Unit 39

Undertake Image Asset Managment


The organisation would first they would make sure before capturing any images that the data isn't copyrighted then they would then download then image they may use it straight away if the don't they would then edit it and save it in a different format they may want to do this at the start because of compatibility issue they would then upload the image online in their name so they need to make sure that the work isn't copied.

The principle of colour management is to make sure that the colour is cross device compatible it may work on one device but it won't on a over that is why it is important to manage your work to make sure that the colours work on all devices use programs like colour scheme designer and other programs to make sure that the colours that you are using work on all devices.

You could duplicate the master copy to make sure that if the original gets lost then you have a back up storing the master copy off site would be a good example storing a hard copy on a flash drive these are all ways to protect your data from corruption ect.

You may have certain images that are more important than other for example payslip file is more important than a background file so it is important to prioritise these with categories the highest you duplicate copies and store them off site or get flash copies .

Servers are ways to protect files because they have a backup generator if there is a power cut for example is a power cut and you working on a project you saved it on your pc but there is a power cut your more likely to lose the page than if you have it saved on a server.

For example if you needed to make image larger then and you needed to keep the image integrity the same then you would lock the image on photoshop i talked about this in unit 35 and then that would keep the pixel dimensions the same and enlarge the image you would also duplicate a copy of the image so if you do something wrong then you have the still have the original file still in tact.

You need to sure that the colours used first work on all devices and websites second are to the customer liking by comparing them with other website and the companies brand and product your able to determined if the colours work or not.

You would look at the colour profiles before starting to plan what colour schemes they have used for example they may have use orange and blue then you need to use then colours when designing the image because that their colours you don't want to use opposite colours because they won't work and the client won't want that as a product.

You need to categorise all of the work to make sure that certain images get archived compared to other you don't want to archive a picture of a cat for example because it isn't relevant to the business but you will want to archive the company logo or business pictures because they are relevant to the business which can help more if you lose the original copy.

You need to add caption to images because it tells a description of the image like i said on unit 35 a caption is like a narrator telling you what the image is about that is why it is important it tells the reader what the image is about compared to just the image alone, the image alone people may not understand what the image is about where it was taken a caption describes that image.

As i said in other units copyright is vital if you designing a logo for a money making company so it is vital to make sure you have a copyright on an image before you submit it and also don't copy any logo or designs if you wanting to make money from the company.

You need to watch the images coming in or out of your website to make sure that all monitored have a report button on your website if any images come in that are inappropriate so that the company or yourself can take action against that user taking them images off the website and banning the user which will decrease the chance of this happening again.

If you had archived copies of data you could bit lock the device this means that you have to insert a password before you can see the data this would be useful in a business environment but you can only use it on windows professional and higher which can cause compatibility issues also you could only store it on 1 hard copy to save material and store it in a safe offsite.

You could save your work on a server off site this is better its more secure incase anyone breaks in and steals the hardware the copy is safe and sound off site you could produce a hardcopy and put it in a safe off site this would be useful if their was a fire as the copy would still be in tact off site.

you need to record all the date of any incoming or outgoing traffic to make sure that all data is protected and you know the date or time of data being stolen because if you have data and you record it you keep backups of the images you still can record what be going on with them images at that time.

The data protection act is the main type of legislation that is relevant to the asset management because you need to protect data from anyone that gets their hands on it that is why it is vital to have security in place so that certain people can see that document an other legislation is the copyright make sure that your data is protected before putting it online.

Like I said in unit 35 tempering with the health and safety signs you mess around with the signs tamper it at all it can be a breech in the health and safety act and you could face prosecution an other example is eye strain sitting at the computer for two long can cause eye strain do a dse test before using the computer.

Make sure you do a risk assessment before doing any work because you will have problems when you have employees evaluate any risks say what will happen if them risks happen and how you will combat them issue which can decrease the chance of an injury in the workplace.

Like I said above doing a risk assessment will show up any problems that have occurred and where you can fix them by getting a health and safety executive to make sure that any problems they can fix them and then if there is a problem in the future they can fix it.

you need to make sure by using a contract that all work is being followed if not you have the contract to tell them that they are going wrong and where they can improve on.

you need to check with the copyright laws to make sure that the image isn't copyright and if it is what you need to ask their permission before doing so.

like I said in unit 35 you need to sure that any pictures that have been uploaded won't offend anyone and won't hurt anyone before putting the image online.

Unit 35

Undertake Technical Adjustments of Images

• In the visual arts, colour theory is a body of practical guidance to colour mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combination. There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the colour wheel: primary colour, secondary colour and tertiary colour. 

• In Technical Compatibility is when you can have certain image formats used on certain HTML's for example if i had a website which i have and i would use .png because this format is better because it can display a background for the image.

• When designing an image you need to take in consideration the file size pixel e.g.  dimensions,resolution. the file size is determind by the image size the pixel dimension and the resolution pixel dimension is important when creating your image. Pixel dimension is the amout of pixels on the screen for example I have an image that is 5 px by 5 px i increase that to 10 px hight and width you are increasing the pixels on the screen this can effect the image because you download a image that is 250 px hight and width you increase that to 1000 px that going to lower the quality it going to make your page blurry this is because the image has been extended and not very attractive you can use dimension locks on photoshop where you can lock the image and then make it larger without effecting the quality this means that the resolution stay the same because this means there will not be any blurring in the pictures quality. resolution the the quality of the image it is what I said before a picture that is 250 px has a better resolution than if you increase it to 1000px.

