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Give me some idea about first birthday party.
Build a time capsule and invite your guests to add a special note. Choose a pretty tin or box and place it where everyone can easily access it during the party. Provide pens and acid-free paper for the special notes that your baby will read when he or she is older. Provide a list of topic starters to make it easy:
- My hopes and dreams for you are ...
- How you've touched my life
- How I met your parents
- I love you because ...
Seal the time capsule and store it to be opened on his or her 18th birthday.
Making your own visual effects without special equipment
Most computers today come with a video editing software that at least has basic functions that one would need to create many different kinds of visual effects. All you need for the two most common visual effects are a computer with a movie maker and a digital camera that shoots video. The most commonly used visual effects are stop-motion and Jump cut editing.To create stop-motion of say your pen opening itself you would take a series of photos with a slight change in position in every shot. Then at the end you take all the shots and play them together at about .5-1 second per image and it will look like the object is moving on its own. This is particularly useful for when you want to make a person look like they are jumping into an object or flying.Jump cut, is the most commonly used technique for visual effects. What you do is film the person or object that you want to disappear, then stop filming remove them from the camera's view and the continue filming. When the two shots are played together as one then it appears that the person or object disappears. You can use this technique to make someone appear and disappear anywhere in your shots.
Some Creative Ideas for Gift Wrapping
- You don't have to rely on boring shop bought gift wrapping paper. If you are looking for something alternative, take a look at the ideas below.
- If you have a printer at home you can use your computer to set up a personalized pattern ie a name and then print the paper with the recipient's name all over it.
- Use spare bits of fabric to wrap up gifts. You can tie it with ribbon to complete the effect.
- Even cereal boxes make great boxes for gifts. cut them up and glue or stapel them into shape and then cover with paper or fabric.
- Use cheap plain paper but cut out decorative pictures from old greeting cards to add vibrancy and color.
- Use plain white printing paper but tie it up with a fancy ribbon. It looks great!!
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