Hope your exams are going well. I think everyone knows what to do for their BPA projects. Post 3 different individual activities that your going to work on today, make sure to do a follow up post before lab is over.
If you have a few minutes look for some of your stock picks.
Stay Warm,
Mr.F
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
IMD I - BACK to BPA
Sadly I'm out today. I have a few exam issues (collecting missing flash files) I'll address them tomorrow. Makeup work will also have to be completed tomorrow.
Here are a few notes for the teams:
EVERYONE - BLOG your work at the end of lab, be specific about what YOU individually worked on!
Video Team - please return the camera to Mr. D this morning. I would recommend digitizing footage you shot last night on the mac with the mixer by the window. There is a firewire cable on the table by the big black cabinet. I'll call the sub to give instructions on where this is. Get the footage imported and saved in imovie.
3D - cut up audio and continue building your sets. You have allot of work to complete so stay focused!
Global Marketing - I think the skype / 3G network is the right direction to follow. Think about how we can add as a unique feature to this technology.
Digital Media - Steven fine tune script and storyboard. If those elements are done, work titling and box art. See Mr. D if you need a camera.
Entrepreneurship - Sam, your work has been amazing and your focus rocks. I want to see your 3d gallery when I return. Any reply from the Columbus Arts Council?
Web - I got a map of Dallas for you, you might notice it on the wall. Put it to use and map your destinations and features. Continue working on content articles. Blog them at the end of the day! We'll update the site tomorrow.
Here are a few notes for the teams:
EVERYONE - BLOG your work at the end of lab, be specific about what YOU individually worked on!
Video Team - please return the camera to Mr. D this morning. I would recommend digitizing footage you shot last night on the mac with the mixer by the window. There is a firewire cable on the table by the big black cabinet. I'll call the sub to give instructions on where this is. Get the footage imported and saved in imovie.
3D - cut up audio and continue building your sets. You have allot of work to complete so stay focused!
Global Marketing - I think the skype / 3G network is the right direction to follow. Think about how we can add as a unique feature to this technology.
Digital Media - Steven fine tune script and storyboard. If those elements are done, work titling and box art. See Mr. D if you need a camera.
Entrepreneurship - Sam, your work has been amazing and your focus rocks. I want to see your 3d gallery when I return. Any reply from the Columbus Arts Council?
Web - I got a map of Dallas for you, you might notice it on the wall. Put it to use and map your destinations and features. Continue working on content articles. Blog them at the end of the day! We'll update the site tomorrow.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Cars and Computers
Thought you'd get a kick out of this one.....
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX),Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:
! If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part ):
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........ Twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation' warning light.
I love the next one!!!
7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again be cause none of the controls would operate in the same manne r as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off
PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!!!
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX),Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:
! If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part ):
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........ Twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation' warning light.
I love the next one!!!
7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again be cause none of the controls would operate in the same manne r as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off
PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!!!
1-7-09 IMD I Semester Exam Review
Semester Exam Review Questions
Questions bank (not all will be used)
3DS MAX
How do you maximize a viewport?
What is a viewcube?
How do you open the steering wheels?
How do you close the steering wheels?
How do you display wireframe mode?
How do you display wireframe edges?
How do you open the quad menu?
How do you activate the move tool with the keyboard?
How do you activate the rotate tool with the keyboard?
How do you activate the scale tool with the keyboard?
How do you constrain movement to a specific axis?
How do you constrain movement to two axes?
How do you pan the current window with your mouse?
How do you zoom the current view with your mouse?
How do you move an object exactly 10 units on the x axis?
How do you constrain rotation to 5 degree increments?
How do you use a spinner?
How do you use the keyboard to select the top view?
How do you use the keyboard to select the front view?
How do you use the keyboard to select the left view?
How do you arc rotate a view with keyboard and mouse?
How do you copy a shape?
What is the difference between a copy and an instance?
How will scaling a shape affect an instance?
How will changing the height, width, and length affect an instance?
How do you group shapes?
What is the difference between ungroup, open, and explode?
How do you make a selection set?
How can you change primitive shapes with the modify menu?
How do you select multiple shapes?
How do you open the material editor?
What is ambient light?
What is diffuse light?
What is specular light?
How do you control the color of a texture?
How do you make a texture transparent?
How do you make a texture faceted (like a disco ball)
How do you make a texture wire frame (there are 2 steps to this question)
How do you make a texture self luminous?
How do you make a texture look shinny and reflective?
What are two ways to attach a material to an object?
One second of time is divided into how many steps?
What are these steps called?
What button turns on the animation feature of 3DS max?
What are the three steps for basic animation in 3DS max?
What are the dots called that are created on the timeline?
Can you move and delete the dots on the timeline?
Is the preview real time?
How do you add more frames to your animation?
How do you display a selected area of your timeline?
How do you open the curve editor?
What is the curve editor?
How do you adjust keyframes?
How do you unlink Bezier handles?
What does hierarchical mean?
How do you change the pivot point for a shape or group?
How do you link two shapes together?
Flash Questions
What are the following shortcuts in flash
R
R (again)
O
O (again)
V
Q
What is the difference between a primitive rectangle and a rectangle?
What is the difference between a primitive oval and an oval?
Describe the steps to trace a path with the pen tool.
What is a bezier curve?
How do you know where to place the control points?
When creating curved shapes how many points should you draw?