• Resolution is the number of pixels in a linear inch—pixels per inch (or PPI), but it is most commonly referred to as dots per inch (DPI). The more pixels, or “dots,” per inch, the higher your image resolution will be.

• With color images, each pixel can be one of 16 million different colors. For black and white images, there are 256 gradations of gray pixels ranging from black to white: 0 (black) through 255 (white). More pixels means higher resolution, which creates better image quality because you end up with more realistic representations of color, better gradations of both individual colors and gray tones, and crisper images in general.

Unit 27

2D Animation for Interactive Media Products

• The main use purpose of computer animation in interactive products is to make the page stop being static which is an effect to the viewer to stay on the precise page so there is a good chance of more viewers. Or it could be to draw the viewers eyes away from the page for a second. . They are mainly used in banners. For example on my website i have used 2D animation at the very top of my website to make my logo roll across the screen to try and grab the viewers attention.

• The main techniques used in 2D animations are frames and tweens which can be created in Adobe Flash CS5.5. A frame is a still image and by having a lot of frames together it makes it look like the image is moving smoothly but the rotation and movement has to be slowly turned and moved to a slightly different position. To make the image move you would make a tween between a large group of frames. To increase the speed of the animation you would increase the amount of frames per second. To create these animations people use Adobe Flash.

• People's expectations of animations have increased a lot over the years since technology is improving fast and is improve so fast this is because the technology used today is more complex. This means peoples expectations are very high and the technology has evolved to making things a lot easier to use. Since i am not an animator my animations obviously weren't going to be perfect so I made quite a simple and complex animation which I then put on my website.

• To save my animation I saved it as a Flash File but I also had to export it as a movie otherwise it would not work. This would then allow me to put it on my website. If I had any changes that needed to be made I would edit the flash file then save over the exported one. My animation matched the theme of my website and wasn't to flashy. This means it doesn't look different not confusing to understand.

• When creating the animation it is important to name your layers so you don't get confused on what part is for what otherwise you will get confused and move something that you don't want to. It is also a good idea before you start creating your flash animation to import all the image files/sound files that you will be using throughout the animation this will ensure that you will have all of the stuff you need.

• The animations that will be created in my website will either be a DVD or in Blue Ray or you could make both but have them different side of the page this will then tell the viewing audience which one they would buy and what category they are in.

Unit 25

To produce a copy for interactive media

• When creating a website or blog you will be wanting to make it look attractive for your target audience because it will help it to get further. This nears that your constraints will depend on what type of audience you are aiming for. For example if you were to make a website for a professional company you aren't going to make it in girly colours with flowers etc... You are going to want to make it look simple, stood out and professional. This can be annoying for designers as most designers have there own style and may think some things look better then others. This means that no ideas can be took and to make it the way they would like it and clean.

• When using a content management system there can be a lot of issues. The main issues you will encounter will be the coding issues because you may or may not understand fully the right coding to use for the software. This can be a huge problem since it would effect the whole website and give you a lot of problems where as if you made a mistake using HTML you would only have to change the small mistake you made in for example Filezilla or WIX. There are a lot of advantages while using content management systems though. The main advantage of using a content management system is that it is if u put the wrong thing in you can easily replace it with the right document which is very easy to do and get used to even if its your first time on using it.

• When making a website it is very important that you keep the same style through out the whole website. This means that the text and colour scheme should stay consistent throughout the design. This means if you use Arial Black on 75% of you pages and Times New Roman on the other 25% your website if going to look very un-proffesional because it will make the website look very un-professional. You must also make sure that you check your grammar, punctuation and spelling before posting anything online as this can make employers think different about whether to employ you or not with the amount of mistakes made. When adding text on your website as the main content it would be a good idea to space it out (add a few of images and maybe links as well). No body wants to read a huge block of text as most people would just find it boring they would like it to stand out so they will get more attracted the the website. When typing your text you are going to want to make it accessible for every one. Im not saying to dumb it down but don't use huge words which no one has heard of etc, this would make them not want to carry on with what they were reading about. It would also be a good idea to add in hyperlinks with your text content. For example if i mentioned my portfolio i could link it from the word portfolio so people could go take an interest in the design and to have a look to know what exactly what the portfolio is about. Along with the grammar and spelling it is very important to include appropriate captions / descriptions to go along with the content.

Unit 24

Relevant contacts within the industry

• The contacts that are relevant in my industry are that the design/product this help design the work or product and who helps with this is the client/developer and this plans on how to make the product and they would make rough sketches before hand to make sure its what they want and what helps them with the money business and this is called client/finance and these help with paying for the equipment and if anything is destroyed so it can be replaced to keep on track.

• In the maintain established business the contacts are organised and have a very important role in working together playing their part by in the industry to keep you as part of the industry so nothing will happen when everybody plays their part right. And if there is something being produced everybody in the industry all business would like to know about just so they know what they could do to help them with what they need to do.

• To participate with relevant networks you are expanding your expertise and you had done a project for a business that is reliable and very successful with a verity of skills and the project was successful they would talk to other companies and they could trade ideas with in another type of business so then no one has to struggle with what they are doing and how they could help them on it if they have nothing to do them selves.

• By participating in networks and expert organisations to support being a freelancer will help yourself to be promoted within the industry. It will also allow you to attend different events that take place within the organisations. When going to these events it would be a great idea to being business cards or flyers with you to exchange with any other designers or new clients.

• Since i am finishing my job here at distinctive as an apprentice in design i have thought about ways to promote myself. One of then set ways is by using a lot of social media to show others the work i have produced. By linking my portfolio on my Facebook page which allows people to look at my work and if they enjoy it they could share that link from that page which would then lead to me getting more views and then could lead to more work being produced.

