Entertainment Facility

My third design is a Facility to provide entertainment for the people in Derry. The building will have a cinema, Playing centre, Ice rink, Bowling Alley, Stages for performances like plays and singers, a 3D Cineplex, Snooker rooms, Restaurants, bars and shops. All of these parts of the building will be state of the art. The buildings the design will be modern and it will stand out.
For the customers that go into the building there will be a car park so they don’t have to worry about finding a place to park there car.
I believe that this design will be very good for the public as it will give the youth of the city a place to go which in the current moment it lack with places for the youth. It will also be good because not only is it a place for the youths to go it also is a place for families with the number of great facilities that are available.

Football Stadium

My second design is a football stadium for the local football team which is Derry City Football Club. The football Stadium will provide roofs around the four seating stands, which will cover the viewers of the match from the rain. It will have Thousands of seats in the Stadium so there should be enough seats for supporters of the club can get into the stadium to watch the match. The Stadium will have a state of the art football pitch. There will be a car park area for supporters who are watching the match. There will also be Training facilities and a Physiotherapy centre. In the Stadium there will also be a Souvenir shop, Food store, and a place that sells hot food. This is a very nice design that will contribute towards the community.

Sports Facility Centre

My first design is an outdoor facility centre. This outdoor facility will be able to provide for sports like Skateboarding, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Rollerblading, stunt bikes, and Athletics. In the area there will be an area to rest and eat with the facilities picnic area. At the front of the Facility Centre there will be a building which you will have to pay in to get into the sports area. There will be changing rooms available for the users of the area. The changing room will provide a place to change and a place for the user to have a shower after they are finished using the area.
This facility area is for people that are involved in sports in the sport areas that the facility covers. There are two tennis courts, two football pitches, two basketball pitches, a running course and facilities that can be used by Stunt bikers, Skateboarders, and Rollerblades.
If someone has an injury in the area there is a first aid centre in the area to deal with it.

How I made the composite Image of the subway

I made this composite Image by using a program called Gimp 2. This program was a little bit hard to get use to but after practising with it I got use to it. What Gimp 2 does is that it merges two pictures together to make one.
To make the composite image I had to first find two picture, one of the derry city, and the other of a subway. I found two pictures and here is what they look like:

After finding the right pictures I started merging them together. First I got the subway picture and started deleting the parts of the pictures that I didnt want. I did this with a tools from the toolbar of the Gimp 2 program that it gives you. here is the toolbar which I used;

To merge the picture I had to make the parts of the picture I didn't want to go invisible. I did this by using a tool called "select contiguous regions"and erase. This clicks on areas of the picture and then you click on erase to make them invisible. After making all the parts of the picture I didn't want invisible I then dragged it on to the other picture of the Derry Walls and I had to merge it into the picture to make it look real. I merged it by using different tools on the image of the subway. I cropped and resized the image. by doing this it made it fit in with the picture which helps to make the two pictures turn into one. This is how I designed my composite Image through using Gimp 2. I found this hard to do but by reading through the tips that Gimp 2 gave me I could work through it and merge the pictures together.

Composite Image of a subway!!

This is what my composite image looke like after merging the two pictures together:


I found it very hard to make a Composite Image of a subway since it is underground!!

How I made the train!!

To make the design of the train I used a program called Google Sketch up. This pragram is used for designing 3D models. To make the tain I used many methods that are available through Google Sketch Up. The kind of tools that I used to design the train were; Push/Pull tool, Move tool, 3D text, Rectangular box, Circular box, paint, orbit, pam, look around, walk around and pencil. These are most of the tools that I used to design my product.

This is the toolbar that I used to make the design of my train ;

I used the rectangular box for the shape of the train and also for the windows, chairs and doors. I used the circular box for the window at the front of the train and also for little parts that I added in the inside of the train for instance the stop and go buttoms. I used the 3D text to write the text for the go and stop buttons in the drivers area on the train. I used paint to paint everything in my train. I used orbit and pam to look around my design at different angles and also to zoom in on a certain area. I used the tools look/walk around to look and walk around my train to see if everything was in order. The are just some of the things I used these tools for to make my design.
After creating the train by using the program Google Sketch Up, I feel that I have a better understanding of the 3D design program. I have a better understanding because I know how to use the tools better and I found it easy to make 3D models with the Google Sketch Up Program.

Pictures of the train that i designed myself!!

