For my final year project

1. MyTweetFace Integrating cam-whoring and social networking services Farah Liana Binti Abu Bakar 1061105377 Bachelor of Multimedia (hons) in Media Art Multimedia University, Malaysia

2. INTRODUCTION I was inspired to do this project by reviewing on the current issue in the society on cam-whoring and also social networking. Cam-whoring is fast becoming a pandemic issue all over the world; the definition of Cam-whoring could be different base on geographic regions and cultures. In Malaysia where the culture is more conservative, someone who Cam-whores are refer to individuals who post pictures or videos of themselves on the Internet to gain attention. The term disparages those who post pictures of themselves at inappropriate times or places, and usually implies self-absorption. Other than that, people who enjoy Cam-whoring usually like to seek attentions and will use online social networking services such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster as their medium. Social Networking is fast becoming a day to day activity in our daily life base on the current trend of Information Communication Technology (ICT). According to a research, the most popular social networking site is Facebook.com with 250 million users and over 10 billion photos shared globally. The photo sharing feature has become the main attraction of online social networking services and proved by the statistics of 3 billion photos being uploaded every month on Facebook. By combining these two main aspects, there is tendency that this application will attract more users because it is really helpful for them to update their photos in social networking site.

3. PROJECT PROPOSAL Topic : Cam-whoring + Social Networking = Interactive Photo-installation Theme : Social innovation and new media Background research : An interactive photo-installation usually will works with real-time images. The aim of this installation is to bring people closer together in a playful way. Like many social networking tools on the internet, this installation enables you to connect with other people. It plays with the idea that the virtual world is replacing our social life and therefore wants people to connect in the real world again. Reason : Cam-whore and social networking have become new trends in Malaysia. Definition of cam-whores in Malaysia is differ from foreign country. Cam-whore means anyone who is addicted to taking countless pictures of themselves to post on the internet. Pictures range from conservative face shots to explicit nude photos complete with visible sex acts. But in Malaysia, its means someone who likes taking pictures of himself/herself in all kinds of places. Self obsession is definitely there, but skin showing is not necessary in this context.

5. To let users share the fun with the world

6. To provide people a gadget that can take their picture and share it on their online profile at ease

7. To provide high technology experience to users

8. To experiment on different ways of communicating and interacting

12. There are a lot of applications on net that are using the webcam to capture users’ image (adapting the concept of cam-whoring)

13. A cam-whore usually like to seek for attentions and will use online social networking services such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster as their medium.

15. Launched in 2004 by Harvard University students for their university social networking.

16. The Web site designed to put students in touch with one another, share their photos and meet new people

17. Can be accessed by public on August 2005

20. Their age range is varied but majority of them are teenagers and young adults.

21. The main reason for them to have SNS account is to be friend and socialize with others.

22. 70% of respondents have more than 1 SNS accounts

23. 4 main factors that make them using SNS ; friendship, family, networking and fun.

24. Majority of them spent 1 -6 hours on SNS to chat, playing games and observing others’ profile

25. They like to share pictures and video especially own self photos

26. Taking photo alone is their first choice, followed by with boyfriend/girlfriend and family.

30. If yes, proceed to next page

32. Socialize people

34. Application on Facebook

36. Gain a lot of friends

38. How social behave

40. A new way of communication

42. FLOORPLAN Keys : 1. Webcam 2. Monitor 3. CPU/server 4. mouse/keyboard 5. user 6. Interactive area Floorplan for MyTweetFace Photo Booth

43. INTERFACE Main page

44. INTERFACE Capturing image – user can change the effect (ActionScript 3.0)

45. INTERFACE Editing image – user can edit the color of the photo (ActionScript 2.0)

46. INTERFACE Sharing images – user can choose either they want to email or post on Facebook

47. INTERFACE Email image – user can email their photo (php)

48. EFFECTS The effects applied in my application

49. EFFECTS The effects applied in my application

50. EFFECTS The effects applied in my application

51. EFFECTS The effects applied in my application

52. EFFECTS The effects applied in my application

54. Applying effects of camera

55. ActionScript 2.0

56. Editing image

57. Button linking

58. PHP

59. Saving image

60. Facebook connect

61. Email

62. HTML

63. Basic index page

64. JavaScript

66. PROBLEM Problem Flash cannot capture an image straight from webcam Solution Draw BitmapData and duplicate the image on it..Send the BitmapData to PHP using POST method and also Adobe JPEGEncoder. The image can be save in a folder.

67. PROBLEM Problem Flash cannot integrate ActionScript 3.0 and ActionScript 2.0 Solution Convert the file to .swf format and call it as a movie from ActionScript 3.0. ActionScript 3.0 can load a .swf movie that contains ActionScript 2.0 and it is not working vice versa

68. PROBLEM Problem Loading time from page to page taking so long. Solution Instead of load separated .swf movie, I changed them to scene in a .swf movie.

69. PROBLEM Problem Loading external image into flash movieclip but failed to edit the image in application Solution Importing image using BitmapData class and it is works to edit on it.

70. PROBLEM Problem Did not manage to attach image into email Solution Change the email page to tell a friend page using php. (temporary solution)

71. PROBLEM Problem Get confused with Facebook OAuth Solution Change the Facebook apps to Facebook Social Plugin and addthisplugin

72. PROBLEM Problem Facebook SosialPlugin and addthisplugin need to be attached to a site using html. I did nt manage to find a way to put the html code in flash. Solution Redesign everything using html and css and hope it will looks better.

73. PROBLEM Problem Managed to save the image using variable name but did not managed to call it on next page. Solution Still looking for a solution

75. Trying to make the email function with image attached works.

76. Fix all the bugs.

77. Upgrading the site as Facebook apps

79. THE END Thanks for your time!