Originally I was going to have a conversation between two people but I had a lot of trouble getting Wav2Lip to work so I changes my script and chose to do this instead. I really like how it came out even thought it took me absolutely ages to figure out Wav2Lip. It is a really interesting script and I think I understand it enough to most definitely not be able to do it again. I honestly have no clue how it worked but I did it and that’s all that matters. This was a fun project but I would say I mostly specialize in audio and not video. Still a really cool thing to mess around with. I used Speechify for the voices and free sound for the music and special effect sounds. I used Canvas to put this all together and I couldn’t download the video with ought having to but Canvas pro so I just screen recorded it (please ignore the water marks). I would say this took me about five hours, just because I couldn’t get Wav2Lip to work, I was very excited when it did end up working. I am excited to see what we have next week, and I am excited to work on my final project soon.
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Daily Create: 04/11
by Andrew Johnson
“On the internet, nobody knows how old you may be.”
In terms of gaming, you have no idea how old the player(s) are when you are online. The only way is to probably ask, but many times people aren’t joining party channels to ask how old someone is.
Week of 4/9: curtains are beginning to close.
Is it hot in here or is it just me? As campus is warming up so are the assignments. I feel like I have been hit by a train going 700 miles an hour and somehow I still have to manage to do these assignments and start studying for finals. This week was a continuation of last week where we had three daily creates and one animation project which we brainstormed last week. One problem this week that I had was primarily on time management, I feel like there was just a lot of moving parts for this week in ds106. Another one was audio syncing, for whatever reason this alluded me the most, but in the end I figured it out mostly. As always the assignments are down below! This week was alot more technique heavy so the reflective portions are shorter than usual (apologies).
Daily creates:
Behind the creation: For this, I just went with the flow of the erasure poem and tried to make it as coherent as possible. This wasn’t my favorite but I still enjoyed the experience.
Hello AT the camera is on you!
For this project, I wanted to go for the campaign video vibe. Which I will say I did so well! I hand-crafted each of the frames that you see on the screen, yes all of them. That took me about 4 hours total just to make and then I had to edit all the clips together and add a video from Wav2lip which took about another 2 hours. I struggled hard with the audio syncing in any of my videos. I think that the programs that I used were taking up too much memory on my mac which I found out towards the end. The upsides of the project were that I learned how to use animation assist on procreate and I created my first animation!! I also learned how to use Wav2lip script to make characters talk. The only thing I wish I had more time for is to create more slides for the audio and to be able to make it sync better. which I will have to figure out at a later time. I also used eleven labs, after it being mentioned in the radio broadcasting last week which really gave a human touch to the whole thing! It was a complete pivot from my original plan but I love it and I hope you do too! It was really nice to see ALL of the things that I learned in this class come all together.
4/10 Daily create
Behind the creation: This daily creation asked to create a nonet. I was really going through it so this was perfect timing. #poetryistherapy.
4/9 Daily create
Behind this creation: This daily create asked us to make a spiral photo. So, I played around for a little and came up with this!
4/8 Daily create
Here is the daily create from 4/18
Behind the creation: For this, I just went with the flow of the erasure poem and tried to make it as coherent as possible. This wasn’t my favorite but I still enjoyed the experience.
On the Internet
For today’s daily create I am explaining what else is true about the internet. The Internet is a vast global network that connects billions of devices worldwide, enabling instant communication, access to information, and online services. It creates economic growth, facilitates cultural exchange, revolutionizes education, and fosters innovation. However, it also poses security challenges. There are many more factors of the internet, this is just a small glimpse of it.
Spiral Gyra
For this daily create I have created a spiral gyra using Spiro Artwork :: Zazow. There really isn’t a specific pattern or inspiration, I was just doing whatever seemed most appealing to me. Hope you enjoy!
Wow! This is Going Fast – Week 12
Overall, this week’s workload was lighter than usual aside from the need to complete the video assignment. Since I spent a lot of last week organizing my video project, this week’s work for me was limited to assembling the finished product. My video project can be viewed at Video Project. Since it was more enjoyable to create a visual component in addition to many of the same audio components, I must admit that I enjoyed the video project more than the audio one. I started working on the three daily creates for the week after finishing the video project: Daily Create #1, Daily Create #2 and Daily Create #3. Writing a nonet was the prompt for Wednesday’s daily create, which was a lot of fun for me as I had never done it before. I made an additional effort to be imaginative and adhere to the nonet prompt. All I could do this week after finishing the daily creates was look at the work of my classmates and comment where I could. It always fascinates me to see how other people complete their tasks and the thinking behind their decisions because I often feel that other people interpret the prompts and assignments differently than I do. I’m done for the week after making a few comments on my classmates’ assignments.
This week’s single assignment, the video project, was my favorite. Working with Rishi once more was enjoyable, just as it was with the audio project. I felt there were many parallels between the audio and video projects, at least in the methods my group used to complete them, but I found the video project to be more enjoyable because of its visual component!
I really wouldn’t alter a thing. I believe I did the best I could on each assignment. At this moment, I have no questions. As of right now, everything is completed accurately thus there aren’t any significant problems with my work.