Pictures of Fort George

Q 6) Using a TABLE, compare and contrast the features available in these 3 graphics packages:
- Microsoft Paint
- Photoshop
- GIMP

Ans 6)

Q:5) What are the characteristics of the following graphics file formats:
- Bitmap
- GIF
- PNG
- JPEG
- XCF
- PSD
- SVG

Ans 5) The characteristics of the following are;

• Bitmap- Bitmap space management uses four bits inside each data block header to indicate the amount of available space in the data block. Unlike traditional space management with a fixedrelink and unlink threshold, bitmap space managements allow Oracle to compare the actual row space for an INSERT with the actual available space on the data block. This enables better reuse of the available free space especially for objects with rows of highly varying size.
• GIF- The characteristics of GIF result on the one hand from the limited number of colours and on the other hand from the lossless compression.
• PNG- the characteristics of PNG is that it has true Alpha Support with full 8-bit Alpha Channel
• JPEG- The characteristics of JPEG is that the data format is independent from resolution, aspect ratio and image contents.
  The quality of the representation is individually configurable. Decreasing the quality requirements results in a smaller file size. Image contents with a simple structure (monochromatic areas, regular patterns, a small amount of colours, etc.) lead automatically to smaller files. The reduction of the image quality becomes visible by compression artifacts in form of a "raster". The size of these structures is 8 x 8 pixels, which first appear within areas of high complexity. A reliable reproduction of colour information, e.g. for background colours, is not guaranteed at larger compression rates. The compression of monochromatic images (e.g. b/w graphics, technical drawings, etc.) result frequently in clearly perceptible compression artifacts.
• XCF-
• PSD- Position Sensitive Detector (PSD) is a position sensor utilizing the lateral photoelectric effect produced by the non-uniform illumination of a rectifying semiconductor junction. Recently, mostly researches of PSD focus on the linear requirements or response characters of PSD with p-n junction. However, this paper concentrates on a novel characteristics of PSD based on the Schottky junction.
• SVG-Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML specification and file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated. SVG can be purely declarative or may include scripting. Images can contain hyperlinks using outbound simple XLinks

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Answer to question four in A2 Applied ICT

Q4) -What is an alpha channel?
-How can this be useful in your coursework project?

Ans4)
-The alpha channel is really a mask, it specifies how the pixel's colors should be merged with another pixel when the two are overlaid, one on top of the other.
-Alpha Channel would be good for our coursework project because it lets you merged to pictures into one picture and it makes it merges the colours together so the picture looks real.

Answer to Question three in A2 Applied ICT

Q3) What does “RGB” have to do with graphic files?

Ans3) Stands for the colors Red-Green-Blue. In web design and design for computer monitors, colors are defined in terms of a combination of these three colors. For example, the RGB abbreviation for the color blue shown below is 0-0-255. In contrast, print designers typically define colors using CMYK.

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Answer to Question two in A2 Applied ICT

Q2) What is the difference between VECTOR and BITMAP graphics? Explain both terms.

Ans2) A vector image uses geometrical formulas to represent images. The other way of representing graphical images is through bit-maps in which the image is made up of a pattern of dots. Programs that allow you to create and manipulate vector graphics are called draw programs and programs that manipulate bit-map images are called paint programs.
Vector graphics are more flexible than bit-maps because they can be easily re-sized. In addition, images stored as vectors look better when displayed on high resolution printers and monitors. Bit-map images look the same, regardless of the resolution of the display. Another advantage of a vector graphic is that they often require less memory than bit-maps do.
Note that most output devices including dot matrix printers, laser printers and display monitors are raster devices. This means that all objects, even vector graphics, must be translated into bit-maps before being output.
Vector graphics do not need to be translated in to bit-maps until the last possible minute, after all sizes and resolutions have been specified.

Website: www.colourgen.com/printer_information/vector_bitmap_differences.php

Answers to question one in A2 Applied ICT!!

Q1)What is a Pixel?

Ans1) The pixel is the basic unit of programmable color on a computer display or in a computer image. Think of it as a logical - rather than a physical - unit.

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Questions to do in A2 Applied ICT

1) What is a pixel?

2) What is the difference between VECTOR and BITMAP graphics? Explain both terms.

3) What does “RGB” have to do with graphic files?

4) What is an alpha channel? How can this be useful in your coursework project?

5) What are the characteristics of the following graphics file formats:
- Bitmap
- GIF
- PNG
- JPEG
- XCF
- PSD
- SVG

6) Using a TABLE, compare and contrast the features available in these 3 graphics packages:
- Microsoft Paint
- Photoshop
- GIMP

Using Google Sketch up- Ipod design

This is the Ipod that i created by using Google Sketch up. THere is nine images of my Ipod. It is my Ipod at differnet angles. This is a design an exact copy of a 30GB Ipod which can show movies, Pictures, Games and Music.

I found using Google Sketch up easy, it takes a whie to get use to it but when you do, it is very easy to use.