Flash Movie

Homework 6

1. Topic: Web portfolio.

    Title: Deidre's Work

    Description: The website will include the graphic work I've done, as well as a resume, and a brief description of myself.

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3.  Color Scheme: Light Green : 66CCOO

Pink: FF66CC

Light Blue: 33CCFF

White: FFFFFF

4. Images will be my work

Homework 5

1. Kinetic Typography- A type of art using animated text as the source of expression.

2. Topic for flash movie- Air

3. researched data-

1. "50 million Americans live in areas with ozone layers above the current national standard. Worldwide, 1.4 billion people breathe polluted air." - (http://www.vcapcd.org/apcdoac/air/index.shtml)

2. " Indoor air is 2-5 time more polluted than outdoor air."

(http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Surprising-Facts-About-the-Air-in-Your-Home&id=2791155)

3. " We breathe around 0.5 litres of air in every breath, 12,000 litres per day."- (http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Surprising-Facts-About-the-Air-in-Your-Home&id=2791155)

4. Type faces- Helvetica and Futura

5. color palette- sky blue

Homework 4

1. What is the difference between a banner and a button?

A banner is a form of advertising. A banner can be put onto a website, and then the person who has the banner earns money for each time it is clicked on. A button is some kind of clickable graphic on a web page that is usually used to advertise programs that were used to make or host the site.

2. What are the standard sizes for a banner?

Full Banner- 468x60

Half Banner- 234x60

Vertical Banner- 120x240

Wide skyscraper- 160x600

Skyscraper- 120x600

3. What are the standard sizes for a button?

Button 1- 120x90

Button 2- 120x60

Micro Bar- 88x31

80x15

4. Give the URL for 3 buttons and banners as example.

www.bannermaker.com

www.bannergenerator.org

www.bannersketch.com

www.buttonland.com/free_buttons/

www.makebutton.com

www.buttongenerator.com

Homework 3

Define:

www- World Wide Web

Html- Hypertext Markup Language

P- The tag used for an opening of a paragraph

A- A tag used to indicate the area that a link goes to

Br- The tag used indicate a line break

A href- Used to specify the destination of a link

H1 to H6- The size of a heading on the web page. H1 being the largest and H6 being the smallest

Body- The tag indicating the body of a web page

B- The tag for bolding text

I- the tag for italicizing text

Bgcolor- The tag used for inserting a background color

Img src- The tag used to add images to a web page

2. How do you write code for a simple website?

Writing code for a simple website only takes a few simple tags.  You need a tag to show where the website begins (HTML tag), a heading tag, a body tag, and then a tag to show were the website ends.

3. List 5 online resources for learing HTML code.

www.htmlcodetutorial.com

www.davesite.com/webstation/html/

www.2createawebsite.com

www.1stsitefree.com

www.quackit.com

homework 2

1. What are web acceptable images?
JPG, PNG, GIF, and BMP. Web acceptable images have a small file size and are usually save at around 72 dpi.

2. What do the acronyms mean?
JPEG : Joint photographic Expert Group
PNG: Portable Network Graphic
GIF: Graphic Interchange Format
BMP: Bitmap

3. How do they differ? In size? In DPI?
JPG: This format is best used for photographs. This is the most common format for the web. This is not a loss less format and is compresses after each save or change. This format can produce millions of colors.

PNG: This format is designed to transfer images online. It is a lossless format. PNG’s have about 24 bit in RGB.

GIF: This format is the smallest in size. It can only go up to 256 colors. This format is useful for animation and graphics.

BMP: This format is only compatible for Microsoft. It can handle a large file size and has a lossless format. Can go up to 32 bit in color.

4. Is one better than the other for a certain function?
JPEG: Best for photographs
PNG: Best for formatting things to the web
GIF: Best for animation and graphics

Homework 1

1. Blog

A blog is like an online diary or journal. It is a post with someone’s story, opinion, or anything else someone chooses to talk about. These can be posted by anyone, and read by nearly anyone with Internet access.

2. Free Blog Hosting

1. www.wordpress.com

2. www.blogger.com/start

3. www.xanga.com

4. www.livejournal.com

5. www.blog.com

3.Blogger

A blogger is any person who posts blogs. They post stories, opinions, video, pictures, etc. They can share their blogs with others as well as post comments on other people’s blogs.

4. Twitter

Twitter is a social site where you can post statuses, links, videos, etc. (also known as tweets). These tweets can be “followed” by others on twitter. Twitter can be used to follow friends, places, or favorite celebrities.

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking site. On this site you can set a profile and then connect with friends. You can talk to friends, post video/pictures, play games, post statuses, follow friends, etc.

Myspace

Myspace is a social networking site, much like Facebook. On this site you can set a profile and connect with friends. You can also post video and pictures. This site is different than facebook in that you can apply a song to be played when others are viewing your profile.

Linkedin

Linkedin is another networking site like Facebook and Myspace. What makes this site different is that it is geared toward business professionals. On this site you can create a profile and attach things such as a resume for others to see. You can then allow other business professionals to view your resume.

WordPress

WordPress is a site that offers free blog hosting. You can use this site to blog as well as a website and many other things.

TypePad

TypePad is a site that offers free blog hosting. This site is much like WordPress. You can use this site to blog as well as a website and many other things. You can personalize your site with designs and photos.