Day 4 or 6 or maybe somewhere in between with a possibility of a little more or a little less.

BOOM!
Kind of small but it should be fine. The real image is much larger and when it's upload to google docs it should be fine.

Day 3? I think it's day 3.

As promised:

It also has an added pistol stencil. Don't worry if you don't understand it now, it should come together in the end.

Project Day 2

Today I finished my stencils (I have three in total) and added a drip effect to help hide the straight edges. I don't have time to upload the image today but hopefully I can on Tuesday.

Final Project

For the final project of the semester we are required to create a two-page spread in Pages. This will showcase our work. I chose to do stencils on photoshop. My first one should be done next class.

Vector v. Pixels

The main difference is that where bitmap (pixel) images are resolution dependent, vector images are resolution independent. This is basically whether or not the image is "independent from the pixel grid." When you scale up a bitmap image it becomes rough-edged and blurry, but if you scale a vector image (which is based of of mathematical equations) it is the same resolution.
Vector images are common when designing corporate logos because the designer can scale the logo as big as he wants or as small as he wants without changing the initial resolution. This allows to get an image the size of a sticker to the size of a road side billboard.

Main Link

Link used for clarification

Definition of resolution independence

Sorry for using wikipedia, but this was the only link I could find that told me what resolution independence was.

Finished Typography

I finally "finished" my typography picture. I put finished in quotes because it technically isn't finished. I just didn't have the patience to add one more layer (I had over 150 layers though that number probably could have been reduced with a deeper understanding of Photoshop Typography). So now I present to you my finished unfinished woman! The rest of the picture is for you to interpret. You can pick the lips and the rest of the body!













I call her: Abstract Woman

"Inside the War...": What I Think

I don't think that companies like Daqi should be allowed to hide information that a blogger posts. It kind of destroys the whole point of a blog in the first place.
People use blogs to vent their emotions and to speak out for what they think is right and if companies go around taking those liberties away from them then they might as well take away blogging all together. Also, I don't think these corporations should be hiring these companies; it puts out a negative vibe among their blog-using customers.
Overall, I see the good that companies such as Daqi are trying to do, however, I think they should do so with a little more appreciation of what blogging actually is. For example: Let us say that some blogger is venting his anger against Coca-Cola because that man only got five drinks when he clearly wanted a six-pack. He posts: We should all boycott Coca-Cola cause they are mean. Daqi finds this post in their search and instead of forcefully taking it off the web, they should work with the blogger on rewriting the post, giving him his sixth soda which he was so wrongfully deprived of, and then leave it be. This way Daqi doesn't offend any bloggers and Coca-Cola doesn't lose any business.
The scary part is is that companies such as Daqi work in the United States as well. Is it possible that my faux post "We should all boycott Coca-Cola cause they are mean" would be noticed and taken as real? Would I actually get that sixth soda? Honestly, if someone tried to remove one of my posts I will e-mail them a nice copy of the Bill of Rights.

Photoshop...With Words!

Here is what I got so far:

Ridiculous amount of layers.

Anatomy of Typography

1. Tail
2. Spine
3. Cap?
4. Serif
5. Bowl
6. Terminal?
7. Counter
8. Descender
9. Stem
10. Finial?
11. Link
12. Loop
13. Ear
14. Ascender
15. Diagonal Stroke
16. Crossbar   

I used these links:

1. Test Your Own Skills
2. Typedia
3. About

Typography

Typography is the way letters look to the reader. Typography includes the anatomy of letters, the color, the style; anything that relates to the appearance of a word/ letter is called Typography.
Typography is used in order to express certain emotions, statuses, or conditions depending on how the letter looks. For example, if you were writing a formal essay and your typography was pink, curly letters with little flowers dotting the i's, then the reader wouldn't take you seriously because you weren't conveying the proper tone.
Typography can be seen everywhere: ads, graffiti, television, newspapers. Everywhere one looks he/ she can see some form of typography. Even this update has it's on typography.
View the new gadget I added that says "DDoH" (Daily Dose of Hampton). Each letter has it's own typeface from the rest of the group.

Photoshop- Ten starter tips

I used the tips on this here tiger:

Gormah, Slavik. Tiger 2. N.d. sxc.hu. HAAP Media Ltd., 22 May 2010. Web. 8 Nov.
     2010. <http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1283209>.

