...enough to take out of the studio and deep into a real forest. And long enough that moviemakers no longer need to give a recognizable Hollywood star top billing to bring in audiences. In fact, if you passed the leading man of Dawn—Andy Serkis—on the street, you wouldn't recognize his face at all, for you never see it on the screen. That's because his performance in the woods (actually, forests near Vancouver, not San Francisco) wasn't fillmed traditionally, it was motion captured, and used as a framework for a computer-created realistic digital ape, Caesar. And, for the first time in my knowledge, it's the performances of the motion capture actors, not the regular actors portraying humans, that are getting all the good reviews from critics; there is even talk of the first best-actor Oscar nomination for a motion-capture performance. Motion capture enables moviemakers to create realistic non-human characters—including Gollum in Lord the Rings, the Na’vis of Avatar, and the intelligent chimpanzees and orangutans of Rise of the Planet the Apes. It has also let moviemakers digitally tweak human characters, aging...
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...11.1 Data Capture Lecturer: Deepak Gautam Email: gautamd@wolverhamptoncollege.ac.uk Room: 120, Wulfrun Campus Telephone: 01902 821133 Overview of Data Capture The process of collecting data in a form suitable for use in an information system is termed data capture. For example, before an electricity board can charge a customer for the use of electricity, the customer’s meter must be read and recorded, or captured, on a suitable form. The data must then be transferred into the computer system by means of an input device appropriate to the method of data capture. Sometimes the data capture form is directly readable by an input device, as, for example, in the case of mark sensitive forms which can be read by optical mark readers (OMRs). On other occasions, the data on the form must be first transferred to a suitable medium by a data entry person using a key-to-storage device. Sometimes the data to be captured is pre-recorded on an item to be sold, as with bar codes, so that a data recording form is not required at all, but in many instances, some sort of data capture form is required. The design of such forms is of great importance, since the clearer and more concise the form, the less chance there is of inaccurate data being recorded. Frequently it is necessary to use questionnaires or observation sheets to collect data for statistical purposes, and again the quality of the design of these data capture forms is of...
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...Content Capture India Cheri L. Adam MGMT 4354-011 Fall 2014 Content Capture India India is located in South Asia and is the Seventh-Largest country by area and second-largest by population. Interestingly, it is the largest democracy (by population) in the world. As of March 2011, the population was recorded as 1,203,710,000 (17% of the world's population) Most of the residents are rural, with 73 percent of people living outside the cities and towns. Given this, agriculture not only dominates the occupations of the people of India, but is also one of the most important economic sectors for the country. The government is described as a sovereign socialist democratic republic with a parliamentary system, which is quite progressive in its own right and includes a mix of governmental components around the world. The president of India is the head of the state, while the prime minister is the head of the government, running office with the support of Council of Ministers who form the Cabinet Ministry. The country is divided into twenty–eight states loosely based on language, plus a further seven small "Union Territories" administered directly by the central government in New Delhi, the national capital. Unfortunately, according to a recent Indian government committee constituted to estimate poverty, nearly 38% of India’s population (380 million) is poor. Even after more than 50 years of Independence India still has the world's largest number of poor people in a single country...
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...Agreement to add a business remote deposit capture service (the “Service”) to your cash management services with Customers Bank. The Service allows you to make deposits to your designated business deposit accounts at Customers Bank from your place of business by using a desktop scanner to scan and convert paper checks to either digitized check images or Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) paperless debit entries and delivering the images, data and information required hereby to the Bank through a secure Internet website. As used in this Agreement, the terms “Bank,” "we," "us," and "our" refer to Customers Bank. The terms "you" or "your" refer to the account holder(s) authorized by the Bank to use the Service, all persons authorized to sign on the account holder’s deposit accounts, and anyone else who uses the Service with the permission of the account holder(s). By using the Service, you agree to, and acknowledge that you have read and understand, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Cash Management Master Services Agreement. 1) SCOPE OF AGREEMENT This Agreement governs your use of the Service. This Agreement is a schedule to our Cash Management Master Services Agreement. This Agreement cancels, supersedes, and replaces any prior business remote deposit capture agreements or schedules that you may have entered into with the Bank, including, without limitation, the “Schedule to Cash Management Master Services Agreement Remote Deposit Capture Services.” Notwithstanding the foregoing...
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...important area to be considered is about the regulations been captured. The theory of regulatory capture or capture theory argues that although regulations might be introduced to the aim of protecting the public interest, it will not be ultimately achieved because in the process of introducing regulations the organizations that are subjected to the regulation will finally come to control the regulators. There is ample evidence to prove that regulatory capture is taken place in a variety of forms. The scenario of Dr. Batterhams role is reviewed in this regard. Dr. Batterham was the chief scientist and mean while he held the position of chief technologist for Rio Tinto. This dual role made the senate committee to recommend the position of federal governments chief scientist should be full time after the found there was a conflict of interest between the two job roles. The role of chief scientist also included to assist in assuring the public interest in science and technology is converged to national priority issues . Every individual on earth applauds regulations immune to capture. It arguments the economy to the highest notch. It is crystal clear that there are economic benefits to an industry if it is able to capture the body that regulates it. There are at least five ways according to Mitnick (1980) in which a regulated industry could capture a regulatory body. They are: * Capture is said to occur if the regulated...