• There are a lot of different systems available to get in touch with you when there is new work available waiting to be produced by somebody. For example there are industries that you can sign up to within the creative media sites which they would then message you when work was available to apply for so you will have a chance to show u can actually do something useful for the company.

• In the last paragraph i talked about different websites that would message you when there was new work available. These sites can potentially be classed as agents as they find you work because they know how to sort things out and who to give the projects to. By signing up to these websites i am representing them by finding a job to help their company get more attention. Another way that i could find different agents would be to look for different creative media companies online in my area.

• Websites like design crowd have the feature to comment on your work this lets you know what negative and positive feedback that has been given to you. This means that on your work that you have posted on the site you will have to change the design or make a few changes to it if yo want to of course. Since i have posted a lot of my work on my Facebook page i am able to get feedback from there as well, people are able to comment and give feedback to any of the images that i have uploaded. This will give me the opportunity to see what i have did wrong and know how to change it for next time.

• As a freelance designer it is important to work flexibly to suit my hours. This means not to spend to much time working or spending to much time in your personal life which may or may not cause problems. Its about finding the right work to produce every so often in your work. But when work needs to be done it is better to get it out of the way. For example if i knew i had a project due in in 3 days i would organise my time so that i know i would have everything finished in time.

Unit 07, Unit 09

Unit 07 – Creative Industry Awareness Unit 09 - Awareness of Health & Safety in the Creative Media Sector

• The industry in the creative media section are designer people and they will design stuff like magazines, logos, websites ect. you have web designers who just design web content, you have developers who is somebody who takes them designs and produces them into a fully functioning website, you can also have programmers on how to take designers and programs it into a piece of software ect.

• In an organisation you may have a web designer and web developers this is cross industry you taking two different jobs and making them collide in the same workplace this is very common in the creative and digital media sections because you need designers to communicate with developers and if they work in the same workplace then there going to get to know each other which can make their communication skills be much more advance than employer in two different workplaces.

• Designers need to have a good working relationship with developers because they both have role to do the designers need to design the product and the developers need to make sure that they code the designers they both need to have an opinion what will work well what won't work act.

• The first person in the creative media project cycle is a planner a planner is someone who plans an ideas which can then goes to a designer the designer designs the products then you got the developer who takes them designs and turns them into a fully working product and finally there is the consumers who evaluate the product and can give feedback which the planner will read so he can improve in the future.

• It depends a design company aims might be to make the best looking design for their client at the cheapest price which can cause more business a developer company may want to product the most function product with the least bugs which will cause more business in the future.

• A specific team will have a better relationship than anyone else in the working environment they work together more they have to communicate more compare to anyone else where they may only see them when there entering the building or at brakes or lunch.

• You have a leader or a supervisor who supervisors who watches whats going on they are a sub managers they do the job as a manager but on a smaller scale there is designer and developers who work together to product the best designs.

• The planner has to make sure that the product will work before sending to the designer the designer has to make sure that the designs look professional and eye catching the developer needs to make sure that the product is fully functioning and has the least bugs as possible.

Unit 06

Ensure Your Own Actions Reduce Risks to Health & Safety


Key hazards in the workplace


Here are hazards for tripping:

• A tripping hazard could be that there are loose wires in the middle of the floor and somebody could trip and injure themselves and could claim off the company or it could have been purposely put there by somebody.
• Another hazard is that there could be shards of glass lying around the floor and somebody could trip and cut themselves and could claim for that as well if they are injured.

Here are hazards for slipping:

• A slipping hazard is that if there is water all over the toilet floor somebody could slip and bang their head of the floor or the wall and they could get a concussion which could damage the brain.
• Another hazard is that there could be an obstruction on the stairs and that they could slip and fall down the stairs and could brake bones and cause damage to different parts of their body.

My responsibilities in the work place for health aand safety

• My responsibilities in the work place are to make sure i do not have anything on the desk near the computers otherwise if the drink was spilt it could cause a problem with the computer,  Unless it has a resealable lid or cap to stop a hazard in the work area. Another thing i do to avoid risks and hazards is to make sure i don't leave my bag in the middle of the floor otherwise somebody will trip and fall which is another hazard in the work place. I have always put it under the desk at my feet so people don't trip up while passing my seat. Another responsibilities of mine in the work place are to act responsible and respect the equipment. If i was to knock one of the computers over it could potentially brake on the floor and smash and i would have to pay for the damages. Since i am a graphic designer i do not have to wear any sort of uniform, but i wear clothes suitable for my work place for example: smart and or casual clothes. This means any clothing that makes me comfortable just not anything inappropriate for example: if it was tracksuit bottoms and trainers. This is because designers need to feel comfortable in what they wear while at work to keep them calm and concentrated to actually get on with their work.

Procedures for dealing with risks outside the scope of own responsibility, identifying the appropriate personnel with whom to liaise in own workplace

• When at work there is a certain person if there is a problem.

Here are some examples of problems:

• Say if there was a fire somebody could get injured from:
• From burning
• From falling

It is important that everybody in the workplace knows what to do when a fire occurs is to follow every instruction that has been given, if i was in a situation like that i would make sure everybody in the building including myself obviously and while getting everybody out i would alert my boss to ensure him the state of the purpose he would help with getting everybody out safely and calm. Once everybody was out i would ring the fire brigade to stop it so the building will not collapse.

