iPad

The iPad is basically just an oversized iPod and will receive the same amount of hype and the same amount of evolutionism that the original iTouch got when it came out. There will be lots of people that get one and it will be really cool but it won’t be the changing factor in how most people compute. A majority of the populous will still rely on the desktops and laptops in the world for most of their computer needs. I think that the iPad will become a mobile web surfing and game player just like its older brother, the iPod. It is not an actual computer by the means of say a Dell or HP, it’s more of a cool little accessory. Saying the iPad is in the same computer category as a laptop is like saying the iTouch is a computer, yes it can surf the web but that doesn’t mean it should be considered a computer. Even a TiVo can surf the web. Also, as for inspiring a new class of computer, the idea of a touch screen has not been a new idea as of the past ten years. There are tons of different companies that have made different computers that have interactive screens that don’t need a mouse. I personally think that most people need a mouse for the precision needed to navigate on a screen, the population feels more comfortable with a pointer on the screen instead of controlling it will your finger. Overall, the iPad is just a supped up iTouch and that’s all it will ever be.

My WIWTD Project

To make realistic looking fire:

From Geometry > Particle Systems > Super Spray

use the super spray to make a super spray emitter

Next, From Viewport Display, choose Mesh. From Particle Quantity choose Use Total and enter 470. Under Particle Motion enter 3 for the Speed. Under Particle Timing enter -30 for Emit Start, 200 for Emit Stop, and 200 for Display Until. Under Particle Size enter 20

Still in Particle Size, enter 0 for Grow For, and enter 25 for Fade.

Under Particle Type > Standard Particles, choose Facing.

Choose 9 for spinners

Make sure the Particle Emitter is selected, and then press the Assign Material to Selection button. Under Shader Basic Parameters choose Face Map – every particle should have its own unique map. Under Blinn Basic Parameters, press the blank slot beside Opacity, so as to choose a map for the basic opacity material for the emitter

This is our basic shape for the fire. The smoke map gives the advantage of being applied as one continuous image on the particles, as if the particles were a single plane, and at the same time you have the option of Face Map toggled on for the use of other maps! Still, the edges of the particles are harsh and need to be smoothed

The mask map we will apply will omit the harsh edges of every particle; the black colour that the mask map will draw around a single particle will be regarded by Max as zero opacity, and thus we will have a smoothed particle with the map shown only on the white part of the mask In the Gradient map panel, under Gradient Parameters > Gradient Type, choose Radial. Click on the Color 2 slot and change to full white; click on the Color 3 slot and change to Red 128, Green 128, Blue 128, Hue 0, Sat 0, Value 128 Now in the Gradient panel, under Gradient Parameters, change Color 1 to full black, Color 2 to full black, and in Color 3 enter Red 255, Green 231, Blue 80, Hue 37, Sat 175, Value 255. In Color 2 Position, enter 1 Now in the Gradient panel, under Gradient Parameters, change Color 1 to full black, Color 2 to full black, and in Color 3 enter Red 255, Green 231, Blue 80, Hue 37, Sat 175, Value 255. In Color 2 Position, enter 1 This negative value will make our fire glow!!! BAM! FIRE!

bam

HTML Work:
What is HTML and what is it used for?
it's the most widely used language on the Web. the language marks the document to give addtional meaning to the text, graphics, ect.

5 tags:
*<> - used to show what is a title in the document
*< src="/images/myphoto.jpg"> - used to imput an image into a document
*The <> tag is parent to the <>, <>, and <> elements
*<> is parent to tag
*<> - a break, used to give an extra horizontal space in the document

when closeing tags, always start in order at the beginning ( tag 1 then 2) and then go backword when closing (2 then 1)

parents and child tags are used to show where the text will be displayed, such as a bullet in a word document.
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we worked on the video some more. did a lot of revisions. we finished the beginning title scene and gave our project a name. we also revised the capitol building scene. i gave it a guy on top and did some lighting to try and make it look better. i did a moon type effect so we dont have to explain the crazy lights actually on the building. we also redid the end scene and revamped it with some major changes. it looks a lot better now. we changed the james hoban scene.

chowder finished

finished

chowder 2

semester. chowder

semester exam