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...Attentional Capture using sudden onset Abstract Attentional capture is achieved through the novelty of sudden onset stimuli when near complete cognitive load is not reached. This experiment, where participants must identify a target letter in an array of distractions, employs manipulations of the presence of an onset, target location and cue presence. By lowering the frequency of the onset, the capacity to capture attention was expected to decrease reaction time to locate the target. By cueing attention to targets prior to the onset, it unexpectedly did not result in a failure of attentional capture. In all trials, one stimulus (either the target or one of the distractors) was an abrupt onset. The effectiveness of presence of a cue was...
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...Understanding Rhetorical Structures A Look at Arguing The Case For Carbon Capture And Storage, by Peter J. Cook for rhetorical analysis. We will take a look at who the target audience is, what the purpose for the argument is, as well as the overall context. Hopefully, we will have a better understanding of not only the article but how it is structured. The main reason this article was written is to address the excessive carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Stating within, the author realizes this is a global problem, therefore the audience, is everyone, though is might be limited only to those who choose to look it up online, or come across is in the online. So from that perspective, he may have limited his audience to a very small group who may or may not pass the information along. Looking at the actual argument, the author is stating that there is a great need to capture carbon emissions, specifically from coal burning power plants. Of course, the other side of this argument would be that the cost of building these units to capture the carbon would raise the cost of energy generated from theses power plants. Reinforcing his side, the cost would rise from what they currently are but the cost will still be lower than any of the other alternatives, green or not. The context of this argument is really the future of mankind. This argument is looking over green alternatives, seeing as how they are not efficient enough or cost effective. The currently majority of systems producing...
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...In finance, the efficient-market hypothesis (EMH), or the joint hypothesis problem, asserts that financial markets are "informationally efficient". In consequence of this, one cannot consistently achieve returns in excess of average market returns on a risk-adjusted basis, given the information available at the time the investment is made. There are three major versions of the hypothesis: "weak", "semi-strong", and "strong". The weak form of the EMH claims that prices on traded assets (e.g., stocks, bonds, or property) already reflect all past publicly available information. The semi-strong form of the EMH claims both that prices reflect all publicly available information and that prices instantly change to reflect new public information. The strong form of the EMH additionally claims that prices instantly reflect even hidden or "insider" information. Critics have blamed the belief in rational markets for much of the late-2000s financial crisis.[1][2][3] In response, proponents of the hypothesis have stated that market efficiency does not mean having no uncertainty about the future, that market efficiency is a simplification of the world which may not always hold true, and that the market is practically efficient for investment purposes for most individuals.[4] In political science and economics, the principal–agent problem or agency dilemma concerns the difficulties in motivating one party (the "agent"), to act in the best interests of another (the "principal") rather than...
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...Skills Paper : “The importance of using Video/Photo Reference in 3D Animation” By: Jeremy Smith Using Video/Photo reference in 3D Animation is the most accurate way to produce high quality Animations. Getting up and actually physically acting out and recording a few scenes or taking pictures of yourself blocking out poses is very beneficial when animating. Being able to convey what you see in a video or in a photograph into a pose or a full-fledged animation is a great skill to have when animating. “Free handing” animations or animating without reference is not just tricky and hard to do, but is a poor way to animate. Not using reference when animating can lead to many problems and difficulties when making animations. Personally I extensively use reference when animating. The majority of the time I will actually get up and physically record myself walking around or doing certain poses in front of a camera. . Doing this is not just good reference, but allows you as the animator to kind of walk in the shoes of the character and get a certain feel for what the animation should look and feel like. Most of the time animations are done at a frame rate of 24 FPS (Frames Per Second). Lets say you are animating a simple walk cycle – having a character walk a distance – and say you want the walk cycle to be 3 seconds long, recording yourself doing the walk cycle will tell you the timing of the animation and what poses should be at what frames(the pose at second 1 of the recording...
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...Kai is a young boy whose parents are experts in the field of Eledee research. Eledees are small, magical creatures that power all electronic equipment but since his parents spend so much time studying these critters, Kai is quite bitter about the whole affair. Kai takes matters into his own hands one evening after a thunderstorm when all the Eledees goes into hiding. While his parents rush off to investigate this mysterious occurrence, Kai grabs his father’s capture gun and goes Eledee hunting. While Eledees is technically a first person shooter, you don’t actually kill any Eledees or cause bloodshed. Instead the capture gun is used to suck up the Eledees, Ghostbusters style which allows you to harness their energy. Of course, the Eledees...
