PSP Test

Posted on May 24, 2010 by rogjam

Grade 9 Test 1 Paint Shop Pro (30 marks)

You are going to make an advertisement
for 3DTV from TWO pictures

Download 2 images 3DTV_monster and 3DTV_people from the blog or Teachers4Student\Mr Platt\zz_gd9_PSP_exam
Open the MONSTER image in Paint Shop Pro
SAVE as PSPimage (NOT jpg)
Call it 3Dtest_myname

(5) Make the image Canvas larger (not less than 450×350) – if you can’t remember how to do this go to the PSPBook page 36
Make sure the same BLUE background is kept
Open the PEOPLE image in Paint Shop Pro
Use a selection tool to select the TWO PEOPLE
Paste as NEW IMAGE and clean edges and other areas.

(10) Select and paste into the MONSTER picture as a new LAYER
Make sure the edges are as clean as possible

(5) Change the Colour Balance of the MONSTER so it looks completely different (PSPBook page 25)

(5) Put a new layer in for text and add YOUR OWN catchy SLOGAN (e.g 3D TV Bites Back)

(5) Take the cars out of the original picture and put them somewhere in the final picture
COPY and PASTE your PSP image (NOT jpg) into Students4Teacher\S:\R. Platt\tech92\zzz_PSP_3D_test

Graphics revision

Posted on May 16, 2010 by rogjam

5 minutes
Look over the Revision Sheet
20 minutes
Go to Teachers4student\!gcse_companion\index.htm – and open the GCSE companion.
Select Contents – Graphics
Fill in the paper Worksheet you will be given by looking up the answers in the graphics section
10 minutes
We will go over the worksheet and mark it.

Paint Shop Pro skills
Fading to background
http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/7/fadingtobackground/p1.shtml

When you have finished
Continue with your Powerpoint – development of animation – make sure you have covered the main points from all three films.

Extension
Feathering a selection
http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/7/feathering/p1.shtml

Homework
Revise for the Technology Exam next week (using your revision sheet)

Finishing Investigation

Posted on February 9, 2010 by rogjam

1) Performance criteria – what makes a good hoax picture? – let’s put the criteria into a grid. (This completes the investigation.)

2) PSP Skills – do the No Boundaries tutorial from Pinoy7.com

http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/9/noboundaries/p1.shtml

3) DESIGN – Work on your 3 hoax ideas – describe them in detail in your report.

Graphics

Posted on February 9, 2010 by rogjam

1) Go to Teach-ICT Graphics Theory

http://www.teach-ict.com/gcse/software/graphics/teacher/graphics_theory.htm

Read through the mini website and fill out the crossword

2) Go through the PSPBook (pages 1-5) and follow the tutorials on:

Workarea/Adjustments/retouching

SAVE the graphics you are using in your H drive

ROBOTS IN THE REAL WORLD

Posted on February 4, 2010 by rogjam

In WORD – in YOUR OWN WORDS (and with pictures) write about your life with ROBOTS (MUST BE REAL LIFE – NOT MADE UP) as:

Either a bomb disposal officer

OR a surgeon

OR a member of the NASA Mars Explorer team

Bomb Disposal Robots (search words)

http://www.gizmag.com/go/7533/

Robot clears radioactive source

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8480

Pictures of military robots

http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=165

Medical Robots

http://www.androidtech.com/html/medical-robotics.php (general)

Robot surgery

http://science.howstuffworks.com/robotic-surgery.htm

Explorer Robots

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/rover.html (Mars Sojourner)

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html (Mars Rover)

Robots General

http://www.galileo.org/robotics/intro.html

Modelling Presentation and Quiz

Posted on January 27, 2010 by rogjam

Go to Teach-Ict and view the presentation (the bottom one).
See if you can get all the questions in the quiz right.

Computer Modelling Presentation

Blockpusher

Posted on January 24, 2010 by rogjam

Watch this movie which shows you how to make a blockpusher – stop and start it while you follow the instructions and make your own.

Zook Report

Posted on January 21, 2010 by rogjam

Your zook report needs to have (and will be marked on):

Pictures of the insect/animal your zook is based on.
screenshots of the zook you have made
The settings (variables) for one of the legs
The settings (variables) for the main body
A description of how you made the zook
How close is the zook to your original idea
Hypothesis (idea) for making you zook move faster (you should have at least THREE of these)
Results of your changes – did your hypothesis work?

You will be marked on the IMPROVEMENTS made to your zook – so even if it is a slow zook, if you improve the speed/movement by a good factor you can still get maximum marks.