This is the bear from my trip in 
Colorado. He is also the 
foundation for
my bear falcon.

2nd Six Weeks

This six weeks I have created a trip through Thailand, experienced CMYK and RGB, toyed with a Spectrometer, I have dabble in the arts of Photoshop, and created a falcon-bear hybrid. Overall, I think this six weeks has been more interesting than the first. My work ethic however, was kind of "off" for the first half of this grading cycle. I might have played too many games. Hopefully in the third six weeks I can become a Master Photoshoper and make my bear-falcon more believable.

I found the elusive Bear-Falcon

Today for  multimedia, I used photoshop to add a more simplistic version of my bear-falcon using nineties style CMYK. First, I created two layers making one of them 50% opaque white. Using the ssecond layer I traced the lines of my original photo and storked it with the brush tool. I created a third layer in which I colored in my image using Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow (from CMYK). I also through in a lime green so I wouldn't have two white shapes touching each other. (I also through in a cartoon boy at the end).

Color Box Applet

Go here to see what I used.

1. Blue+Green=Cyan
2. Blue+Red=Magenta
3. Blue+Red+Green=White

4. Yellow+Magenta=Red
5. Cyan+Magenta=Blue
6. No colors mixed=White

7. When the yellow is reduced, the black (all colors mixed) starts turning shades of blue. First dark, then it grows progressively lighter.

8. When cyan is reduced, the black (all colors mixed) starts turning shades of red. First a dried blood/ brown color, then it lightens into a classic red.

Go here to see what I used.

iPhoto

First Mr. W had us make changes to a photo he gave us. I enhanced, shadowed, retouched, de-noised and increased the contrast. Here is my result:

Second was to do the same changes to our own photo. Here is my before and after:

I know it's not that big of a difference but I tried my best with a husky in which you can't really tell if he has facial blemishes. In fact, theres not much a difference at all.

RGB, CMYK, and Hex Codes

Sorry this isn't a pdf, it wouldn't work for me. 

Color System	Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Cyan	Magenta	Purple	White	Black	Grey
HEX Code	#FF0000	#CD6600	#FFFF00	#00FF00	#0000FF	#00FFFF	#FF00FF	#770077	#FFFFFF	#000000	#777777
RGB
Red	255	205	255	0	0	0	255	119	255	0	119
Green	0	102	255	255	0	255	0	0	255	0	119
Blue	0	0	0	0	255	255	255	119	255	0	119
CMYK
Cyan	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Magenta	100	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Yellow	100	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1

Using iPhoto

I'm using iPhoto for the first time and I already have a "project" for it. I put project in quotations simply because I'm using that term loosely; all we're doing is importing two photos and viola! Here are my photos:

ORIGINAL 

NEW

For the new photo, I enhanced the colors, retouched it, and set both the temperature and tint to zero.

Axel 3-My Siberian Husky. N.d. sxc.hu. HAAP Media Ltd. , n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2010.      <http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1271580>.

Test Post

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Recalling the First Six Weeks

Throughout the six weeks, I have made a blog, took a treasure hunt, planned an intercontinental trip, and learned I hate the Mac. The only beneficial knowledge I think I can gain from this class is at least learning how to use the Mac. I may never buy one because "I'm a PC," but I may be forced to use one in the future. I'm not sure if I blame the Mac for my slow progress on the trip to Thailand project but I do know I could work faster on the PC. This post is basically a just me hazing the Mac, but if you look close enough you can see I actually answered what I was supposed to.

Finished the First Part

Finished the first part of my project today. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3bPjze1pCDuYjZkNmJkYTEtODQwMC00NTk2LWJlNTItNDQ5YTU3ZmIwNjEz&hl=en&authkey=COGEzLII

This project if very frustrating when it comes to GoogleDocs simply because the green border around my work log photo was cut off on the right side. Just imagine the final 1/4 of the green being there.

Note: I updated this link. I forgot to add some of my cited sources and this new link has them.  

My (un)finished (un)finsihed project.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3bPjze1pCDuODViZjkwMDItMWQ3OS00MTYwLTllMGUtNGRjYjRiZmQzZmE5&hl=en&authkey=CNXM66QP

Reflection

Today I planned out my itinerary and brochure for my Thailand trip project (see previous post), took a photo of it, inverted it so it was facing the right way, and posted it on my blog. I think overall this project is going to be really cool and I'm looking forward to finishing it.

