Monday, 6 June 2011
GL Basic
although i had already started on a project i decided to change it from a shoot em up game into a music remix application as i felt more intrested in doing this as it was unique to what everyone else was doing.
resubmitting
im currently trying to get all work up to pass and above standard fociusing mainly on the business assignments at the moment.
interactive youtube video
after refilming all parts of the video we are now finishing off the pre production video.
we've already done are pitch and completed a research log at the moment im currently working on the 1500 word 'development of video technology'
we've already done are pitch and completed a research log at the moment im currently working on the 1500 word 'development of video technology'
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Interactive Ethics - Copyright laws
Copyright is a right given to any product you create which copyrights it in your name instantly when you finish working on it. the law protects your product, or work being copied or plagiarized by others without your prior consent, the law still protects your products for up to 70 years after your death.
There are three main moral rights of the copy right laws, these are the right of attribution which means creator of a work has the right to be identified as such.
The right of integrity which means the owners work may not be altered or changed without consent.
The false attribution rule means no one can create a copyright product and attribute it to you.
Although prior to the internet days the copyright law was rarely needed to be enforced as copying books and other media products took so long it wasn’t worth doing.
However online movies and other products can be downloaded in a matter of minutes meaning a lot of products are being stolen.
Some people are against the copyright laws claiming that you can’t own culture and that people should be allowed to use other peoples products.
The Creative Commons (CC) is an organisation dedicated to pointing out which products have been given prior consent to be used by others for certain purposes which the original owner of the product has licensed it for, for example one owner may allow his work to be used for education purposes using (CC) while another may allow anyone to edit their work and do as they please.
There are three main moral rights of the copy right laws, these are the right of attribution which means creator of a work has the right to be identified as such.
The right of integrity which means the owners work may not be altered or changed without consent.
The false attribution rule means no one can create a copyright product and attribute it to you.
Although prior to the internet days the copyright law was rarely needed to be enforced as copying books and other media products took so long it wasn’t worth doing.
However online movies and other products can be downloaded in a matter of minutes meaning a lot of products are being stolen.
Some people are against the copyright laws claiming that you can’t own culture and that people should be allowed to use other peoples products.
The Creative Commons (CC) is an organisation dedicated to pointing out which products have been given prior consent to be used by others for certain purposes which the original owner of the product has licensed it for, for example one owner may allow his work to be used for education purposes using (CC) while another may allow anyone to edit their work and do as they please.
Monday, 16 May 2011
vector and bitmap images
vector and bitmap images
A bitmap, raster or pixmap, as they are known, is an image that is made up of pixels each coloured seperately to show the image in a detailed form, with more pixels providing more detail, although the detail of bitmap images means they have large file sizes which take longer to load they are rarely used for flash games however because of detail they are normally used on webpages.
one problem with bitmap images is resizinging them larger as it strectches the pixels and quality is lost as the individual dots become visible. the average computer screen moniter has roughly 70-80 pixels per a squared cm of the screen.
below is a vector image which has been magnifyed to show the pixels.
there are alot of different types of bitmap file formats such as jpeg, png, gif, bmp and psd and so on.
in photography digital camera or any device with a camera can take images and normally save them as a jpeg file which is the most common type of bitmap file on the internet.
a vector image is an image not made up of individual pixels instead they are made up of complete shapes and curves, their quality tends to be lower than bitmap images although they are faster to load which makes them ideal for flash games. They use mathematical formulas to work out what they will appear as on the screen,
because of this and the fact that they dont use pixels they can be resized without losing quality, due to this great advantage companies, for example, nikie whose logo is a tick, use vector images for their logos as they can be resized for poster print or for business card sizes without having to create each indiviudal logo at that size which would cost the companies more.
The advantage of not having individual pixels is smaller file sizes which load faster.
Gamers who play call of duty black ops will have noticed that when creating your playercard call sign you use vector images layered upon eachother to create the image you want.
it is possible to convert bitmap images into vector by using programs such as adobe illustrator by using the rastorise effect and the image will be converted from a bitmap into a vector, although some minor details may be lost the image will look the same if not better.