Rubbish has a potential to be a hazard because somebody could trip and fall into some wires which could cause an electric reaction and cut the power and could cost the building money. This would not happen if it is disposed of properly.

Unit 05

Contribute to Good Working Relationships




Key roles and tasks in the production process

• Effective communication is essential when talking to people around the workplace so you can get more involved of what that person is talking about and the communication will have the effect of letting them know that you are interested in what they are talking about. When talking to people you work, ask other people for help if you get suck on anything and give more than just a yes or no answer so they have a full understanding of what you are going on about as in the end your opinions may help them or may not help them but at least you have offered to help them and tried but may have not succeeded and it helps you stand out as an individual. Just remember to be yourself and that the way people will see you as an individual not somebody who doesn't know anything about what they are talking about, as someone who isn't afraid to show their opinion and or to stand out from the crowd. An essential part of effective communication is to make eye contact because they will know if you care or not about what they asked you, make sure your looking at the person your talking to as if you look anywhere else, they may think you are being ignorant, or getting distracted by somebody else. You must make your speaking ability clear and effective. It is also important that when you are being spoken to that you look at the person being spoken by and don't look away to your computer or another person off because this information could be useful for you and beneficial to what you are doing your self. Even if the information doesn't make fully sense you could ask the person afterwards what some of the things he said that you didn't understand properly if he/she doesn't know what some of the words mean them selves look it up in a dictionary or ask an assessor if they know what the words mean.

How do you clarify, agree and revise working arrangements in a way which promotes good working relationships

• A contact is the main type of document that is a working agreement. A document that is signed by the employer and the employee starting what hours they work what breaks they work and how long they last till, their holiday entailment etc... As it is important to have these working agreement to make sure that the employee is pleased with the working time and they have agreed to them terms so they would not be able to complain about the hours for example: say if they thought they were working more hours than they should be they could complain but for nothing like brake times and lunch time and so on. The employer can't sack anyone for taking entitled holidays only working the hours that are agreed and so on because the employees have a certain amount of holidays taken.

The importance of balancing the needs of tasks and people

• It is important to balance workload as you need to have a good relationship with people because if you don't then their is going to be a lack of communication between them because of there is less time consuming between them which will cause problems with work if you have to work as part of a team and so on because this will be a disadvantage for being part of a team. you have also be focused to your work because if your not focused to your work then you won't have a chance in succeeding because the work that has been produced by the team will not have much of it done than what was provided for them which can mean a loss for the company so you have to balance your social life and your work in the workplace to have a better chance of succeeding this means that you will have a good chance in keeping the company up to date and back in track.

How i have prioritised my work load

• If you share information with colleges your lowering the chance of making human error because they might have not done something properly and when you share your information to show them where they wen wrong they will be able to see where they went wrong and improve on it, it also increase productivity which is very useful in the workplace because it is a measure of the efficiency of production.

• People do work – Work starts to be done and progress is monitored this means that there is more work being produced over time.
• Job gets signed off – When the work has been complete at this end then the work is sent to the client for signoff. At this point if the designs are signed off then the build can start on the front end.
• Job goes out the door – When the project has been complete the site will go live and then it will be complete which means the site has a chance to get viewed by others and get comments on the actual site whether it is good or not because everybody has their opinion about the particular site depending on what its about.

Unit 04

Professional Behaviour in the Creative Media

• Wherever you work, your new environment will always be different to your last one because there will be different sectors that are to do with the specific work environment. Some company environments vary because of their size. Some are large, which are the more populated companies, and others are smaller and more independent as there are not a lot to depend on with their dress code or timing e.g. when and how long they work for. Some placements have a strict dress code, others are more relaxed e.g. that they are aloud to wear smart but casual dress wear as well; some companies have a strict code on swearing, others have a code for prohibited swearing e.g. they are not authorised to say one swear word in the office. Some companies have employees working by themselves on a regular basis, some have them working together in pairs or teams more frequently this means that there is a greater chance of finishing the work in time for hand in. Generally the smaller the company, the more relaxed the atmosphere will be because there will contain a lot of concentration between the employees.

• Challenging behaviour is defined as "culturally abnormal behaviour(s) of such intensity, frequency or duration that the physical safety of the person or others is placed in serious jeopardy, or behaviour which is likely to seriously limit or deny access to the use of ordinary community facilities".

Here are some examples of behaviour difficulties:

• Stress over forgetting stuff
• Hiding and losing items
• Verbal offensiveness
• Sleep disturbance
• Refusing assistance
• Rocking violently and many others...

Before Worksafe ACT

• Direct negotiation with management
• Negotiation with management through union representatives or your Health & Safety representative
• Reporting a complaint to your local Work Safety Committee, this helps because it gives the company an understanding of whats gone wrong.

You can contact Worksafe ACT if none of these courses of action are appropriate or successful. For action to be taken it will be necessary for sufficient information to be provided to enable Worksafe ACT to:

• Identify the issue as one within their jurisdiction. Where it is identified that another agency has jurisdiction over the issue, we may advise you to refer it to them.
• Find the address of the workplace and the location within that workplace which is the subject matter of the issue
• Identify the name and address of the organisation or individual in control of the workplace

Inspectors will not reveal the source of the information if you wish to remain anonymous. However, if you wish to remain anonymous, it is not possible for an inspector to seek further information from you or provide feedback on the outcome of any investigation. Remaining anonymous may also limit Worksafe ACT's capacity to deal with the matter effectively.

