With the popularity of cloud storage applications like Dropbox and Google Drive at an all time high, Microsoft's cloud storage app, Microsoft OneDrive, often gets overlooked. Last month Microsoft announced that all Office 365 subscribers would now be able to utilize unlimited cloud storage. This is especially interesting considering the free Microsoft Office subscription offered for UD students.
I recently ran out of storage room on Dropbox, so this news came at a perfect time. This, and cloud storage in general, may seem kind of confusing but if you find yourself looking for more cloud storage, this may be something to look into.
Something else I found interesting was the new partnership between Microsoft and one of their competitors, Dropbox, announced earlier this month.
Sunday, November 30
Saturday, November 29
Photoshop Tips and Tricks
Hi guys!
As the semester is coming to an end and everyone has turned in their student projects, I'm sure most people used photoshop if you were doing a poster! For me, it was my first time using photoshop so it was a lot to learn and A LOT of trial and error. Luckily, the internet is an incredible resource for any photoshop questions I had. I found this blog http://www.creativebloq.com/photo-editing/photoshop-tips-and-fixes-612316 and it offers a lot of useful tips/tricks/shortcuts for photoshop! The site has all the simple tricks for the noobs (like me) and some more advanced tips for the photoshop connoisseurs!
I hope everyone is having a great break!
As the semester is coming to an end and everyone has turned in their student projects, I'm sure most people used photoshop if you were doing a poster! For me, it was my first time using photoshop so it was a lot to learn and A LOT of trial and error. Luckily, the internet is an incredible resource for any photoshop questions I had. I found this blog http://www.creativebloq.com/photo-editing/photoshop-tips-and-fixes-612316 and it offers a lot of useful tips/tricks/shortcuts for photoshop! The site has all the simple tricks for the noobs (like me) and some more advanced tips for the photoshop connoisseurs!
I hope everyone is having a great break!
Tuesday, November 25
Storing multimedia files when no hard drive is available
With external hard drives in short supply, where can students store files critical to their projects when their borrowed cameras are due?
The UD Dropbox can help but has limits. As described in the website,
The Dropbox software itself has limits on the amount of data that can be uploaded in a single dropoff. Even for browsers that support uploads larger than 2 GB, dropoffs may not exceed 10.0 GB per file, or 20.0 GB total for the entire dropoff.
The 2 GB limitation will support uploading many short video files. Because the Dropbox won't ingest file folders, one can't simply upload the contents of the AVCHD folder from a camera's hard drivefile, but one could upload individual files.
The UD Dropbox can help but has limits. As described in the website,
The Dropbox software itself has limits on the amount of data that can be uploaded in a single dropoff. Even for browsers that support uploads larger than 2 GB, dropoffs may not exceed 10.0 GB per file, or 20.0 GB total for the entire dropoff.
The 2 GB limitation will support uploading many short video files. Because the Dropbox won't ingest file folders, one can't simply upload the contents of the AVCHD folder from a camera's hard drivefile, but one could upload individual files.
Sunday, November 23
Reminder: 3 day headphone kits are available!
Finals week is approaching, and with that the library will be open 24 hours a day beginning Monday, December 1st. With many students expected to be at the library well past our desk closes at midnight, keep in mind that students have the option of loaning out a 3 day headphone kit. This will allow them to use our headphones during their late night study sessions rather than having to return them to us by 11:29 PM.
Saturday, November 22
iMovie to Dropbox, is it Possible?
Short answer, yes.
Long answer, it's probably not advisable.
Today someone came in looking for a Studio to reserve and an external hard drive to rent out so she could save her work and edit it later, but there was a problem. We were out of hard drives. This was a deal breaker for her because she had no other way to save it and her project was going to take much longer than two hours to edit. So she asked if she could save it to DropBox in the meantime. I had no idea, which prompted me to make a quick search and I came upon someone who had a similar question and had posed said question to the apple community (so we know the answer is legit). Which brings me back to the beginning of this post.
As a disclaimer, I did not test this out. The student who had the question decided not to try it for fear of losing the hours she would have put into her work, but there it is, if someone ever asks you the same question now we'll all know what to say:
Yes it is possible.
Just a little difficult because you have to drag everything that was used, photos, music, etc. to dropbox so the new computer will be able to open the files.
Long answer, it's probably not advisable.
Today someone came in looking for a Studio to reserve and an external hard drive to rent out so she could save her work and edit it later, but there was a problem. We were out of hard drives. This was a deal breaker for her because she had no other way to save it and her project was going to take much longer than two hours to edit. So she asked if she could save it to DropBox in the meantime. I had no idea, which prompted me to make a quick search and I came upon someone who had a similar question and had posed said question to the apple community (so we know the answer is legit). Which brings me back to the beginning of this post.
As a disclaimer, I did not test this out. The student who had the question decided not to try it for fear of losing the hours she would have put into her work, but there it is, if someone ever asks you the same question now we'll all know what to say:
Yes it is possible.
Just a little difficult because you have to drag everything that was used, photos, music, etc. to dropbox so the new computer will be able to open the files.
Thursday, November 20
Coloring Scanned Images Using Photoshop
When it comes to coloring line drawings or other forms of media, I prefer to scan the image at a high resolution and then opening the image in Photoshop to add color. Teagan White created a concise tutorial that does a much better job explaining the process than I could do in this blog post, so take a look at the tutorial in the link below.
Wednesday, November 19
Studio Abuse
Hey guys,
So as the semester is winding down students are using the studios now more than ever for their projects. Remember that they only have a two hour window to utilize the studios. They may come up to request an additional two hour block for the same day, only when at most 30 minutes of an existing reservation remains and time slots are available. If they have not made another reservation and are continuing to do their work, politely inform them that their time is up and KICK THEM OUT (just kidding, be nice about it).
So as the semester is winding down students are using the studios now more than ever for their projects. Remember that they only have a two hour window to utilize the studios. They may come up to request an additional two hour block for the same day, only when at most 30 minutes of an existing reservation remains and time slots are available. If they have not made another reservation and are continuing to do their work, politely inform them that their time is up and KICK THEM OUT (just kidding, be nice about it).
Also be sure to ask them specifically what they are using the studio for when they go to reserve one. Appropriate use for studios can be reviewed at: http://multimedia.lib.udel.edu:89/misc/operational-protocols.asp
Have fun removing people!
Have fun removing people!
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