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Dave Johannes

Dave Johannes

DJOHANNES 09-10

June 8, 2012 By Dave Johannes


Hello, My name is Dave Johannes and this is my second year as an STA. I’m Junior majoring in Urban Studies and a minoring in Architecture. I’m also in the Bridging Disciplines Program pursuing a Certificate in Digital Arts & Media. I enjoy photography, browsing ebay for bargain camera equipment, movies, video games, and cycling. Check out my My Site/Blog where I update on my photographic adventures and post my general thoughts.


August 12, 2010
Launched ASLonline1 http://laits.utexas.edu/aslonline1
Finished AFROTC http://wwwtest.utexas.edu/cola/depts/afrotc/
Difficult Dialogues Updates http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/dialogues/index.html


July 29, 2010
coding for ASLonline1
http://laits.utexas.edu/sta/davidj/ASLonline1/
video and lightboxes


July 22, 2010
Started coding for ASLonline1
http://laits.utexas.edu/sta/davidj/ASLonline1/


July 15, 2010
Met with Nancy. Green light on AFROTC design. Started migrating content.
http://wwwtest.utexas.edu/cola/depts/afrotc/

Met with Anne. Green light on green ASL design.

Met with Ran. China Rising inner page mock and menu.


July 8, 2010
Difficult Dialogues updates
http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/dialogues/

Public and Private banner features mock

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Cool Links

– Multicolr Search Lab
– Wikimedia Commons


July 1, 2010
– Photography for Department of Germanic Studies Faculty ID
– Content Migration on Deutsche Kultur Drupal from Wiki


June 15, 2010
-Poster scanning for Talbot
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-Detachment Air Force AROTC Mockup 3

-Indigenous Studies Mockup


May 5, 2010
– Sociology Feature

-Detachment Air Force AROTC Mockup 2


April 28, 2010
-Detachment Air Force AROTC Mockup
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– Sent Kate new Deutsche Kultur mockup and structure


April 14, 2010
– Deutsche Kultur Site
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April 7, 2010
-Website content update for Laurent Mathevet
-More Dase editing. Finished 142 images of 238


March 31, 2010
– Met with Ashley and gave a Drupal tutorial
– Waiting to hear back from Taiwan Studies people
– Adding meta data to Liberal Arts Image Collection on DASE
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March 24, 2010
– Finished Taiwan Studies site. Waiting for final feedback. Link
– Finished final edits for AHAA site. Site


March 10, 2010
– Taiwan Studies drupal site
– Family Feud game
Link – Uploaded more photos to DASE


February 24, 2010
– AHAA Site Changes Link
– Finished Jane Austen site for Janine – Link
– Taiwan Studies
– Finished Redesign for Laurent Mathevet! Link


February 16, 2010
Finished Moving over AHAA site. PHP. Link
Started password protected image gallery site for Janine. Link


February 10, 2010
– Uploaded image to _COLA_DASEupload folder for Kate
– Website Redesign for Laurent Mathevet Link


February 3, 2010
– Live site for Carolyn Eastman
– Collected copyright free images for Tiger site for Ran
– Website redesign for Laurent Mathevet


January 27, 2010
Site for Carolyn Eastman
Link


December 2, 2009
Continued site design for Carolyn Eastman
Image collections for Kate


November 18, 2009
Started personal site for Carolyn Eastman


November 17, 2009
HDR Images

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November 16, 2009
Finished uploading building photos into DASE.


November 13, 2009
Finished Mockup for Rhetoric and Writing Banner


November 12, 2009
Continue Mockups for Rhetoric and Writing Banner


November 11, 2009
New Mockups for Rhetoric and Writing Banner in progress


November 6, 2009
Finished mockup for Rhetoric and Writing banner


November 5, 2009
Started mockup for Rhetoric and Writing banner


November 4, 2009
Creating Illustrations for Rhetoric and Writing Banner
Orator/Magistrate, Geometric Map, Keyboard, and Pen


November 4, 2009
Updated Jason Brownlee site, now live
Starting on Rhetoric and Writing Banner


November 3, 2009
Building Images are ready for DASE uploading.


October 27, 2009
Finished all COLA building photography! Just need to edit.


October 26, 2009
Finished taking and editing more building photography for HRH, PAR, and WMB.


October 20, 2009
Finished preliminary reddesign and coding for Prof. J. Brownlee’s website
Link


October 14, 2009
Color Correcting


October 13, 2009
Started website redesign for Jason Brownlee.