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...The Impact of Evolving Technologies Computer generated imagery has spanned the verge of acceptability. “CGI frequently plays an essential role in the creation of the believable alternate reality necessary for the enjoyment of a film” (Goodyer, 2012). The animation cartoon looks is replaced with subtle distinction of movement and expression. “Motion capture represents a wholly new form of filmmaking, one that cannot and should not be limited by our previously held definitions of synthetic versus recorded cinema” (Freedman, 2012). The once was a drawing, that was made into several to produce a cartoon seen in films, times have changed with technology, now it is becoming more realistic and believable to audiences. “But no matter how impressive the trappings used to surround the audience–all the tricks of lighting and make–up and acting and computer–generated imagery–the root of all movies is the story, and without it, nothing else matters. If a story works, if it engages the audiences for two hours, then there is no wrong way to tell it. If the story doesn’t work, then the opposite is true” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011). Avatar (2009), was an American Science Fiction film set in the 22-century. “Avatar cost somewhere between $250 million and $500 million to make, yet weeks after its release, it had already grossed more than $1 billion worldwide for the Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation” (Gray, 2010). While to create such a costly movies was a big risk for...
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...Reaction Paper The animation film “Frozen” has been the talk of the town since the Christmas season of 2013. And up ‘til now, it is still gaining a wider audience captivating the hearts of many, transcending from generations to generations. I’ve only come to watch Frozen around 2 weeks ago and I thought to myself, “Wow, ako nalang ata ang nilalang na hindi pa nakakapanood nito hahaha” but it’s never too late! I’ve watched it with my sisters and I can’t help but notice how it was made. I kept analyzing the background, the character design, and the movement itself. Let me elucidate my thoughts and insights on this 3D animated film. First, I guess we can’t take the critique out of us MMA individuals for we are already inculcated with theories and have applied our knowledge and skills into concrete work that repetition, it is already natural for us to notice things in animated films people wouldn’t normally notice. I love the character design of Elsa and Anna, two contrasting designs yet with striking similarity all the while making them both stand out in their own respective characters. There was also a great transition in the character growth of the two; I also adored the colours used for each character that evidently manifested all throughout the film. My favourite 3D mind bogglers are the amazing frozen icicles, soft cloud like snow, and the beautiful map design of Arendelle. I must say that the animators of Frozen are superb! The overall theme is perfectly executed. Second...
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...is complete, take a screenshot of the result (see below) Instructions to take a screenshot 1. When you have the information open your desktop, please press PRINT SCREEN on your keyboard. 2. Open PAINT on your computer (Found in accessories) 3. Paste into PAINT (using Ctrl V) 4. Save file to a location you will remember like your desktop. Alternative: You can also use the Snipping Tool (Windows 7&8) as an option. Click on your start button Click on accessories Then snipping tool. You will draw over the area you want to copy Save to desktop and then upload.. Windows 8 Keyboard shortcut for windows 8 for capturing screenshots. If you click the keyboard combination of the Windows Key + Print Screen, Windows 8 will capture the current screenshot and save it automatically in the Pictures Library Post to your support page 1. You then need to log into your profile at www.workatsykes.com 2. Click on HELP, located at the top of the page. 3. In the body of the message you can type in Screen Shot 4. Then click on the Browse Button. 5. Navigate to the spot you saved your screen shots, and click on the screen shot. 6. Click on the file and then choose “Open”. 7. Then click on “ Send Message”...
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...Enhancing the Animated Movie-goers Experience with the Science of Gas Dynamics Angelia Romero Intro to Physical Science Professor Paquette Enhancing the Animated Movie-goers Experience with the Science of Gas Dynamics The goal of animated films has been immerse the audience in a fantasy world while maintaining some semblance of reality in those worlds. Various techniques are used to generate motion picture animation but they have all taken advantage of a phenomenon called “persistence of vision”. The “persistence of vision” is where the brain reads a rapid series of images as an unbroken movement. From the beginning, the animation was achieved by filming thousands and thousands of still images that were edited together to produce one continuous reel of film. Teams of artists meticulously drew each frame were tasked with capturing the aesthetic of the film while also mimicking the physics of the real world. Animation where each frame or cell is hand drawn and then compiled is called traditional or classical animation. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, generally considered the first full length animated feature using tradition animation, required 1,500,000 hand-drawn and colored frames to make the movie. As computing technology grew less expensive, movie studios like Disney gradually transitioned from the millions of hand paintings to computer based animation. Pixar finally broke the mold for animated films by releasing the world’s first computer animated feature...
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...using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.IO; namespace Project { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void label2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label17_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label20_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label21_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label19_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label22_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } int numkChesney, numjBoog, numCitizens, numGovt, numMacy; double pricekChesney = 0, pricejBoog = 10.00, priceCitizens = 31.00, priceGovt = 29.50, priceMacy = 30.75; double costkChesney, costjBoog, costCitizens, costGovt, costMacy, subtotal, discountAmount, discountRate, servicecharge, tax, total; double taxRate = 0.075; private void checkoutButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Button b = (Button)sender; ...
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