Svend+Winther's+unit+2

Graphics (How can computers predict how we are changing) By : Svend Feldbaek Winther INVESTIGATION Identify the Problem In our class we have been giving a task where we have to predict and show how we are changing using computers. We will have to use various different websites and we will have to explore a bit to.

Explain the Problem This means that I will have to show pictures of what I looked like in the past, my appearance now and an estimate on how I will look in the future. This is a problem because we have never tried anything like that and it will be a very big challenge to complete.

Research and Analysis

Exercise 2


Exercise 3

exercise 4

In this unit we will be using online aging programs for our product and some of these programs we be:
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this is a picture from "in20years" which is quite a succesful aging site. the only down side of it is that it only lets you go 20-30 years ahead. it has a very realistic softtware that seems to work better than the other sites.
 * and many more

A lot of these websites use the same software which is called April. You can download this software but it is a very big file so i wouldn't reckon doing it. i think the most realistic one is in20years but that has a limit so i will be using both.

Doing the last three exercises has been a lot of work but I have also learned a lot doing it. I learned how to re-size and image, how to actually use gimp to a decent level, how to create layers, how to upload pictures from gimp, how to use most of the tool in gimp, how to print screen and a lot of new vocabulary. i also learnt that gimp is much more advanced than paint and it is not just for playing around. I think that it is quite a useful program and i am sure it will be needed in the later years of my life. **__New Vocabulary__**

Design Brief I will design and create a collage of pictures of myself which shows the progression of what I look like from the past into the future using the graphics package ** Gimp 2.8.2 **
 * layers
 * export file
 * opacity
 * Pixels
 * Background size/format
 * Jpeg

Product Specification My Collage Must: Test Plan
 * be 1200 pixels by 1200 pixels
 * have 5 different pictures of myself from a baby to 12 years old
 * have 1 picture of myself now.
 * have 8 pictures of me ranging from 15 to 80 years old. I will use online ageing software to do this.
 * Have each picture on a separate layer.
 * have Each layer named.
 * have my name on the collage on a separate layer
 * Be flattened when finished.
 * be saved as a jpeg file less than 500kb in size

DESIGN Pictures of my designs
 * Clear: Making it as clear as possible by following the instructions and accurately as possible.
 * Size and format: Make sure its the right size before i begin.
 * layer name: I will make sure all layers are named thoroughly and i will double check them before i upload it
 * name on the collage: i will do it as the first thing so i don't forget.
 * File Size: I will remember to check the quality before i upload the file.





Analysis of my designs My first design is a very basic design with 3 different sections: first section is of me from being a baby to me as a 12 year old, my second section is one big picture on me and my third section is filled with my future self pictures. it really has all it needs to have but it is not very imaginative and it is very very basic. Even though this qualifies fully to the design brief i don't think it will be my chosen design.

My second design is probably the most creative one and it is my personal favorite. This design also follows the design brief fully and it is actually quiet nice. it has a lot more color than the other design and it has a lot of detail. it has the 80 year old me in a portrait. Thought bubbles are coming out of me and in those bubbles are picture of me gradually getting older. the background color will be green which i chose because green is like the color of life and the speech bubbles will be transparent.

My third design is another kind of collage that has a lot of pictures on the outside and 1 big one in the middle. This is a very classic design therefor not very creative of me. Of course there is a reason for that it is classic and that reason is that it is very effective and that you don't have to be Computer champ to create it. this one also follows the design brief fully and it even has titles underneath the pictures. explain how each of your designs compares to your product specification and the design brief Justification for chosen design My chosen design is my second design. I chose this design because it has the most color and because it is very creative. I also chose it because it is the most challenging one and because it is the one that I have put most time into. i also chose this one cause it is original and because it is different from everyone else in the class. Another reason that i chose this picture instead of another one is that this one follows the design brief perfectly whereas the other 2 designs follow it but now as well it this design. I basically just chose it because it is my personal favorite and because it is cool. PLAN


 * Date || Deadlines/title || Resources || Work || Comments ||
 * Tuesday 27th November || look at my design brief and the criteria

Get pictures of me

Make layers

Create the age-me pictures || Internet

laptop/computer+monitor

pictures of me

Gimp 2.8

Paper

Pencil

General knowledge of Gimp || # Turn on Computer
 * 1) log on
 * 2) Open internet
 * 3) Go to wiki-spaces
 * 4) log on to wikisapces
 * 5) open 2 pages: my unit 2 page and the creating stage page
 * 6) remember that they have to be opened in different tabs which you do by right clicking the link and then selecting "open in new tab".
 * 7) get out a pencil and a piece of paper
 * 8) skim both pages and make a note about everything that is important for create
 * 9) now close both tabs and shut down the computer


