Journal Week 15

Monday
I missed most of class today because was in the office waiting to get a new lock because my old lock broke. When I got here I worked on my culminating.

Tuesday
Today I finished my web chart. Then i made my logo. There are two parts to my logo. A button-like part, and text. The two go together verywell.

Wednesday
Today I started on my word from the president. I am going to use someone special in my video.

Thursday
Today I finished my word from the president. I record me saying stuff and took a video of Martin Luther King Jr's speech. Then i put my voice over some stuff he said. Overall it looks amateur but i still like it.

Friday
I was not here today.

Journal Week 14

Monday
Today I had nothing to do so i made a new ad for arizona. This time i put The model in a car and put that in hollywood. It looked pretty sick when i was done.

Tuesday
Today we had a supply and watched a 9/11 video.

Wednesday
Today Mr D. introduced the project and took most of the period. After I brainstormed for my idea and didnt think of anything.

Thursday
Today Mr D. showed us more on dreamweaver. Then I brainstormed for an idea again and I thought of one. I am going to sell computers and help people with their technical issues.

Friday
I was not here today.

Buisness Proposal

The name of my business is "Tech Aid". My business is going to sell computers and give lessons on how to use your computer. The target audience for selling the computers is anyone. But for the lessons it is directed at people who have little or no computer experience.

I will sell multiple OS computers and when you buy one you get 5 free lessons then after that you can just come in and pay a small $10 fee and get any assistance you want. Or you can call and its a toll of $5. Or I have 24/7 online support for free.

Journal Week 13

Monday
Today I started to edit my photo of Arizona iced tea. We need 5 pictures edited and i took the pictures with 4 people so we each do one and then we do one together.

Tuesday
Today I finished my ad and helped Zeek with his; gave him ideas. After I touched up my blog and organized my folder.

Wednesday
Today we took a note on entrepreneurs and what skills/characteristics they have/need. After I waited for the other people to finish their ads.

Thursday
Today I started on another photo ad. The group working on it together and it looks sick so far. This ad will be awesome! I like doing this photo ad thing.

Friday
Today I finished my photo ads and uploaded them. Thomas wanted the picture i dd of him for facebook so i borrowed Mr D's USB to transfer the picture.

Photo Ads For Arizona

Entrepreneure

Not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur of their own business. Being an entrepreneur requires specific characteristics and skill that are often achieved through education, hard work, and planning.

Characteristics
-Risk taker (Businesses take risks. Minimize with research, and planning, and practice.)
-Perceptive (Views problems and opportunities\challenges.)
-Curious (They take initiative and pursue the unknown.)
-Imaginative (Thinking outside of the box. Ability to see ahead.)
-Persistent (Press on, receive criticism.)
-Goal Setting (Seek to accomplish dreams in the future.)
-Hardworking (Not deterred by overwhelming circumstances.)
-Self-Confidence (Believe in yourself.)
-Flexible (Adapt to changing circumstances.)
-Independent (Desire for control and ability to make own decisions. Not influenced by anyone.)


Skills
-Research Skills (Identify what to know, and how to learn it.)
-Gathering Information (Taking advantage of the information around you; books, databases, periodicals, consultants, professionals.)
-Using Information (Sort data by relevance.)
-Management Skills (Organizing, directing, controlling.)
-Planning (Financial, production, and marketing strategies.)
-Directing (Motivate staff and encourage initiative self-direction.)
-Controlling (Developing budgets and keep accurate records.)
-Marketability (How will it sell? Who are potential customers? How long will it last?)
-Profitability (Must ensure that revenue exceeds all costs. Expect revenue and expenses.)

Website

Splash









Rollover Splash










Index


I created my web site with templates. I added a rollover image on the splash to make from Chad O'Donnell to ENTER. Then i had SJC and my blog link on it. On the index I had text links and snap shot links.

Journal Week 12

Monday
Today we watched a movie.

Tuesday
Today we watched a movie.

Wednesday
Today we finished the movie. Then i touched up my website because Mr D. said i needed to fix it more. Now I'm done and tomorrow he said that he was going to introduce our new assignment. He said it was a HUGE project worth like 30% of our mark or something.

Thursday
I was sick today

Friday.
Today we started photo advertising. Our product is Arizona iced tea. We took about 50 pictures and only 20 or less are usable.

