Designer clothing is clothing that bears the logo of a recognizable fashion designer.

The ‘designer’ whose name is on the label may be:

• A European couturier, e.g. Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent
• A European luxury goods house, e.g. Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Anna Joe
• An American sportswear label, e.g. Calvin Klein, Donna Karan

When talking about designer clothing, the highly creative, expensive (and often outlandish and unwearable) creations of top fashion designers are rarely what is meant.

Rather, ‘designer clothing’ is typically used to describe clothing that was not designed or made by the top fashion luminary, but bears their name due to a licensing agreement the designer has entered into with a mass market apparel manufacturer.

These agreements allow manufacturers of commodity apparel items to sell their wares at a premium price due to the cachet the designer’s name; and provide the designer with another income stream.

The quality of the clothing, and resemblance (or lack thereof) to the designer’s work vary considerably depending on who the licensee is, and the terms of the agreement the designer has struck. Some terms of these agreements may include limits on the number of styles of different types of garments that may be produced, or a final approval clause allowing the designer to veto any designs they find unappealing.

This licensing of designer names was pioneered by designers like Pierre Cardin in the 1960s and has been a common practice within the fashion industry from about the 1970s.

There are now also labels that imitate the ‘designer label’ marketing model of attaching a high status name to otherwise-ordinary items of clothing. These labels have built up cachet through their marketing campaigns rather than using the name of an already-established designer on their clothing. Two examples of these labels are Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.

There are also many new fresh labels today that are creating bespoke and one of a kind items of fashion, in today’s society people will strive to be different and they will not accept going out and being caught wearing the same clothes as someone else. These people will go to great lengths to find makers of such clothing. There is even a website that specialises in one of a kind and limited edition fashion clothing, tofallinlove.co.uk is a new website offering young designers and brands the ability to sign up and sell the unique fashion they have created.

from wikipedia

Animasi, atau lebih akrab disebut dengan film animasi, adalah film yang merupakan hasil dari pengolahan gambar tangan sehingga menjadi gambar yang bergerak. Pada awal penemuannya, film animasi dibuat dari berlembar-lembar kertas gambar yang kemudian di-”putar” sehingga muncul efek gambar bergerak. Dengan bantuan komputer dan grafika komputer, pembuatan film animasi menjadi sangat mudah dan cepat. Bahkan akhir-akhir ini lebih banyak bermunculan film animasi 3 dimensi daripada film animasi 2 dimensi.

Animasi seekor kuda buatan Edward Muybridge

Wayang kulit merupakan salah satu bentuk animasi tertua di dunia. Bahkan ketika teknologi elektronik dan komputer belum diketemukan, pertunjukan wayang kulit telah memenuhi semua elemen animasi seperti layar, gambar bergerak, dialog dan ilustrasi musik.

Video editing is the process of re-arranging or modifying segments of video to form another piece of video. The goals of video editing are the same as in film editing — the removal of unwanted footage, the isolation of desired footage, and the arrangement of footage in time to synthesize a new piece of footage.

Early video recorders were very expensive, and the quality loss of copying was so great, that 2 inch Quadruplex videotape was edited by visualizing the recorded track with ferrofluid, cutting with a razor blade or guillotine cutter and splicing with tape. Improvements in quality and economy, and the invention of the flying erase head, allowed new video to be inserted cleanly into an existing tape. This technique was referred to as linear editing. If an early scene needed to be lengthened, all the later scenes would need to be added again. Multiple sources could be played back simultaneously through a vision mixer to be mixed or keyed.

Modern non-linear editing systems are computer-based, though there was a transitional analog period using multiple source VCRs or LaserDisc players. Footage is played into a computer and captured on a hard drive. Editors use software such as Avid’s Media Composer and Xpress Pro, Apple’s Final Cut Pro, and Adobe’s Premiere to manipulate the captured footage. High definition video is becoming more popular and can be readily edited using the same software along with related motion graphics programs. Clips are arranged on a timeline, music tracks and titles are added, effects can be created, and the finished program is “rendered” into a finished video. The video may then be distributed in a variety of ways including DVD, web streaming, Quicktime Movies, iPod, CD-ROM, or videotape.

For the home market, consumer-friendly products such as Adobe Premiere Elements, AVID Express DV, CyberLink PowerDirector, Final Cut Express, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, ULead VideoStudio, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Magix Movie Edit Pro and muvee autoProducer have come on the market with the emergence of computer video editing for the home PC. Two free programs that are bundled with computers are Apple’s IMovie and Microsoft’s Windows Movie Maker.

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Multimedia adalah penggunaan komputer untuk menyajikan dan menggabungkan teks, suara, gambar, animasi dan video dengan alat bantu ([tool]) dan koneksi ([link]) sehingga pengguna dapat ber-([navigasi]), berinteraksi, berkarya dan berkomunikasi. Multimedia sering digunakan dalam dunia hiburan. Selain dari dunia hiburan, Multimedia juga diadopsi oleh dunia Game.

Multimedia dimanfaatkan juga dalam dunia pendidikan dan bisnis. Di dunia pendidikan, multimedia digunakan sebagai media pengajaran, baik dalam kelas maupun secara sendiri-sendiri. Di dunia bisnis, multimedia digunakan sebagai media profil perusahaan, profil produk, bahkan sebagai media kios informasi dan pelatihan dalam sistem e-learning.