AJ Barse : Digital Alchemy

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  • Journey as a Timelord; Part 4

    Journey as a Timelord; Part 4

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    Finally! Three click springs later, I was able to reassemble the SW200 movement and wind (and set) the crown stem! Next order of business; using the M3 X .35 Tap to bore out the crown tube hole and set threads to take a Rolex style (7mm) screw down crown tube. Making sure the tap was…

  • Creative Commons Docs for 3D curriculum

    Creative Commons Docs for 3D curriculum

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    The STC is trying to contribute to the Creative Commons with documentation from our workshops on 3D making. In doing so, I’m learning about the “wiki” community; which can be a bit tough. In creating a page for the STC and uploading our documents, the page has been flagged by mods (I am presuming) and…

  • The Battle Royal of “free” podcast hosting

    The Battle Royal of “free” podcast hosting

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    “Content costs!” These two simple words are the very crux to one of my Building Bridges conference presentations this year. It doesn’t matter what the content is, there is always a price to host it on the internet. With the recent, and successful, launch of ‘Bellingham Podcast Media: Tech‘ (BPM: Tech) we ran into something…

  • [Part 2] Exploration into View-Master reels in the 21st century

    [Part 2] Exploration into View-Master reels in the 21st century

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    The voyage to the center of the View-Master reel continues: I was able to find some inkjet printable transparency (cellulose acetate) – which I found can be a bit difficult in an age where teachers no longer keep an overhead projector in classrooms. I sent the transparency through a photo-printer at about 1600dpi, set to a photo-gloss paper stock…

  • GIF: Anaglyph 3D-a-fy photos

    GIF: Anaglyph 3D-a-fy photos

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    A wicked cool find from ATUS Director John Farquhar, with a little savviness with Photoshop this website could be a really cool resource for anyone trying to create anaglyph photos; either from dual photos or a single shot. http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/how-to-apply-3d-effect-to-your-image/11481  

  • An exploration into View-Master reels in the 21st century

    An exploration into View-Master reels in the 21st century

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    One of my favorite photographic technology toys of my childhood has to be the View-master. Being able to see photos of far way places,  and some of them pop out before your eyes in 3D,  fascinated me as a kid. Now all grown up, or at least partially, I wanted to take a photographer and maker’s approach…

  • VR Media Creation Workshop

    VR Media Creation Workshop

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    Free workshop for WWU students on creating content for Virtual Reality!  (Sponsored by the WWU Student Tech Center) A 50-minute workshop for students to create both 3D images and panoramic images for display within Google Cardboard! Those attending the first two workshops will receive a free Google Cardboard headset. Use Google Cardboard with your smartphone…