October 7, 2009
Took and edited photo for Office of the Dean – Gebauer Building. Edited exposure levels, colors, and fixed the perspective due to lens distortion. Original image


October 6, 2009
– Scanned Books for presentation
– Met with Prof. Jason Brownlee on revamping his site


October 5, 2009
Started processing photographs. Started with GSB. Saving them in .DNG, a raw archival format, also known as a “digital negative.” Advantages for using DNG, in addition to greater creative control, the following are embedded and supported in the file: Exif metadata, XMP metadata, IPTC metadata, CIE XYZ coordinates, ICC profiles, and JPEG

Continued Kit Belgium Travel banner design


October 1, 2009
Took pictures of buildings


September 30, 2009
Started Kit Belgum Travel banner design Beginning to make silhouettes


September 29, 2009
Finished Remaking Database for Emily for CREES, LILAS, and SAI Made this:

Look Like This:


September 23, 2009
-EEJH Website Mock-up v2

-Met with Emily. Working on editing raw data for the Lending Libraries Project


September 22, 2009
-China Rising Website Mock-up v2


September 22, 2009
-EEJH Mock-up v1


September 17, 2009
-China Rising Website Mock-up v1


September 15, 2009
-Finished STA Banner Graphic


September 14, 2009
-TIGER Redesign Mock-up


September 10, 2009
-Policy Agendas Spotlight


September 8, 2009
-Sociology Spotlight Feature – Flammable, Argentina


September 3, 2009
-TILTS Banner Concept

Made Banner Mockup for TILTS


Filed Under: 2009 - 2010

DJOHANNES 08-09

June 7, 2012 By Dave Johannes

Dave Johannes – Task Sheet


May 5, 2009
Worked on screencasting
Need to figure out best settings (quality vs. file size)


May 4, 2009
Government Splash: Finding neutral poses


April 27-29, 2009
Illustrated Survival Curves for Population Research Made New Mockup Spanish Portuguese Banner


April 23, 2009
Made Sky Less Intense


April 21, 2009
Made Changes to Population Research Collage


April 19, 2009
Photo on Page


April 13, 2009
Took Benedict Hall Photos

Merged to High Dynamic Range

Detail


April 13, 2009
4 hour long Grant Review Committee meeting!


April 7, 2009
First hi-res mockup – Population Research


April 6, 2009
Government Splash


April 2, 2009
Population Research banner mockup


April 3, 2009
initial Grant Review Committee Meeting


April 2, 2009
Population Research

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April 1, 2009
Slow Loris Illustration

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March 25, 2009
Passe Partout
Finished 24 large photos, cannot find 4
Finished 10 small photos, 18 to go

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March 9, 2009
Finished moving over AROTC site
http://dev.laits.utexas.edu/cola/depts/arotc/
Need to meet with Emily Cicchini


March 4, 2009
Cascade Stuff
Met with Emily Cicchini
-ROTC Website
http://dev.laits.utexas.edu/cola/depts/arotc/
-French and Italian Website
http://dev.laits.utexas.edu/cola/depts/frenchitalian/


February 23, 2009
Thomas Jefferson Center – Bookstack Logo

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February 17, 2009
Public Policy Institute Logo


February 16, 2009
Slow Loris Illustration


February 16, 2009
Religious Studies Banner In Color

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February 15, 2009
Religious Studies Banner


February 9, 2009
Religious Studies Banner Mockup


February 6, 2009
Text Illustrations for RS Banner


February 5, 2009
Finished Blue Mosque Silhouette


February 4, 2009
Continuing Blue Mosque Silhouette


February 2, 2009
Started Blue Mosque Silhouette


January 31, 2009
Working on Building Silhouettes


December 11, 2008
Shinto Gate Illustration

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December 7, 2008
Finished Children on Keyboard Illustration


December 6, 2008
Working on image corrections


December 3, 2008
Sociology Splash Image


December 1, 2008
In Progress: Sociology Splash Image


November 21, 2008
Even More Sociology Dept. Splash Images


November 19, 2008
Even More Sociology Dept. Splash Images

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November 18, 2008
More Sociology Dept. Splash Images

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November 14, 2008
Sociology Dept. Splash Images


November 5, 2008


October 31, 2008

Started Children on Keyboard Illustration

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October 30, 2008

Finished Earth Illustration


October 28, 2008

Started Earth Illustration


October 25, 2008

Finished Security Camera


October 22, 2008

Image Corrections



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October 15, 2008

Illustrator Stuff

Security Camera


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October 10, 2008

Illustrator Stuff

Red Blood Cells


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Finger and Microchip


October 7, 2008 Image Corrections


September 30, 2008
More favicons


September 29, 2008
Favicons


September 19,2008
CREEES Logo


September 17, 2008
Image Corrections


September 10, 2008
Image Corrections

Filed Under: 2008 - 2009

April 28, 2011

April 28, 2011 By Dave Johannes

STA Knowledge Bank – Finished 2 Tutorials

  • Webspace
  • HDR

Economics Feature

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Filed Under: 2011 - 2012

HDR Imaging

April 26, 2011 By Dave Johannes

Photomatix Pro Tutorial: The Basics

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image using three photographs of the same scene taken under different exposures, and to process it with tone mapping and exposure fusion.

HDR image creation starts with taking photos of a High Dynamic Range scene as detailed inStep 1

Note: Photomatix allows you to process a single image with tone mapping, but this tutorial only covers HDR processing with multiple exposures. Note that a single image is not sufficient to capture the dynamic range of a high contrast scene.

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Step 1: Take photos of an HDR scene

To create the best HDR images, you need to take enough exposures to properly cover the dynamic range of the scene.

