A Tour of the Info Island Archipelago

[rowanf]

My first machinima is done! Well, my first that I'm willing to share. *grin*

Comments

[mdlbear]

Nice.

The way the image gets fuzzy when you're moving is a little distracting, but I assume that's normal in SL. You might be able to fix it by moving, say, at half speed, and then dropping alternate frames when converting to Flash -- probably not easy with existing software, but worth considering if it ever becomes available.

[elimloth.livejournal.com]

Very nice, Rowan!

(present in 1st life in Torino Italy with Selene - holidays.)

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

Yes, it drives me nuts too. The frame rate drops when lag hits and I just don't think iMovie is equiped to deal with that - different clips with different frame rates. And I can run at double speed but I dont' know how to walk at half speed I'm afraid. The 640x480 version is much clearer in general, of course. *grin*

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

Sounds wonderful! *waves* Have a fabulous holiday!

[elimloth.livejournal.com]

*waves* Have a fabulous holiday!

Thanks! I had to get that message out quicly because the internet access here has been spotty. I finally walked around with my laptop in WiFi diagnostic mode to find the location of the router (OK, yes, I'm on holiday, and I'm geeky enough to do this). It turned out the Wifi router was a badly placed little Netgear single antena unit meant for modst coverage; it sat literally on a metal shelf with the antenna at a weird angle. So, I 'tuned' it - much better now.

I'll try to post a travelog later.

Ciao!

[moongladewoman.livejournal.com]

Very, very nice job.

[spikeiowa.livejournal.com]

You definitely have a career as library commentator if you want one.

WOW!

[taltosdama.livejournal.com]

This is amazing! I so need to make more time to figure out Second life! My avatar is wallowing still in the first area that you are in trying to adjust to SL.

Getting going in Second Life

[kelathefinn.livejournal.com]

I am TOTALLY blown away by your machinima. As soon as I get out of the university for the summer, I want to get into Second Life with a little more commitment. Is it possible I could actually share my linguistics knowledge in Second Life, i.e. continue teaching and answering questions about linguistics?? through an avatar? Cool. I mean, you seem to be doing 'librarian' things, so why couldn't I do 'linguistics teacher things'?
At the moment, I'm still having problems with 2nd Life crashing my whole computer, jerky avatar movements, clothing fading in and out - leaving me naked, having my hands and arms all the same colour as the shirt... BUT your machinima has given me the impetus to start trying again, with a NEW avatar, if posible. What happens to an 'old' avatar if you just stop using it? Do you have to pay to get it removed even though it was free to start with?
I've ordered the 'Second Life for Dummies' book, I hope I get it soon.
Congratulations again on a beautiful piece of info 'art', ?? what is the term for this?? It's art, it's information, it's audiovideo, it's computers... I think I have to get my daughter into this - she is currently spending a LOT of her time playing an online computer game while she tries to figure out what she wants to do to pay the bills... I really think your machinima (trying to work out the etymology and the derivation of this word without much success) would serve as an inspiration to Youngest Daughter.
THANKS for sharing!! (and I loved hearing your VOICE!)

Re: Getting going in Second Life

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

I hate to say it - but it isn't your avatar it is your graphics card giving you grief. SL does take a pretty high end computer to run. I'll help you get your av looking like you want it if you'd like.

Machinima is from Machine Cinema. And there are *lots* of educators in SL. And people from all over the world. You could probably teach all kinds of things if you cared to advertise classes. The pay scales inworld for that pretty much suck though. *grin* Although there are language schools coming into SL trying to charge outside prices to students. A lot of universities are using SL for distance learning. So who knows where you could go with it ultimately. :-)

If your daughter gets in and wants inworld help, point her my way.

Re: WOW!

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

IM me inworld if you get inside and I'll be happy to help. :-)