Creativity: Update 2

During the process of developing my animated gif I decided to use a website called Unsplash for my reference photography images. I personally felt this would add a unique and professional look to what I was hoping to animate. For this purpose of making animated gif I decided to use a software called Photomirage. I have been wanting to experiment with this software for some time but have never gotten the opportunity to really explore its unique features. Previously I would have always used Adobe Creative Cloud for enhancing and developing my project ideas. However, I wanted to learn something new, so I decided to use this software instead as I wanted to challenge myself.

The software was very easy to use and had a lot of unique features like Adobe products. One of the things that I found a little bit unusual was the way it allows the user to simply drag and drop effects onto your image. This was interesting as you didn't have to use a layering system to setup your effects. Compared to other programs where you would need to set up a couple of different layers prior to you even animating your image. This was great as it cut down an awful lot of the frustration you would usually go through when implementing these types of photo manipulation effects. At the bottom of this page there is an example of some of the things I went through when animating my images.

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Creativity: Update 1

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Introduction CDM

Hi all, my name is Christopher Mc Keon I am a third level student studying a 4-year course in Creative Digital Media in TU Dublin Blanchardstown. I have always had an interest in creative digital media, and this is my first time doing a college-level course. I have worked as a photographer assistant as well as a painter/decorator over the years. Prior to starting this college course, I have been studying with the VTOS centre in Navan developing my computer skills in software development.

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