Before Grain
After Grain
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Week 10 - Grain and No Grain
The biggest issue we have found is that the scanned and photoshoped image from Russell had some graininess and degradation. I was able to find away in illustrator to do this to our own images. We will not be applying the affect till the very end, as it considerably slows down our computers every time it re-processes it.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Week 8 - Intellectual Property Presentation
Presentation 1
Raymundo, Alyssa
Kuljic, Vedran
Comments
The video at the start was a good way to introduce the topic, however it had way to much information jammed into each scene and was shown too quickly to keep up. The following presentation slides were full of valuable information but it was hard to decipher what was relevant and what wasn't because there was too much information.
Presentation 2
Zhao, Wei Xi Ricky
Lam, Dorothy Kar Yan
Nagaya, Maki
Koteski, Stefan
Le, David
Kim, Dong-Hyuk (Alan)
Good video to start. Funny and interesting. presentation had a really good amount of information that was extremely relevant. A very broad but comprehensive look at IP and how it affects us. Great use of examples of IP and how they relate to your project.
Overall Russell's & Steve's Comments
- look out for spelling
- what is the application process of obtaining an IP
- relationship between copyright and patent
- how much differentiation does there need to be?
Information
Intellectual Property
The right to of the creator to protect a product, service or concept (creations of the mind). IP is important because it gives you recognition for the work you do. The Australian is the authority that issues and holds all intellectual property in Australia.
Types of Protection
Copyright - musical, literary and dramatic. There is no need to file for copyright instead it is automatically protected. Copyright lasts for 70 years or ends after death of owner.
Patents - have to apply for it, invention or method is protected, lasts 20 years before patent ends.
Trademark - branded, logos words, phrases, renewal every 10 years
Designs - new and distinctive features, protects the aesthetics not the functionality, lasts 10 years
Confidential Information - ownership over information, aka secret herbs and spices.
How to Register
1 - Go to http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
2 - Register for eServices
3 - Login to eServices
4- Complete relevant documentation for IP - This example is for a patent
All Application Processes
- Incur a cost, generally less then $500 for individuals
- Require you to submit information or proof of what you have done.
- Takes approximately 3 months or longer to attain.
Why Do We Care?
- IP restricts competitive markets
- Gets the owner the respect you deserve
- Gives you the ability to own the design or earn royalties off it.
What can we do if our IP is infringed upon?
- Take them to court
- Enforce your rights
- Get professional advice
What must be proven?
- Physical evidence that you are the owner
- Evidence that someone had tried to copy you
- Prove that they have used it without permission
Youtube IP
Youtube IP - standard - we can use information but cant copy or distribute
Youtube IP Creative commons, issue the right for others to use your designs
How does it relate to our project?
- The design of each bike the MV Augusta and the Honda 750k has its own design patent.
- Does Russell have his own exclusive rights to the sketches he made? Because they are sketches of existing designs.
- When we recreate russells designs who has the rights to the design?
- Is Russell's infringing on IP by creating his photo, because he took it from the internet? How does this affect us. Are we also infringing on IP by working for Russell?
Different Licences
Non Exclusive Licences - can sell to whoever they want as many times as they want.
Exclusive Licences - can only sell to one person, once.
Intellectual Property is a complicated process to understand but with the right guidance from professionals you can licence and manage your own designs so you can get the credit you deserve for your hard work. For our assignment the IP involved in quite complicated as to who owns what and what rights does each party have.
Raymundo, Alyssa
Kuljic, Vedran
Comments
The video at the start was a good way to introduce the topic, however it had way to much information jammed into each scene and was shown too quickly to keep up. The following presentation slides were full of valuable information but it was hard to decipher what was relevant and what wasn't because there was too much information.
Presentation 2
Zhao, Wei Xi Ricky
Lam, Dorothy Kar Yan
Nagaya, Maki
Koteski, Stefan
Le, David
Kim, Dong-Hyuk (Alan)
Good video to start. Funny and interesting. presentation had a really good amount of information that was extremely relevant. A very broad but comprehensive look at IP and how it affects us. Great use of examples of IP and how they relate to your project.
Overall Russell's & Steve's Comments
- look out for spelling
- what is the application process of obtaining an IP
- relationship between copyright and patent
- how much differentiation does there need to be?
Information
Intellectual Property
The right to of the creator to protect a product, service or concept (creations of the mind). IP is important because it gives you recognition for the work you do. The Australian is the authority that issues and holds all intellectual property in Australia.
Types of Protection
Copyright - musical, literary and dramatic. There is no need to file for copyright instead it is automatically protected. Copyright lasts for 70 years or ends after death of owner.
Patents - have to apply for it, invention or method is protected, lasts 20 years before patent ends.
