Design: K L Remnant

DSDN 112 Project 2B

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:08:41 -0400

DSDN 112 Project 2B

DSDN 112 For this project I decided to make my movie using...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:50:00 -0400

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For this project I decided to make my movie using animated typography which I found out is called kinetic typography. Here are some examples I looked at-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2IIpNkSKs

I used Adobe Flash to make my video rather than Adobe After Effects simply because After Effects is incompatible with my computer. After writing the script I chose the music for my clip from freemusicarchive.org. The piece I chose was Dirt Rhodes by Kevin MacLeod and was 2.00 minutes in duration which gave me a time frame for my clip.

Making the animation I chose a fading grey background in order to keep the video clean looking and bold black text which stands out in an undistracting way.

After finishing my video I realised it was longer than 2.00 minutes so I decided to cut the second paragraph and used an audio editing program called Audacity to extend the music by a few seconds.

DSDN 142 project 3

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:26:00 -0400

DSDN 142 project 3

DSDN 112 Interim

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:27:08 -0400

DSDN 112 Interim

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:53:31 -0400

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:43:27 -0400

200 Word Description

When designing my navigational interface I tried to keep usability at the forefront, making an application which is very functional and something people intuitively know how to use. I emphasised simplicity in my design by purposely taking away any unnecessary parts which I think leaves the most important features to be easily accessible.

Upon opening the application there is just two options –you can either view various maps or you can enter a destination. The first option leads you to general maps of Victoria University while the second leads to a page where you can enter your chosen destination and your current location.

I chose to incorporate traditional bird’s eye view maps as I found for longer distances that they seem to be the easiest to navigate. In the map of Kelburn I also incorporated photographs to pinpoint landmarks on your journey. If you click on a photo it will bring you to a description of the building and from there you can navigate to an in building map. I tried to design this interface to be informative to new university students who are the most likely people to use it which is why I wanted to give background information for buildings and landmarks.

DSDN 112

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:29:57 -0400

Buttons

I want to make all my buttons in shades of green with very simple symbols inside of them which are easily understood without the use of text. For my keypad I plan to incorporate my nature theme with metaphorical sticks and leaves.

DSDN 112 Theme I’ve chosen to give my application a nature...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:26:47 -0400

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Theme

I’ve chosen to give my application a nature theme because when I go to Kelburn Campus I think there is quite a lot of plant life. To do this I took some photographs of plants and nature which I’m going to incorporate.

DSDN 112 Colour In this application I’ve chosen to use...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:22:12 -0400

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Colour

In this application I’ve chosen to use greens as the main colour, with the complementary colour of red to highlight important things such as the pathway and Black and to give extra detail to things such as text.

DSDN 142- Interim process on processing

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:28:39 -0400

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Interim process on processing

DSDN 142 Visualized Final

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:52:37 -0400

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Visualized Final

DSDN 142 Process with Processing: I started this project in...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:50:00 -0400

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Process with Processing:

I started this project in processing by simply getting a shape to follow the mouse.

Next I started to learn how to create movement separate from the mouse movement. After looking through examples on openprocessing.com I started to learn how to use Class to create movement in objects. I didn’t get very far with this however until I learnt how to create arrays. I found that arrays are particularly useful especially when I learnt how to combine class and arrays and what each section of code needs to run the application.

Next I need to learn create interactions between the objects, such as repelling the zebra’s from the lion. I also need to learn how to destroy a zebra dot when the lion dot comes into contact with it and replenish the zebra dots.

DSDN 142 -Possible background. I found this painting by Meg...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:48:23 -0400

DSDN 142 -Possible background.

I found this painting by Meg Kennedy which looks like an aerial photograph. on photoshop I made it darker to show more contrast between the animals and the background.

DSDN 142 Some inspiring photographs I found, from National...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:29:00 -0400

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Some inspiring photographs I found, from National Geographic in relation to safari theme.

DSDN 142 -Project 3

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:43:39 -0400

DSDN 142 -Project 3

DSDN 142 -Creative Coding

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:56:56 -0400

Played with creating movement through code. I found this example which demonstrates the sort of movement I would like the zebras to have.

http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/64565

DSDN 142 I found this aerial photo of elephants interesting and...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:54:00 -0400

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I found this aerial photo of elephants interesting and it made me consider the background of my interactive mouse toy. I think that having a safari background such as an aerial shot of African plains and grass land would work well with the theme by giving it a setting but I am hesitant in this as I think it could quickly become overpowering to the actual interactions.

A few ideas I had to overcome this problem was to simple use a simple colour such as beige as the background, to find a quite quiet photograph or edit one in photoshop to make it less busy. I also considered creating a patterned background using different safari coloured triangles.

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Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:53:35 -0400

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DSDN 142- Creative Coding

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:41:42 -0400

Precedent Examples from openprocessing.org

http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/6888

This example involving cells I found interesting do to the natural seeming movement of the cells. In my own I wish to incorporate natural movements of safari animals.

http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/6456

In this one I find how the particles react to each other an interesting aspect which would be useful in my own application.

http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/53604

I like the interaction involved in this one, including its almost subtle reaction and the colours and shapes it creates.

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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:25:59 -0400

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