Journal Week 11

Monday
Today Mr D. assigned us a bunch of questions and stuff. So I did them all and it wasn't fun.

Tuesday

Today Mr D. showed us how to use Dreamweaver (basic understanding). He assigned us a new project to make a website showing all of the thing we have made. Also, i took all of my old project off my old computer and put it on my new one.

Wednesday
Today Mr D. taught us a new thing for dreamweaver which made everything way easier. I made my first page and started my second page. Its due tomorrow and i hope that I can finish.

Thursday
Today I finished my website and showed Mr D.. He said I needed to organize it more so i fixed it and it is way better. I like dreamweaver.

Friday
Today we had a supply but she couldn't start the movie so we just had free tim eon the computer.

Photoshop Questions

What does Resolution mean?
The number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

How can you use the crop tool in photo Retouching?
You can resize image, cut unwanted parts of image with crop tool, or cut at some specific proportions you need for purpose of image.

How can you adjust the tonal range of an image?
You can use the black, white, and gray triangles below the Levels command histogram to control the midpoint and where the darkest and lightest points in the image begin, thus extending its tonal range.

What is saturation? How can you adjust it ?
Saturation is the strength, or purity, of color in an image. You can use the Sponge tool to increase the saturation in a specific area of an image.

Why would you use the Unsharp Mack filter on a photo?
The Unsharp Mask filter adjusts the contrast of the edge detail and creates the illusion of a more focused image.

What are the three main components of Photoshop's workspace?
Menus, Toolbox and palettes.

Which menu is used to open and close (or show and hide) palettes?
Window menu.

What keyboard shortcut is used to hide/show all palettes at the same time?
Press the Tab key.

Why is it important to remember and use keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop?
Keyboard shortcuts will allow you to work faster and more productively.

How is tool in the Toolbox selected?
Either by clicking on its button in the Toolbox or by using its keyboard shortcut, which is a one-letter keystroke.

Can palettes be grouped together?
Yes.

Which palette's options change depending on the tool that is active?
Tool Options bar.

What functionality does the Navigator Palette offer in Photoshop?
Navigator Palette allows you view you image at reduced or enlarged sizes and move around your image when magnified.

Evolution of Technology Questions

1. Describe how jobs have evolved since 1990-2010.
2. Discuss the types of communications technology and the education required for each.
3. Identify the factors that effect job satisfaction.
4. Describe the ways that individuals exercise control over technology.
5. Describe some technology first introduced as fiction that have become reality.
6. Bibliography.

Journal Week 10

Monday
Today, we got a new topic for our commercial. This time, we went back to cyberbullying and that makes me mad. Also, we took a bunch of shots for the commercial, and we got about 30 minutes of usable/non usable footage.

Tuesday
Today, we had a supply and finished the movie we watched on Friday

Wednesday
Today, we started rendering the clips on imovie and it took all class. Then when Mr D. seen it was on imovie he made us RE-rendering to final cut which was WAY faster.

Thursday
Today Mr D. assigned us a new project. This is a written assignment. He made us copy down questions and we will work on it later. Then our group edited our cyber bullying thing and its coming along nicely.

Friday
Today, we edited our video all day and we are done except we have to add the music.

Halloween Chad

For this assignment i masked black onto my face. Then, I liquefied my face and distorted it to make me look more like a monster. Now that i look back i wish i masked my shirt and hair too, but oh well.

Journal Week 9

Monday
Today was a P.E. Day

Tuesday
I was sick today.

Wednesday
Today we came up with some interview questions for the students that went to "take your kids to work day". Some questions are "What does your parent do?" and "What did you learn?"

Thursday
Today we made interview questions for Mr Romano. We also started the intro for the "take your kids to work day" video. Also Mr D. showed us how to work a professional studio camera. Then we interviewed the people for the video.

Friday
Today we had a supply teacher and we watch "The Island"

The Basics of Photography

Rememberance Day

To make this video i took a video and a song from youtube and put them together. I cut some parts out of the video and added text. I also added fade effects to it. I think this project was pretty good.

Week 8

Monday
Today, using final cut pro I cut out the peice of film that i wanted to use from the video clip i got fro youtube. I chose my song and added it to the video. I brought it to motion 2 and checked out some effects but didn't get to use any yet.

Tuesday
Today Mr D. gave us a note on photography and video and how to make it look good. I added fade effect to my commercial and added text. I am finished it now and it looks pretty good.

