Computer Graphics 2012-2013

In order for the rest of the class to see your blog and create a stronger link between them, you will have to make each of them a subscriber on your blog.

Under Users – Add New – Add existing user by entering the email address to find the student.

You have to add each of the email addresses in the page linked.

Download a new picture or take the one you choose in your Page on Photography. You can use the website enthread.com and modify the basics.

Access the website using Firefox and not IE.

Create a new section in your Page and add this picture.

Read the document on CDL Moodle entitled: Introduction by Fryrender. This will contain a guide to all the elements of a DSLR and how they affect the picture taken with a camera. On Moodle you will find two links to CameraSim in order to test a virtual camera and modify the aperture, shutter speed an ISO values.

On CDL Moodle, you will find a link and a PDF document. The link points to “A Quick Intro to Photography” by Ben Collins-Sussman that will guide you towards the basics of Photography. We will comment it together and  play with a Canon 7D equipped with a 24-105 f/4L IS USM lens.

As an introductory exercise into photography:

1. Find a picture that you find appealing on the internet.
2. Paste the photo into a new blog page (make sure to correctly reference the photograph).
3. Describe the photo. Any/all of the following:
   • what you think is happening in the photo,
   • what is the background to the photo,
   • does the photo tell a story
4. Describe what makes the photograph appealing.
5. You should comment constructively (according to the guidelines) on everyone else’s choice of photo.

Your drawings are scanned and ready on CDL Moodle. Download your drawing, and start editing it on Photoshop. You will have to build the environment of your item. When you chose your drawing, you imagined it in a scene, you will have to build it in Photoshop with the tools learned in the Avatar exercise. Once completed, upload the PSD to your Dropbox or any cloud storage service and copy the generated public link to your post on the topic. Don’t forget to include the original file and the finished picture in JPG or PNG side by side.

Check the work of the other students and put a comment on each of them. As indicated in the category, this assignment is classified as Work.

Ok, you know now how to customize your blog. Write one post on any topic that is actual and another on a youtuber you follow and that is either fun or interesting to you, and that you want to share with the world. This will determine the public type that you target.

Your followers will then give you a feedback on the content you uploaded. We will all play the followers role by commenting on the two posts of the other students.