The impact of different behaviours and conduct in the workplace

Bullying and harassment in the workplace exposes organisations to two significant risks:

• LEGAL - through employment law, personal injury claims and anti-discrimination legislation relating to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and disability.
• PERFORMANCE - morale and performance drop when employees feel intimidated by their colleagues or by their managers.

PROJECT GOALS
A project is successful when the needs of the stakeholders have been met. A stakeholder is anybody directly or indirectly impacted by the project. Identify these stakeholders this gives the impression that there are a lot of stakeholders to meet and to check every project that has been completed.

 

They could be:

•  Project sponsor
•  Customer who receives the deliverables
•  Users of the project outputs
•  Project manager
•  Project team

The best way to find out their needs, is by making arangments for stakeholder interviews, taking time to draw out true needs that create real benefits, and prioritise these. Once clear goals are established, record these in the project plan.

 

PROJECT DELIVERABLES

Using the goals set in step 1, create a list of things the project needs to deliver in order to meet these goals. Specify when and how each item must be delivered. Add deliverables to project plan with an estimated delivery date. More accurate dates established in step 3.

 

PROJECT SCHEDULE

Create a list of tasks that need to be carried out for each deliverable identified in step 2. Identify:

• Amount of effort (hours or days) required to complete the task
• The resource who will carry out the task.

Once these are established, you can work out more accurately when each deliverable will arrive to the consumer. Update deliverables section with the updated delivery dates. If you discover that the sponsor's imposed delivery deadline is not realistic based on your estimates, you must connect them immediately.

 

Options are:

 

• Renegotiate deadline
• Employ additional resources
• Reduce scope of project

 

SUPPORTING PLANS

 

• Human Resource Plan - Identify by name, the individuals and organisations with a leading role in the project. Describe roles and responsibilities for each. Describe number and type of people needed to carry out the project. Detail start dates, estimated duration and the method used for obtaining them.
• Communications Plan - Who needs to be kept informed about the project and how they will receive the information. A weekly or monthly progress report is ideal, describing how the project is performing, milestones achieved and work planned for the next period.

Risk Management - important part of project management. Identify as many risks to your project as possible, and be prepared.

 

Common risks include:

 

• Time and cost estimates too optimistic
• Customer review and feedback cycle too slow
• Unexpected budget cuts
• Unclear roles and responsibilities
• Stakeholder input is not sought or needs are not properly understood
• Stakeholders changed requirements after project started
• Stakeholders added new requirements after project started
• Poor communication resulting in misunderstanding, quality problems and rework
• Lack of resource commitmentTrack risk in risk log, and review it regularly, adding new risks throughout the project's life. When risks are ignored, they don't go away

CONTINGENCY PLAN

A plan devised for an exceptional risk which is impractical or impossible to avoid. Often devised by governments or businesses who want to be prepared for events which, while unlikely, may have catastrophic effects. For example, suppose many employees of a company are travelling together on an aircraft which crashes, killing all aboard. The company could be severely strained or ruined by such a loss. Accordingly, many companies have procedures to follow in the event of such a disaster. The plan may also include standing policies to mitigate a disaster's potential impact, such as requiring employees to travel separately or limiting the number of employees on one aircraft.

The importance of storing work, using version control and observing file naming conventions

Your data is valuable. It will cost you time and effort to re-create it, and that costs money or at least personal grief and tears; sometimes it can't even be recreated (e.g. if it is the results of some experiments or a survey). Since it is an investment, you should protect it and take steps to avoid losing it.

There are four reasons you might lose data:

• HARDWARE FAILURE - Though modern hardware tends to be quite reliable, it can still break seemingly spontaneously. The most critical piece of hardware for storing data is the hard disk drive (HDD), which relies on tiny magnetic fields remaining intact in a world filled with electromagnetic noise.
• SOFTWARE BUGS - Modern software doesn't even tend to be reliable; a rock solid program is an exception, not a rule.
• HUMAN ACTION - Humans are quite unreliable, they will either make a mistake, or they will be malicious and destroy data deliberately.
• NATURAL DISASTER - Nature might not be evil, but it can wreak havoc even when it's being good. All in all, it's a small miracle anything works at all.

Backups are a god way to protect the investment in data. By having several copies of the data, it does not matter as much if one is destroyed (the cost is only that of the restoration of the lost data from the backup).

It is important to do backups properly because then you know that the data that has been saved is secure and that the backup has worked properly. Backups will fail sooner or later; you don't want to notice that your backups didn't work. Adding insult to injury, you might have a bad crash as you're making the backup; if you have only one backup medium, it might be destroyed as well, leaving you with the smoking ashes of hard work. Or you might notice, when trying to restore, that you forgot to back up something important like the user database on a 1,500 user site. Best of all, all your backups might be working perfectly, but the last known tape drive reading the kinds of tapes you used was the one that now has a bucketload of water in it.

When it comes to backups, paranoia is in the job description.

VERSION CONTROL lets you track your files over time. Why care? So when you mess up you can easily get back to a previous working version. You probably have your own version control system without realising it had such a geeky name. Got any files like:

• Instacalc.logo3.png
• Instacalc-logo4.png
• Kalid Azid Resume Oct2006.doc
• Kalid Azid Resume Mar2007.doc
• Logo-old.png?

 

It's why we use "Save As". You want the new file without obliterating the old one. It's a common problem, and solutions are usually like this:

• Make a single backup copy (Document.old.txt)
• If we're clever, we add a version number or date (Document_V1.txt, DocumentMarch2007.txt etc.)

We may even use a shared folder so other people can see and edit files without sending them over e-mail. Hopefully they relabel the file after they save it. Using shared folders/naming system good for class projects or one-time papers, but don't use for software development.