Wednesday
Today Mr D. assigned us anew project. We have to make an ad for cyber bullying. We brainstormed all class and got some good ideas.

Thursday
Today Mr D. told us that we could use a different idea other than cyber bullying. We spent most of class trying to think of a new subject but we couldn't think of one. Mr D. came and told us we can do our video on bring your kids to work day and how to be safe.

Friday
Today we got assigned a side project for Halloween. Mr D. showed us some photoshopped picture of teachers turned into Halloween people. Then he had us do it to ourselves. It turned out pretty good.

MODULE 20 INTERACTIVE TEST, MODULE 17-1 QUIZ, & MODULE 17-2 QUIZ

Video Camera Operation

Picture Composition
-Action safe and title safe area
-Field of angle of view
-Content identification
-Framing

Field or Angle of View Identification
-E.L.S. (Extreme Long Shot) or Establishing Shot
-Long shot or Wide shot, area of action
-Medium Long Shot, head to mid-leg
-Medium Close-up, head and shoulders
-Close-up, head
-Extreme Close-up, face

Content Identification
-1 shot, 1 person
-2 shot, 2 person
-3 sot, 3 person

Framing
-Headroom, Space between subjects head and top of frame
-Position of subjects & objects (Straight & Triangular Arrangement)

Technical Aspects
-Audio & Video

Match Cameras
-White and black levels
-Colour Balance
-Chromo Levels

Chroma Key
-Replaces specific colour(s) with another image or video

Journal Week 7

Monday
Today was a P.E. day today so we didn't come to school.

Tuesday
Today I almost finished my poster. I added some text and changed the colour of some stuff and now the colour scheme is better. Tomorrow i just have to do a few more finishing touches then I'm done.

Wednesday
Today i finished my shsm poster and it looks sick. It took me almost all of class to finish even though i only had a little bit left to do but people needed my help. I didn't get a chance to do the avatar thing but i will tomorrow.

Thursday
Today we took 2 quizzes and 1 test. We had to read about 3 pages before we took the test. Mr D. told us that we needed to get 100% on all of them. I took me a few tries but i did get it.

Friday
Today Mr D. told us about a new project. Some people did a commercial on an item. And others did it on remembrance day. Mine is on remembrance day. I took a video from youtube aand rendered it.

Journal Week 6

Monday
Today was Thanksgiving Day so we didn't come to school.

Tuesday
Today, I finished tracing a computer which I don't know why I did ( maybe I will use it later ). And I took some pictures for my poster. I took like 10 and one is good but i need to retake it because
Mr D. wants me to blur out the people in the background.

Wednesday
Today I retook a picture and it turned out good. Then I cut out my main figure from the picture and changed it to my liking. Now I have an idea of the poster layout.

Thursday
Today I added some star effects to my poster along with the website. I put stuff in its place and its looking pretty good. Also, we stayed later in this class because we had a pep rally right after.

Friday
Today, i cut out the white space on some of the pictures because it was getting in the way. I fixed the layout a bit and it looks even better. I went onto picnik.com and got some cool text to add to my poster.

Test 1 Review

What is communication technology?
1. Communication Technology gives students a better perspective on technology and its nature. It also shows students how to use and apply many of the programs out there. The students learn the impact of technology on themselves and on society. One of the main focuses in this course is the application of artistic perspective and thinking to the projects created. This course encourages the use of imagination due to the fact that technology has made it so easy to express it through a visual means. There are many different fields that this course introduces us to, leaving us to make the decision on which path we would like to venture down. One of the first areas we explore is Photoshop. This program makes it easy to create a work of art digitally with the use of many tools at the click of a button. Not only can it be used to create but it can also be used as a means of editing pictures that have already been created in the past as well as photographs. The next program we are introduced to is flash. In this program we are shown the art of 2-D animation. In this program you tell a story using many drawings that will depict time and motion once it is played. It is played like a flipbook, all of the images are separate but played at a quick speed and drawn properly will give it life. The next thing we learnt how to do was how to create a proper website. We where shown how to link everything together, create ads and basically customize the page to give it our own little touch. The last thing we learnt was video editing. This is my personal favorite area due to the fact that it lets you expand your imagination realistically and it also pieces everything together. First you start by storyboarding, which is the process of creating the story and visually giving an example of how you want it to look by drawing it out in quick sketches. The next step is getting the footage, you find all the necessities and then you film what you need until you have the perfect shot. Once you have your clips you bring them into an editing program and begin piecing everything together and editing them by giving them special effects, cutting them or changing the speed. Finally you make sure the sound, works with the footage and then you export it making it your very own scene or movie. Communication technology is definitely a great course to take if a future in any technical arts interests you.