Trademark - branded, logos words, phrases, renewal every 10 years
Designs - new and distinctive features, protects the aesthetics not the functionality, lasts 10 years
Confidential Information - ownership over information, aka secret herbs and spices.
How to Register
1 - Go to http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
2 - Register for eServices
3 - Login to eServices
4- Complete relevant documentation for IP - This example is for a patent
All Application Processes
- Incur a cost, generally less then $500 for individuals
- Require you to submit information or proof of what you have done.
- Takes approximately 3 months or longer to attain.
Why Do We Care?
- IP restricts competitive markets
- Gets the owner the respect you deserve
- Gives you the ability to own the design or earn royalties off it.
What can we do if our IP is infringed upon?
- Take them to court
- Enforce your rights
- Get professional advice
What must be proven?
- Physical evidence that you are the owner
- Evidence that someone had tried to copy you
- Prove that they have used it without permission
Youtube IP
Youtube IP - standard - we can use information but cant copy or distribute
Youtube IP Creative commons, issue the right for others to use your designs
How does it relate to our project?
- The design of each bike the MV Augusta and the Honda 750k has its own design patent.
- Does Russell have his own exclusive rights to the sketches he made? Because they are sketches of existing designs.
- When we recreate russells designs who has the rights to the design?
- Is Russell's infringing on IP by creating his photo, because he took it from the internet? How does this affect us. Are we also infringing on IP by working for Russell?
Different Licences
Non Exclusive Licences - can sell to whoever they want as many times as they want.
Exclusive Licences - can only sell to one person, once.
Intellectual Property is a complicated process to understand but with the right guidance from professionals you can licence and manage your own designs so you can get the credit you deserve for your hard work. For our assignment the IP involved in quite complicated as to who owns what and what rights does each party have.
Monday, 5 May 2014
Week 9 - 123D Catch Update
This week I spent some time creating a 123D model from the photos Russell supplied to us. After a couple of expected, failed, attempts, I was able to generate a model to export to MeshLab. The spokes in the wheels are an issue, the capturing process has struggled to be able to differentiate each individual spoke, so this must be cleaned up later.
Animation from 123D Catch
Animation from 123D Catch
Once I had exported the model to Meshlab it was much easier to edit compared to the MV Augusta. The Augusta model was quite complex and was generated from more photos. This meant that MeshLab was very slow and laggy having to deal with so many polygons. This Honda was much easier and less proned to crashing.
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Week 9 - Individual Milestone
This week is all about showing what we have done so far.
Me and Anders are progressing well, we have had some technical difficulties with 123D catch and some delays in Illustrator. This has meant that we are perhaps a week or two behind where we planned to be on our Gantt Chart. However when we developed our chart we built some extra time into the process. We have the time to catch up to where we need to be.
According to the chart above we should be finishing up the basic photo realistic textures and begin working on finalisation of the textures. In this regard we are a little behind due to inexperience in illustrator. We are meant to according to the chart be finishing up our 3D model. Due to some serious delays and issues with 123D catch we are behind in this task. We have so far only got the meshes of both bikes, we have not got to the stage of combining them.
Illustrator has been a interesting learning process. Now that we are working on the photo realistic textures it has been interesting to see how my approach and anders approaches are different. Since i have watched different videos on YouTube to anders we have been taught different things. We have been learning off each other and developing better ways of getting the final result.
Trying to find information regarding the sketchy section of the motorbike was difficult. There is very little use of illustrator to make a sketch look as is, with all the errors and pixelation. It meant that me and anders had to learn new things by ourselves as well as watch a whole range of videos teaching us different elements of what we need to do.
This is a chronolapse of everything I have done so far. Chronolapse takes a image every 60 seconds and I have 1865 images. 1865/60per hour = 31.1hrs
I have been working on developing our 3D models from 123d Catch. After many failed attempts at exporting mesh's from 123D Catch, I've finally been able to attain both models. Each model turned out fairly well from the catching process. Both needed editing to make the poly count more manageable. The next step will be to cut and transplant the bikes together according to Russells drawing. This will be accomplished in the next week or so.
Models after reducing extra mesh
These mesh's still need more refinement, I will need to close any holes and reduce the poly count. At this time the poly count is really high, which is making it quite difficult to work with. My computer is constantly lagging due to the models complexity, so a reduced poly count will be the next step.
This Gif shows the newest updates to our illustrator model and what we have been able to achieve so far.
Me and Anders are progressing well, we have had some technical difficulties with 123D catch and some delays in Illustrator. This has meant that we are perhaps a week or two behind where we planned to be on our Gantt Chart. However when we developed our chart we built some extra time into the process. We have the time to catch up to where we need to be.
