B. Chat rooms
See Tip of the week
C. Desktop Video-Conferencing
D. Internet Phone
Download and try the demo for 14 days free or get it from the Course Disks' Shareware folder.
II. Posting 3D Files
Two objectives: browsing (VRML) vs. working (original file format or DXF)
For joint work from a common model,
- Figure out what common file formats you share with your partners.
- UBC mostly Mac FormZ
- HKU mostly IBM-PC AutoCAD, 3DStudio, access to Mac FormZ, SGI Wavefront
- Choose the file translation which loses the least information (test w/ available tools)
- Post your file to your Website via Fetch
- Link in the URL of the file, or its directory
If more than one person works on the model simultaneously, conflicts about direction will need to be resolved.
III. Designing with Photoshop Image Processing II
A. Paths
- Building sketch elevation
- Use the Magic Wand to select part of an image, use the Selection set profile to generate paths
B. Layers
Each layer has multiple color channels, so Photoshop format (PSP) files are very large.
IV. Using Photoshop Layers to create a 2D Animated GIF
- Get a copy of GIFBuilder from the Course Disks --> HOME --> NYC --> Shareware
- Plan the story line, aquire images to be combined.
- Open image files to be used, create a new layer for each file to be overlayed & paste them onto the layers.
- Use the ability to move layer elements and change transparency to create frames of the animation.
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edited Mar 3, 1997 by nywcheng