Vector vs. Bitmap (raster) Graphics
1. All the shapes within vector images are represented as mathematical formulas
2. The image is composed of a pattern of dots
3. Vector graphics are more flexible than bitmapped graphics because they look the same even when you shrink or enlarge (scale) them to different sizes. In contrast, bitmapped graphics become jagged when you scale them. Vector images also look better on devices (monitors and printers) with higher resolution, whereas bitmapped images always appear the same regardless of a device's resolution. And finally, vector images often require less memory than bitmapped images.
4. First, bitmapped images are better than vectors at providing the photo realism of an original scene. That's why digital images that are either created from scanned analog photographs or captured by digital cameras are stored as bitmapped images. Secondly, bitmapped images are supported by web browsers, whereas vector images are not.
5. Programs that enable you to create and manipulate vector graphics are called draw programs, whereas programs that create or manipulate bitmapped images are called paint programs.

GIF vs JPEG
1. GIF's compression is called "lossless" literally meaning "doesn't lose quality" when compressed. JPG employs "lossy" compression which literally means the image "loses" quality during the compression process.
2. The GIF format only supports a palette with 256 colors while JPG's palette supports 16 million colors.

JPEG vs TIF
1. TiF’s are larger sized files.
2. Generally the same

TIF vs PNG
1. PNG uses a more efficient compression algorithm than GIF, is patent-free and supports true color images.
2. While support for PNG images in browsers has been low in the past, they can now be safely used in all modern browsers
3. TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is the most widely supported graphics file format for printing. Although TIFF is not suitable for viewing in Web browsers, it has other strengths: it is a highly flexible format which is supported by numerous image processing applications. TIFF was designed to be independent of the hardware platform and the operating system on which it executes.
4. PNG or TIFF cannot really substitute RAW files for later manipulation.

Journal Week 5

Monday
Mr D. showed us a noted about vector and bitmapped graphics. We copied as he went along the note. After I brainstormed my SHSM Poster and I have some good ideas.

Tuesday
Today Mr D. went over the SHSM poster again and showed us some examples. Then i finished my brainstorm and got my logo picture. I started tracing my logo and got it half way done.

Wednesday
Today I finished tracing my logo, but some of the anchor points aren't connected so i had the make a new one but it still looks good. I added a star in the background and some glint but I'm not done yet.

Thursday
Today I added an outline to my logo and added the text. I have a new slogan to go with my logo more. I also posted my logo/brainstorm.

Friday
Today we had a test. But at the beginning of class people had to get their pencils so that took a while. Then we worked on a test all class today. We I was finished i tried to get some work done bu the bell rang right when I logged in.

Vector and Bitmapped graphics

-Vector graphics: Image represent and stored as a collection of shapes, together with data (parameters) defining how the shapes will be produced and where they will be located
-Bitmapped images: Image represented and stored as a collection of pixels which displayed make up the image
-Rendering: Close the shape and apply the colours in
-Vector graphics enable images to be composed of filled shapes
-Each object can be manipulated individually
-Scaling objects is easy
-Anti-aliasing allows you to correct the pixellation effect
-Rasterising converts vector to bitmap. Tracing is opposite
-Examples of bitmapped images: GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, DIB, PCD, PNG, etc

SHSM Poster

Our audience is students in high school grade 11-12 who have chosen a job in the technology field. The students must be dedicated to this job and read to work hard. We are going to encourage them to choose and help them succeed in this line of work.


Here's the logo i made from scratch:

I traced the man jumping and made him a black silhouette. I put a star behind him and i added radial gradient of different shades of blue. Then i added the text and put an outline on the star.


It took about 5 days of working on but its finally done. Its all originally made by me and all layout, etc is me. I got the idea or the pose in the picture from Mr D.; he said it would look good. I made the "Be A Star" thing just from a shooting star or something. I made it by using the star tool and then made them on an angle so they look like they are flying/ falling. I used the black bar on the bottom first to make a border-like thing, but then i used ore because it tought i fit in well.

