CHALLENGE 4

Using this algorith i have manged to gte my owl to look as though it is flying towards me as it gets bigger everytime it flaps its wings (changees to costume b)

Dance move

This series of stops makes the sprite move to a beat similar to a different task but it moves just the hip not the whole body.

This is similar tot he one above but it distorts the face.

Moving animation

The brid flaps its wings as it moves. at first the time was 3 seconds and the bird was incredibly slow so i sped it up and now the biird flies at a good speed. for the wings to change i use a different costume one with wings up and one with wings down. so the costumes changes every 1 second.

Every two senconds i have programed my sprite to say hello.

Suprise button

This sequence makes a dum make a sound and change colour when it is clicked. the computer wait until the drum is pressed then it changes the drum color and plays a beat then colour changes back and process is repeated.

This sequence makes the sprite change and animate. I have made it so the ghost (sprite) changes one with euye brows one with no eye brows. Siimple but it make it looked anmated.

This sequence allows the colour of the sprite to change when the space bar is clicked.

This shows the change in colour for the sprite.
  

Using the Controls above i have allowed my Sprite to move in the direction i choose. When i press 'up arrow' the sprite move up. When i press 'down arrow' my sprite goes does and the same with 'left arrow' and 'right arrow'
It works by following my algorithm i have set up for the program/ computer to follow.

Keep Score, Dance

When one sprite hits another sprite the score changes by 1 and then moves back 100 space. It does this by following the algorthm i set out for it.

This algorthm makes the ballerina or other sprite dance to a beat or peice of music. When the prite moves 30 steps a drum bass is played. When the sprite moves -30 steps a hand clapping is played.

FLOWCHART

Questions on Flowcharts

1 .A) Checking the temperature to see if it is above or below freezing
    B) Light turning on

Games! Computer Algorithms

Define:
 
Algorithms: A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, esp. by a computer


Pseudocode: A notation resembling a simplified programming language, used in program design
 
Machine Language:  programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
 
High Level Computer Language: is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer.
 
Flowchart:  diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program
 
Sequence: A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other
 
Selection: Data highlighted on a computer screen that is a target for various manipulations
 
Repetition: The action of repeating something.


Opening a door and entering a room:

1. turn right 180 degrees
2. walk forward 2 steps
3. turn right 90 degrees
4. walk forward 2 steps
5. turn left 90 degrees
6. move right hand infront of you
7. grab door handle
8. turn wrist right and push

Negotiating traffic lights as you drive down the street.

1. if light is green contiinue at current speed
2. if light is red stop
3. if light is yellow prepare to stop

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Posted above is my Multimedia EBook

WIX !!

I have researched all my information. but when i try gain access to wix, it is slow and does not completley load. There is a white patch blocking my work and the menu across the top is not working.

WIX!

I have gained permission to use Wix.
Although due to the slow speed of school internet, I have not put my information onto my wix page. I have put it into a aword document and add info later.

Why I should Use Wix

I think i should use wix because

• powerpoint has limmited resources for me to useyou can add different animations
• Wix has more options as to how to present the information
• i can make my imformation more interesting to read

Privacy:

• the site has the option to make the site " unsearchable" so no body can google it
• I know not to put personal information on the site

http://www.wix.com/kate18796/ist-testing

·         Versatility – what media does it allow me to use (text, images, video)?

all typs of media, animations, text, video, music images

·         Ease of use – how friendly is the user interface for the designers (you)? How easy is it to add components to my presentation? How friendly is the user interface for the user, can visitors find what they need on your presentation? Are you able to create a menu system or is the user forced to work through your presentation in a linear predetermined fashion?

this site it really easy to use theyre are video tutorials too tell you what to do. If someone visits my site they can easily find o5ther links

·         Collaboration – how well does the online tool allow me to work with my partner? Can we both work on the presentation at the same time?

Hand Held Computing

1.      What are MID and UMPC devices? How do they differ. List atleast three examples of both types of devices & include images.

