Projection Design

“Projection Design” offers a hands-on approach to the design, planning and execution of digital projections in a variety of performance spaces by using a combination of industry standard and open source research software tools. This blog will serve as an online text for the developing book, "Technical Ecstasy" and link for the web-readings, online tutorials,software resources historical examples, video art and performance examples and essential class communications for Projection Design class taught by Patrick Pagano

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Joshua's Presentation

Windows Vista
- Vista in my opinion is a slow laboring giant with high system requirements. Not open source with its restrictive licensing terms and puts forth new technologies aimed at complete control of digital media.

- The struggle
-It was difficult to achieve my goals in the class with its limited capabilities.
- Pure Data
- Crashed more than worked
- Not user friendly
- Video Editing
- not free
- Quick Time Pro

Linux
- Open source
- is the creative practice of appropriation and free sharing of found and created content. This practice has opened a new world for freedom in the creative process. The ability to modify products and allow others into the process has greatly expanded my knowledge.

- Ubuntu

“The Ubuntu promise
-Ubuntu will always be free of charge, including enterprise releases and security updates.
-Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies around the world.
-Ubuntu includes the very best translations and accessibility infrastructure that the free software community has to offer.
-Ubuntu CDs contain only free software applications; we encourage you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.” (Ubuntu Website)


- The Switch to Ubuntu
- Proportionment
- Easy to install
- 50% Ubuntu
- 50% Vista
- Benefits
- Open Source
- Many free programs
- GIMP
- Open Office
- Pure Data
- Free Frame
- Audacity
- Cinnalarra

- Fast Interface
- quick start up and shut down
- opens programs quickly
- Easy to use
- modifiable

- Difficulties
- Acer Aspire 5520
- Wifi
- Had to manually build headers
- difficult process
- Video Card
- NVIDA
- Trial and errors
- Second Screen
- Did not work
- NVIDA has improved to just a click away
- Kernel and Updating
- Change NVIDA following directions on forums
- Fixed with restore
- Updated my Kernel and lost headers for Wifi and NVIDA
- learned when something works, no need for the total update
- Unable to use programs in my field
- CAD programs
- QCAD
- unable to import or export

I would recommend the use of Ubuntu. It seems to be growing and the possibilities are endless.

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