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Download-15000-free-golden-age-comics-from-the-digital-comic-museum. The Digital Comic Museum offers free access to hundreds of pre-1959 comic books, uploaded by users who often offer historical research and commentary alongside high-quality scans. The site’s moderators and administrators are particularly careful to avoid posting non-public-domain comics (a complicated designation, as described in this forum thread).

The resulting archive is devoid of many familiar comic-book characters, like those from Marvel, D.C., or Disney. On the other hand, because of this restriction, the archive offers an interesting window into the themes of lesser-known comics in the Golden Age—romance, Westerns, combat, crime, supernatural and horror. The covers of the romance comics are great examples of popular art.

Interested in understanding how homefront American culture reflected fighting in World War II and Korea, and the anxieties of the Cold War? The museum holds some unexpected and forgotten titles, like the Mad Magazine knock-off “Eh.” Related Content: How to Print a YouTube Video. 16 Nov 2014 The Print YouTube bookmarklet creates a contact sheet from any video. It extracts the storyboard frames of a video, stitches them all and sends it to your printer. couch mode print story The other day I came across a web app that allowed users to print GIF animations as flipbooks. The site – gifprint.com – isn’t working anymore but the idea is nonetheless interesting. The app extracts all the image frames of the animated GIF, arranges the individual frames in sequence, like a contact sheet, and then creates a PDF file ready to be sent to the printer. Historically, video editors and producers would create proof sheets which were like a series of photos extracted from the video and printed on a strip for review.

When you are watching any video on the YouTube website, the storyboard for that video is automatically downloaded in the background. To get started, drag the above bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar. #music. ACMI Storyboard Generator | technologies. Heritage Explorer - Home | technologies. JellyCam — Stop-motion maker - Tickly Pictures | technologies. Europa Film Treasures, the treasures from European Film Archives - Europa Film Treasures | technologies.

JISC Digital Media | technologies. YTTM.tv | technologies. Storyboard That | technologies. eLearning Tools-Resources-etc. Shakespeare’s Restless World | technologies. Retronaut | technologies. WeVideo online video editor. Older | Newer By JISC Digital Media on Wednesday 13 June 2012 WeVideo is an online video editor which allows you to upload your video recordings, edit them together, add effects, transitions, graphics, sound effects and voice-over, and integrates very smoothly into YouTube. There are two versions of WeVideo - a standalone one, hosted on WeVideo's own website, and a simpler (but still powerful and easy to use) version available as a YouTube plug-in: Both of these apps seem to place ease of use front and centre, with very intuitive interfaces and popular features and templates to make creating polished videos a quick process, without the need for much experience or training in the mystical art of video editing, but both are also considerably more powerful and flexible than YouTube's own clip editor (which doesn't offer much more than compiling of clips).

Commenting is not available in this channel entry. WeVideo - Collaborative Online Video Editor in the Cloud. Picisto - The easiest way to make a collage photo. | technologies. Widbook - Collaborative Creation of Multimedia Books. The Last 18 Years in Rap 1994 - 2012 - Flocabulary. British WWII propaganda movies to view and download. The British Council has posted a fabulous trove of CC-licensed, downloadable "cultural propaganda" videos commissioned during WWII to "refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past.

" During the 1940s, the British Council was an enthusiastic commissioner of documentary films. Over 120 films were produced as 'cultural propaganda' to counteract anything the Nazis might throw out and to refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past. These films were designed to showcase Britain to the rest of the world, at a time when Britain itself was under attack. Seen by millions of people in over 100 countries worldwide from the 1940's to 1960's, they present a historic snapshot of Britain, portraying its industry, its landscapes, and its people. The Collection is fantastically varied, covering anything from how a bicycle is made, to how the British spend their Saturdays.

British Council Film: British Council Film Collection (Thanks, Sarah!) The Cutting Room | Terence Gallacher's recollections of a career in film. A few weeks ago we started a website called “The Cutting Room“, it’s a collection of websites, articles and video clips relevant to documentary film making, newsreels, television and in particular the people behind the camera. It covers current cinematographers, the newsreels, wartime cameramen, websites dedicated to the early years of Australian television, film editing and colleagues – for example: Paul Wyand appears in a Movietone story about the importance of allotments during the Second World War. There’s also British Movietone News’ first sound newsreel from 1929, an article on Stanley Kubrick’s early documentaries and a look at the Rank Organisation‘s “Look at life” series.