MID: 

Dell Inspiron Duo









Viliv N5












MID:


Nokia N810



Ipad

Tegra 2

• Business-class device for enterprise users
• Runs a "heavy" OS like Vista
• Optimized for office-use applications like Excel, Word, etc.

UMPC:

• Consumer-class lifestyle device
• Runs a 'lightweight" OS with quick startup like Linux
• Optimized for things like media playback and web surfing
• In 2009 (or so) Moorestown-based devices will be classed as MIDs only

The difference between MID and UMPC is that MID is more for buisness and using programs such as word and other Microsoft typing programs. UMPC is more for web surfing and watching movies and listening to music and other "lifestyle" things.

UMPC:



                                                  



Samsung Galaxy Tab



CPU Quiz

1.       What is the function of the CPU?

      Also known as a CPU or central processing unit, is a complete computation engine that is manifactured on a single chip.

2.       What was the name of the first CPU? 

       The 4004

3.       Referring to the graph on page 2 of the article, describe how the speed of CPU’s has changed.CPU has largley changed with each year theyre being a massive change in data width, clock speed and Transitors. this shows how our world has advanced.

4.       What does MIPS measure?
millions of instructions per second and is a rough measure of the performance of a CPU.

5.    Research (Google it) what is a dual core processor, what is multitasking and how do the two work together.CPU which consists of two processors running together and sharing the processes. Mutlti tasking is being able to do more than one thing at a time. These two things work together to create a CPU with the capability of have many things running together smoothley with no freezing.

Read the article below about the Intel Atom processor then post about what benefits this processor offers mobile devices.

http://www.intel.com/technology/atom/index.htm

Inetl Atom processor has many benifits for mobiles these include:

• a new range of power efficiant devices by having an excellent performance being enabled
• high interigrated application processor
• smaller more compact designs
• low power options
• better performance and increased system responsiveness.

The World Of Multimedia!

Discuss: record this discussion on your blog.

1.      Where do you commonly use multimedia in your daily life, list as many examples as you can.

• On TV
• Through a Stereo
• A Radio
• Smart Phone
• Computer/Laptop
• Ipods

2.      What multimedia device or service would you find it hardest to be without? Discuss.

     The multimedia device that i would find hardest to live without is my mobile phone because it's basically all multimedia devices in one. It has a radio so i can listen to my music as well as my music from my ipod. It has internet so i can use Facebook and download podcasts and watch videos on youtube. without my smart phone i would have limited access to all these things.

3.      The video on future directions (third video) has already to some extent come true. What multimedia technologies displayed in this video are already commonly used?We already have voice recognition programs as well as programs that read whats written. We also already have voice activated programs. Lights that sense people in the room already exist. other things we alreay have are :

• GPS
• Wireless ear peices
• Video call
• Wireless earphones

4.      Do you see any advantages/disadvantages to the use of such multimedia technology?

The world is becoming to dependent on technology, these days we do everything using technology and in the future it will be worst. If the world of technology would one day fail and shutdown our world would not know what to do having relied on technology our whole lives. although its not necessarily a bad thing technology can also be very helpful in the way we do thing and the speed we do it at.

Broadband Research

Your task is to present some information about broadband on your blog.

You are to answer the following questions:

1.      What is broadband?

     Of or using signals over a wide range of frequencies in high-capacity telecommunications, esp. as used for access to the Internet.

2.      Outline the methods of delivery of broadband (wireless, cable, ADSL and fibre)? Identify the speed of each method.

Wireless: Unknown

Cable:  bit rates can be as much as 400Mbit/s for business connections, and 100Mbit/s for residential service in some countries.

ADSL: 256 kbit/s to 40 Mbit/s in the direction to the customer

Fibre: By fiber-optic cables connected directly to buildings will deliver broadband speeds up to 100 megabits per second

3.      Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

Wireless:

Advantages, There are no wires so you can use the internet ANYWHERE in the house where there is a signal. You can slo attach a number of different devices such as phones ipods laptops game consoles anything.Disadvantages,Hackers, neighbours or even passers by can use your internet without your permission if you don't have your wireless network properly secured. Another disadvantage is that the strength of the signal weakens the further away you are from your router.

