Sunday, January 24, 2021

Week 21 2021 Audio Editing

January 25 - 28, 2021

Objective: Editing audio files
Assignment-1: 30 second song.
Details: Using Garage Band, create a 30 second song using the Garage Band loops.

Assignment-2: Three Ringtones or Sound Effects
Details: Using Garage Band, create 3 ringtones at 10 seconds a piece.














Terms to be familiar with the physics behind sound:

1.Wavelength - the length of one cycle in a wave. Changing the wavelength changes the pitch.
2. Amplitude - the height of a wave.  Change the amplitude changes the volume.
3. Frequency- how many cycles/second.  The unit of measurement is Hz.  To determine the frequency of a wave take the length of time for one cycle, ie .002 seconds, and divide it by one cycle: 1/.002 = 500 Hz.  This means that there are 500 cycles per second.
4. Equal Loudness Principle: If the amplitude stays the same but we change the frequency, low and really high frequencies sound quieter than the mid-range frequencies.  Our ears perceive the frequencies to be different volumes even though the volume isn't changing.  The louder the frequencies are played at the more similar the volume will be on all the frequencies.
5. Decibels- we measure the loudness of sound by decibels, dB.  Key decibel levels are:
     40dB- whisper
     60 dB- conversation
     70 dB - busy street
     80 dB- acoustic guitar 1" away
     90 dB- baby crying
     110 dB- Power tools
     130 dB- Rock Concert.
6.  Dynamic Range of Human Hearing: 0 dB-120dB (threshold of human hearing)- 140dB (threshold of pain).
7. Frequency range of human hearing: 20Hz-20,000Hz.  lowest and highest perceived pitch.
8. Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS)- when we are in loud environments our ears protect themselves by temporarily shutting down, so we can't hear as well.  After a couple of hours or days hearing returns to normal, unless the exposure was too long in which case hearing damage becomes permeant.
9. Earwax- our body's natural protection against loud sounds.


Links:
Soundation: http://soundation.com/studio/
Extract from YouTube: http://www.clipconverter.cc/
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Week 20 2021 Video Tutoral

Jan. 19 - 22, 2021


Objective: Learn Something new.
Assignment: Video Tutorial Effect
Description: Choose a video tutorial from the internet and create your own project.
Save As: VT_Projectname.psd, VT_Projectname.jpg


Video Tutorials:
 

 

 
 


Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Week 19 2021 Testing

January 11-14, 2021


1-Pre-Test (50pts)
Period 4
Period 7

2-Kahoots (25pts)


3-State Test Review (25pts)
Review


4-State Test Code (100pts)
1: ????????? (January 13th)
7: ????????? (January 14th)

https://www.precisionexams.com/usbe/

5-Submit Portfolio (100pts)
https://goo.gl/forms/ler1PEhnRR6D9Qgn2



Sunday, January 3, 2021

Week 18 2021 Color Schemes

Jan. 4 - 7, 2021



Objective: Change color to an image using different color schemes.

Assignment: Color Schemes

Details: Download an image or images and change the colors to warm and cold colors. Change the colors to Mono, Complement, Triad, Tetrad, Analogic, Accented Analogic.

Link: http://colorschemedesigner.com/csd-3.5/

Save Images As: Warm.jpg , Cold.jpg, Mono.jpg, Complement.jpg, Triad.jpg, Tetrad.jpg, Analogic.jpg, Accented_Analogic.jpg.


















Objective: Add an image inside text.

Assignment: Text Cutout

Details: Download a background of a city, landscape or texture. Overlay a thick text on top of the image. Use the text layer as a stencil and mask out the rest of the image.








Video Tutorial: Photoshop: Text Cutout




Photoshop Assignments