Make 3D model from pictures

Everybody can now make pictures in 3D, with a regular photo camera and the free ARC 3D website. You only have to take a number of pictures from an object from different angles, load it onto the website and you will be notified when you can pick up the 3D model from the ARC 3D ftp-site. The free MeshLab software provides professional tools to enable you to view, refine and enhance your 3D model.'

konijn/3d

The Rise of the Multimedia Authoring Platform

As described to PW by 10 companies offering a variety of platforms for producing multimedia-enhanced e-books of all kinds, digital publishing is about creating “enriched” e-books and mobile applications that, in the most basic terms, integrate text into a content ecosystem of audio, video, image, animation, 3-D models, and the like. Of most importance is the fact that these companies are making it easier and more cost-effective for publishers to produce multimedia book projects and distribute them quickly across the full range of digital retail marketplaces, including Apple’s iBookstore and App Store, Google Play, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

To make sense of where the e-book industry is heading, PW checked in with a range of firms, including Apple, Aquafadas, Atavist, Bibliolabs, Gutenberg Technology, Hurix Systems, Inkling, The Shadow Gang, Skyreader Media, Vook, and YUDU. While these aren’t the only firms offering multimedia authoring tools, their technologies are among those driving the production of many of the interactive e-books and mobile applications in the digital marketplace.

publishersweekly.com

Skyreader Studio Authoring Tool

Skyreader’s new proprietary self-publishing platform is the industry’s first authoring tool focused on creating fully immersive interactive eBooks and supports all major eBook devices and formats.

Currently in beta, Skyreader Studio is expected to fully launch in Q2 2013.

Skyreader’s new platform is the first to offer a complete set of the self-publishing tools needed to create fully interactive and engaging content normally only achievable through expensive custom programming.Skyreader 

Media Inc

Atavist - Where Stories Begin

When you are thinking digital- and mobile-first publishing, Creatavist is the platform for realizing your vision. We are writers, editors, filmmakers, and digital creatives like you, and we’ve built this software to expand the limits of storytelling.

Creatavist lets you assemble your work around any media you choose—text, audio, video, animation, interactive elements, and more. Whether you are creating a single multimedia story, full-length ebooks, promotional materials, a mobile-ready magazine issue, or any other flavor of digital publishing, you can jump in and start building your work simply and immediately.

Atavist - How It Works

What Is the Business of Literature?

As technology disrupts the business model of traditional publishers, the industry must imagine new ways of capturing the value of a book. 

VQR

The People's E-Book

Why Ebooks Belong in the Web Browser

EBooks violate the fundamental promise of the Internet. Anyone can publish a website. Anyone can offer content for free or sell whatever they want from a website. Small commissions to payment processors and web hosting costs notwithstanding, the Internet empowers a seller to engage directly with a buyer.

Ebooks break this promise; the writer should be able to engage directly with the reader. The writer should be able to sell directly to the reader. Imagine if you had to pay your web hosting company 30% of your gross every time you sold an item on your website—that’s exactly what eBookstores do.

By separating the eBook from its proper home—the web browser—big media companies grow fat. This article explores the relationships between the web browser, PDF, Flash and eBooks—and how those relationships affect you.

The World's Greatest Book

En metode for utvikling

Joey Marburger er Mobile Design Director i The Washington Post. Han vektelegger at man i prosesser med mange interessenter gjerne fikk veldig mange justeringsønsker fra veldig mange hold, og at det å forandre alle de små tingene kan rote til visjonen.

Marburger lar komiteen sitte rundt et bord, fire-fem-seks stykker. De deler på ett stort ark og én stor tusj. På arket skal man så tegne appen man skal lage, og pennen går på rundgang. Slik kan en komme fram til de første skissene, gjerne hovedsiden man ser i en app eller tjeneste.

Action – reaction; handling – reaksjon

Denne metoden går ned i funksjonene. Man bruker to ark, førstemann tegner en knapp på det ene arket, den neste kan så velge om hun vil fortsette å tegne på ark 1, eller om hun vil tegne på ark 2 hva som skjer når man trykker på knappen førstemann laget.

Fysisk prototyping
For å teste hvordan folk forholder seg til en ny app, skisser mobildesignerne i Washington Post ideen opp på et ark, klipper den ut og limer den opp på kartong. Da kan gi den til folk som kan ta i den, trykke på den og stille spørsmål om hva som skjer hvis man trykker her.

Marburger var heller ikke særlig opptatt av fokusgrupper og systematisk research, ettersom folk sjelden vet hva de egentlig vil ha. De kunne si at de ønsket seg en kryssord-app fra Washington Post, mens det de i virkeligheten ønsket seg var noe de kunne spille litt tid på etter at de var ferdig med å lese.

Kilde: NRKbeta

iDrops

Come and be inspired by international experts in augmented reality, serious games and app design and development. Learn new techniques of developing e-books.

• What is the future for digital publishing?
• What are the new creative opportunities for writers?
• What happens when games and books come together?

iDrops

Craig Mod,"Beautiful Books"

Sjekk også craigmod.com/journal/subcompact_publishing