Fibre Optics:

Advantages, Fibre optic enables superfast broadband and will make it easier for multiple people in one house to be doing multiple things (phone, internet and video) simultaneously.
Disadvangates, It is much more costly than other cables to install  It is relatively difficult to install.

Cable:

Advantages, Cable broaband is said to be alot faster because there is a constant conection always running.
Disadvantages, Internet slows down when multiple users are connected. It is also capped so the internet can be fairly slow at times despite it claiming it is fast if only 1 or 2 people are connected.

ADSL:

Advantages, The speed of the Internet is sometimes faster than the speed provided by a cable modem especially when multiple users are accessing the web.Disadvatages, However, the biggest disadvantage with the DSL broadband connections is that the further one lives from the service provider the speed of data transfer decreases significantly. So, if you live far from the service provider your Internet connection speed will be slower and vice versa.

 4.      Give examples of broadband providers and identify the costs.

The research i did was comparing the prices different providers charged for approx. 50 gb of internet using ADSL broadband here are my results:
Bigpond: 50GB for $49.95 a month
Optus: 50GB for $49.99 a month
iinet: 50GB for $69.95 a month

5.      The Federal Government is thinking of rolling out a national broadband network (The NBN). Research the NBN and find out:

a.       what method of delivery it will use: A fibre-optic cable, known as the "drop fibre", goes from the NTU to the street ending at the top of a power pole or in an underground pit.A fibre-optic cable, known as the "drop fibre", goes from the NTU to the street ending at the top of a power pole or in an underground pit.

b.      the expected speed: a peak speed of one gigabit per second

c.       the expected costs: ranging from A$59.95 to A$189.95

6.      Do you think Australians should invest in The NBN? Justify your answer.

I think asutralia is putting to much money into something like the NBN with unknown consequences. it may be succesful but if it is not it will just be a waste of 10 year and 35 billion dollars. So no i do not think australia should invest in it.



Introduction To Video

What are some advantages of digital video ?
Editing the video becomes easier, you can add sound effects and delete scence aswell as much more to change the video.

What is meant by frame rate in video ?
Frame rate is how many frames there are in one second.

RGD

Are all videos/movies the same frame rate, explain you answer
No, with because high frame rate videos the movement is smooth and quick. While with low frame rate videos the movement of the video is jerky and not smooth

What is meant by resolution, how is it measured
It describes the number of pixels, used to display an image. measured by pixels.

What is the colour system called RGB
It contains the colours red, green, blue and are added together to in different ways to create more of a range of colours.

Explain the video standards PAL, NTSC, and SECAM, what are the main differences between them
PAL: (Phase Alternating Lines) is the analogue video format. PAL describes the way part of the colour information on the video signal is reversed in each phase line.

NTSC: (The National Television Standards Committee) NTSC consists of 29.97  frames per second.

SECAM: (Sequentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire, french for ' Sequential Colour with Memory) is the analogue television system. using 29.97 frames per second

The main differences between them is that each country uses a different system, meaning that each system is incompatible with each other.

Which standard do we use in Australia:PAL

What is an IEEE 1394 port:
This is a high-speed, serial input. output bus for for computer peripherals and consumer electronics, capable of transfer speeds of up to 400 megabits per second. IEEE supports a much higher bandwidth than a USB, allowing to get a high-resolution video camera onto a computer without issues. IEEE 1394 has became a computing standard for high bandwidth. IEEE 1394 is also known as 'FireWire' originating from Apple.

Group Assignment Post 5

This lesson we decided the songs for our video. the songs are :
Us By Regina Spector
Holiday By Greenday
She's got you high By Mumma Ra

We also edited the rest of our video and it is now finished.
We uploaded the video to student net.

Group Assignment Post 4

Gnatt Chart

This is our gnatt chart, it shows when we plan to do each step of the process of making our video. Planning should take one week to complete (this includes storyboard), filming we assume will take three weeks to complete, while editing the video clips will take two weeks to do. This is according to how many IST lessons we have that week to complete the step.