 * 1) Turn on My own Computer
 * 2) go to "pictures" on the computer
 * 3) Search for pictures of me
 * 4) make a folder on my usb stick called "pictures for ict"
 * 5) find a picture of me as a 1 year old
 * 6) find a picture of me as a 2-4 year old
 * 7) find a picture of me as a 5-6 year old
 * 8) find a picture of me as a 7-8 year old
 * 9) find a picture of me as a 9-11 year old
 * 10) find a picture of me as a 12 year old
 * 11) remember that this is the minimum amount of pictures that i need.
 * 12) re-name any picture with an incorrect name
 * 13) highlight them all and then right click with the mouse
 * 14) click "copy"
 * 15) go to my usb stick
 * 16) right click in a blank space of the folder
 * 17) click "paste"
 * 18) go to right hand bottom corner and click on the arrow facing upwards
 * 19) click on the icon that has a usb on together with a tick sign
 * 20) pull out usb stick
 * 21) close all windows
 * 22) shut down computer


 * 1) turn on computer
 * 2) log on
 * 3) open gimp
 * 4) go to "new"
 * 5) create back ground page (1200x1200px)
 * 6) create first layer
 * 7) create second layer
 * 8) create third layer
 * 9) create fourth layer
 * 10) create fifth layer
 * 11) create sixth layer
 * 12) create seventh layer
 * 13) create eighth layer
 * 14) create ninth layer
 * 15) create tenth layer
 * 16) create 11th layer
 * 17) create 12th layer
 * 18) create 13th layer
 * 19) create 14th layer
 * 20) create 15th layer
 * 21) create a couple of extra layers
 * 22) rename first layer
 * 23) re--name second layer
 * 24) rename third layer
 * 25) rename fourth layer
 * 26) rename fifth layer
 * 27) rename sixth layer
 * 28) rename seventh layer
 * 29) rename eighth layer
 * 30) rename ninth layer
 * 31) rename tenth layer
 * 32) rename 11th layer
 * 33) rename 12th layer
 * 34) rename 13th layer
 * 35) rename 14th layer
 * 36) rename 15th layer
 * 37) leave the last couple of extra layers alone
 * 38) save gimp
 * 39) shut down Computer


 * 1) open internet
 * 2) go to ageme.com
 * 3) upload picture of me now to the page and press go
 * 4) do it 8 times each time making myself gradually older. || on the 26th of november i finished getting pictures of me so i am quite a bit ahead of track which is a good thing. ||
 * 28th November Wednesday || Find background images

paste the background images on to Gimp product

(if i have time: paste the first six images on to gimp) || Internet

Gimp 2.8

Computer

Word

monitor || # Turn on computer
 * 1) log on
 * 2) open "Google Chrome"
 * 3) go to Google Search
 * 4) in the black bar at the top of the page there is a lot of words. click on the one that says "images" (second from the left)
 * 5) then type in "thought bubbles" in the search bar in the middle of the page.
 * 6) now a lot of images will appear on the screen.
 * 7) when you have find the right one copy it the same way that I explained above.
 * 8) now open a word document
 * 9) paste the thought bubble in the word document three times so that you now have three thought bubbles.
 * 10) also paste the image url
 * 11) save the word document
 * 12) close "Word"
 * 13) now go back to Google images
 * 14) type in the search bar this "green" and a lot of green images will come up.
 * 15) remember that it is for a background so don't pick something with anything on it
 * 16) when you have found a suitable one copy it on to a word document exactly the same way as you did with the thought bubbles
 * 17) also paste the image url
 * 18) save the word document
 * 19) close "Word"
 * 20) Finished


 * 1) open the gimp file with all the layers on
 * 2) open the 2 word documents with the images on
 * 3) Now paste the green background on to the layer named background (the biggest layer)
 * 4) stick each thought bubble on a separate layer with their label on it
 * 5) now position them around so that it looks like the design that i created
 * 6) save Gimp
 * 7) close Gimp

(tip: you move the layers with a tool from the tool box in gimp. You paste either by pulling the file over on the gimp layer or just copy it and then paste it on the layer) || i only got to do the first 2 things today because of some unexpected homework from other classes. i will catch up though so it is not so bad. ||
 * 1) open the gimp file with all the layers on
 * 2) open all the pictures
 * 3) start by pasting the picture of me as a 1 year old on the the layer that matches
 * 4) then position the layer so that it fits with where it is supposed to be (look at the design)
 * 5) do the same with picture of me as a 2-4 year old
 * 6) and 5-6 years old
 * 7) and 7-8 years old
 * 8) and 9-11 years old
 * 9) and picture of me now
 * 10) remember that you might have to use a drawing tool for covering up the borders since that will make it look more professional
 * 29th November Thursday || If i didn't have time to paste the first six images Wednesday i will do it today || Gimp

