COMP6021 Class 06.3

We looked at lossy compression, interpolation, and indexed colour.

SOFT6008 Class 06.3

I quickly ran through how to make portions of an a image semi-transparent so that colours or patterns underneath it are visible.

Students continued working on the assignment.

I e-mailed students a sample exam for the assessment next week.

SOFT6008 Class 06.2

Students worked on the assignment.

We looked at some examples of the assignments that were submitted last semester. Lots of ideas there.

COMP6021 Class 06.2

We looked at the RGB, Lab, and CMYK colour systems. I also mentioned Pantone

See also Capsure

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SOFT6008 Class 06.1

I talked students through the specification for the assignment and described what was meant by each part.

We looked at the new HTML 5 input types, and the valid and invalid pseudo classes. We looked at how forms can validate input onSubmit.

[update spec document to follow]

COMP6021 Class 06.1 Digital Colour

We began our look at colour and how it is represented.

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SOFT6008 Class 05.4

We looked at Cookies.

COMP8035 Classes 05.2 & 05.3

I met with students to discuss their research reports. All the students I spoke to had committed to a topic or were close to doing so. There isn't really much time to delay.

COMP6021 Class 05.4

We used Photoshop to experiment with different resolutions and pixel depths. I asked students to download a large image and to do some messing about of their own

COMP6021 Class 05.3

We looked at digitisation.

We considered quantisation of temperature and then temperature over time. We looked at how B&W images are digitized.

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SOFT6008 Class 05.3

Students continued coding check sums for input validation. 

We will have to move on from this soon

SOFT6008 Class 05.2

I gave back the corrected exam solutions with feedback.

We looked at a solution to the question and examined some of the pitfalls and common errors. 

We decided that the exam will be held on Thursday 19 March during the 1300 class.  This will be a one-sheet exam. Student will be permitted to bring a single A4 sheet of notes to the exam. Students may not share sheets during the exam.

Students should think about what gave them trouble in Tuesdays exam and use that as a guide when filling up the one-sheet.

COMP6021 Class 05.2

I gave students two exam questions from past papers on LZW. Student worked on them alone, and then we worked out the answers on the board.

SOFT6008 Class 05.1

We will have an in-class exam in 2 weeks worth 40% of the module.

Today students did a sample exam.

COMP8035 Class 05.1

I met with some of the student to discuss their topics for the research paper but I didn't get to everyone. I outlined that students need to move beyond the "x is fab!" phase, and do some critical analysis.

I want student to decided on a research paper topic by the end of this we and get started on it.

I updated the schedule for the blog posts. The post expected in Week 08 is now due in Week 07

SOFT6002 Change Blindness

This site illustrates the issue of change blindness very well.

http://www.gocognitive.net/demo/change-blindness

What lessons can we draw from this?

COMP6021 Class 05.1 LZW

We looked at the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm for encoding text

SOFT6002 Week 04

We looked at Human Memory (slides: W05-L1) and Mental Models (W06-L1)

After coffee we went to the lab and examined three websites for usability issues.

SOFT6008 Class 04.4

I gave students a quick tour of Photoshop. Some basic Photoshop skills will be required for the assignment. Some students had fun with Photoshop.

We looked at the Mr. Spud Head example and I thought it wold be a good exercise for students to go make something similar. Understanding layers is key to getting that working. I forgot to point out that JPEG does not support transparency, so the images must be saved as PNG files.

COMP8035 Classes 04.1 & 04.2

I met with each student and gave feedback on the blog posts. Different students make different kinds of errors. So hopefully they can be avoided. The first of those posts isn't due until tomorrow. So there is time for corrections.

I discussed paper topics with each student.