Rocket World

Midterm 10

I drew above picture by using Ms. Word with various shapes, textures, patterns and colors. After I was finished, I took a screenshot of the image and saved it as a png file. Then, I saved the word version and uploaded it to BC MyFiles.

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Midterm 9

I drew my course diagram in Ms. Word with various shapes and colors. After I was finished, I took a screenshot of the image and saved it as a png file. Then, I saved the word version and uploaded it to BC MyFiles.

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Audio Whiteboard II

I typed my name, decorated it with various shapes and highlighted it with blue color.

Midterm 7

I found a picture of a famous female actress from google.com, saved it to my desktop and then opened it in GIMPShop. I used the “Ellipse Select Tool” convert the rectangular logo into a square, copied it and pasted it into her eyes. I used the “Rectangular Selection Tool” to create a black banner at the bottom and then added the text as requested with different sizes, fonts and colors. Finally, I saved the image as a psd and as a png. However, I only able to upload the png file and not the psd file on blogger.com.

Roll Call for Class #5

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Midterm 4

My Avatar in Second Life

I had a hard time figuring out how to take a snapshot of my avatar's face. Eventually, I discovered that my avatar was facing me while changing appearance. After I took the snapshot, I opened it with GIMPShop, added text and then saved it in jpg format.

Second Life Adventure

Niseko Annupuri Skiing area

Niseko Annupuri area claims to have “the No. 1 snow quality” in Japan. It offers skis, snowboard, luge, rafting, kayak and horseback riding. I explored the area by flying, did some skiing and some shopping.

Lemondrop's Forest

Lemondrop’s Forest – I flew to the treetops, visited Poosburgh and explored the sewers in Lemonville by gondola. I was urged to buy a box of Fairyscout Cookies in the welcome area to keep the islands up and running.

Landsale Center

Landsale Center offers “amazing landscaped islands” for sale or rent. I visited the Exhibition Hall that contained big screens showing various properties. I found a property I particularly liked and was teleported to it.

Audio Whiteboard I

Name Decoration

My image is relatively small compared to the others. First, I wrote my name and highlighted it with pink color. Then, I decorated my name with 2 trees and a lovely house with a smoking chimney.

Collaborative designed a Valentine's Day card

Since Valentine’s Day is approaching, we collaboratively designed a Valentine’s Day card. That was harder than we expected, as we did not communicate in advance. As a result, we each worked on our own designs and the outcome lacks coherency. For me, I drew a cartoon girl and a cartoon boy, both with a happy smile and a “Love You” between them.

Roll Call for Class #4

Second Life Screenshot

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Roll Call for Class #3

Second Life Screenshot

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Midterm 8

Touch-up a photo

Original version

Touch-up version

I started by fixing Mick Jagger’s wrinkles. First, I used the Clone Tool to capture images surrounding his wrinkles by pressing the “control” button. Then, I released the “control” button to clone the images that I had captured to cover the wrinkles on his face. I also used the Smudge Tool to even out the color and make his face look more natural.

I moved on to lighten his teeth and to cover up the dark spot. First, I used the Color Picker Tool to capture the white pixels of his teeth and then, I applied those pixels to the dark spot using the Paintbrush Tool. Lastly, I used the Dodge/Burn Tool to lighten his teeth.

Midterm 6

Creating an Animated GIF

I selected Xtns -> Script-Fu -> Logos -> Text Circle from the GIMPShop menu. I inserted new content in the "Text" box and clicked "OK". That generated the Text Circle image. I copied the image, added a new "White " layer and named it "New Layer 1", pasted in the image I had copied earlier, selected the "Rotate Tool", clicked on the text of the image and typed in "45" in the "Angle" box and then clicked the "Rotate" button and clicked the "Anchor" button. I created three more layers by increasing the rotation by 10 degrees on each layer. Lastly, I saved the image as a gif file.

Midterm 5

Progressive JPG image

First, I opened the monster.jpg in GIMPShop. I used the Paintbrush tool to write my name, saved the file by selecting “Save a copy” from the File menu and named it “Midterm 5.jpg”. For effect purposes, I chose the highest quality (100), checked the “Progressive” box and saved the file.

Interlaced PNG image

For this image, I repeated the same steps as above, except that I saved the file as “Midterm 5.png”, checked the “Interlacing (Adam 7)” box, chose “Compression Level 9” and clicked “OK”.

Progressive vs. Interlacing

Progressive image takes time to download one line at a time from top to bottom until the entire image is downloaded. By way of contrast, Interlaced image displays an instant but blurry image before the entire image is downloaded. However, in the end they both take the same time to download.

Midterm 3

Saving image in different formats:

First, I clicked on "Save as” and then on "Select File Type (By Extension)" to allow me to choose the File Type I wanted. This first step is the same for each of the examples below.

JPG lets users choose the “Quality” of the image on a scale of 0-100. It allows users, by checking the "Show preview in image window", to decide how much image quality is needed for the size of the image they wish to create.

GIF only has two options - Convert to Indexed or Convert to Grayscale. I chose "Convert to Indexed" and then clicked "Export" to continue.

PNG has "Compression Level" on a scale from 1-9. However, it did not allow me to preview the image before saving it. Therefore, I had to try different compression levels and save each one before I could find the right balance between quality and download time.

Midterm 2

Adding a caption to a photo

I used the Rectangle Select Tool to create an area on the image and made that area white by clicking on "Fill with BG Color". Next, using the Type Tool, I chose my font size and color. Finally, I typed my caption and, using the Move Tool, centered it in the white space I had created.

Midterm 1

Removal of red eye

First, I used the Color Picker Tool to capture the

black pixels surrounding the red eye. Then I used the Paintbrush Tool with those pixels to cover the

red eye and added white pixels in the middle of

each eye. Finally, I used the Smudge Tool to evenout the color and make the eyes look more

natural.