The DMC staff had the pleasure of assisting the Spring 2017 “Intro to Physical Electronics” (ELEC 305) class in creating instructional videos! In the “whiteboard animation” videos the students created, you will see various clever utilizations of software and hardware available in the DMC. Examples include our AverVision document camera, Nikon DSLR, and using Microsoft […]
A “Whiteboard Animation” is a great way to bring some fun into instructional material. Although it may seem daunting, creating a whiteboard animation can be easy – and you don’t need to be an artist to make it effective. Here at the DMC, we’ve created some guides and examples on how to create a whiteboard […]
The video interviews with musicians were recorded in DMC Video/Photography Studio using studio equipment. DMC staff helped to set-up the equipment, background, and lighting for each interview conducted. Training on video editing with Final Cut Pro X and iMovie was offered to the staff at Woodson Research Center. Consultation on media transfer, editing, exporting, compression, […]
Summer 2017, Zhao receives Fondren’s 2017 Shapiro Award, Rice University News and Media Fall 2016, DMC Studios, Helping Bring Projects to Life, News from Fondren, Volume 26, No. 1, page 4 Thursday, January 21, 2016, Spotlight on Fondren’s DMC , Office of Information Technology News. April 13, 2015, New Digital Media Commons space offers video, photography […]
DMC staff helped to record and edit Fondren Fellows Showcase on April 6, 2017. Below is a summery of recording set up and editing techniques: Recording: Equipment: Canon Vixia HF M500/R500/R700 HD – SD Memory Card Rode VideoMic Pro Compact Shotgun Microphone Velbon Videomate 607 Aluminum Tripod The camera was mounted on the tripod, the […]
DMC started to offer Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization workshop in Fall 2015. Jane used Google Chart to create this interactive chart based on the monthly equipment charges over years. You could see the equipment checkout trend and patterns.
Thanks to the great help of Mang Sun, system librarian, DMC is able to offer its first workshop on Tableau Public in Spring 2017. The Introduction to Tableau Public workshop uses the DMC equipment circulation data as a sample data set to explore basic features and functions of Tableau Public. You could tell the equipment […]
Adam Lauchner, a graduate student from Halas Lab, applied physics department at Rice University, used a DMC Canon T3i, a Canon Wide Angle EF 28mm f/1.8 Lens, a tripod, and a lighting kit to take pictures of devices in his lab for a paper that was recently published at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.7b00364. Below is an example of […]
When recording voice using DMC microphones, Rode Condenser Shotgun Microphone seems to yield the best quality. Zoom H4N audio recorder is too sensitive, therefore static noises are noticeable. Camera built-in mic record less statics, but the audio does not sound as clear as Rode mic. When recording music performance using DMC microphones, Zoom H4N audio recorder […]
The DMC will offer a custom in-class workshop of Using Juxtapose for Before/After Image Comparisons to HRC Spatial Humanities class at the end of January. JuxtaposeJS is one of a series of tools for content creators produced by the Northwestern University Knight Lab. It is a JavaScript library for making before/after image sliders. When preparing […]