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) While looking for additional information and images for articles, I kept finding websites and pictures and videos that are of interest but perhaps not enough to write a lengthy article on, so this site is perfect for collating all these items in one place. Like this: Like Loading... Transcription services. T'Lipsum - Yorkshire Lorem Ipsum Generator. SummitSkills | Environmental Technologies | technologies. SoundBoard. Thing Link How-to Video.

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Trapped. SpeakerText. New York Philharmonic. Newspapermap. LiveStation TV News. Play.google. #1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. Multitasking-effect-on-brain. Music Notation Training. LYRICSnMUSIC.

Make Your Images Interactive. One week to launch of EdMediaShare. Older | Newer By Steve Hull on Monday 26 September 2011 We've a busy week ahead getting EdMediaShare ready for its launch on Monday, 3 October. There's last minute usability surveys to carry out, final editing of the interface, as well as introductory videos to complete. The first of these video deals with one of the key concepts behind EdMediaShare - Dial-e Framework1 learning designs. To help make finding useful online video easier, EdMediaShare will use learning design categories devised for the JISC-funded Dial-e Framework. For those unfamiliar with the concepts, we've produced this short introduction – which, incidentally provides a sneak peek of the EdMediaShare interface: Join the party! At midday on Monday, 3 October, you can join us at our online EdMediaShare launch party via Blackboard Collaborate.

Get sharing 1. Commenting is not available in this channel entry. Introduction to EdMediaShare. JISC Digital Media - The Little Guides | technologies. ImageStamper | Stay Copyright-safe. Hack an IKEA Kitchen Timer for Cheap Panning Time-Lapse Photography - How-To Geek ETC. The results from this clever hack have to be seen to be believed–and can be in this great video compilation. Read on to see how a $6 egg timer can become a fantastic panning time lapse engine. The setup is dead simple. Take a cheap IKEA timer, drill a hole in the top and screw in a bolt, attach your camera via the tripod mount point to the timer, then crank the timer up and turn on the time-lapse function on your camera. As the timer slowly winds down, the camera slowly turns, snapping pictures all the while. How awesome are the results? Check out the video below to see the simple timer setup in action. For more information hit up the link below.

How to Make a Cheap and Easy IKEA Time Lapse Panning Unit [via IKEA Hacker] Jason Fitzpatrick is warranty-voiding DIYer and all around geek. Image Embellisher. Icotrip – Each day a new (ico)trip. How To Remove Vocals From Music Tracks Using Audacity. Ever get a sudden, inexplicably irresistible desire for karaoke? Maybe you like the music of a song but can’t stand the lead singer? Here’s how to use remove the vocals from most music tracks in a few simple steps.

How It Works Vocals are normally placed in the “center channel.” On the whole, however this process works really well if you start with good quality audio. Removing the Center Channel Fire up Audacity and load your song of choice. The first thing we need to do is break the song’s two channels into two separate tracks. Next, pick a channel (it doesn’t matter which) and double click to select the entire track. Go to Effect > Invert. If you hit play, you’ll notice the song sounds a little funny. That’s it! Yatri Trivedi is a monk-like geek. Google Images with sorting. GlassGiant.com - Make free pictures for your Facebook Photos! Free Pictures- Ookaboo.

CVIV. Empressr - An Online Rich Media Presentation Application. Dial-e in 5 mins | technologies. Clip & Share. Technology. Cheap Ikea anglepoise knock-off is a good articulated arm for webcams. Audio Transcription Outsourcing. Audioboo. Audioboo | technologies. 500 year old music books accessible to all | JISC RSC YH Exchange News. Fragile treasures of 16th century music are now freely available online, thanks to a partnership between Royal Holloway, University of London, the British Library and JISC. The Early Music Online project has digitised more than 300 books of the world’s earliest printed music from holdings at the British Library. Some of the books date back as far as the 1500s and due to their fragile nature would not be freely available to researchers, but thanks to this digitization project musicians from around the world can now source the original music free of charge using the Early Music Online website.