-Scrubs

Here's my picture of itinerary and brochure for my Multimedia project. The itinerary is the top section with the brochure right below. For my itinerary I am planning on having a map of Thailand with our planned destinations marked. On the following page/ pages I will list each destination on the map and what we will be doing there. Each page will also have a photo and a little blurb at the bottom that could have facts, history, etc. For the brochure I am doing a trifold. The outside will have art and "Thailand" on it while the inside will have a basic overview, a little map, and some quick facts.

My Country

I chose the Country Thailand for it's rich culture and it's bombe DWS. I'm planning on actually making this trip after college but who knows? I might get to go sooner.

Netiquette

I've been instructed to answer these questions about netiquette:

Scenario #1 – A student sends a harassing e-mail to another student. The receiving student
retaliates with a “flaming e-mail.” Is this the appropriate response? If not, what would be?

• Talk to the sender in person instead of responding with you're own inappropriate e-mail. By talking to the student you can find out why he chose to send it and from there you could sort out a resolution between you and the other student.

Scenario #2 – When hanging out with friends, one of the students makes a call on their cellphone and carries on a conversation while still within the group. Is this ok? Why or why not?

• No, because although you may think that the phone call is not private, the person you are talking to may think so. Plus, the people at the table may think it's rude and offensive. 

Scenario #3 – A student logs on to a free file sharing website and downloads a song they just heard on the radio. Is this ok? Why or why not?

• No, because that is pirating and pirating movies or songs is illegal. The reason being, you're are depriving the artist from his hard earned money.

Scenario #4 – A student follows a questionable link to a website and downloads a malicious script which releases a Trojan Horse virus on to the school network. Is the student to blame? Why or why not?

• Yes. He is to blame because he chose to click on a link he did not know about. He should have asked for permission from a teacher before he carried out his action.

Scenario #5 – An hour before class, a student remembers that a writing assignment is due. The student goes to the library, logs on to a website, and copies/pastes the information. Is this ok? Why or why not?

• No. That's plagiarism. This is also illegal. You are basically stealing what an author took his time to write whereas you took a maximum of 30 seconds. 

Scenario #6 – At home, a student uses a software package to copy movies and games from DVD’s for his or her friends. Is this within fair-use laws? Explain.

• No. This is similar to pirating if not the same. You are stealing the developers money from them by not buying separate copies. 

Scenario #7 – A student logs into the school website to download the syllabus they lost. Are they breaking any rules or laws? Explain.

• This is fine because you are not publishing that syllabus somewhere else. 

Scenario #8 – Students spend a good amount of time in class creating a web page for a school sponsored fundraiser. However, there website is not usable by certain individuals with disabilities. Was this disrespectful or wrong of them?

• No. You can't plan for every detail such as Epilepsy or other disabilities. If you have something with flashing lights or something that may offend or harm someone, put a warning sign on the portal to that particular website.

Why do you think netiquette is important? Why are we using part of our class time for this?

• It's important because without Netiquette, several people would be offended, harmed, or put out of business because of what certain people do on the internet. We are using class time so we know about how to do the good things before we know how to do the bad. 

I just finished evaluating my own blog and I got six 4s, and two 3's. This adds up to a 30 ([4x6]+[2x3]=30). This 30 points is out of a possible 32 so I think I did quite well. However, I'm not the teacher and his opinion is completely unique and likely to be different than mine.

Here's the rubric I used:

Blog Rubric

Blogs

So, I was visiting my friends blogs and I was surprised. They look pretty good (not that I was expecting them to look bad). Here's some links so you can also enjoy their blogs.


http://schooledbypaulyd.blogspot.com/

http://tacotalk3.blogspot.com/

http://multimediabigd.blogspot.com/

http://d1p1um225.blogspot.com/

Computer Hunt

Last Thursday my Multimedia teacher created a sort of scavenger hunt for our computer. It consisted of several questions regarding our Macs. This included which OS it was running, how much memory, etc. Some of the info was hard to find and at times I had use process of elimination. However, I do feel that I did an OK job.

Here's the link:
Computer Hunt

Multimedia Blog

Working on developing my blog for Multimedia. Coming along well but still have work to do. I have a rubric I'm following and I want to make sure I follow for a good grade.