Friday, July 16, 2010

Books Really Interesting and Worth Reading this year 2010

What are the most interesting and worth reading books this year in 2010?
Current bestseller list as bellow, list of best-selling books for your information.



1. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler
2. BATMAN AND ROBIN, VOL. 1, by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Philip Tan
3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. FAMILY TIES, by Danielle Steel
5. FINGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich
6. MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain



7.-- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern
8. SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich
9. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis
10. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson
11. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson
12. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
13. TWILIGHT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, VOL. 1, by Stephenie Meyer and Young C. Kim


The top-selling books, best seller books 2010

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

what is Pan and Zoom effect about 2

Nowadays, the Ken Burns technique(Pan and Zoom effect) is widely used. Most video editing software provide pan and zoom effects, for example the windows movie maker, the flash slideshow maker or even powerpoint etc.


Following are two Flash slideshow with and without pan ans zoom effect:

Demo1 with Pan and Zoom effect



Demo2 without Pan and Zoom effect


From above two flash demos, we can see what is Pan and Zoom effect and what it brings. However except the simply zooming in on subjects and panning from one subject to another, it can create illusion of movement thus give life to still photographs, highlight en elment to attract more attention, allow you more control over video motion etc.

http://web-frog.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-is-pan-and-zoom-effect-about.html

Note: you can refresh the browser to reload the flash if it does not autoplay.
Thanks to Flash slideshow maker for code support to embed flash into blogger.

Monday, July 12, 2010

what is Pan and Zoom effect about

How to make still images and photos look more vivid? Are you looking for laconic process but perfect outcome, easy to follow techniques to make your pictures pop.




You might looking for the Pan and Zoom effect.


Pan and Zoom effect, also known as Ken Burns Effect, is used in video production from still imagery.


It is principally used in historical documentaries where film or video material is not available. With the Ken Burns technique(Pan and Zoom effect) still photographs can be converted into documentary films.


Continued to read more about what is Pan and Zoom effect about part2