Terrorism Photo Essay

Photo Essay - Step 1 - Looking at Essays

In this assignment you will create your own photo essay. To help prepare you for this you should review some other photo essays and prepare a report for the class.

Select a photo essay from the Time.com web site.

Select one essay and be prepared to review it for our class. You will show us the essay and speak to these points:

1. Did the photographer use staged photos, candid photos or both?
2. Color or B&W? Did it make a difference? What factors contributed to the selection of one over the other?
3. Find examples of good framing and composition and point them out. How close does the subject feel in the photo?
4. Find examples of good use of color and light. Do you see backlighting? Were the photos taken early or later in the day?
   
5. How is narration and text used to support the essay?
6. Do the photos in the essay stand alone or do they need to be seen as a part of the whole?
7. Describe your reaction to the essay. Do all photo essays illicit a reaction in the viewer?

This will be a public presentation for the rest of the class. You will recieve two grades for this lesson, one for presenting and one for participating (being an active listener.)

Answers: 1. In some photographs the photographer used staged photos and in others they didn't. Because my topic is terrorism, most are not staged because things are happening very fast and it is hard to get a perfect picture.

2. All of the pictures i chose are in colour. Some factors that contributed to the selection of one over the other are content, relavence to topic, and attraction.

3. The 6th one down, about 9/11, has a good composition because the sunject is in the frame almost perfect and the distance is very good because it enables the viewer to get a real idea of how serious the topic is.

4. The picture 12 down has good use of colour because the colour in the background compliments Osama's skin colour and his outfit. There is not much backlighting because most of these photos are not staged. All of the photos were taken during the day.

5. Narraration and text is used to support this essay by explaining what is going on in the pictures and showing the seriousness of the topic.

6. The photos in the essay need to be seen together because alone they are only one attack or victim. But together they are a message that shows the impact of terrorism.

7. My reaction to the essay is that a picture speaks a thousand words and each of these pictures say at least that; enough said. The pictures do make the viewer react because they have such a deep meaning.

Acid attacks and wife burnings are common in parts of Asia because the victims are the most voiceless in these societies. Naeema Azar, above, was attacked by her husband after they divorced. Her 12-year-old son, Ahmed Shah, looks after her.


Taliban soldiers preparing to raid a small town in India.


Car bombing kills 9 and injures dozens. Terrorist car blows up unexpectedly in the middle of a busy street in India.


Again the innocent civilians of Iraq are directly affected by our decision to invade their country. And the widows, the orphans, the displace--all those who really need help now--will suffer the most as social services take a back seat to the tremendous infrastructure problems.


A senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan has warned the west that bigger terrorist attacks are coming.


09/11/01...The attacks awakened the United States to its vulnerability to terrorist attacks and led to President Bush and his government launching a “war on terrorism”.


Indian Muslims in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, protest against the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.


Road side car bombing nearly missed a transit vehicle in India.


The Al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the bombings in an Internet statement, which also included a claim of responsibility for attacks in neighboring Morocco and pictures of three


Reports were coming out of Mumbai about terrorist attacks on city including attacks on two of the most popular luxury hotels---The Oberoi Hotel and The Taj Palace Hotel

Journalists reporting on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, keep low to the ground to avoid stray bullets.


Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida leader and 9/11 mass murderer.


Police helicopter and emergency ambulance crews stand by to aid injured workers following the crash of a hijacked commercial airliners into a section of the Pentagon. Military and civilians helped transport injured people on litters to ambulances for treatment and transport to hospitals.


The absence of a 100 ft. crater on the
front lawn. For reference, the hole that you see on
the front of the Pentagon is only about 65 ft. wide.


The outer wall has not yet collapsed.
Where is a hole large enough to accommodate an
airplane which is 124 ft. wide and 44 ft. tall?


Iraqi security officers inspect debris Saturday after a suicide bomber attack attack during a Shiite commemoration in Basra.


This image is distinctive in that the television camera is recording the instant that a bomb exploded at a Muslim festival in Akuressa, killing 15 people.


Picking up the Pieces.


A Pakistani official, center, checks a room after a suicide attack in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday. Suicide bombers attacked a mosque and a religious school within minutes on Friday in two Pakistani cities.

Photography Test

The Online Photography Test - Basics of Photography

1.The Rule of Thirds refers to: .

