About This CD-ROM
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I remember many years ago when parents would show 8mm movies of their kids at talent shows and
sporting events. Then came video cameras (camcorders), and capturing such events became
even more commonplace. Yet such technologies didn't lend themselves to a static (or
should I say more dignified) event such as an art show. Now, with the advent of personal
computers and digital cameras, the art show will finally get a chance at immortality.
A couple of years ago I wrote a small program to assist with the registration of the hundreds of entries at the TVAA High School Art Show. The program greatly simplified not only the recording and organization of all the information related to the artwork, but also lended itself to the subsequent production of the printed programs and catalogs for the award ceremonies. I have taken that same information and combined it with images of the artwork accepted for the show to produce a keepsake that can be enjoyed with what has become an almost common household appliance - the personal computer. All photographs were taken with a Sony Mavica digital camera with a resolution of 640x480 pixels. The image files were transferred to my computer where they were cropped, resized, and thumbnail images generated using JASC Paint Shop Pro 5.0. All HTML files were written with Allaire's Cold Fusion Studio 4.5. The images and files were then burned onto 650 MB CD-RW discs using an HP 8100 CD-RW drive. CD labels and jewel case inserts were made and applied with a little device called a CD Stomper. Since there was plenty of room left on the disc I have included the raw images as they were before any cropping or editing. The finished CD has been tested on both an iMac running System 8 with Explorer and Navigator, and on PCs running Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 again with both Explorer and Navigator. All pages are best viewed at a resolution (screen setting) of 800 x 600 pixels with your browser set to full-screen. If you try running at a lower resolution or if your browser window is not maximized (i.e. full-screen) you will end up having to scroll the page back and forth and up and down to see everything. If you run a higher resolution the page will be off center, but you can run your browser at less than full-screen to make it look nice if you want. If you do experience any problems with your CD please let me know.
I hope you enjoy your CD of the TVAA 2001 High School Art Show.
Greg Fieser
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