tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97302092011-07-14T14:29:58.499-07:00The impact of visual computing on modern thought.Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1114147348203423102005-04-21T22:16:00.000-07:002005-04-21T22:22:28.203-07:00

This art has an interesting take on the reality of images. It's the work of a man who draws large-scale art on sidewalks or the ground of public squares; much of it looks like you could fall in, and for some of the more realistic pictures, it's very difficult to convince yourself that it's done on a flat surface (particularly the laptop one and the one where he has drawn a picture of himself

ornithoptercathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865573848133847980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1113855771902714402005-04-18T13:08:00.000-07:002005-04-18T13:22:51.903-07:00

This example really goes back to the ideas we discussed at the beginning of the course about the power of images and the stories behind them. When I was listening to NPR over the weekend, I found this radio piece very moving, a story about a popular photograph that captures of a firefighter holding a child's lifeless body--a popular symbol of the devastation of the Oklahoma City bombings. At the

Tiffanynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1113250693031700152005-04-11T13:14:00.000-07:002005-04-11T13:18:13.033-07:00

Hey guys,Since most of you are visual/design oriented, I wanted to pass on this job posting to you:http://financialaid.brown.edu/JobXJobDetail.aspx?JobId=3469It's a great position as a graphic designer for the Student Technology Assistant program at CIS (which I'm leaving at the end of the year) and is a great place to both make some money and really expand your design/technical expertise. The

Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05783355239724935251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1112591414137777402005-04-03T22:09:00.000-07:002005-04-03T22:14:02.283-07:00

Hello!Lately, I have become like my grandma, who is hesitant to throw anything away, mainly in the sense that I feel like I bookmark every other page I go to. Nonetheless, I try to be pretty organized about it, and over time I seem to have gathered up a nice little collection of visual resources (among other things), which I hope will be of some use to you all. A nice little collection of stock

Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619515672050443983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1111707298278993512005-03-24T15:13:00.000-08:002005-03-24T15:34:58.280-08:00

I found this while looking for information on virtual museums. It's a pretty neat project that tells the history of virtual reality as a natural outgrowth of Wagner's theory of the total work of art.Multimedia from Wagner to Virtual Reality

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795833979162273544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1111262966645690652005-03-19T15:09:00.000-08:002005-03-19T12:09:26.646-08:00

I came across this site full of algorithmically generated art. Unfortunately the launch applet links seem to be broken.

ornithoptercathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865573848133847980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1110318912131254542005-03-08T13:53:00.000-08:002005-03-09T19:08:36.036-08:00

Please submit files in PDF format with the fonts embedded. If using Illustrator, set the downsampling compression levels to 300 dpi (Photoshop files should originally be created at 300dpi already). Illustrator and Photoshop formats which contain non-standard fonts will not be displayed correctly upon grading. If you have already emailed a file and it was not a pdf with embedded fonts, please

Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05783355239724935251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1109195375430539932005-02-23T13:44:00.000-08:002005-02-23T13:49:35.433-08:00

Hi CS24 folks. I thought that it would be useful to provide a framework with which to better understand the theories of picture perception we have been discussing in class. At this point important to realize that there is not one synthesized view. Instead, there are 4 main schools of thought when it comes to thinking about how we perceive 2D visual stimuli.1. The Symbolic View, which was

Tiffanynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1108678646784645942005-02-17T14:15:00.000-08:002005-02-17T14:17:26.786-08:00

Check out www.trajectiledysfunction.com/

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1108562474983474632005-02-16T05:59:00.000-08:002005-02-16T06:01:14.986-08:00

You can now see the ads at http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs024/exercises/student_work/car_ads/index.html.If you turned in images late they may not be up yet--but will be soon.Please look through the work before class Thursday.

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1108002827332182662005-02-09T18:10:00.000-08:002005-02-09T18:33:47.333-08:00

I found this Volkswagen ad very interesting in respect to what we have been discussing in class. No, I am not a violence loving creep. This link explains why I find this ad so interesting.

Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04619515672050443983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107989833446671122005-02-09T14:55:00.000-08:002005-02-09T21:06:50.753-08:00

these are responses to various email questiosn i have received: The "paths" are included in the files for convenience only--you do not need to use them. You can use any part of any image (just select what you want with regular selection tools and ignore the path). You can take the head of one person and stick it on another, remove/rearrange landscaping, use animal parts, combine people and

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107901483690565832005-02-08T14:17:00.000-08:002005-02-08T15:24:41.686-08:00

For those of you with questions about Photoshop and the assignment, my TA hours will be starting tomorrow (Wednesday) Feb. 9 from 7-8pm in CIT 227 (2nd floor by the Swig Board Room--if you are standing between and facing the elevators, walk past the fishbowl, take a left, and then another left). Tips to get started: If you don't already have it, you can download Adobe Photoshop at brown.edu/

Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05783355239724935251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107804458116597232005-02-07T11:20:00.000-08:002005-02-07T11:27:38.116-08:00

I thought the discussion was terrific in class--especially since everyone I had spoke with before thought that it was a non-issue because "of course we should rebuild them." (!) If anyone would like to add any more thoughts, please do so here. Some of the key issues are: * Whom would reconstruction benefit? * What, if any, priority should 'art" and historical documentation have over immediate

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107803841172799012005-02-07T11:16:00.000-08:002005-02-07T11:17:21.173-08:00

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107445558945078682005-02-03T07:45:00.000-08:002005-02-03T07:45:58.946-08:00

The Bamyian Buddha reconstruction site is back up: http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/research/bamiyan/ and http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/general/persons/fabio_publ.html

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107391886359819162005-02-02T19:51:00.000-08:002005-02-02T16:51:26.360-08:00

Most of you have probably heard of online photoshop contests, where the idea is to modify an image in a creative way, ideally without the manipulation being obvious. Well, an entry to one of these somehow got out and became a big, public hoax. (Despite a fairly obvious cue to the unreality of it in the caption, which includes the statement "Also the scientists readily admit that the computer

ornithoptercathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865573848133847980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107381937070500592005-02-02T14:04:00.000-08:002005-02-02T14:05:37.070-08:00

Their server crashed and they aren't sure when it will be back up. I'll bring in a printout of the article and can summarize quickly in class.

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107381783002085142005-02-02T14:01:00.000-08:002005-02-02T14:03:03.003-08:00

This course will cover Photoshop and Illustrator basics, as well as some more advanced things you will need for the assignmments.

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107381691683351592005-02-02T13:59:00.000-08:002005-02-02T14:01:31.683-08:00

more as it occurs...

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107362990310179152005-02-02T08:47:00.000-08:002005-02-02T08:49:50.310-08:00

Katherine, Thanks for pointing out the link issues. They are all fixed except for the link to the Swiss research Institute. I exchanged emails with personnel there during the fall and have emailed them now to find out what the problem is. I'll keep everyone posted.

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107359842696735852005-02-02T07:34:00.000-08:002005-02-02T08:02:34.156-08:00

Anyone else having difficulty with the links? Since the web reading's link leads to the exercise/discussion page, I assumed our reading is the "background materials" there. Rosemary, most problems were simply spaces at the ends of links listed below, creating the character % when you follow the address. CS24 peers--here are some working links: • BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

kslnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107307571562647002005-02-01T17:11:00.000-08:002005-02-01T17:26:11.566-08:00

Andy and I were notified today that the publisher of Visual Intelligence failed to ship our copies (it's still being printed). The bookstore is trying to find enough copies through other vendors and through online sources of used books. We will keep you posted.

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1107287925295665622005-02-01T11:57:00.000-08:002005-02-01T11:58:45.296-08:00

Visual Memory exercise: If you didn't do itafter class, do it before Thursday. It is linked off the syllabus. Try logging into the machines in the MS Lab (167). No one had trouble today, but check so that you are able to start working on projects next week. due Thursday: readings in Visual Methodologies and on the Bamiyan Buddhas SHREK 2 screening: this Friday at 8pm. Meet in the CIT Lobby at

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1103683958153932882004-12-21T18:40:00.000-08:002004-12-21T18:55:47.170-08:00

Nelson Goodman describes images as dense, continuous artifacts, in which "every difference makes a difference," as opposed to writing, which is defined primarily by the spaces inbetween elements and the need to distinguish one from another in a finite set. Thus we just need to know which letters we are looking at, the exact shape of them is not so significant (e.g., type face). This distinction

Anne Spalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120604407779002202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9730209.post-1103681697977302372004-12-21T18:14:00.000-08:002004-12-21T18:26:13.043-08:00

all members of the "team" (students in CS24) can post to the BLOG. Admins can delete or edit posts if needed.

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