Coding Two

IN the second session with Spencer, we started a new project where we would select a random pixel from a passport size image and then draw onto a new image a square withe the same RGB as the original pixel, this makes a very layered but distorted image of the passport picture.

import processing.opengl.*;

PImage face;

void setup(){

face=loadImage(“source.jpg”);
size(face.width,face.height,OPENGL);
}
void draw(){
for(int lop=0;lop<80;lop++){
color x=face.pixels[int(random(face.width*face.height))];
stroke(red(x),green(x),blue(x),40);
fill(red(x),green(x),blue(x),40);
rect(random(face.width),random(face.height),10,10);
}

}

Coding one

Being introduced to coding with Spencer today, was rather daunting at first.   I felt as if i was not really learning what the code was doing but more just copying and hope it would work. But after a while of playing around and looking into the code i have a better understanding of how the code works, and why it works.

The code we created was a simple drawing simulate. Where a random coordinate would draw a strait line to another random point. and then turn around and continue to draw to another random spot. But if the lines touched the edge of the canvas, the lines would bounce back in on it’s self.

float xpos;
float ypos;
float yinc;
float xinc;
float xpos2;
float ypos2;
void setup(){
println(“hello”);
size(1024,768);
background(255,255,255);
stroke(100,100,100,30);
fill(100,100,100,30);
xpos=random(1024);
ypos=random(768);
yinc=5;
xinc=3;
xpos2=random(1024);
ypos2=random(768);
smooth();
}
void draw(){
println(“i am drawing”);
line(xpos,ypos,xpos2,ypos2);
xpos=xpos+xinc;
ypos=ypos+yinc;
if(ypos>768) yinc=-5;
if(ypos<0) yinc=5;
if(xpos>1024) xinc=-3;
if(xpos<0) xinc=3;
}

Learning After Effects

Today we where introduced to Adobe After effects. To Tutorial went through the basics such as:

• importing
• moving layers around
• editing the time line
• how long each clip or image was shown for
• creating text
• fading text
• exporting

The imagery we used was a collection of work of a prototype for a futuristic car.  This is the final video we produced, which includes two panels of text, nine images and a short clip.

Below are some screen grabs of the working progress.

White balancing

       

 

Learning how to white balance with Steve today with a portrait. By selecting three points off the image, two being of the skin tone to see the RGB channels and see if there as an anomaly, compared to the third point being a neutral point such as the white of her eyes.   The final image has also been Photoshop to clear up skin imperfections and general touching up.

 

Skethcing Typography

Into days session with Margo and Rob we where loosely sketching letters using a cross hatching method inspired by the typographer Erik van Blokland. This method is different from the strategy used last year when we had our artist typeface project where my approach was using solid lines to create the type . This method produces a clearer and more natural weight to the letters. and is much quicker for variations.