Synopsis
We have decided to do our video on "A Life of A COIN", which was 'inspired' by the winner of TropFest Jr, which we will do our own version of it. click here to see it
Our film tells the different journey that a coin goes through, it will show the passing and loosing of this coin. The point of our video is to inform the viewer that you never know where something has been. It is our story of how a coin travels through different hands and has been through a lot in its 'life' as it rolls through rain, dirt, gets stuck on someones shoe etc. Hopefully we will come up with different situations the coin is present in..

Group Assignment Post 3

Today we worked on our assignment at Chelsea's house.
It was only me, Chelsea and Ash.
We decided what to do for the rest of our video
and added "light graffiti" to our video.

Light Graffiti

This is not our light graffiti but it is the same idea.
We have the light graffiti saying "Life Of A Coin". the name of our assignment.
Light graffiti works by using a high quality camera and putting the camera on self timer we were able to create the graffiti. We used manual focus as auto focus doesn't work. We use a low ISO or film speed and when we turn the camera on we movie lights around to create the graffiti. 

We also started to

Group Assignment Post 2

This is the storyboard Click here
We made the story board on Power point, each slide has a picture of what the scene is going to be , and the camera angles for each scene as well as a sentence that describes each scene.

Group Assingment Post 1

This lesson Chelsea brought her camera in and we had a look at how to film
we also started our story board
In my group is

• Aishwarya Venkatesan
• Angela Arora
• Chelsea Ly 

Broadband and Bandwith

1.    What is broadband?

Signals over such a range of frequencies. telecommunications signal of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal

2. What units are used to measure bandwidth?

 Bandwith is measured in bits

3. How much faster is broadband than dial up?

broadband is alot faster than dial up. dial up is about 48 Kbps where as broadband is 256kbps so it is clearly ALOT faster 

 4. What are some of the advantages of using a broadband connection to download something like a video compared to dial up?
Using a broadband connection is much easier to download because it is alot faster than dial up. Downloading using dial up takes alot longer rather than broadband.

5. Create an image in paint that illustrates how a high bandwidth connection can move more data compared to a dial up connection at a given time.

Bandwith                                 Dial up

A] How many people subscribed to the internet in 2007? How many of these were for business use? How many for home use?

Buisness: 965

Household: 6140

Total: 7105

B] Look at the access technologies heading. How many more people are using broadband since 2005? Remember that you have to add 000 to the numbers.

1. What is the speed of the connection from your computer to the Sydney location on the map?

2.40 mbps

2.  What is the speed of the connection from your computer to the U.S location on the map?

 2.52mbps

3. Why did the data transfer rates vary? [Hint: think of what happens when an eight lane highway moves into a two lane highway?]

At this time in amercia it wouldnt be vey busy due to it being the night this may be why it is faster than aus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband

Ringtone

Here is my ringtone that i mdae on audacity
Click here for ringtone

In this activity i used 4 songs to make a ringtone. i sped the speed up to make it sound like a chipmunk and cut and paste part of the songs. I saved the file as an mp3

Movie Maker

1. CREATE FOLDER for project ( on usb- back up!)
2. PLACE IN FOLDER  - Video files
                                      - Music files
                                      - Still images
3. OPEN MOVIE MAKER import rescources
4. SAVING - Project file- remembers last location of rescources (Work in progress)               - Movie file- all resources embeded in one file (finished work)

                                    

Animation finished!! (6)

I added 18 more frames to my animation and made each frame goes for 0.12 seconds
This makes the final animation go for 15 seconds.

My animation is Now finished.

Questions for Animation! (5)

•   Describe what software you used and why you chose it.

 I am using Inkscape because i have been using it the whole term and i understand how to use it. Inkscape is a draw program, This means that it remembers shapes and colours. The program has simple tools that have have learnt to use.

• Ø  Describe the creation process you followed.

