Tiny Spherical Worlds

Compositing images is when you combine two or more images to be edited in a way that it looks like one image, instead of several parts of a whole image. I think compositing images is used for creating interesting pictures. That looks abstract. But yet professional. One image is not enough to composite an image. To composite an image, you need more than one image. You can edit just one picture and leave it, or you can use multiple images to create a really creative picture! Also you need multiple images so that it can bring depth to your image when you composite images. Personally I can definitely tell if an image was made out of multiple images, and when it is made from one plain image.

There is a really slight difference between a spherical pano, and a polar pano. Though these two image styles look alike they are different in many ways. One way these two images are different is because the have different polar coordinates. You may be able to tell if the picture is a spherical pano or a polar pano by the way the pictures look when you are done putting in the polar coordinates. You will be able to see the point where the two ends meet. The polar pano is the image that looks like the foreground of your pano is the planet/world or whatever you want to call it. The spherical pano is when the sky looks like the ground, and the ground looks like the sky. Another thing that makes the polar and spherical pano different is the way you edit them to turn them into you worlds. When you are in photoshop making your polar, before you click to polar coordinates. You actually have to go to image<image rotation<180`. Making sure to do this is very important because turning your polar up-side down before you hit polar coordinates will definitely make it look different from the spherical. For the spherical pano  you will need to skip the image rotation so that you will be able to achieve that inside-out world affect.

I think that my finished "tiny worlds" are convincing enough. I think so because the pictures I took were of landscapes that I personally see everyday. It's not too over the top, to the point where it's someplace so exotic and fancy. I think my pictures the perfect landscapes that show who I am and where I grew up. Also I think that my "tiny worlds" are convincing because I didn't over edit them. When I say over edit I mean taking a picture and turning it into something to over the top, to where the picture looks totally different from when you first took the picture. While I was editing I was trying pretty hard not to over due my picture. Even though the landscapes that I took was beautiful. It still needed a lot of help. I tried to take the pictures in a golden hour. Which is when the sunset casts a beautiful light. But it didn't show up that well in the pictures I took. It kinda looked pretty dark to me. So with some editing with the help of adobe bridge I lightened the picture up. I also did a little bit of tinting to add some surrealism. But in the end my two spherical and polar panos turned out just the way I wanted them to turn out. CONVINCING!

Hockney Style Joiners

Some ways that David Hockney's photomontages are different from mine is that he probably put more thought into what he was taking his montage of. Another reason why I think that his montages are different from mine is because of the quality of his work. I think that it is different because of the quality because he probably had a lot of time to do his montage and think about what he was doing, and we only had like a couple days to think what we were going to take a picture of. Also I think that His photomontages are different from mine because his is more professional. He put a lot of thought into it. He took pictures that expressed something about himself or things that happen around him. I just think that his pictures are really deep, His pictures have a lot of meaning.

Images can send so much different messages to so much different people. For example if someone took a picture of someone helping out a stray dog then that would send me positive messages/vibes, v.s if someone took pictures of people neglecting their dog then that would send me negative messages/vibes. Do you see what I mean? Images can send so much messages. Thats why I think that when you take a picture make sure to think about what you are taking a picture of. If you just take a random picture and don't think about it first then people are going to get confused about what kind of messages you are sending. Some people might get some positive messages and some people might get some negative messages.

For my final image the message I want for my audience to get is that they are like flowers. There are many flowers. There are also many kinds of flowers. But every single flower is one of a kind just like everyone in this world. I am hoping that my audience gets the right message. The positive one. Another message I hope my audience gets is that even though there are people that think your not like other people and think you are different then don't take it hard. Embrace it, because I would rather be different and shine in my own light than be a follower and be the shadow of someone else.

2016 Aspirations

Hello 2016, goodbye 2015. New year new me, and new goals. Some of my goals are to be more organized. I will try to be organized in school and at home. I think being organized will have positive effects on my school work. That's one of my next goals. My second goal is to get straight A's. This has been one of my goals for many years. This past year I was so close to getting straight A's. But I think that I just need to push myself harder and always but my 100% in everything I do. My next goal is not related to school, But this goal is to get my tumbling down. Such as a back tuck and a summersault. I really want to learn how to do more tumbling because I want to be the best I can be in whatever I do. My next goal may sound a little silly. But my goal is to eat breakfast. I tend to not eat breakfast in the morning because I just don't have any time, and I am always in a rush in the morning. So I am hoping that this year I will make time to eat breakfast because I think that it is the most important meal of the day because it will fuel you up for the day. My very final goal for 2016 is to just go with the flow, because I am just realizing that I am just to O.C.D about my life. I stress over it too much because I want everything to be perfect. So this year I am going to try and simmer down a little and just let life do it's thing.

 One goal that is most important to me is to push myself harder to get my straight A's. That one goal is the most important to me because getting straight A's is a really good thing. I think getting straight A's will be a really big confidence booster. I have never gotten straight A's before. I know it may sound silly to say that, But if I really want something I try really really hard to get it. Also it will probably make my parents very happy that I am doing more than great in school.