Computer+monitor

Pictures of me || ( (tip: you move the layers with a tool from the tool box in gimp.) ) || i was sick so i didn't do it. :( not doing so well ||
 * 1) open the gimp file with all the layers on
 * 2) open all the pictures
 * 3) start by pasting the picture of me as a 1 year old on the the layer that matches
 * 4) then position the layer so that it fits with where it is supposed to be (look at the design)
 * 5) do the same with picture of me as a 2-4 year old
 * 6) and 5-6 years old
 * 7) and 7-8 years old
 * 8) and 9-11 years old
 * 9) and picture of me now
 * 10) remember that you might have to use a drawing tool for covering up the borders since that will make it look more professional
 * 30th November Friday || stick the rest of the of the images (the future ones)

Final touches

Upload to Wikispaces

Finish the rest of the Product stage || Future pictures of me

Gimp

Computer

Monitor

Flash disk || # turn on computer
 * 1) log on
 * 2) open gimp
 * 3) open folder with the older images on
 * 4) now stick picture of me as a 15 year old on the gimp
 * 5) move it so it fits into the design that i made. you might need to make it smaller
 * 6) then a picture of me as a 25 year old
 * 7) edit the same way a step six if needed
 * 8) then picture of me as a 35 years old
 * 9) same edit
 * 10) then me as a 45 year old
 * 11) edit
 * 12) then me as a 55 year old person
 * 13) edit if need be
 * 14) after that me as a 65 year old
 * 15) edit
 * 16) then me as a 75 year old
 * 17) edit
 * 18) and lastly me as a 80 year old person
 * 19) edit and move if need be
 * 20) remember that you might need to make some changes which is okay as long as you state what the changes were.
 * 21) save and export into a jpeg

For this one simply just check if there is anything that was missed out or if there was anything the should be added. remember to state whatever changes or adjustments that it was.


 * 1) Open Wiki spaces
 * 2) log on to your account
 * 3) go to my wikis in the top right hand corner
 * 4) then click on the link that says BMISClass2011
 * 5) now go to svend winthers unit 2
 * 6) press on the link that says Edit which you will find in the top right quarter of the page.
 * 7) now that you are editing press on the box that says file in the edit toolbox at the top of the page
 * 8) click Upload file
 * 9) find your final product in the documents
 * 10) click it
 * 11) wait for it to upload
 * 12) when it is done click on it
 * 13) wait for it to appear
 * 14) pull it to where you want it ¨make it bigger and smaller until you are happy with the size
 * 15) now quickly save before a power-cut comes.


 * 1) Simply read what it says on the page and write your answer. || i finished everything except for uploading it which Mr Mutasa allowed us to do over the weekend. i'll be fine. ||

CREATE Final Product

Changes made to the original Design I really stayed quite on track with my design on this project and it was only some minor changes that had to be made. One of those changes was to have my name in the middle of it all and moving my 80 year old guy out to the side. i also didn't include tittles under my pictures simply because there wasn't enough space. Of course i also rearranged them a little just so it looked better. Overall i think it was a good design and that is why I didn't change anything that was absolutely necessary. Changes made to the original Plan Although the design was pretty much perfect i can't say the same about the plan. i really missed a lot of my own deadlines but in the end i caught up nicely.my problem was that i had to much to do on Tuesday and the fact that i was sick on Friday didn't help either. what i should have done was to put a lot more stuff on my product on Friday and then only do the minor things on Wednesday and Thursday. Those we the changes that i made, so not a lot. EVALUATE Results of tests Clear: i did make it clear but i could have done it better. Size and format: i did use the right size and format so that was completed layer name: i did name the layers but i just didn't upload the picture of it. name on collage: i did put my name on the collage file size: i made sure it was the right size and it was

Recommendations for improvement Mateus recommends:


 * sorting out the background because my green squares are very uneven
 * number my layers
 * make titles for every picture.

I recommend:
 * putting more time into background
 * making it clearer

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle in this cycle of the design cycle i think i followed it very well. in investigate we did all kinds of activities and exercise and we learned about print screen and gimp. in design we had to create our design and i learned about all the different ways you could make the design. i think i did very well although i had some difficulties at first. in plan i did a hundred steps and it was a lot of hard work. i do think i did very well and it was my favorite part. in create i fell a bit behind but in the end it went fine. evaluate was a bit of a rush and i was sick in a double lesson but i made that too. all in all a quite decent unit.