A bitmap, raster or pixmap, as they are known, is an image that is made up of pixels each coloured seperately to show the image in a detailed form, with more pixels providing more detail, although the detail of bitmap images means they have large file sizes which take longer to load they are rarely used for flash games however because of detail they are normally used on webpages.
one problem with bitmap images is resizinging them larger as it strectches the pixels and quality is lost as the individual dots become visible. the average computer screen moniter has roughly 70-80 pixels per a squared cm of the screen.
below is a vector image which has been magnifyed to show the pixels.
there are alot of different types of bitmap file formats such as jpeg, png, gif, bmp and psd and so on.
in photography digital camera or any device with a camera can take images and normally save them as a jpeg file which is the most common type of bitmap file on the internet.
a vector image is an image not made up of individual pixels instead they are made up of complete shapes and curves, their quality tends to be lower than bitmap images although they are faster to load which makes them ideal for flash games. They use mathematical formulas to work out what they will appear as on the screen,
because of this and the fact that they dont use pixels they can be resized without losing quality, due to this great advantage companies, for example, nikie whose logo is a tick, use vector images for their logos as they can be resized for poster print or for business card sizes without having to create each indiviudal logo at that size which would cost the companies more.
The advantage of not having individual pixels is smaller file sizes which load faster.
Gamers who play call of duty black ops will have noticed that when creating your playercard call sign you use vector images layered upon eachother to create the image you want.
it is possible to convert bitmap images into vector by using programs such as adobe illustrator by using the rastorise effect and the image will be converted from a bitmap into a vector, although some minor details may be lost the image will look the same if not better.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
internet protocols
some information i found while researching protocols
Internet Protocol
first thing about internet protocols is that a web protocol and an internet protocol are not the same thing although most people mistaken it as being the same instead of realising that the world wide web is a service provided by the internet along with other services such as email and instant messaging.
however there are many different kinds of protocols within the internet and web protocols within the Internet Protocol Suite that each perform different rolls within the internet.
The Internet Protocol IP is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams packets across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite. Responsible for routing packets across network boundaries, it is the primary protocol that establishes the Internet.
The Internet Protocol is responsible for addressing hosts and routing datagrams (packets) from a source host to the destination host across one or more IP networks. For this purpose the Internet Protocol defines an addressing system that has two functions. Addresses identify hosts and provide a logical location service. Each packet is tagged with a header that contains the meta-data for the purpose of delivery. This process of tagging is also called encapsulation.
IP is a connectionless protocol and does not need circuit setup prior to transmission.
The Transmission Control Protocol provides reliable, ordered delivery of a stream of bytes from a program on one computer to another program on another computer. TCP is the protocol that major Internet applications rely on, applications such as the World Wide Web, e-mail, and file transfer. Other applications, which do not require reliable data stream service, may use the User Datagram Protocol which provides a datagram service that emphasizes reduced latency over reliability. TCP provides a point-to-point channel for applications that require reliable communications. The File Transfer Protocol and Telnet are all examples of applications that require a reliable communication channel. TCP provides a communication service at an intermediate level between an application program and the Internet Protocol. That is, when an application program desires to send a large chunk of data across the Internet using IP, instead of breaking the data into IP-sized pieces and issuing a series of IP requests, the software can issue a single request to TCP and let TCP handle the IP details. which is why the internet protocol suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.
Internet Protocol
first thing about internet protocols is that a web protocol and an internet protocol are not the same thing although most people mistaken it as being the same instead of realising that the world wide web is a service provided by the internet along with other services such as email and instant messaging.
however there are many different kinds of protocols within the internet and web protocols within the Internet Protocol Suite that each perform different rolls within the internet.
The Internet Protocol IP is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams packets across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite. Responsible for routing packets across network boundaries, it is the primary protocol that establishes the Internet.
The Internet Protocol is responsible for addressing hosts and routing datagrams (packets) from a source host to the destination host across one or more IP networks. For this purpose the Internet Protocol defines an addressing system that has two functions. Addresses identify hosts and provide a logical location service. Each packet is tagged with a header that contains the meta-data for the purpose of delivery. This process of tagging is also called encapsulation.
IP is a connectionless protocol and does not need circuit setup prior to transmission.
The Transmission Control Protocol provides reliable, ordered delivery of a stream of bytes from a program on one computer to another program on another computer. TCP is the protocol that major Internet applications rely on, applications such as the World Wide Web, e-mail, and file transfer. Other applications, which do not require reliable data stream service, may use the User Datagram Protocol which provides a datagram service that emphasizes reduced latency over reliability. TCP provides a point-to-point channel for applications that require reliable communications. The File Transfer Protocol and Telnet are all examples of applications that require a reliable communication channel. TCP provides a communication service at an intermediate level between an application program and the Internet Protocol. That is, when an application program desires to send a large chunk of data across the Internet using IP, instead of breaking the data into IP-sized pieces and issuing a series of IP requests, the software can issue a single request to TCP and let TCP handle the IP details. which is why the internet protocol suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
new gadget - fish
i added an extra gadget to my blog purely for entertainment purposes, if you scroll down you'll find some fish that you can interact with and feed. the reason behind this was because i was scanning through the gadget to see what types of gadgets were so far avaliable and which were popular
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