Thursday, August 27, 2015

Bounce


Bounce Animation



In Animation, we created a textured ball in a realistic field that bounced across the screen. During this project I got to work with new programs I was not familiar with like Adobe After Effects, and I remastered Adobe Photoshop. After creating the clouds, sky, and grass with different brushes, I modeled the ball and positioned it to look as if it was sitting in the grass. I then moved on to Adobe After Effects to animate the ball. By using the timeline to position the key frames of the ball, I had the ball bounce from one side of the screen to the other, while it collided with the ground multiple times. I was able to create really nice looking clouds with brush variation and made them move in the final animation to accompany my bouncing ball. I hope to use these same techniques to make more complex movements once I learn more about Adobe After Effects.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

3 Sites, Then and Now


The CIA

www.cia.gov has changed drastically over the years since 2001. Instead of basic information about the CIA, the website today now shows current events the CIA is involved in, highlighting people and places being focused. The old code uses a lot of table-related commands, while the new code features div commands.






CNN

www.cnn.com used to constantly be updated whenever news stories developed. This is still true with the current CNN website. The old code used many table commands and links, whereas the new code has more "href" commands so the viewer can get to different stories faster.





Youtube



www.youtube.com has always made various videos around the world  accessible to all, but the Youtube website has changed greatly. The information including view count, time of upload, and video description are formatted differently than the new youtube. The featured videos are now based on what you've watched in the past, unlike how the old youtube featured popular videos.








The Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine/Internet Archive has been created to preserve internet history, specifically popular websites today, like Google, Amazon, or Youtube. The archive holds text, video, audio, and software that had previously been on the web. It also categorizes information by location, type, and time period!