A good VCS (Version Control System) includes:

• Backup and restore. Files saved as they are edited, and you can jump to any moment in that file's timeline.
• Synchronisation. Lets people share files and stay up-to-date with the latest version
• Short-term undo. Monkeying around with a file and messed up? Throw away changes and go back to the "last known good" version in the database
• Long-term undo. Sometimes we mess up bad. Suppose you made a change a year ago and it had a bug? Jump back to that version and see what change was made that day.
• Track changes. As files are updated, you can leave messages explaining why the change happened (stored in the VCS, not the file). This makes it easy to see how a file is evolving over time, and why.
• Track ownership. A VCS tags every change with the name of the person who made it. Helpful for giving credit.
• Sandboxing, or insurance against yourself. Making a big change? You can make temporary changes in an isolated area, test and work out all the kinks before "checking in" your changes.
• Branching and Merging. A larger sandbox. You can branch a copy of your code into a separate area and modify it in isolation (tracking changes separately). Later you can merge your work back into the common area.

FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS

Good file names need to make sense to more than just the creator. The name should be clear to everyone in the department or agency in which the file was created. A record should be distinguishable from files with similar subjects as well as different versions of the same file.

AVOID USING SPECIAL CHARACTERS

( \ / : ; " ' ? < > | [ ] & $ etc.) Special characters are frequently used for specific tasks in an electronic environment. For example, a / is used to identify files in Microsoft products, where as a Mac OS would use a colon :. Periods are used in front of file name extensions to denote file formats (.jpg, .doc, .bmp etc.). Using them in a file name could result in lost files or errors.

USE UNDERSCORES INSTEAD

Of periods or spaces. Periods already have a function (as mentioned above, to denote file name extensions or formats), and tell the computer where the format type begins and the name of the file ends. Spaces are frequently translated in a web environment to be read as %20 (e.g "Naming Tutorial.doc" would read as "Naming%20Tutorial.doc"). this can cause confusion in a file name, as well as a difficulty in a person reading the name of the file.

ERR ON THE SIDE OF BREVITY

Generally about 25 characters is sufficient to capture enough descriptive information for naming a record or document.

NECESSARY DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION

Should be included in the file name, independent of where it is stored.

• Wrong: 0001.tif
• Right: WW1_Poster_Owens_0001.tif

INCLUDE DATES AND FORMAT CONSTANTLY - Some workplaces may find it more useful to have the date at the start of the file name, others may prefer it at the end. Just keep it consistent. The best way to list the date is based on an international standard - ISO8601. ISO8601 specifies numeric representations of date and time to be used in an electronic format.

• The international standard date notation is: YYYY_MM_DD or YYYYMMDD.
• YYYY = year
• MM = month of the year, between 01 (January) and 12 (December)
• DD = day of the month, between 01 and 31

For example, 5th January 2008 is written as 20080105. This format allows ease of comparing files by date and prevents confusion with other date formats (especially in other formats that use just two digits for the year). For example, a document could be named "filenaming_20080507.doc" to reflect that this draft was last credited on May 7th 2008.

INCLUDE VERSION NUMBERS

Easiest way is to include a letter "v" to represent "version number". Then "v01", "v02", "v03" etc. can be added as needed to a file, and the main file can stay the same name. This is much more effective than other common additions like "updated", "new", "revised", et al. An exception to the rule is the use of the word "FINAL" to indicate the final version of the document. Use "FINAL" instead of the version number, rather than in addition to it.

BE CONSISTENT

Some choices will need to be made about organisation that affects the entire workgroup - where to include the date, what abbreviations to use, etc. Regardless of what the group decides, it is only effective if everyone follows the rules consistently.

Understand the importance of continuous professional development.

What is meant by "continuous professional development"

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) or Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is the means by which people maintain their knowledge and skills related to their professional lives.

The CPD CERTIFICATE SERVICE defines CPD as "A commitment to structured skills enhancement and personal or professional competence". It believes that it is important for everyone, no matter their occupation, role or responsibility within an organisation, to ensure that their skills and knowledge are up to date. Its view is that the undertaking of CPD is particularly important in today's fast moving technological world, as the criteria used for achieving qualifications may no longer be relevant.

Unit 03

How to give constructive feedback

Defining the Creative Industries

Skillset is the Creative Industries' Sector Skills Council and works to raise skills levels in every sector of industry within its remit.
Skillset looks after twelve sectors:

• advertising;
• animation;
• computer games;
• facilities (which includes post production, studio and equipment hire, special physical effects, outside broadcast, processing laboratories, transmission, manufacture of AV equipment and other services for film and TV);
• fashion and textiles;
• film;
• interactive media;
• other content creation (pop promos, corporate and commercials production);
• photo imaging;
• publishing (books, journals, magazines, newspapers, directories and databases, news agencies, and electronic information services);
• radio; and
• television

           Constructive feedback

• Constructive feedback is when you giving or receiving a face-to-face conversation with a client/employee about something that he/she has not done well. You would need to have the facts and then provide some sort of direction to resolve the problem.

• Another way of giving constructive feedback is while you do it over the phone because if the receiving end has not provided the right information for the giving end the receiving end will not have to waste time by going to the giving person it would save time to let other members get a chance to do what ever they need employees for.

• In positive feedback situations, express appreciation. Appreciation alone is praise. Yet when you add it to the specifics of constructive feedback, your message carries an extra oomph of sincerity. 