To make my animation i used clip art on Inkscape to find a vector image of a dinosaur. after this took each object and made it purple to represent the house Dobson. Using the circle tool i typed each letter into one circle to make it spell out 'GO DOBSON'. i rotated the letters and moved the dinosaur around using the arrows exporting the image each time. After i had enough frames i copied all the frames into movie maker and put it all together.

• Ø  What image format were you saving your work in during development of the frames?

During the development of my frames i saved my work as Inkscape SVG

• Ø  What image format did you save your frames as?

I saved the frames as a PNG (Portable Network Graphic). A PNG is a bitmap image format

• Ø  What frame rate were you aiming for?

I was aiming for a frame rate of 10 frames per second. I have a frame rate of approx. 9 frames per second

• Ø  What difficulties did you encounter and how did you overcome them?

During my animation i experienced many difficulties many times Inkscape stopped working, freezing and force closing. Resulting in me having to start and re create the images. I forgot to set a background so by default my background was black. But when i added the frames to movie maker the background changed to white

• Ø  What is the final size of your animation?

The final size of my animation is 2.00 mb
It has a frame width of 1440

And a frame hight of 1080

Lesson (4)

After looking at my final animation i realized it is to slow with parts missing so i re did the animation when i got to the end i reversed it for it to go backwards. That is 110 frames. In movie maker each frame goes for 0.25 seconds and the whole animation goes for 27 seconds. I sped the animation up making each frame go for 0.17 seconds the Animation now goes for 18.70 seconds.
I sped it up one more time with each frame going for 0.13 seconds the whole thing going for 16.5 seconds.

This Is one frame from my animation

Lesson (3)



This lesson I am continuing animation

i have 19 frames so far.

i added in Coloured squares and i am going to get my dinosaur to squish them

i have 29 frames

My inkscape keeps crashing and i have to keep recreating what i am upto

But now i am going to save frequently

I have 50 frames and when i put them into move maker it goes for 12 seconds.

I think i am finished my animation



Animation (2)

Today i started my animation I am doing a dancing dinosaur with the go dobson moving around.

I am using Inkscape because it is easy to use and i know how to use it.




This is what my animationg will look like

Final Animation! (1)

I am starting my final animation.
i have no ideas on what to do.

I am going to have a cannon shooting out balls that say go dobson .

Careers in Digital Graphics

GRAPHIC DESIGN!

 1.What does the person in the career do?

Someone who combines words and images to get information across to an audience. Graphic design is ANYTHING using pictures that may be printed.

2.Where would you see this person’s work (e.g. in the newspaper, in a game shop)?

Logos, Websites, Buisness Cards, Advertisments , Book Design , Brochures , Billboards, Product Packaging, Posters , Magazine Layout ,Newspaper Layout , Greeting Cards

3.What training is needed for the career?

 You would need to know how to used paint or draw programs, so you would have the ability to use them.

4.What kind of software and hardware is used?

• Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• InDesign

ANIMATOR

1. What does the person in the career do?

An animator creates cartoons for TV shows and Movies

2. Where would you see this person’s work (e.g. in the newspaper, in a game shop)?

  You would see their work in

• Movie and TV
• Internet
• Video game animation

3. What training is needed for the career?

 Talented artists but you need proper training at a strong computer animation school

4. What kind of software and hardware is used?

 Computer animation uses software known as CGI (computer-generated imagery)

Buying A Graphics Tablet

A Graphics tablet is a computer input device that allows you to hand draw images onto the computer like you would with a pencil and paper. They can give you the ability to trace images onto the computer. You would use a graphics tablet to draw and trace images in an easy was straight to the computer.

Wacom Intuos4 Wireless - digitizer, stylus

The Intuos4 Wireless pen tablet with Bluetooth wireless technology lets you relax in your favorite working position or move about freely up to 33 feet (10 meters) from your computer. Enjoy the freedom of working "unattached" from your Mac or PC and reducing cord clutter.

Intuos4 Wireless connects to Bluetooth-enabled computers including those that are enabled with external Bluetooth USB adapters. It conveniently charges through USB and continues to work while charging.

