Eva Gabrielsson: “’There Are Things I Want You to Know’ About Stieg Larsson and Me” Seven years ago, Swedish journalist and author Stieg Larsson suffered a heart attack. He died without ever knowing the success of his Millennium trilogy. The books – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and […]
Continue readingAFI SilverDocs Film Festival 2011 Kicks Off Today in Silver Spring, MD
The AFI Discovery Channel SilverDocs Film Festival kicked off today. It runs from June 20 – June 26. There are many ways to keep up with the film festival. They have the SilverDocs web site, which also contains the “festival genius”, a guide to all the films that includes brief summaries, Youtube trailers, and show […]
Continue readingMedia Services Has a New Facebook Fan Page!!
Media Services now has a new Facebook Fan Page. We’ve had a Facebook page for a few years, but we’re now migrating to a fan page for easier access. We welcome all friends and alumni of Media Services to like and frequent our new fan page, and that includes YOU! Visit the new American University […]
Continue readingFilmography – Health and Fitness
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
Continue readingTodd’s Thoughts: Web 2.0 and the Redefintion of Everything
Ok, so maybe this should be Todd’s Tips, but this is something worth thinking about. With the wild connectivity supplied to us by Web 2.0 technology forces us to re-define our notions of communication and information. As we link, we link ourselves to other people and ultimately to the Web itself. And, as Professor Michael […]
Continue readingDMS Help: The “Sin City Effect”
The so-called “Sin City effect” is a color-correction technique in which a range of colors is left saturated with color while the rest of an image (can be still or video) is completely desaturated to black and white. The effect is called the “Sin City effect” because it was used widely in Robert Rodriguez’ film […]
Continue readingDMS Help: Cool Text Effects in Photoshop
Is your text feeling a little flat in your latest Photoshop project? Feel like your words need a bit more flare? Here’ s your answer: 50 Photoshop tutorials that show you how to bring new life to your text. Check them out and make your text demand attention.
Continue readingDMS Help: Creating Grunge Effects in Photoshop
The grunge style is in. Contemporary design is loaded with images that seem to have been left out in the rain. Even so the grunge style is often very visually appealing. But how do you create these effects? Actually, the grunge look is easier than you think. Here’s a list of 40 great tutorials on […]
Continue readingWhat is AR?
“AR” is an acronym for “augmented reality.” For those who don’t know AR is adding digital images, text or information to a real-time image/video of the real world. Take the photo to the left, for example. The iPhone user is pointing the camera on his phone at a building. The application then provides the rest […]
Continue readingDMS Help: Learn Any Adobe Product on Adobe TV
Need to learn how to use an Adobe product fast? No problem. Just tune in to Adobe TV. I know, sounds weird right. But it’s not. In fact, it’s really quite awesome. Adobe TV is a massive online repository of videos about Adobe’s multimedia production software. Not only are there a HUGE number of tutorials […]
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