For the past month I’ve been working on my next Pluralsight course: Android Photo & Video Programming. … I just finished recording the video for the last module.
Still have some more work to do editing the videos, preparing the course assessments, etc. but the hard work is done.
I have to say, this has been one of the most fun courses to write I’ve done. There’s something cool about taking control of the camera, rendering the live preview directly within one’s app View hierarchy and snapping a picture or recording a video.
Something I had thought was going to be a minor point that I ultimately found really interesting was controlling zoom.
The basic zoom-in/zoom-out stuff was just the beginning. Controlling the out-of-band smooth zoom and managing the callbacks that occur during the zoom process were really fun.
The course also ended having much more information than I had originally expected. I had originally spec’d the course out for 5 modules but ended up with 7 jam-packed modules – here they are…
- Getting Started
- Directly Accessing the Camera
- Viewing the Camera Preview Display
- Taking a Picture
- Camera Control
- Recording Video
- Media Store
If all goes as expected, I’ll have everything turned in to Pluralsight early next week and the course will be live a short time later. I’ll be sure to let everyone know when it goes live.
Here’s a list of Jim’s other Pluralsight Courses…
Jim Wilson (a.k.a. hedgehogjim) 