KickStater websites
- Roots: a game of woodland might and right, is a board game with a Robin Hood like twist to it. In a land of Forest creatures the evil Marque de cat has seized control of the woods and is attempting to harvest its resources. Players can control four factions that are vying for control of the woods, The Marque, The Eyrie, The Alliance, and The Vagabond. The game is strategy board game in the likes of Axis and Allies or the Game of Thrones board game, where you manage resources and try to take territories. I think the Game has great art style and I would definitely be interested in playing it. I’m a bit worried that it might have to much of an established style for the project though.
- Rocket Science is a children's book that explains the fundamentals of space travel. I personally am very excited about space travel and I think it would be helpful if more people knew about it. If people understood it then they might be more willing to fund it, and I think a book like this could go a long way in raising interest. The book has illustrations, but not a super strong brand elsewhere so there would definitely be room to play with the website. They have a blueprint theme running through some of their illustrations and I can imaging that would be a fun way to organize content on the webpage.
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1734237858/rocket-science?ref=discovery
3. Color Spike is a company that wants to make easy to use LED light strips for film and photography use. The products are mountable boxes about the size of a traditional industrial fluorescent bulb with a single row of LEDs in the center. The lights can be used to create mood in photography or as direct props themselves. What makes these stand out is that you don’t need to hand dial in the colors yourself. Instead there is an app that allows you to choose your color like you would in an Adobe program. While I don't really care about the product itself I can see a lot of fun possibilities in what the web page could look like. Since the product focuses on light and color that could leave a lot of room for fun color combinations and strong darks and lights. Link:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbangerlabs/colorspike-create-in-color?ref=discovery
Additionally out side of class this week I read chapter 5 in Above the Fold, completed the PDFs, and did some more research. Here are the screen shots for my completed code and websites for the PDFs.
HTML:
CSS:
For the rest of my research I focused on what content I would want on the site. I read through the kick starter and converted their sections in to content areas. I reworded a lot of what they said in a way to make it more appealing. Their writing was very matter a fact so I spiced it up a bit and cut it down to the essentials.
Here's my research so far:
Additionally out side of class this week I read chapter 5 in Above the Fold, completed the PDFs, and did some more research. Here are the screen shots for my completed code and websites for the PDFs.
HTML:
CSS:
For the rest of my research I focused on what content I would want on the site. I read through the kick starter and converted their sections in to content areas. I reworded a lot of what they said in a way to make it more appealing. Their writing was very matter a fact so I spiced it up a bit and cut it down to the essentials.
Here's my research so far:
What is it?
Color spike is a lighting system for video or photo use that is easy to use and setup. The team that dreamt up color spike came up with the idea after realising the need for it in their own photography. As photographers they understand what people need and have come up with a product that uniquely fills those needs.
Features:
- Able to dial in tons of interesting effects
- Great for both video and stills, in-studio and on-location
- App-controlled
- Linkable to create multi point lighting system
- Bright enough to be useful
(copied from the web page)
What I’m imaging the Content being about:
I’m imaging these three subjects bellow being on a slide show feature area near the top of the page. Maybe an image example on the side with the content text beside it. OR it can be an image with the heading and when you click on it, it links you to the content text lower on the page.
Video use:
Color Spike can be used to simulate all sorts of practical lighting effects in film. From camera flashes to fires, by dialing in the settings you can choose from a multitude of color options and make the light pulse or strobe to create the effect you want. The light is also bright enough to be clearly visible in the footage, or if you want you can dial it down for a more subtle tone. Color spike can also easily be setup to create fantastic mood lighting.
Photo use:
Color spike isn’t only for video use. It can also easily be setup to create stunning mood and lighting effects in your photo shoots. Whether in a studio or on location Color Spike can be quickly set up and adjusted to fill your photography lighting needs. Color Spike’s portability and easy app control will help cut down on set up and allow you maximize your shoot time.
App Control:
Use the free color spike app to quickly and easily set up patterns and colors for you Color Spike. Just pair your phone with one or more Color Spikes and used the intuitive mobile interface to easily program your lights. Colors can be changed with the color wheel and strobe patterns setup by changing the waveform. The app is already finished and fully functional so there will be no delay on having it ready by the end of the kickstarter campaign.
Other Content items:
-a link to the kickstarter at the top of the page
-The hardware of the product
- Rugged yet breathable anodized aluminum body
- Dual side channels for easy mounting
- Sized for handheld use
- Flicker free LED capable of millions of colors
- DC adapter
- Internal battery (about 45 minutes of continuous light)
- On board UI
- Diffusion screen
-lots of photo examples
-maybe a pho professional shoot like the one they have.
-About the creators
Duncan and Steve have been friends for over twenty years and started Bitbanger Labs in 2012 to fulfill niche demands in technology. Being photographers they realized the need for specialized technology in the field, and started making the products that they would want. In 2013 they designed the Pixelstick, a light wand that revolutionized painting in photography. Now they’re back to shake things up again with Color Spike, but they need you help to make it happen, check out the kickstarter Link.
-Maybe set up info
I’m thinking like an illustrated diagram here
-Maybe a how to section based off the other info I gathered.
Other Photo Lighting
B&H:
-Most other LED lights are large panels and look hard to transport
-Most of these mention the LED count
-Doesn’t mention app control or how you dial in settings
-Can be daisy chained together (I’m pretty sure color spike daisy chains)
-A lot of these come with stands
Price: The color spike seems to be on the more expensive end so I wont want to emphasis price
Popular Photography
10 lighting facts that will improve your photography
- To create softer lighting effects use a broad light source. If a light source is wide it hits the subject from more angles causing less harsh shadows.
- Use distance to create softer effects. If a light source is closer than it illuminates the subject more creating less shadows. If it is distant it’s becomes narrow and casts more shadows.
- Covering a light source with a thin material creates softer light. When the light passes through the material it scatters it in many directions. This is called Diffusion.
- Pointing a light at a wall and then “bouncing” it back to the subject can simulate diffusion.
- Distant from the light source to the subject affects how light “falls off” the subject. I think falls off means how quickly shadows form on the unlit areas. Sort of like Tenebrism.
- The fall off can be used to make a subject blend into the background or stand out. If a light is further away from the subject then the background will appear to be brighter.
- Light from the front will hide texture, while light from the side will make it stand out
- Use shadows to emphasize the volume of an object.
- Lighting from behind can act as diffuse lighting. The light will bounce of the opposite wall back towards your subject.
- All light has a color. Sometimes our eyes can’t register that color, but the digital sensors can. Therefore you must be prepared to color correct.
FStoppers
Not super helpful for content but might help me in recreating pictures for the website. This article tells you how to figure out what lighting effects a photographer used when creating a picture. It goes over basics like direct and diffuse light sources, and it also has a guide to help you look at eye reflections to and determine lights.
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