08:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T04:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2009-11-27T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T04:09:26","slug":"une-autre-vie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540sept09\/2009\/11\/27\/une-autre-vie\/","title":{"rendered":"Une Autre Vie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For my project I decided to create a slideshow which allowed me to create a sort of montage of abstract feelings, experiences and thoughts about living in Paris for two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In commencing the project I had an idea already in my head of what I wanted but the challenge was to locate programs which would do what I needed them to do and provide the dark, artsy effects I was looking for.\u00a0 Many of the sites allow for playful photo editing and slideshow production but I managed to locate one that allowed for a bit more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I originally created the show through slide.com <\/a>but found the program limiting despite its user-friendly approach.\u00a0 I realized it was not really me who was in control of the creation.\u00a0 I looked at mytimeline.com <\/a>and while it provided what I was looking for in terms of effects, the background was unchangeable and did not give the right feel to it.\u00a0 I was searching for a site that would allow transitions, 15+ slides, text additions on the slides themselves, music, and…was free.\u00a0 I was asking for a lot!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through Kizoa<\/a> I found a program that did everything I wanted, with a few catches, however.\u00a0 The transition selection is great, slide number is perfect, but you need to pay a fee to either add text or your own music.\u00a0 In my stubborn quest to find free resources, I continued to search and could not locate a single site which would serve my needs and provide the right feel.\u00a0 After doing some creative work with Picnik<\/a>, a free photo edit site which you can access online without downloading, I added text to the images.\u00a0 Within Kizoa, I located a song that would work and put it all together.<\/p>\n

The experience for me was incredibly rich.\u00a0 I learned so much about available\u00a0programs, their particular strengths and weaknesses, and furthered\u00a0abilities to ‘get around’ the limitations of sites by using a patchwork approach of sites, knowledge, and skills.<\/p>\n

Please click on the link below for the slideshow.\u00a0 My approach was to create something technological that represented my feelings… I aimed to cross the barrier between sterile machine and human feeling via\u00a0the stereotypically\u00a0sterile medium of the computer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wait for a quiet moment, sit back,\u00a0relax, open the show to full screen, listen to the music and let the slideshow take you through\u00a0the 15 slide, 2.5 minute experience.<\/p>\n

Une Autre Vie<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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