According to the chart above we should be finishing up the basic photo realistic textures and begin working on finalisation of the textures. In this regard we are a little behind due to inexperience in illustrator. We are meant to according to the chart be finishing up our 3D model. Due to some serious delays and issues with 123D catch we are behind in this task. We have so far only got the meshes of both bikes, we have not got to the stage of combining them.
Illustrator has been a interesting learning process. Now that we are working on the photo realistic textures it has been interesting to see how my approach and anders approaches are different. Since i have watched different videos on YouTube to anders we have been taught different things. We have been learning off each other and developing better ways of getting the final result.
This is a chronolapse of everything I have done so far. Chronolapse takes a image every 60 seconds and I have 1865 images. 1865/60per hour = 31.1hrs
I have been working on developing our 3D models from 123d Catch. After many failed attempts at exporting mesh's from 123D Catch, I've finally been able to attain both models. Each model turned out fairly well from the catching process. Both needed editing to make the poly count more manageable. The next step will be to cut and transplant the bikes together according to Russells drawing. This will be accomplished in the next week or so.
Our 123D Catch
MV Augusta
Russells 123D Catch
Honda 750K
Models after reducing extra mesh
These mesh's still need more refinement, I will need to close any holes and reduce the poly count. At this time the poly count is really high, which is making it quite difficult to work with. My computer is constantly lagging due to the models complexity, so a reduced poly count will be the next step.
This Gif shows the newest updates to our illustrator model and what we have been able to achieve so far.
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Week 8 - 123D Catch Update
We have been working quite hard on our illustrator file recently, so I thought it was important that the 123D Catch component of our assignment not be left behind.
So I've done some work exporting our model once again after some issues last time. It was once again a difficult process with the program crashing twice during export. Once exported I realised it was in a format called GDP. This is a really strange format and I assume only used by Autodesk programs. I was able to export from 123d Catch again in a obj. and mtl. format. Using a program called MeshLab I was able to remove the extra mesh and reduce the amount of polygons in the design. The final output is pretty good, better then I had expected. There are obvious issues with the mesh like holes but hopefully during the next weeks these will be fixed.
These images where taken post clean up and reduction of polygons in MeshLab.
Animation from 123D Catch
These images where taken post clean up and reduction of polygons in MeshLab.
Animation from 123D Catch
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Week 6 - Communication Presentation
Presentation 1
The Creation Of Gothic Architecture
Xiao, Yaoyu
Seif, Lauren
Wannous, Bassel
Constantinidis, Anthony
Hur, Benjamin
Fan, Xiaodong
Comments
First part was consisted of quite dense information but was informative. Video was a good way at explaining their own personal experiences with communicating. Presentation of information on Prezi was way to dense. Information should be explained to you in a logical manner with a few key points displayed. The mass of information should come from what you are saying, not what is on the screen.
Presentation 2
The Last Suprematist Sculpture
Hanna, Marina
Thantrong, Andrew
Comments
Good slides with a good amount of relevant information. They demonstrated a good explanation of the tasks which they have carried out as a team. Video was good, good use of graphics and interesting presentation tool, which helped to captivate the audience.
Presentation 3
The Bus Stop of the Future
Masli, Martha Melia
Chami, Anthony
Skarparis, Kerre
Weinman, Darren Joshua
Olivera, Daniel Sean
Comments
The least interactive presentation based group, however a great presentation. Good communication of their ideas in a simple and concise way. By speaking to the audience instead of speaking at them, they made the presentation more interesting and by far the most engaging presentation of the day.
Overall Russell's & Steve's Comments
Link references to used content, don't do a slide at the end. The information you use needs constant referencing when it is used inside of the text, this can be done with in-text referencing. This way the audience understands what information has been taken throughout the presentation.
How did the presentation apply to your understanding of Communication?
I had honestly never really considered in-depth the way team communicate and why they do so. Communication is more then about outlining what is to be done, it is a multipurpose platform. We communicate so that we can understand each other through personal contact and can express our own opinions. Communication between group members allows each member to have the ability to contribute to the outcome of what is to be achieved. From the presentation I now understand that there are limitations with any form of communication and certain methods need to be adopted to suit different situations. There is a time for spoken communication and written communication. Spoken is more informal and more to generate quick ideas and responsibilities. Written communication is more formal and can be used as checklist of what each persons responsibilities are which they are accountable for. Written forms of communication can be used as evidence if a groups communication breaks down.
How does communication relate to your own work?
Generally at the formation of a group we just decide on a communication method that suits us all and go ahead with it. Personally I prefer written informal methods of communication such as Facebook or SMS groups. This way information is easily transferred backwards and forwards to all group members. Iv had issues in the past with emails and phone calls, these are generally done between certain participants and therefore make it difficult to know what each person is doing. I know have a better understanding of why I prefer this written form of communication, because the written form is documented I like being able to know what each person is doing and what my part is. Written forms of communication are formal and more expressive according to the presentations, which is what I personally prefer.
