Capture

Monday, 6 June 2011

Pan and Zoom

First of all I chose an image which will be appropriate for the pan and zoom so the with the image it will zoom into the tall building and pan across it. With this I have inserted an image into flash. I then made the image fit into the centre. I then used key frames and turned the image into a movie clip. I then pressed F6 then used the free transform tool to increase the size. I then pressed F6 again and moved the image, creating a zoom and pan motion. Here is my version.

Here is the screen shot of how the image starts out.

This screen shot shows that I have made the image zoom in by using free transform.

And finally this screen shot shows that I have panned by dragging the image across the page.

Website Screen Grabs

Here are a few Screen grabs of the website I have created, it may be basic but it works.

Home Page

Main Page 1

Main Page 2

Each link works and the banner also works as a home page button. Every link has information or words that were going to be used for links but make it look like they are still under construction.

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Good and bad websites

I'm going to do research on two good and two bad websites. Here are the bad ones and my reasons why.

For a start with this bad website, we didn't even know what it was about at first, we had to read and find out, it is even a university website! Wow I am sorry to say this but this is a terrible website, it took me a while to find the navigation too which is in a plain white box which is boring too.. And I have to say without reading what the background is about, "what is this about?'. I have to say that this website is very poor.

Okay now this website gets a 10/10 for making me laugh about how bad this website is. I could describe this website in one word 'clutter'. This is an absolute mess which makes it hard to get around, a plain background and just rubbish everywhere. There is no structure and order this this... thing. What is what, where is where and why did they even go through with publishing this design? So many questions that needs to be found out about this terrible excuse of a website.

okay now thats out of the way... lets focus on some better websites.

Now this is a good website, a nice easy navigation, a simple but effective background which doesn't make anything hard to read. Also it has its main selling points out on view which isn't cluttered or messy. A contact area at the top which also helps. A simple logo too. I cannot see a flaw in this website.

As much as I hate the Iphone I have to admit this is a good website. A nice simple and easy to read navigation, information layout which is easy to read and simple. Also has a simple background which goes well with the text. And finally a straight to the point seller which tells you about the product with an instant order now button. The colours aren't bright either which makes it easier to read and not so much in your face. Also it gets to the point about what they do with big bold letters.

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Evaluation

Okay now its time to evaluate my work. I have to make a working website and add lots of plans such as, Website layout, website design, time plan for the website and so on. I have spent a good 2-3 months on this project. I based my website around a game called Monster Hunter, This is a computer game about slaying monsters. For the website I have added many things to do with Monster Hunter. I have included a monster list, area list, items list and weapons list. I managed to make a several links working website and an easy to use menu which anyone can select to find an easy way around to find what they are looking for to help them. I have only based the website on two of the Monster Hunter Games which are Monster Hunter Tri and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. I am hoping after the project, to turn this into a proper website to help many fans and hopefully make a forum as well so its an area to discuss about the games. A lot of the work and research I have done were influenced by the Monster Hunter games and the Monster Hunter Wiki. I thought after looking at the website, it would be a good idea to help provide information on the games, and add new information that the wiki doesn't have. Also I want to take some screen shots of my game play but I haven't managed to get around to that yet. Next time I will use screen shots and make the menu more styled towards the game itself. I think I will also style it more with a better background. Overall I learnt alot from the Capture project. I have learnt how to use Dream weaver, along with more font styles, I have also learnt how to put a website together.

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

3-D Word Art

Today we have done some more 3D work, this time we had to go Edit>Preferences>Performance and click on the Enable OpenGL Drawing. We then set the background as black and duplicated it, then used the gradient tool to make a black and white background. Next we entered any text and turned both the text and gradient background 3D and merged it together. Next we did Window>3D. We then moved and placed all the text and gradient to certain positions, added a spotlight and made the reflections on 50. Then we changed the Quality to Ray Trace Draft and then we are done, this is mine.

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Time Plan

Here is a rough time plan of what i have been doing over the month.