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Aside from that having a schedule or a gantt chart would be really helpful in staying in course with the work that you need to do for every week. I also had develop a skill when I am thinking of an idea for the project I will do a research on it to see whether it would work or not before I go in further. Also I would think about the possibilities and the risks that I needed to take if wanted to do it. For an example when I wanted to create the installation of my project I would have to think about how it would fit along with the project and how it will turn out to be. Once I have done that I will take a look on the materials and the compatibility of the materials with the project. After that I will consider on any alternatives in case my proposed materials for the installation would have some problems with it like for example to access to it, where to purchase the materials and how much would it cost. All these factors are important to think about because as a student you will have limited funds and time as well. To be too ambitious about it is good but also can be a downfall if you could not execute it on time. So having those to think about can narrow it down so it would fit your time and abilities to do it. Be ambitious but do it in a simple and quick.

Ever since the start of my postgraduate courses here I have learn a lot in the sense of creative thinking, critical analysis, referencing, trial and error and documenting. The subjects that they provide me has really pushed myself even more to become a good designer. The reason why I choose Digital Media Arts is so that I can learn and understand more about the purpose of digital media in the community. From the start we were told to find the meaning behind our course and that is to create an art that spread messages using digital and modern technology. We combined the fine arts and the digital arts together to create a masterpiece that can convey message or entertainment. As a practitioner I have also learned that to create something it needs to have a content, a purpose and not just a perfect crafted design. I have also learned about to always document or record your failure as that is the part of the process of learning and designing. These failures shows that the design has the aesthetic values and a meaning into it. I usually take the failures as myself not doing the right thing but if I went back and recall those failures are the one that push me up until today. It pushes me to find a better solution, a better design and it acts as a borderline which tells me if I had done the same thing then I need to change it as it means I am going nowhere. Plan out your timetable or making yourself your own deadline for your work is also important to practice with, when you are in the working field you will have to face deadlines every time and to pace yourself with your own timetable can be good for you as you would not forget or miss the deadline of your work. This would improve myself to be a good practitioner. Learning new things is always the best but to create something new you have to refer from the past as well. Throughout this course I learned that having references as a stepping stone for your own research is important because if you have a reference you will not repeat the same research again. In addition to that you can use them as a guideline for your research so that you will stay on course with the research that you wanted to do. Besides that working with other people sometimes has its own perks but sometimes it can be your downfall. Some may give good cooperation with you but some may not. I have learned that sometimes when you working with someone else and you want them to be on schedule you had to push them so that they know that you are serious with your work. I had some problems when I am doing my finals and I believe with what I have learnt throughout my studies here will help me when I am working out there in the real world.

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Therefore we tried to put the haze machine at the ground and point it upwards so that the smoke will flow from bottom to top. Surprisingly it works and we got the smoke to maintain at certain area enough to let us project onto it. The smoke that emits from the haze machine was good and when we project the image we can actually see it form at the smoke. But we need to make the smoke a bit thicker so we decrease the speed of the fan inside the haze machine so that the smoke will flow out a bit slower. The results were amazing! We can actually see the form of the model that I had it projected from the projector. I had one of my friend to try and interact with it by standing in front of the Kinect Sensor. It worked perfectly! We can see the image moving along with the person. Now we need to adjust the projector screen so that we can get the multi-viewpoint display. At first when I run it in the computer you will see three different image. That is because I am working on a flat display which mean I could not see how it works. So now we aligned the projectors so that all the images will be synced together and make one image only. Since the smoke has their own volume and depth we can create that 3d imagery effect by adjusting the image correctly. So we first adjust the smoke so that it flows out right where the projector is projecting the image. Then we align each of the projectors separately so that we can clearly see which image is from which projector. Once we had them all aligned up we can actually see the multi-view point of the image. When we move from sides to centre and then to the other sides we can see the image looking at you from each angle.

Therefore we tried to put the haze machine at the ground and point it upwards so that the smoke will flow from bottom to top. Surprisingly it works and we got the smoke to maintain at certain area enough to let us project onto it. The smoke that emits from the haze machine was good and when we project the image we can actually see it form at the smoke. But we need to make the smoke a bit thicker so we decrease the speed of the fan inside the haze machine so that the smoke will flow out a bit slower. The results were amazing! We can actually see the form of the model that I had it projected from the projector. I had one of my friend to try and interact with it by standing in front of the Kinect Sensor. It worked perfectly! We can see the image moving along with the person. Now we need to adjust the projector screen so that we can get the multi-viewpoint display. At first when I run it in the computer you will see three different image. That is because I am working on a flat display which mean I could not see how it works. So now we aligned the projectors so that all the images will be synced together and make one image only. Since the smoke has their own volume and depth we can create that 3d imagery effect by adjusting the image correctly. So we first adjust the smoke so that it flows out right where the projector is projecting the image. Then we align each of the projectors separately so that we can clearly see which image is from which projector. Once we had them all aligned up we can actually see the multi-view point of the image. When we move from sides to centre and then to the other sides we can see the image looking at you from each angle.

So we try and remove the straw structure and it seems to work even better! Only that the smoke spreads out too quick which means I would not have a fixed volume of smoke in an area for me to project on and also the fan is still not strong enough to get it way down to the bottom. Our technician gave his opinions whether to use a slightly bigger fan for the smoke which would be a good idea. Except the only problem is that the fan could not be supported with the wooden beam. But we tried it anyway to see how strong we need the fan to be to flow the smoke right down. So I hold the fan at the top by climbing on the ladders and we tested out with the smoke. The results were that the smoke managed to get to the ground only that the power of the fan is just too strong for it that when the smoke flows through it dispersed away in an instant.