What is the communication method in our group and why?
In our group we utilise Facebook messenger, Blogger, Wikispaces and Google Drive. Facebook is for direct communication about what we have done and what we plan on doing. Its a useful tool in getting answers quickly to a question or telling the other group member. We both have Facebook chat on our phones so our messages are answered very quickly.
Our Wikispace is used for overall discussion as to what each member will focus on that week and any problems that we want to display that we are having. Blogger is not a direct for of communication, however every week or so we will look at each others blogs and see what they have accomplished that week. Google Drive is an essential tool for us, it is a extremely easy tool to share our files and ensure that we are not duplicating the work that other group member has already done. Of course we do also undertake verbal or spoken communication in class and on the phone but this is only once a week in class and very rarely on the phone, messaging each other is much more convenient for us.
How can we protect ourselves from issues arising?
Through constant and effective communication we should be able to avoid any issues. Me and Anders have undertaken many group assignments together and know what each other needs. We haven't had any communication issues thus far so we hopefully wont have any in the future.
The Creation Of Gothic Architecture
Xiao, Yaoyu
Seif, Lauren
Wannous, Bassel
Constantinidis, Anthony
Hur, Benjamin
Fan, Xiaodong
Comments
First part was consisted of quite dense information but was informative. Video was a good way at explaining their own personal experiences with communicating. Presentation of information on Prezi was way to dense. Information should be explained to you in a logical manner with a few key points displayed. The mass of information should come from what you are saying, not what is on the screen.
Presentation 2
The Last Suprematist Sculpture
Hanna, Marina
Thantrong, Andrew
Comments
Good slides with a good amount of relevant information. They demonstrated a good explanation of the tasks which they have carried out as a team. Video was good, good use of graphics and interesting presentation tool, which helped to captivate the audience.
Presentation 3
The Bus Stop of the Future
Masli, Martha Melia
Chami, Anthony
Skarparis, Kerre
Weinman, Darren Joshua
Olivera, Daniel Sean
Comments
The least interactive presentation based group, however a great presentation. Good communication of their ideas in a simple and concise way. By speaking to the audience instead of speaking at them, they made the presentation more interesting and by far the most engaging presentation of the day.
Overall Russell's & Steve's Comments
Link references to used content, don't do a slide at the end. The information you use needs constant referencing when it is used inside of the text, this can be done with in-text referencing. This way the audience understands what information has been taken throughout the presentation.
How did the presentation apply to your understanding of Communication?
I had honestly never really considered in-depth the way team communicate and why they do so. Communication is more then about outlining what is to be done, it is a multipurpose platform. We communicate so that we can understand each other through personal contact and can express our own opinions. Communication between group members allows each member to have the ability to contribute to the outcome of what is to be achieved. From the presentation I now understand that there are limitations with any form of communication and certain methods need to be adopted to suit different situations. There is a time for spoken communication and written communication. Spoken is more informal and more to generate quick ideas and responsibilities. Written communication is more formal and can be used as checklist of what each persons responsibilities are which they are accountable for. Written forms of communication can be used as evidence if a groups communication breaks down.
How does communication relate to your own work?
Generally at the formation of a group we just decide on a communication method that suits us all and go ahead with it. Personally I prefer written informal methods of communication such as Facebook or SMS groups. This way information is easily transferred backwards and forwards to all group members. Iv had issues in the past with emails and phone calls, these are generally done between certain participants and therefore make it difficult to know what each person is doing. I know have a better understanding of why I prefer this written form of communication, because the written form is documented I like being able to know what each person is doing and what my part is. Written forms of communication are formal and more expressive according to the presentations, which is what I personally prefer.
What is the communication method in our group and why?
In our group we utilise Facebook messenger, Blogger, Wikispaces and Google Drive. Facebook is for direct communication about what we have done and what we plan on doing. Its a useful tool in getting answers quickly to a question or telling the other group member. We both have Facebook chat on our phones so our messages are answered very quickly.
Our Wikispace is used for overall discussion as to what each member will focus on that week and any problems that we want to display that we are having. Blogger is not a direct for of communication, however every week or so we will look at each others blogs and see what they have accomplished that week. Google Drive is an essential tool for us, it is a extremely easy tool to share our files and ensure that we are not duplicating the work that other group member has already done. Of course we do also undertake verbal or spoken communication in class and on the phone but this is only once a week in class and very rarely on the phone, messaging each other is much more convenient for us.
How can we protect ourselves from issues arising?
Through constant and effective communication we should be able to avoid any issues. Me and Anders have undertaken many group assignments together and know what each other needs. We haven't had any communication issues thus far so we hopefully wont have any in the future.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
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