To reach and achieve this goal I think I will need to do it step-by-step. First I would have to go over my past report cards to see what subjects I need a little help with. Second I will have to address my teachers in that subject and have a sit down with them to talk about what exactly I need to do in order to do better in that class. Next I would get a tutor to support me in the subjects I am struggling with. Next thing to do is study, study, study. Lastly what I can do is to perform what I have learned. I really think that

Scratch Game Design

Playing other peoples games helped me a lot. It helped me make my game a little more challenging for the players who will be playing my game. Playing others games helped me realize what I need to work on and make better. It also helped me realize what game players expect in a chase game. Looking inside the codes of some games helped me out with my game. It was really confusing to me and looking at other peoples coding made it easier for me because this was my first time actually making a game from scratch. What I did was I took some codes from other peoples codes and remixed it with mine. I did a little customizing and made it sorta my own.

There are a bunch of features to this game. For example there are a lot of interesting details. It's not boring. It hooks the player to keep playing. I think the features to both of my games are different because my chase game is not really and adventure like my platformer. With my platformer game the levels get harder & harder once you complete the levels. My chase game doesn't really change levels. It basically just goes in a loop until you run out of time. which is not really challenging but still amusing.

I think my best code was my platformer code. I think that was my best code because if you look at that code it seems hard and difficult to do. But its not. It was really fun to make. I also think it is my best code because I had more time to work on it. So it was neat and organized and not all over the place. To be honest I sorta rushed my other games because I was on a trip for about two weeks and I had no computer. Soooo....... I guess I would say this was my best quality code I did.

Invention Commercial

P2T10_invention from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

Our teams main goal for this assignment was to come up with an invention that could help real people with real world problems. Our goal was also to entertain our audience. commercials are all about entertainment, its also about selling your product but mostly entertaining. If you don't entertain your audience with your commercial they probably won't be interested enough to buy your product. The invention that we came up with is called the feel good app. This app is supposed to help people with their confidence and self-esteem. So basically it is a app that you watch inspirational videos.

I think that one of our best team moments was filming. I think that was our best team moment because we had a lot of fun doing it. I think it was a team moment for us because we were prepared and we new what we were doing because we have been in this class last year. Another team moment I think we had was coming up with our idea. We didn't really argue with each other or had any problems with any of our ideas. We were very supportive of each other, And when it was time to pick our commercial idea we all chose the same thing. So that we wouldn't be spending all that time arguing about whose idea we were going to chose.

During post production we split ourselves up for each different job. Mike did half of the main editing. He only did half because he was getting frustrated. That's when I took over. I did the other half Of editing. I think that we did a pretty good job editing. It came out exactly how we wanted it to be. Zephen didn't really edit but he was there to help and support us. For example we needed a couple more scenes to meet the requirements but Mike and I needed to stay at the computer to finish editing. So Zephen asked for a camera and filmed the final scene for us.   

Composition Scavenger Hunt

I think the most important composition is the rule of thirds subject. I think this technique is the most important to me because just the way it looks makes it look really neat and professional. I am pretty sure I can speak for every one when I say that I would rather look at a neat clear and organized film then a film with shots that's really confusing and hard to understand. Also I think that when you are filming it is really easy to find the rule of thirds on the camera.

I think the most difficult composition is the contrast and content because when you are filming this shot you have to try to really focus on just one thing. And to be honest it is really hard. For our group we got really frustrated because the camera kept on going out of focus right when we started the video. This composition technique is very difficult to shoot but in the end if you shoot the technique right it just might come out perfect in your video.

 My teammates for this assignment is Mike and Zephen. Yes I am aware that Im the only girl! But thats okay because we get the work done. I think our team is very productive. Mike was kinda like the director on our team. He was the boss. But he was good at it, He was professional. Zephen was kinda like our "model" He was the one that we filmed. I was mostly the editor and sometimes the filmed but most of the time Mike was the one that filmed.

Cracking the Code

This recent project in Mr.Sanderls class is coding. We have been practicing coding. We even got certificates! coding is a very important skill to have. I think that everyone should learn how to code. One reason why is because you can make a living off of coding things. Most jobs pay you big time just for coding things. Wouldn't you want that job?

My first experience working with coding was pretty easy if you know how to follow directions well and don't have a problem with patience then you will have the most easiest time with coding. It was pretty fun. Especially when it actually moves. Its like "Wow I can't believe that I did that!". It may seem weird to feel like that but it is pretty amazing watching your work come together into a outstanding outcome. But to be honest as you go on with the levels you will come to find out that it gets more challenging. But all you really need is practice and it will probably get easier.

If I could design any game I would design a game it would be about fashion. I don't know why but I remember playing dress up games on the computer. It was so interesting. I think that making a game like this would be really easy because dressing somebody up does not require the character to move you just need the clothes and other things to move. So I think that it would be the perfect game for me to create because I don't like to get challenged because I honestly don't have the patience.