With 40 square inches of working area, this ambidextrous, medium-sized tablet provides ample workspace for most tablet users and features the same productivity features as other Intuos4 tablets including: eight customizable ExpressKeys with illuminated displays that provide easy reference for assigned functions, a finger-sensitive touch ring that controls up to four different functions per application, and best-in-class integration with popular software applications.

Pressure Levels: The pressure levels of the graphics tablet is 2048, this means that the harder you pussh down the thicker the line, the more levels you have the more it is going to pick up.

Resolution: The resolution of the tablet is 5080 lpi

The price of the Tablet is $495

Draw Versus Paint Programs

Making the Olympic rings. I have drawn 1 ring and copied it 4 times.
I coloured each ring the appropriate colour and thickened the stroke.

As the overlapping is hard I am drawing squares and colouring them in to overlap the circle correct.

I countinued to do this with each part that overlaps and have finished my rings.
I am sure there is an easier way, but I am going to stay with this way
Using the paint program was too hard, because the shapes once put in the spot you put them could not be moved

CARTOON ANIMATION

 My animation I made using Ink Scape then turned into a animation using Movie maker
Making the cartoon on inkscape was hard at first so i used word instead, but i went back to inkscape in the end. Using the overlapping tool i managed to put the ears and head in the right spot.

Image File Types

1.   You need to find information on each of the following file types..

GIF: A bitmap image format for pictures with up to 256 distinct colors. Graphics information format. A graphics file format which is very common in the Internet. Gif files can also be animated. GIF was designed to be used for file transfer and online storage and now used with animation.

JPEG: A file format commonly used for image compression; An image file in that format. JPEG uses a complexed way to compress pictures like photographs.

Animated GIFS: sequence of GIF files all bonded together and displayed one after the other.Come in form of bit mat. Animated gifs is a series of still images all put together.

MPEG: A set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards.
 Unlike GIF MPEG allows a soundtrack to be added to the animation/ video.

Shock wave Files: provides a vector-based animation capability. Instead of specifying the color of every pixel, a Shock wave file specifies the coordinates of shapes. shock wave files can be extremely small. They allow sound and animation.

2.   What is a vector based image and how is it different to a bitmap based image.

A vector based image remembers, points, lines, curves and shapes. They are all based on mathematical equations. Bitmap is composed of individual dots. Vector is a format od drawing where as Bitmap is a format of a photo

the advantages of a vector is that the drawing can be stretched to any size without ruining the quality and bitmap is faster to display

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question408.htm

Drawing On Ink Scape

Following The Instructions On This Site: http://howto.nicubunu.ro/inkscape_pacman_baddies/

I managed to draw PAC man baddie
Making the basic shape was easy,
for the shadow i used the gradient too; and the blur tool to  make it faint.
too add the highlight on the PAC man baddie i used the circle tool then added blur to make it lighter

Digital Art..... Real Art?

Just for fun explore some of these sites

http://www.queeky.com/

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

http://imagination3.com/

Ø  Post one or more artworks you create with these online applications ... make sure you state which online application you used and what features you liked about the application

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

I like That you can splatter paint and replay how you made the artwork

http://www.queeky.com/

I like the tool you use to smudge the picture but the site is difficult to find out how to use

http://imagination3.com/

i was unable to access this website

Ø  Research some definitions of art and then create a post discussing the questions below.

·         A discussion point. “Is digital art a valid form of art?”

·         What are some of the advantages that digital paint and draw programs offer over the traditional methods (canvas and paint).

·         What skills must a digital artist possess to create great digital art?


ART: 

Art objects, Drawings, Etchings, Paintings, Sculptures, Stage Designs, Portraits , etc. Digital art can be a valid form of art, digital art is the same as canvas and paint, just with a cursor instead of a brush. Advantages that digital paint and draw programs have is the ability to erase and undo something without editing the picture, you also have the ability to insert pictures into an artwork to make it easier. Skills that a digital artist must possess are, the ability to know how to use the program and being able to draw and create using the cursor.