For example: "Sue, your handling of all the processing work while John did the callbacks made for an efficient effort and showed good teamwork. Everything you did was accurate, as well. Thanks so much for helping out. Such initiative is a real value to the team."

• In negative feedback situations, express concern. A tone of concern communicates a sense of importance and care and provides the appropriate level of sincerity to the message. Tones such as anger, frustration, disappointment, and the ever-popular sarcasm tend to colour the language of the message and turn attempts at negative feedback into criticism. The content of the message gets lost in the noise and harshness. 

The purpose of negative feedback is to create awareness that can lead to correction or improvement in performance. If you can't give negative feedback in a helpful manner, in the language and tone of concern, you defeat its purpose.

Converting Technology

There are a few ways to convert energy, here are some examples;

• Satellite; GPS- gives you a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit...
• Internet; Ipod(Hardware), iTunes(Music)- These have the whole distribution channel: e-commerce, sell, share...
• Wireless; In home- Purely wireless, information and data is pushed around via a router...

What constructive feedback means

• Constructive feedback is when it will help the organisation be the best it can be. Receiving constructive feedback will help me to learn how to do things better and more efficiently which will help me do the job i do properly, also giving constructive feedback will help others the way it will help me and make jobs easier to do.

The impact of converging technology on the workforce

• The impact of converging technology on the workforce is that something could go wrong and it might corrupt data so the business could loose valid information.

Unit 02

Several communication techniques

Here are a list of communication techniques:

• Oral Communication:

  Oral communication could be said to be the most used form of communication because people could present something to their colleagues or lead a boardroom meeting, you must have vital skills. We are constantly using words verbally to inform our subordinates of a decision, provide information, etc... This is done by wither face-to-face or on the phone depending on the situation. The person on the receiving end would need to take consideration to ensure that he/she clearly understands what is being said. This shows that you would need to know what to say about both your listening and speaking skills, as you would have to carry out both roles in the workplace, with different people.

• Written Communication:

  Writing is used when you have to provide detailed information such as figures and facts, even while giving a presentation so it gives a brief understanding what written stuff goes with what. It is also generally used to send documents and other important material to stakeholders such as if i was sending a CV to company to see if they would let me in or not, which could then be stored for later use as it can be referred to easily as it is recorded. Other important documents such as contracts, memos, and minutes of meetings are also in written form for this purpose. It can be seen in recent years however, that verbal communication has been replaced to a great extent by a faster form of written communication, and that is email. You could also use videoconferencing and multiple way phone calls with several individuals simultaneously. Apart from a few glitches that could occur, these methods of communication have helped organizations come a long way.

• Body Language:

  Although the most common methods of communication are carried out orally or in writing, when it comes to management techniques, the power of non-verbal communication must never be underestimated. Your smile, your gestures and several other body movements send out a message to the people around you. You need to be mindful of this while dealing with your employees and customers. Always remember to maintain eye contact so there is a good chance that it will happen. This would show that you are serious and confident about what is being said.

Unit 01

Unit 01:

The creative media industries are vital to the UK's economic success, as well as to the quality of our society and our lives. In terms of Gross Value Added, they account for over 5.6% of total UK output. They rely on a very highly-skilled workforce. The skills of the workforce need to be professional for the industries to stay competitive. That's why it's vital for the views of employers and the self-employed to be heard, so that skills gaps and shortages are identified.

Skillset's industry-endorsed research programme is the key mechanism to capture and express these views. The programme uses well-developed methodologies and relationships to gather robust Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) about the industries.

Read overviews of the LMI for each creative media industry.

Full time

Full-time jobs usually require around 32-40 hours per week and often include benefits such as health insurance and paid holidays and vacations. With a full-time job, you typically work eight hours a day, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Part-time jobs usually require less than 32 hours per week and often don't include any benefits. With a part time job, you typically work four hours a day, from, say, 8:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Fixed contracts

Generally fixed term contract means your tied into the contract for a fixed term example would be like a telephone line, most companies have a fixed term contract of say 12 months, apart from your 'tester period' at the beginning you are stuck in the contract for 12 months.


Part time
Part time is when you only work 16 hours a week. Part time is when you work 80% of a full time working week or less, this is because they do not do the full time, it is just so they get a good understanding of the work environment and that they know what they need to do in future jobs.


Freelance
A freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and labor contributed by its regular employees.


The effect as an employee
It depends on the job because certain jobs can be changed in the hours that you work, all of the breaks and lunch breaks you have will pay in certain jobs will let your hours flex but other jobs you will have to work the hours and the breaks that are given by the employer, this means that there are different jobs that have different working hours and set the breaks and lunch breaks have to be a certain time so it fits in within the working hours.

The benefits of an employment
It depends on the job because some jobs the company will deduct the money from your pay slip automatically and they will pay for it on your behalf. Other jobs like if you are self employed you will have to pay tax for yourself and national insurance free lance will also need to pay their own tax for their self employed side but sometimes even their main employment as well.

How they are secure
They are secure by making their own types of times and how they are set out and precisely when their breaks and lunch breaks, for example: if a self employed person has the hours of 8:00am till 3:30pm his break would be at 10:30am and his lunch break would be at 1:30pm so it would balance out his hour to make it fair, a full time person would work

web design companies: Ng technology,zelo creative limited, th_nk clockwork design & new media, Indigo Multimedia , Tricycle media,cravens.

Graphical design you need experience with photoshop/fireworks/illustration you need to be good at art with experience

Web design need experience using html/css you need experience using dream weave but also photoshop and illustrator.

