Wednesday, March 30, 2011

This is my animation
I have overcome the problem, by saving and posting it in a different format.
I have also included a Beethoven 5th Symphony clip, synchronizing it with the animation to provide a theatrical cheer leading experience.

This is my first trial at an animation.

Explanation of Animation.

Explanation of Animation

This animation is supporting my house, Coolock. It involves key elements linked to Coolock which was the name of the house Mother Catherine McCauley, found in the nation of Ireland. Therefore the leprechaun , green hills, the pot of gold with the rainbow, as well as the green hat and the three leaf clover, are all involved. The main theme of green is present in this animation, as well as the recurring Irish folks.

The animation begins with the leprechaun tweaking his hands and legs, then cartwheeling to the next hill, growing smaller as he is moving further away from the screen.

Then , gradually through this time, the hat laying on another hill comes viewable into the screen, with the threeleaf clover spilling out.

The Rainbow then comes into the viewers attention. This Rainbow represents the different houses of the school with the GO COOLOCK , and clovers, as well , highlighting green, which is coolock.

Assignment Day 6

220 slides:

Some Slides:

The colours represent the different houses , with Ryan and Veritas mixed in.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Assignment Day 6

Here is another attempt at uploading my video.
I have closed the tab , and fixed the music, to make sure that there is no fault on my part.

Unfortunately there is an error again. I have planned (as I do not see Sir until the due date) to take both videos on my USB and present it to him there itself.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Assignment Day 5

Updates
have finally finished my animation , with 220 frames, at 0.03 seconds per frame. It lasts for about 6 seconds, but runs smooth , and tells a story.

I have placed this animation at a compatible mode, meaning it can alter sizes. I am facing a challenge, regarding the uploading of this animation. So far, in my previous attempts , there is an error and I hope not to do so again.

Again having tried this is not working.

Here is a print screen of the situation.

Images

This is my shiny ball, and my eyeball.
It was not to difficult to make, when following the instructions given.

Assignment Day 4

The frames have proceded to reach 100, in my video, with all running smoothly.
Problems continued

Last Post I forgot to mention my problem with the other video I made.
This video with constructed properly with good movements made by the objects and things in the animation. Unfortunately the background was set to transperant. This caused it to go automatically black.

Mr Lennon then advised us to set it to a full background which I have in my current video.

Here was my last video with the transparent background.
Unfortunately this video is not working , and I will have to find a way to overcome this .

Careers in Digital Graphic worksheets

Questions

Web Developer

What does the person in the career do?

A web developer is is a Software engineer, who creates different applications specifically for the world wide web.

Where would you see this person’s work (e.g. in the newspaper, in a game shop) A web developer ( A software engineer who creates softwares for the web.) They can work unrestricted at any internet recieving area, but the exact location will depend on the hiring company.

What training is needed for the career? Web Developers usually have a formal education as well as training. BSCS is common for this need, with training in specific languages a very common trait.

What kind of software and hardware is used?

Some hardwares used would be a computer and any memory hardware...

Softwares used by webservers currently are Java and VB.net for servers examples.

Clients (Web browser) used often by Web Developers include Javascript, DOM, HTML;.

Graphic Designer

Questions

What does the person in the career do?

A graphic designer is responsible for arranging and using elemnents on the different types of media ( such as a poster, package, or a website.)

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

Technically these designers can operate from anywhere , with a computer and the needed softwares, but their actual workplace will be influenced and in some cases determined by the company.

What training is needed for the career?This site does not provide this information.

But study of art is surely preferred as part of credentials.

What kind of software and hardware is used?

Several , softwares can be used to create graphic designs, including programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign.

Some people who have chosen differently to me are:

Chelsea

The wireless tablet

Graphics Tablet
A Graphics tablet is a computer input device that allows one to hand-draw images and graphics, similar to the way one draws images with a pencil and paper. These tablets can also be used to capture data or handwritten signatures.It is accompanied with a stylus , a pen like apparatus.

Wacom

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.

Details

Tech Code:X7618
Manufacturer Number:PTK-540WL-C

Images may differ slightly from actual product

Friday, March 25, 2011

Assignment Day 3

Problems

I have continued in creating my video, with some problems to themes, ideas and the story which I would like to tell. Whether It should be a simple GO COOLOCK sign or something else. A story I would like to tell is a simple sign GO COOLOCK appearing on the screen, but another one is filled with actions and movement.

There were also some technical difficulties , such as the tiresome one of the leprechaun's body movement.I am making him do some actions and cartwheel across to the other hill.

Updates

So far I have 50 slides. I am aiming for a frame rate of 0.03 seconds per frame, as this allows a nice , smoothing frame movement.

This is my leprechaun cartwheeling across .

So far no major problems have been encountered.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Assignment Day 2

What will I put in my animation?

I have decided what image I will base my video/animation on, and it will be a combination of a leprechaun, green hills, a pot of gold as well as a typical Irish hat with Three leaf clovers.

I have begun my first slide:;

What image format were you saving your work in during development of the frame???
What format I was saving my work in a vector format when continuing to edit the slide, but when having made a slide, saved in PNG format.

My frames, as I said before, have been saved in PNG format, by EXPORTING BITMAP.

These images , except for the leprechaun which I have traced and put together, are based on images from a site called Clipart:

www.openclipart.org/.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Assignment Day 1 (Beginning)

Ø I am debating between options to post on for my animation.

Some ideas include:
-A leprechaun

-Three leaf clover

-Green images in general- e.g. grass.

-I have decided what software I am going to choose- Inkscape.

This is a Draw program enabling many different, creative process. It has been recommended by my teacher, Mr Lennon, as well as fellow students.

=The format in which I will save it is Bit mapped images, saved as 'PGN files.

Sketches for the assignment- Day ONE Assignment

So far through class we have been working on our animation assignment , to make a animation for our house group. I am in Coolock.]

These are some ideas and sketches on inkscape.