A rule that specifies the focal length differential in calculating depth of field.
-A compositional rule that divides a shot into vertical and horizontal thirds.
A compositional rule that refers to certain times of the day for better results.
The rule that says your third shot will always be the most stable of three shot in rapid succession


2.In order to maintain consistent exposure, (while all else remains the same), what happens between shutter speed and aperture?.

As the aperture widens, a slower shutter speed is required.
-As the aperture widens, a faster shutter speed is required.
There is no relation between aperture and shutter speed.
None of the above.


3.The best way to reduce camera shake is to.

Increase your ISO
Decrease your shutter speed
-Use a tripod
Increase (open) your aperture wider.


4.What does the keyboard function of CMD+J (CTRL+ J on Windows) do in Photoshop?.

-It copies your current selection or layer to a new layer.
It deletes your current layer.
It toggles you between slideshow and regular mode
None of the above


5.What effect does barrel distortion have on images?.

-Subjects appear to get narrower as they get further away from the optical axis of your lens
Subjects appear to get wider as they get further away from the optical axis of your lens
Neither A nor B
This is made up - there is no such thing as "barrel distortion"


6.What effect does pincushion distortion have on images?.

Subjects appear to get narrower as they get further away from the optical axis of your lens
-Subjects appear to get wider as they get further away from the optical axis of your lens
Neither A nor B
This is made up - there is no such thing as "pincushion distortion"!


7.What color space should images be saved in if their intended output is a web gallery?.

Adobe RGB
ProPhoto RGB
-sRGB
LAB


8.What are the "Golden Hours"?.

The hours where you can charge the most for your time.
The hour before sunrise and after sunset.
-The hour after sunrise and before sunset
The hour when the sun is at its peak


9.A color managed work flow means your monitor has been calibrated with.

colored Litmus
a colorizer
a color gauge
-a colorimeter


10.As a general rule of thumb, you should avoid hand-holding when.

the weight of the camera+lens exceeds the inverse of your arm length
The weight of the camera/lens is less than the inverse of your arm length
-The focal length of the lens exceeds the inverse of the shutterspeed.
None of the above


11.When shooting landscapes, the best type of lens to use would be a:.

-wide angle lens
telephoto lens
macro lens
supertelephoto lens


12.When shooting portraits, the best type of lens to use would be a/an.

wide angle lens
18-55mm lens
-100mm lens
300mm lens


13.When lighting a subject, traditionally, a one-light scenario would place the light:.

-45 degrees to either side of the camera
90 degrees to either side of the camera
Directly behind the subject
Directly behind the camera


14.The numbers on the lens (18-55mm, 70mm, 100mm, etc.) refer to:.

The distance from the back element to the sensor/film
the distance from the front element to the sensor/film
-the distance from the nodal point to the sensor/film
None of the above


15.Depth of field refers to.

-the range of sharpness from near to far
the closest point in the image that is sharp
the furthest point of the image that is sharp
the background portions of an image that are sharp


16.SLR is an acronym that stands for.

Simple Lens Reflex
-Single Lens Reflex
Single Lens reflector
Simple Lens reflector


17. The optimum print resolution for prints up to 11"x14" on most inkjet printers (as it can change from vendor to vendor) ranges from...

72-120 dpi
120-175 dpi
175-250 dpi
-250-300 dpi


18.Bokeh refers to what phenomenon?.

-The size and shape of out of focus points in the background
The difference between depth of field and chromatic abberation
The amount of fringing between areas of high contrast
The amount of noise in an image


19.What is the primary difference between SLR and other cameras?.

SLR cameras are simpler to use
-SLR cameras allow for interchangeable lenses
SLR cameras are for professional use only
SLR cameras have been decreasing in their market presense


20.Raw images are considered superior to jpg images primarily because.

they require more skill to manipulate
they typically are obained from better sensors
they typically have higher megapixel counts
-they maintain the ability to make changeable adjustments after capture


21. Extension tubes are useful for:

extending the focal length of your lens
-extending the distance between the sensor and the rear lens element
extending the ISO sensitivity range, thereby reducing noise
extending the time frame to retain sharpness while allowing for longer exposures


22. Extenders are useful for:

-extending the focal length of your lens
extending the distance between the sensor and the rear lens element
extending the ISO sensitivity range, thereby reducing noise
extending the time frame to retain sharpness while allowing for longer exposures


23. At what range of shutter speeds can the movement of the mirror introduce blur if the lock-up mechanism is not engaged?:

One half (1/2) to five seconds
Five to 30 seconds
-One eigth (1/8th) to 1/20th of a second
1/20th to 15 seconds


24. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

-As aperture increases, the f-stop number decreases.
As aperture increases, the f-stop number increases.
As aperture increases, the f-stop number remains constant.
Apertures and f-stops are not related


25. When a lens designed for a full frame is mounted on a smaller-than-full frame camera, what happens with regard to the imaging area?