I would go on job sites to look for graphical designers, web designers , web developers or I would apply for recruitment agencies who would find you work you would need a portfolio of your designs if you were going to apply for a graphic designer, you would need to show all of your websites that you have designed a web developer would need to make sure that they also show the web sites that they have developed.


The differences between these is that they are either employed by somebody, a company or by themselves. This is so the different terms can not be mistaken for one another.

Presentation

Cross-Browser
Cross-Browser is when the ability for a website, web application, HTML construct or client-side script to support all the web browsers. The term cross-browser is often confused with multi-browser. Multi-browser is a new paradigm in web development that allows a website or web application to provide more functionality over several web browsers, while ensuring that the website or web application is accessible to the largest possible audience without any loss in performance. Cross-browser capability allows a website or web application to be properly rendered by all browsers. The term cross-browser has existed since the web development began. Also Cross-Browser is to do with different sites such as Internet Explorer, Safari and Mozilla, these are sites used by different types of computer makes so they have their own web page to browse as much as people like.

Cross-Browser is used for different reasons because there three are different browsers used and they have different ways of connecting to other sites because they are set out to be easily used and they can be readable to just about everyone to know how this programme is used.



Here is an example of a box shadow and it works by copying the code from the design of the shadow and this will add it to the document that they want to add it to so the effect is working and has a point to it.
-moz-box-shadow; This is a code for the use of Mozilla
-webkit-box-shadow; This is a code for Chrome and Safari
box-shadow; This is a code for Internet Explorer and Opra.





Blog for everyday
i have produced part of my portfolio: 22/2/12
i have produced part of my portfolio: by adding text and  25/2/12
i have produced part of my portfolio: by adding new title, pics and colour 01/03/12

1 page website-Scott Murray

My one page website blog

DVD Title

Have I met my target audience

My logo design for website

When i was designing my website i had in mind of a younger audience between 15-35 but after designing my website it come to my attention that it would stand out to a larger audience between the ages of 15-55 because of the style of the writing which was popular in the 1980 with such films such as BACK TO THE FUTURE and Terminator all used that style of font but it also had a modern twist to it with the films on shows they are more modern films with a retro style theme and also with the integration of social network links this stands out to the younger audience, I believe that I have achieved to meet my target audience but after designing my website it looks like it would achieve an older audience as well.

Have i made my work Cross browser friendly

I have met this target by using firefox and other user friendly websites, this has made the text understandable by using the same font as i always had been, the fonts used in my website is 'GAME CUBEN' this text stands out because it makes the border look better by fading the text and fading the borders. The links from the videos in my web design play a clip of a DVD that is a new release either of a horror or a comedy.

DVD covers and video links to You tube

The use of content

My use of content is used by having links to trailers because they play a part of a film which is a has been newly released film to give the reader some description of what the film will be and what type of film it is and if its the right one for them, but in the video clip I want to show the the viewers what the film is about and what happens in that precise film scenario. The text used was to give examples of what new DVDs there are and what type of DVD they are as well, this has been used because there are categories for different age groups because I want everybody to have a look at my site and pick from a range of DVD covers. There are a range of titles to choose from which are set in the different style of text that has been used. In the DVD pictures have been animated by placing a border to make it stand out and the picture will describe what is going on in the film so they will know what type of film they are looking at because if it is not what they wanted they could easily switch to a different film cover. The social networking what i used is for the computer and it could be used on a mobile phone which has the apps to access to the socialising applications.

How your website looked after photoshop

My website looked better and more effective because my old website had pictures that did not go well with everything else on the page, this makes it look acceptable than what I did, also the title was well constructed than what it looked like on my first try because the font was readable and it was faded so it made it look like the DVDs were selling fast because i wanted more people to visit my website by viewers sharing my website on such things as applications like Facebook and Twitter.

The links for apps and DVD rating

Software i used for my website

The browser software i had used for my website are photoshop, Dreamweaver. I used these because in photoshop the border was set out to the standard which is used by many other people. Dreamweaver is used because it can use HTML while adding info on the website, also there is a server address called URL and this is used for sites that are spread around the web for others to look at whilst making the site popular which will end up being successful overall. Hypertext is an element in a document which links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document, you can also click on the link to go to the Url that the document leads to. 

How i tested my browser

I tested my browser by using Dreamweaver because it gives you a preview of what the website will look like when a new web page has been opened. This gives the impression that you know how it will turn out to be and where everything that has been added will go on the page also how long the page will be.

How i transferred my design onto the web

I transferred my design by using a programme that has x10hosting and also used filezilla to transfer my web document onto the web by going onto filezilla and giving them my user name and password for x10hosting and also open port 21 for FTP.

What my final thoughts were

My final thoughts about my design are that i could improve on the video content and how they work, also i have improved from my last piece of work that i designed was yet a minor priority. Also i had to include a template border for my placing of each part of my website so i was in order but i chose to put different pictures, writing and videos separate from each other so it is understandable.

Design Crowd

I used this website to design projects to learn how to publish projects and design them so we can publish some whenever we like, here are some projects that i had created:

I used these logos in design crowd and published them but they did not win because they were not what the publishers were after.

Prezi project

I had used a website called: http://www.prezi.com/ this is a website that is used for designing presentations online and it works well because there are a lot of people using it at this moment in time.

This is the project i had done for prezi: http://prezi.com/your/, also to record our presentation to get it onto http://www.youtube.com/ we used a programme called: http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack/Home.aspx

How I used Dreamweaver
I started off by creating the table so i know where to put every picture, video, header, footer and information.