Tuesday 10 November 2009

Homework 1: Nov 10 2009. Intro to Flash

To answer the needs of this homework you will need to find the answers for the following questions. Please use the web and detail and document your answers.
You will need to have the answers presented on your blog for the start of next week's lesson. You should include every piece of information to gain maximum marks as the more documentation and evidence you create the more you can score in the exam.


Pros of using Flash
Quick to download – small file sizes
Good quality?


What are the other positives?
It can be read by most people – Windows 7 (need to download)
What are the cons?


iPhone – other mobiles – FlashLite/ New Announcement for Android, Nokia and Blackberry
What is the new announcement?
What is FlashLite?

Comes with most browsers/ platforms? – Research, which ones (tables)

Gif creates files through colour tables. Explain what this means
GiF 87 and GiF 89a
One offers transparency but not alpha transparency.
Which offers transparency
What is Alpha transparency?
Lossey compression – what does this mean?


Dithering can be compared to traditional printing techniques such as Mezzotint – what is mezzotint?
What is the dithering process when applied to images?
How does it work?
Dithering is achieved in software by means of algorithmic processing of image data. What is an algorithm?
What is the main algorithm called? (used in Photoshop)
What is an alternative to this algorithm?
Make some examples that show comparisons between original images and dithered images.
Present all of your outcomes on your blog and keep copies in folders in your network folder.