cre.ations.net http://cre.ations.net/ A haven for creators and makers, cre.ations.net is the place to quickly publish anything you've created. Free and easy! en-us Copyright 2006, cre.ations.net Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:49:44 -0500 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:49:44 -0500 custom http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[5 Tracks in 14 Minutes and 15 Seconds]]> Created by trogolodyte 1 year ago: "Many months ago, I discovered a program called Fruity Loops. Fruity Loops is pretty easy to use program for making music with synthetic instruments provided by the program, or with recorded sounds. It is extremely fun just to play around with, even if you have never had any kind of involvement in making music, it is usable. So I installed a 30 day free trial, and began recording sounds of everything I could think of that might sound interesting. I just used an old handheld tape recorder, nothing fancy or expensive. I recorded random people talking in public, I recorded animals, and my friends etc... Some of my favorite sounds I recorded were of two crystal glass bowls that I rubbed against eachother, and also my Japanese saw which is used in every..."

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]]> Created by trogolodyte 1 year ago: "Many months ago, I discovered a program called Fruity Loops. Fruity Loops is pretty easy to use program for making music with synthetic instruments provided by the program, or with recorded sounds. It is extremely fun just to play around with, even if you have never had any kind of involvement in making music, it is usable. So I installed a 30 day free trial, and began recording sounds of everything I could think of that might sound interesting. I just used an old handheld tape recorder, nothing fancy or expensive. I recorded random people talking in public, I recorded animals, and my friends etc... Some of my favorite sounds I recorded were of two crystal glass bowls that I rubbed against eachother, and also my Japanese saw which is used in every..."

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/creation/5-tracks-in-14-minutes-and-15-seconds http://cre.ations.net/creation/5-tracks-in-14-minutes-and-15-seconds Music Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:39:18 -0500 <![CDATA[Experimenting with animation]]> Created by trogolodyte 1 year ago: "Earlyer this year I decided I wanted to make an animated film. I started by doing some small "experiment films, like the one of the baby coming out of a tree. This one was done by drawing each frame in a sketchbook. Then I taped the sketchbook to the wall, and set up a tripod to take a photo of each drawing. I put each photo together in Microsoft Windows moviemaker (a basic video editing program that comes with most windows operating systems). But I wanted to do the real animation with paint, and I didn't want to use up so much paper, so I built a small stand for a rectagular piece of plywood. I set up two lights, the plywood, and a tripod on a small workbench, fastening them to it to decrease camera movment and changes in lighting. After that I simply painted onto the plywood, taking a picture of each frame before painting over it. I was very pleased with the end product although this method of animating was very frustrating and time consuming. If I later realized I had made..."

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]]> Created by trogolodyte 1 year ago: "Earlyer this year I decided I wanted to make an animated film. I started by doing some small "experiment films, like the one of the baby coming out of a tree. This one was done by drawing each frame in a sketchbook. Then I taped the sketchbook to the wall, and set up a tripod to take a photo of each drawing. I put each photo together in Microsoft Windows moviemaker (a basic video editing program that comes with most windows operating systems). But I wanted to do the real animation with paint, and I didn't want to use up so much paper, so I built a small stand for a rectagular piece of plywood. I set up two lights, the plywood, and a tripod on a small workbench, fastening them to it to decrease camera movment and changes in lighting. After that I simply painted onto the plywood, taking a picture of each frame before painting over it. I was very pleased with the end product although this method of animating was very frustrating and time consuming. If I later realized I had made..."

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/creation/experimenting-with-animation http://cre.ations.net/creation/experimenting-with-animation Short films Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:32:18 -0500