The edges of the imaging area have a black vignette, due to barrel reflection.
-The edges of the imaging area are cropped off, giving an apparent "zoom" on the center section of the area..
The edges of the imaging area show distortion due to chromatic abberation.
The edges of the imaging area are usually brighter due to lens flare on the periphery.

Photography

Exposure
-ISO is dealing with the sensitivity of the film
-Aperture is control of how much light hits the camera (how much the lens is open)
-Shutter speed is how fast you open and close the lens
-CCD (Charged Couple Device) is the processor
-Shudder speed goes by the seconds (so for blurred motion lower shuuder speed)(for clear/crisp picture use higher shudder speed

Journal Week 4

Monday
Today I changed the colour of an eye using photoshop. Later Mr D. talked to us more about the test and about animation. Then we got a bit of free time to work with motion 2 and see how it works.

Tuesday
Today we took a note on photography and then we took a test on it. I aced it, but me and a few other people worked together to get them all right. Then I started a new project on photoshop to make me look like an avatar.

Wednesday
Today things got off to a long start because people weren't listening. Then we were introduced to a photoessay and Mr D. showed us some examples. I got 7 out of the 20 pictures needed and i should hopefully finish tomorrow.

Thursday
Today, Mr D. reexplained the photoessay assignment to the people that didnt't understand it. I finished my whole photoessay but it took me the rest of the day. I barely have anytime to write this.

Friday
Mr D. introduced a new project that will take 2-3 weeks. It is a poster advertising SHSM around the school and we need to make it from scratch. Logo, pictures, slogan, etc. I have an idea for a log so far but that's it.

Change the Colour of an Eye

................MY EYE.............................ORIGINAL...............
I took a picture from google and put into photoshop. Then I made a new layer and coloured over only the colour part of the eye. Then i blurred the colour and changed the layers to overlay. VOILA, it was easy and looks sick!

3D Animation Quiz

1. The process of building an object on the computer within 3D space is most often called what? Your Answer: Modeling Believe it or not, the process is most often called "modeling." Basically it involves taking four point polygons within the software and combining them and moving points to shape the intended object. It is a fun, but time consuming process, as the only shapes within the program to use aside from polygons are basic objects such as circles, cylinders and cubes called primitives. I don't know where the name came from, but it is funny to think that I tell people I model professionally from time to time. 65% of players have answered correctly.

2. Once the character or object is built in the program, what is the process called of adding color, reflection, transparency, translucency and roughness? Your Answer: Texturing Texturing is an art all of its own. It takes a great amount of time to tweak a texture. The basic texture usually includes a channel for luminosity, diffusion, color, specularity, glossiness, reflection, transparency, translucency, refraction, bump and smoothing. In a nutshell, luminosity and diffusion control how much light is absorbed by a texture. Color defines the basic color of the texture. Specularity, glossiness and reflection comprise the three aspects of reflection. Specularity controls how the light is spilled over the surface of the object. Glossiness controls how glossy a texture looks. And reflection defines how much actual reflection you will see in an object. Transparency defines how much you can see through the object. Translucency controls how the light is absorbed through an object. Refraction is how the light bends through a transparent object (think of looking through the bottom of a glass, how everything distorts.). The bump channel defines how course a texture is and smoothing refers to how smooth the texture is. 71% of players have answered correctly.

3. Basic shapes, such as cubes, cylinders and circles that are used to build an object are called what? Your Answer: Primitives Most modeling uses polygons added together and molded, but you will often need a standard shape to add to an object. These standard shapes are called primitives. Every piece of software has a similar set of primitives, but includes others. A sample standard set from Lightwave 3D, my software of choice, includes a box, a ball, a disc, a cone, and a capsule. There is a drop down list of an additional fifteen or so primitives. 69% of players have answered correctly.

