Course Evaluation June 2017

1. What did you like about the course?
2. What could be improved?
3. Add a picture from your favourite assignment.
4. What should you have done to do better in this course?

Photoshop 3D CUBE

Make 3D Photo Cube in Photoshop (and animate it)
http://photoshopcafe.com/photocube-tutorial.htm


***choose images from projects you completed this year***

STEP 1: collect 6 images from each of the categories:

1. Javascript, 
2. Photoshop, 
3. Minecraft, 
4. Game Journalism, 
5. Alcohol & Body Systems - N-Squad 
6. Instructional slideshows
7. Keyrings
8. Code Combat
9. Super Planet Crash and Particle Clicker

STEP 2:  create the cubes in PHOTOSHOP

start Photoshop
NEW - 600x600 - Transparent background

• PAINT THE BACKGROUND LAYER
• ADD A TITLE  for example  "CUBE 1: Javascript"
• ADD YOUR BLOG ADDRESS
• ADD your first IMAGE
• MERGE THE LAYERS
• This will be the 'front' side of the cube. Proceed to fill in all 6 sides with images from the same topic.

You should complete 8 cubes with these topics:

cube 1: Javascript
cube 2: Photoshop Planet + Frame Animtion
cube 3  Minecraft
cube 4: Game Journalism
cube 5: Alcohol & Body systems - N-Squad
cube 6: Instructional slideshows
cube 7: Keyrings
cube 8: Code Combat

bonus 9: Super Planet Crash and Particle Clicker


--> The Animating section in the tutorial is all wrong: SKIP -How to animate a cube in Photoshop - all steps 1-6

use this

Photoshop CC
Animate as follows:

Create a Video Timeline
Choose 3D Meshes and click on 'Cube' stopwatch
ON RIGHT
Choose Filter by: Meshes ICON
then select Cube
Move Player Head to 1 second then rotate cube ...proceed to 2 s...3s etc
...use the Rotate the 3D Object icon at top of page
...aim to see all 6 sides
When the player head is at the very end. Type -under 'angles'- in the coordinates area -top right- 0,0,0
TEST - export as a GIF ( set to forever)


Create an animated gif ...choose the SAVE for WEB option you learned earlier in the semester - make sure it runs forever.

• Place all the cubes in the same post

Nothing to Rave About

Nothing to Rave About

http://webadventures.rice.edu/stu/Games/Reconstructors/_701/Game-Overview.html

use the snipping tool to collect each of your decisions

create collage of all your results

https://www.photovisi.com/photovisi/youtube-channel-cover-6


EP1

EP2

EP3

Alcohol & Body systems - N-Squad

---You will need to ENABLE Flash -

Chrome - Settings (3 vertical dots in top right corner)

Show Advanced Settings - Privacy - content settings - Flash - Allows Sites to run Flash

N-Squad

Plunge into the world of the N-Squad and solve an alcohol-related crime.

http://webadventures.rice.edu/stu/Games/N-Squad/_501/Game-Overview.html 

An adventure game about alcohol and body systems. 

Use the SNIPPING Tool to collect your discoveries.

create collage of all your results

https://www.photovisi.com/photovisi/youtube-channel-cover-6

Code Combat

learning PYTHON

you need to login in order to save your progress.

choose your class

BLOCK B            BLOCK C           BLOCK D

Then Begin

Once you finish a level use the 'snippingtool' to capture the image... SAVE ALL IMAGES - at the end create a collage ...add your blog address ...then post it.

There are 21+ levels.