Here's a fun lesson that takes a look at some image and text generators. These are minor feats of programming that have resulted in fun, sometimes silly, ways to spend a few minutes.
Discovery Exercise
- Take a look at some generator-themed sites:
The Generator Blog lists many - take a look at the descriptions and see if something interests you.
Nietzsche Family Circus Generator.
FD Toys works with Flickr or other photos you may have saved on your computer to create faux posters, magazine covers, and (some of you may have even looked at these during our Mashups lesson).
You as a South Park Character:
Create an image from any of the above and, if possible, save a copy to your blog (first save the image to your computer, then use the blogger 'add image' button) or link the image to your blog.
Postscript
If you are having problems saving your South Park and Simpsons images, here's one way to do it:
- Open up the 'Paint' program (Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > Paint)
- Go back to the webpage with your finished character
- Press the PrtSc button on your keyboard
- Go back to Paint
- Go under the 'Edit' menu and choose 'Paste.' This will paste the entire screen
- Crop the image down (to show just your character), click on the box icon in the top left corner of your screen (it looks like a square with dotted lines)
- Drag a box around the part of the screen you want to KEEP
- Go under the 'Edit' menu and select 'Copy to...'
- From the resulting menu, save it to your computer's desktop
- The image is now ready for uploading via your blogger 'Add Image' button
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