4. To create real world reflections in most software packages, the "reflection" is actually made up of three parts. Can you guess which of the following is not part of the reflection channel? Your Answer: Transparency The transparency channel controls how see through an object's texture is. Specularity controls how the light is spilled over the surface of the object. Glossiness controls how glossy a texture looks. And reflection defines how much actual reflection you will see in an object - think of a mirror as a 100% reflection value and go down from there for your reflection. A new car may have a reflection of 60%, while a piece of hard wood flooring may have a 2% reflection. 29% of players have answered correctly.

5. Unlike traditional animation, in the world of 3D, the computer interpolates the movement between poses rather than having an artist manually animate each and every frame. What are these key poses called? Your Answer: Key Frames Depending on the animation requirement's of the object and the desired result of the artist, there can any number of key frames. In my own experience, I've had roughly two key frames per second per limb of a character walking and I've also done facial animations that required a new key frame every two to three frames to match the phonetic syllables of human speech. The beautiful thing of 3D in the computer is the interpolation between the frames. Rather than animating every frame like in 2D work, I can set a pose at frame one, and set another at frame 14 and the computer calculates the motion between the two key frames...thus saving me from manually animating the twelve in between frames. 62% of players have answered correctly.

6. Light in the real world continually bounces off of objects to illuminate an area. In the 3D software, this real world light simulation is extremely render intensive on the computer, but produces beautiful results. Can you guess what most software dubs this simulation? Your Answer: Radiosity Radiosity is the calculated bouncing of light within a space to light a scene in the computer. The results are beautiful, giving a truer sense of realism to the artificially created objects. The only drawback is the render time is usually multiplied by ten or so. Pixar, in my opinion, is the king of using radiosity. When I first watched "Ratatouille" I was blown away by the lighting, it was so dramatic and realistic. Pixar later released a technical paper citing how they lit the scenes and how radiosity played such a large part to create the tone of the film. 57% of players have answered correctly.

7. When building an object in 3D space, it is a wise idea to build it to the scale of its real world counterpart. Your Answer: True This is important for two reasons. Number one is the relative scale between two objects. If you animate a camera move by two objects of different size and they are not built to scale, or at least to the scale of each other, you will lose the sense of spacial orientation and thus lose the realism of the shot. Number two is the integration of computer generated objects into a live action scene. I watched "Pearl Harbor" recently and I will use it as my example. If the Japanese Cg airplanes were not built to scale in the computer, they would look like they were flying faster than they should be in real life. Most of the audience would think that something was "off" in the scene, but they weren't quite sure what it was. If the audience questions what they are looking at, they leave the world created in the film and thus lose some of the emotional impact the film is going for. 57% of players have answered correctly.

8. Everything in a 3D scene has to be either manually animated or calculated by the computer, as nothing is preset in the software. What is the calculation called to recreate real world effects such as gravity, wind, liquids and collisions? Your Answer: Dynamics Dynamics are used to create wind, liquids, smoke, gravity and collisions- most anything that would be too tedious to manually animate. A practical example of dynamics would be as follows. Modeling a shattered wall, as if an explosion went off. Then adding a collision object and animating it through the pre-cut wall. You would then apply a hard dynamic to the wall to react to the collision. Gravity would be applied to the scene, which if you remember the numerical value of gravity from Physics class: -9.8 m/s^2. Then you add a ground dynamic plane to keep the wall and all of its shattered parts from falling into oblivion as per the effects of gravity. Once you apply all of these dynamics and tweak a few parameters under each tab, you calculate the interaction and view the results. 46% of players have answered correctly.

9. A collection of computers linked together to render different frames of a single animation are referred to as what? Your Answer: Render Farm A render farm is a series of computers linked together via a network, each capable of rendering a single frame of the animation. Once each computer finishes a frame, it grabs the next available frame to be rendered and begins until all of the frames have been rendered. Most 3D animation packages have built in software that controls the other computers. The process is usually called "network rendering" within the software. 48% of players have answered correctly.

10. Every studio has their choice of 3D software to use. None is really better than the other, it really boils down to the artist and the studio's preference. My software of choice is Lightwave 3D. Can you guess which 2006 film about the battle of Thermopylae used Lightwave 3D as the primary choice for the visual effects software? Your Answer: 300 Screaming Death Monkey and Pixel Magic, two of the effects companies used for the visual effects in "300" used Lightwave 3D for the effects. They did a production profile with Newtek, the makers of Lightwave 3D, about how Lightwave was used in the production pipeline of "300."