mmetzg: October 2013

Thursday, October 24, 2013

MIDTERMS

These are the direct links to my midterms...

Midterm #10 Updated - Matt Metzger

This is a house I created (and that i'm pretty proud of). It is all vector graphics created in 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 .

Screen Shots:

Midterm #9 Updated - Matt Metzger

This is a "course diagram" using vector graphics in Microsoft Word. It is used to describe visually some of the progression of a course I am taking in computer graphics. It was created in Gimp. 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 .

Screen Shots:

Midterm #8 Updated - Matt Metzger

The original photo:

The Edited Photo:

This above pictures are an original and an edited picture of me. The first picture was taken by a friend and has no edits. The picture below it was edited (by myself) in Gimp. I used the clone tool to take color from my forehead and place it on my cheeks to make them look less red. I then blurred the colors to make them look more realistic. 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 .

Screen Shots throughout the Process:

Midterm #7 Updated - Matt Metzger

This is an edited picture of a painting of Niccolò Machiavelli. It was created by adding layers upon the original picture. Each part of the painting (viz. each logo over the eyes, the black box, and each line of text) is a different layer. 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 .

Screen Shots of Progress:

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Class 7 - Part 2: Text

This is a picture of different text. I used different colors, styles, fonts, sizes, and alignments. It is an assignment 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

Class 7 - Part 2: Transparency

This is a picture of different images of earth (or variations of that theme) in different transparency levels. I pasted four images into four seperate layers. I then adjusted each layer's transparency. It is an assignment 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

Class 7 - Part 2: Paste Into

This is a picture of different shapes created using the "paste into" feature in Gimp. I made different selections using the different selector (sp?) tools and then pasted in an image of earth from space. It is an assignment 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

Class 7 - Part 2: Stroke

This is a picture of different shapes created using the stroke feature in Gimp. I decided to create different forms in the shape of my name. I used solid colors, dots, and patterns. It is an assignment 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

Midterm #4 - Matt Metzger

Not exactly the most original greeting card, but this message is worth sending to the masses!

This is a picture of my avatar from cloudparty that I turned into a "greeting card." 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

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Class 5 - Part 5: TEXTURE MAPPING

These are screen shots showing different graphics in Cloudparty. The first three images are flat graphics. The fourth through the sixth image are 3D texture graphics (texture mapping). Each has a description below it and at the bottom is an add for the class that I'm taking.

FLAT IMAGES

This is an image (screenshot) of a flat graphic in Cloudparty. The graphic is boxed in a red outline to show you to which part of the image I am referring. It is supposed to represent a wall and is thus flat and does not have texture.

This is an image (screenshot) of a flat graphic in Cloudparty. The graphic is outlined in blue to show you to which part of the image I am referring. It is a shirt. While the bottom of the shirt does have texture (i.e. ruffles), the majority of the shirt is a single, untextured color.

This is an image (screenshot) of a flat graphic in Cloudparty. The graphic is circled in a blue outline to show you to which part of the image I am referring. While in Cloudparty I realized that the back of the avatar's bald head was a single shaded color.

TEXTURED IMAGES (TEXTURE MAPS)

This is an image (screenshot) of a textured (and interactive) graphic in Cloudparty. The graphic is boxed in a green outline to show you to which part of the image I am referring. (I also blurred out my avatar with green) It is supposed to represent a grassy(ish) ground and is not simply shaded, but is textured, showing both topographical details and the appearance of uneven land.

This is an image (screenshot) of a textured graphic in Cloudparty. The graphic is boxed in a teal outline to show you to which part of the image I am referring. It is supposed to represent a wall. However unlike the wall in the flat image, this wall is textured to show the appearance that it is made of mud (or something similar). It is uneven and has the appearance of imperfections.

This is an image (screenshot) of a textured graphic in Cloudparty. The graphic is outlined in purple to show you to which part of the image I am referring. It is supposed to represent a wood fence. While the fence looks to some extent 2D, the planks itself have a wood-like texture to them. They show the grain and the imperfections that real wood would have.

These images are part of 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

Class 5 - Part 4: Texture Maps

This is a picture of two 3D objects. Number 1 is a flat shaded/colored image. Number 2 is a texture mapped image. The former is obviously less detailed and does not appear (irrespective of its interesting color scheme for a tank) as realistic as the latter. The texture graphic looks just that: textured. While the colored image too appears as it is named: flat but colored. This 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