If your camera offers Auto-Exposure Bracketing (AEB), select the Continuous Shooting mode, make sure the camera is set toAperture Priority, and select an exposure increment of +/-2. The camera will automatically vary the shutter speed each time the shutter button is pressed, taking several exposures spaced by two-stop increments.

You may have to change the exposures manually if your camera does not offers AEB, or if it can only take 3 auto-bracketed frames when the dynamic range of the scene requires 5 or more.

Photomatix enables you to align images if the camera moved slightly between frames, but using a tripod is still recommended.

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Step 2: Load your bracketed photos

The easiest way to load your differently exposed photos is to select the files with the Finder and drag them together to the Photomatix icon on your Dock.

You will then get a dialog asking you what you would like to do with the dragged files. SelectMerge for HDR processingand click onOK.

The next dialog lists the files selected. If necessary, you can remove files or select others.

You can also directly access the dialog to select source images by either clicking on theLoad Bracketed Photosbutton on theWorkflow Shortcutspanel, or going to theFilemenu and clicking onLoad Bracketed Photos….

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Step 3: Preprocess and merge the photos

The next window lets you specify options for preprocessing and merging the photos.

If your photos were taken hand-held, check theAlign source imagesbox and select theBy matching featuresmethod. The three photos of the Grand Canal were taken using a tripod, but we still check the alignment option to correct for small alignment problems that may happen even with a tripod.

If your scene includes moving objects or people, check theReduce ghosting artifactsoption. Thesemi-manualoption is recommended for better results.

If the bracketed photos you loaded are RAW files, check theReduce noiseoption with theon source imagesselected. You may also check this option with jpeg or TIFF files.

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Step 4: Adjust the image to your liking

TheSettingswindow on the left lets you adjust the process, method and settings. There are two processes:Tone Mapping, which is applied to the merged 32-bit HDR image, andExposure Fusion, which combines the source photos directly.

ThePreviewwindow on the right shows a preview of the final tone mapped image. You can adjust the preview size using the radio buttons on top.

It is important to note that the preview is only an approximation — the final result may slightly differ in the case of the Details Enhancer and Fusion/Adjust methods.

The buttons at the bottom of theSettingswindow let you undo or redo settings, restore the default settings, and load and save presets.

You can also access presets directly by clicking on the thumbnails of thePreset Thumbnailspanel. The “Built-in” presets show by default.

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Step 4: Adjust the image (continued)

Try different processes and methods with your image.

TheExposure Fusionprocess tends to produce more natural-looking results and has the advantage of reducing noise.

TheTone Mappingprocess is the most versatile, offering a large variety of styles, or “looks”, depending on the method and settings.

There are two Tone Mapping methods: theDetails Enhancermethod increases local contrast and details, which makes it possible to process your image in creative ways. TheTone Compressormethod produces a more “photographic” look.

For a detailed tutorial on using the settings, please refer to thevideo tutorialon Tone Mapping.

Once you are satisfied with the method and settings, click on theProcessbutton so that you can thensavethe image.

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Step 5: Save the image

The Preview shows a low resolution representation of the image. To save the image at original resolution, you will have first to process it with the adjustments you selected. To do this, click on theProcessbutton located at bottom of theSettingswindow.

Once the processing has completed, chooseFile > Save As.

The processed image is in 16 bits/channel mode. However, you can choose to save it as 8-bit JPEG, if desired. Saving as 16-bit TIFF is recommended for further processing.


Helpful Links

Adapted fromhttp://www.hdrsoft.com/resources/tut_mac/index.html

HDR Examples

Filed Under: General

Web Space

April 19, 2011 By Dave Johannes

So you have some walk-in work. A professor (let’s call him/her Prof Client) wants a personal site done, hosted on their webspace. How do you give yourself access to Prof Client’s webspace so that you can make edits and changes? This handy tutorial will show you how.

  • First, meet with your professor and have them log into Webspace.

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  • Create a new folder in the top-level directory and name it ‘www’

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  • Then (this is very important), press “Next” NOT “Finish”
  • Next you’ll see the “Add Users” screen. Type in your email address and press next. It will find you in the system by email and eid.

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  • Give yourself full permissions on the next screen.

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  • Press Next to continue to the next screen. It will give you an option to send an email notification, as well as other advanced features. Choose the settings you feel most comfortable with.
  • Voila! You now have access to the ‘www’ folder in the professor’s webspace.
  • You can use the email link to login with your eid and manipulate files using the webspace interface.

PRO TIP!!!!!! I find web development easier if you mount the server in finder in OSX. To do this, “Connect to Server…” in Finder (same as how you connect to the STA volume) and type the following into the server address (replacing the fields in the brackets as necessary)

“https://webspace.utexas.edu/[EID]/www/”

Press connect, login with your eid, and magically you now have mounted the directory.

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Hope you found this Pro Tips Tutorial helpful, which makes you like, a pro now too.

Peace out,

Dave


Helpful Links

Webspace

Filed Under: General

April 7, 2011

April 5, 2011 By Dave Johannes

Economics

  • Launched new site!http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/economics/

Filed Under: 2011 - 2012

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