Week Two Homework
animation experiment
Based on the work of Robin Roades, make an animation with still images. If you can, cross fade between them. Can you tell a story with just a few frames? Think especially of using people and or mixing scales. Don’t doctor the images, and keep the camera stationary.
fastest non moving speed
find the fastest speed for the square to move across the screen and have the motion be imperceptible. Time how long it takes for the square to move across the screen and measure the physical (not pixel) distance. What is this speed in inches/second ? for kicks, What is it in in mph?
.004 inches per second
.00002 miles per hour
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fastest still perceptible speed
find the fastest speed for the square to move across the screen and have the motion be still perceived as continuous (not discrete jumps). Time how long it takes for the square to move across the screen and measure the physical (not pixel) distance. What is this speed in inches/second ? What is this rate in mph?
11.9 inches per second
0.7 miles per hour
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click to change pta and ptb
make an application where whenever you click, you change either the ptA position or the ptB position to the mouse position, alternating every time you click.
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shaper controls something else besides position
Make the shape code control another property of the object, such as its size or color. Make the nicest composition that you can. Try to make it elegant and organic.
I decided to have my shape float between random points. When it gets to posa, posb becomes random and vice versa. The shaper is controlling the color fading between random RGB values. The shaper is also controlling the radius of the circle, which is based on the ofGetTimeElapsed function. So the longer the sketch runs the larger the circle will be. Download Source Code
multiple xenos
make a series of xeno objects which follow the mouse, each at different rates. give them slightly different colors so that you can perceive them as independent objects. you will have to modify the rectangle object so that they can have unique colors.
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multiple xenos trails
If you are really feeling like showing off, make an array of xeno objects where the first element follows the mouse, the second element follows the first, the third follows the second, etc.
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