Class 7, FINAL PREPARATION: Choosing a JavaScript programming track

Below are progress screenshots for the 3 different JavaScript tutorial websites!

Code Academy:

Passed the intro lesson

Got stuck on this portion :(

 Khan Academy 

Watched a video first

Very cool sound and interactive features

I was able to use JavaScript to make an H. Pretty cool, even got some reward points

Learn Street:

Immediately got thrown into learning JS

Learned how to create strings with numbers and words

Had a pretty good grasp until I got to one particular section. Lucky for me they allow you to look at the answers after you've gotten frustrated with guessing. 

Out of the three different programs I liked Khan Academy for it's use of video, voice over, and the reward point system. However, it didn't really allow me to get to the nitty gritty of programming outside of drawing shapes and such. The video towards the beginning was a great touch! I liked Code Academy because it threw you immediately into learning however I found this one to be the most challenging and it didn't have a very good hint feature nor the option to view the correct answer. MY FIRST CHOICE FAVORITE WAS LEARN STREET!!! I liked Learn Street because it threw you right into learning without necessarily making you watch videos and read overviews. There was an overview on the left column in addition to a glossary and a hint tab (that eventually gives you the answer once you've tried so many times). Also Learn Street is the type of JS that I would like to learn more about!

“Final #1: Flash/Powerbullet .swf Files”

 Here are my Shockwave Flash Player files (swf). Click on them to see the animations:

1. My Flowery Name

2. Ball

3. Flower (Object)

 4. Unicorn BMP

5. Assignment 4 (4 pages)

Below are a few progress screenshots:

added a gradient rectangle

added lettering from online

final image before animation

another gradient background

adjusted

added online ball image

added a circular background with gradient

added a flower object 

added a rainbow gradient background and this time i used regular text

more backgrounds

added a unicorn

This is a FINAL project exercise using POWERBULLET to create several different .swf files . It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

In The Wild PNG Posts

My In To the Wild PNG screenshots are below:

1. Paste Into

2. Scale 

3. Stroke

4. Text 

5. Transparency (Opacity)

"Midterm 8"

This is a personal head shot (before and after using Gimp). In Gimp I used several tools like smudge, blur, paint, and clone to spruce up my normal image. It is a midterm exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

"Midterm 7"

I started with this image cropping out the excess

I wrote my name on the image (however much later I discovered this step was not needed)

I opened the logo image

I cropped the logo image and added the eyes in

I added two lines of text in a black background

Tried resizing the text

THE FINAL PRODUCT. 

This is a portrait of Beyonce. I used several GIMP techniques to give her new eyes including the crop tool, layers, paint bucket, and text tool. It is a midterm exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Class 5, Assignment 6

I chose to finish adding on to the Bad Day drawing in Exquisite Forest. I was having a bad day so it seemed fitting.

I added a person and wanted to add color but the drawings were limited to black and white

He looks pretty weird

A couple shots later I added a boy getting an F- on an exam as the height of his bad day (After getting eaten by sharks or fish)