Week 10

Week 10

22/12

As we need to develop a whiteboard application so we need to research the various patches available in Quartz Composer. I research and explore on Kineme Particle Tools which allow me to create a series of particles which look like a line. However, there is a small problem which is the frame rate will drop whenever I create a series of particles. Therefore, it is not the best solution for the whiteboard application.

23/12

After realizing that the frame rate drop after a series of particles are created, I needed to find other patches to work. I researched and found that there are a set of GL tools which can draw various shapes and other functions related to image rendering. As I was unfamiliar with GL tools, so Ming Hong gave us a quick lesson on the GL tools and some of it uses. 

24/12

Explored on GL tools patches, attempted to create a simple program that make use of GL tools. By creating a simple program, I can have better understanding on the output results of the different patches and how they worked.  Half day off because it was christmas eve. 

25/12

Public holiday

26/12

Day off given by Kevin

Weekly Reflection:

Learned a lot on GL tools and how they can affect the rendering of images. I also have a better understanding on how the quartz composer patches worked such as there is only 1 value for each input.