Computer Concepts
Visit http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm#
and watch the video and read the article to answer the questions below:
What is an octet?
How many unique values can be contained in one octet?
List two restricted IP addresses
What is the loopback address and what is it used for?
What are the 6 classes of IP address and what are they used for?
What does TCP IP stand for?
What does TCP do?
What does IP do?
Why do we break information down into packets?
What makes a valid IP address?
What is DNS?
How big is a packet?
What is the shipping address for a packet called?
What information is included in this address?
How is streaming video unique?
Photography Questions
Photography is derived from the Greek words ____________ and ______________
What year did photography become a public process?
Photography initially combined what two technologies?
Modern day photography combines what two technologies? (this question is not found in the reading)
What is a camera obscura?
What does camera obscura mean?
What developments in chemistry provided the foundation for the photographic process?
How long did it take to create an image with Niepce and Deguerre system?
Why did the exposure take so long?
How did photography influence history?
Write a very simple history of how the chemical photography process works and how does it combine the idea of the camera obscura and the chemical process.
Practical Section
Demonstrate counting to 100 in binary
Demonstrate a layer mask animating the mask
Demonstrate a layer mask animating the content
Demonstrate motion tween animation
Demonstrate linking with action script 2.0
Demonstrate creating a movie clip
Demonstrate tracing a shape in flash
Demonstrate use of buttons
Questions bank (not all will be used)
3DS MAX
How do you maximize a viewport?
What is a viewcube?
How do you open the steering wheels?
How do you close the steering wheels?
How do you display wireframe mode?
How do you display wireframe edges?
How do you open the quad menu?
How do you activate the move tool with the keyboard?
How do you activate the rotate tool with the keyboard?
How do you activate the scale tool with the keyboard?
How do you constrain movement to a specific axis?
How do you constrain movement to two axes?
How do you pan the current window with your mouse?
How do you zoom the current view with your mouse?
How do you move an object exactly 10 units on the x axis?
How do you constrain rotation to 5 degree increments?
How do you use a spinner?
How do you use the keyboard to select the top view?
How do you use the keyboard to select the front view?
How do you use the keyboard to select the left view?
How do you arc rotate a view with keyboard and mouse?
How do you copy a shape?
What is the difference between a copy and an instance?
How will scaling a shape affect an instance?
How will changing the height, width, and length affect an instance?
How do you group shapes?
What is the difference between ungroup, open, and explode?
How do you make a selection set?
How can you change primitive shapes with the modify menu?
How do you select multiple shapes?
How do you open the material editor?
What is ambient light?
What is diffuse light?
What is specular light?
How do you control the color of a texture?
How do you make a texture transparent?
How do you make a texture faceted (like a disco ball)
How do you make a texture wire frame (there are 2 steps to this question)
How do you make a texture self luminous?
How do you make a texture look shinny and reflective?
What are two ways to attach a material to an object?
One second of time is divided into how many steps?
What are these steps called?
What button turns on the animation feature of 3DS max?
What are the three steps for basic animation in 3DS max?
What are the dots called that are created on the timeline?
Can you move and delete the dots on the timeline?
Is the preview real time?
How do you add more frames to your animation?
How do you display a selected area of your timeline?
How do you open the curve editor?
What is the curve editor?
How do you adjust keyframes?
How do you unlink Bezier handles?
What does hierarchical mean?
How do you change the pivot point for a shape or group?
How do you link two shapes together?
Flash Questions
What are the following shortcuts in flash
R
R (again)
O
O (again)
V
Q
What is the difference between a primitive rectangle and a rectangle?
What is the difference between a primitive oval and an oval?
Describe the steps to trace a path with the pen tool.
What is a bezier curve?
How do you know where to place the control points?
When creating curved shapes how many points should you draw?
Computer Concepts
Visit http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm#
and watch the video and read the article to answer the questions below:
What is an octet?
How many unique values can be contained in one octet?
List two restricted IP addresses
What is the loopback address and what is it used for?
What are the 6 classes of IP address and what are they used for?
What does TCP IP stand for?
What does TCP do?
What does IP do?
Why do we break information down into packets?
What makes a valid IP address?
What is DNS?
How big is a packet?
What is the shipping address for a packet called?
What information is included in this address?
How is streaming video unique?
Photography Questions
Photography is derived from the Greek words ____________ and ______________
What year did photography become a public process?
Photography initially combined what two technologies?
Modern day photography combines what two technologies? (this question is not found in the reading)
What is a camera obscura?
What does camera obscura mean?
What developments in chemistry provided the foundation for the photographic process?
How long did it take to create an image with Niepce and Deguerre system?
Why did the exposure take so long?
How did photography influence history?
Write a very simple history of how the chemical photography process works and how does it combine the idea of the camera obscura and the chemical process.
Practical Section
Demonstrate counting to 100 in binary
Demonstrate a layer mask animating the mask
Demonstrate a layer mask animating the content
Demonstrate motion tween animation
Demonstrate linking with action script 2.0
Demonstrate creating a movie clip
Demonstrate tracing a shape in flash
Demonstrate use of buttons
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
1-5-2k.9 Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a fantastic break! We'll be going into BPA rotations for lab today. We'll start by developing a game plan for the day and divide responsibilities within groups.
Welcome back! Happy New Year!
Mr. F
Welcome back! Happy New Year!
Mr. F
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