Class 6 Assignment 7

1. Poster: This was the Beginners Challenge on Canva. It was very helpful to complete to learn how to use the site.

Here is the Canva graphic being edited on the site.

 2. Business Card. I created a business card with my name and email. It was very easy to do and there were a lot of layout options.

Finishing it up

3. Photo Collage: This is a photo collage. I searched their images for different things I like and dragged the pictures into the bubbles. 

Here I chose the last picture, the orchid, and double clicked it into the bubble.

4. Card: I made a Halloween greeting card with text and clip art from Canva. 

Here I chose the custom orange color for the circle.

1. What is Canva?

Canva is an online graphic design tool which allows users to create a wide variety of projects using their templates. You can make anything from a poster, to a business card, or even a Facebook cover photo. 

2. Is Canva a bitmap graphics tool or a vector graphics tool, or both?

Canva is a vector graphics tool. It works very similarly to the vector graphics we used on Microsoft word, but is much easier to navigate. 

3. How is Canva similar to Piktochart?

Canva is very similar to pictochart in that they are both drag and drop graphics tools. Both websites offer an easy way to do graphic design, which is great for someone like me who is no naturally artistic. They also each allow you to upload and work with your own photos if you choose. 

4. How is Canva Different than Pictochart?

Canva differs from Pictochart in the variety of graphics you have to choose from. Piktochart is great, but there is only one option (the rectangular piktochart). On Canva you can create any shape, and size graphic you want. It is a more versatile tool, and offers a lot more. 

Class 6 Assignment 6

Here are a few screenshots of Exquisite Forest. The collaborative concept of the site is very unique. I liked seeing different users additions to the same trees. 

Class Six Assignment 4

The first step was to edit my blog, go to layout, then add gadgets, then scroll down to link list. 

I named the list and added each link

Here is the list. 

Class 6: Silver Dollar Part 1

Here I've used the insert shape tool to make a circle for my silver dollar, and I've filled it in gray.

 Here I am selecting the scribble tool so that I can start drawing on my silver dollar.

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 I've drawn on "liberty" using the scribble tool.

Here I have signed my name on the finished silver dollar with the date

Class 6: Silver Dollar Part 2

Here I have started making my silver dollar on GIMP

 Here I have drawn on "liberty" with the pencil tool.

Here I've added "$1.00"

 Here I have changed the cursor for the pencil to be a star, and added five stars to my coin.

 Here I am adding my name.

 Here is the finished, PNG file.

Midterm 9

Below is a screenshot of my finished midterm 9 vector graphics document. I created this document using Microsoft word. 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

Below is a screenshot of my midterm 9 in progress. 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

Link to GoogleDoc

Texture Mapping

Each of these screenshots contains texture mapping and color mapping. 

Color Mapping

 The brown, orange, and white striped structure below (resembling bleachers) is an example of a color mapped graphic. 

                                The grey door below is another example of a color mapped graphic.

             The green door seen here is a third example of color mapping. As you can now tell, color mapped graphics are very plain and simple.

Texture Mapping

                         These hexagons with avatar controls on them are an example of texture mapping.

                             These screens are another example of texture mapped graphics.

                                 The wood floor is another example of texture mapping

It s clear that texture mapping is much more complex and detailed than color mapping.