Paola Marchionni, programme manager at JISC, said: “The value of this new resource isn’t just in putting the music online – it’s allowing researchers to find the music at their convenience from different access points, such as the project’s website, library catalogues and music databases. Access the music online at Tags: digitisation , JISC. 365 Project. 50 Photography Tips in 15 Minutes [Video] 40 Great Filmmakers Go Old School, Shoot Short Films with the Cinématographe. 3 Online Camera Simulators. It’s like a chicken and egg quandary. What do I do? Should I buy an expensive Digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera first and hit the ground running, or do I learn the basics of photography before I plonk down the serious cash. Photography is an expensive hobby in some parts of the world, including mine because a good DSLR camera does not come cheap.

It’s quite a steep jump in terms of cost and skills from ordinary point-and-shot cameras. Learning the basics of photography makes sense, because it helps not only in photography but also in understanding the type of camera one eventually buys. The SLR Camera Simulator (CameraSim) The SLR Camera Simulator is probably the best online camera simulator of them all. The DSLR Camera Simulator is a virtual camera where you can twiddle around with the different settings and combos. CameraSim is also available for purchase on iTunes.

Camera Simulator The depth of focus is very difficult to replicate in virtual apps like these. SimCam. 331Erock's Channel. 10 Great Ways to Create Library Videos | The Conversation Prism. Web Accessibility for Designers. The focus of web accessibility is often on web development – the things that happen in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript after a site has been designed visually. Optimal accessibility should start much earlier, as part of the visual design process. We have created an infographic that highlights a few important principles of accessible design. Text Version Plan Heading Structure Early Ensure all content and design fits into a logical heading structure. Consider Reading Order The reading order should be the same as the visual order. Provide Good Contrast Be especially careful with light shades of gray, orange, and yellow.

Use True Text Whenever Possible True text enlarges better, loads faster, and is easier to translate. Watch the Use of CAPS All caps can be difficult to read and can be read incorrectly by screen readers. Use Adequate Font Size Font size can vary based on the font chosen, but 10 point is usually a minimum. Remember Line Length Don't make it too long or too short. Design Link Focus Indicators. Vocre for iPhone: I Can Suddenly Understand Every Word You're Saying. Vimeo Music Store. VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! Using video in the Design School machine workshop. Older | Newer By Steve Hull on Friday 09 March 2012 As a result of the large numbers of students, the technicians in the workshops were finding it increasingly difficult to give 1 to 1 tuition. A lot of their time is taken up repeating basic procedures that the students have been taught but are either lacking confidence to use the machines or have forgotten from their first year.

To overcome these problems a number of high quality videos demonstrating a number of FAQ regarding the metal machine shop were produced. The videos were placed on LEARN and on You Tube so the students can access them from within the workshops rather than having to go and find a remote computer to view them. The videos had individual QR codes (see below)associated to them allowing for quick and easy access. These QR codes are printed out and displayed in the workshop. Video works particular well for 'demonstration' purposes around technique and methods.

Commenting is not available in this channel entry. Using YouTube: From Consumption To Production. Want to get the most out of YouTube? This Youtube guide is for you. This guide goes over everything you need to know about YouTube, whether you’re an enthusiast or a budding director. This guide deals with both sides of the YouTube coin, teaching you everything you need to know to find quality videos and to upload you’re own.

It’s the perfect way to dive into the deep world of YouTube. §1 – Introduction §2 – The YouTube Interface §3 – Other Ways To Watch §4 – Uploading and Editing §5 – Ads and Analytics §6 – Conclusion 1. 1.1 A Brief History of YouTube If you’re an Internet-savvy geek it may be difficult to remember a time when YouTube didn’t exist. The site opened in 2005, and the first video was uploaded on April 23rd. As a result the site garnered a lot of attention from other, larger companies. Today, YouTube receives over three billion (yes, with a “b”) page views daily. Yet all of this change hasn’t altered the basic reason for YouTube’s existence – sharing video. 2.

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