digital files

LEARNING INTENTIONS

How to make your own animated gif

Pixel resolution

File types

instructions

Go to your DTY FOLDER/PROGRAMMING and create a new FOLDER and name it DIGITAL FILES.

WHAT IS A GIF?

The Graphics Interchange Format, better known by its acronym GIF, is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the bulletin board service (BBS) provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite on June 15, 1987. It has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.

IMAGE FILES

Digital file. Definition: At a high level of abstraction, a digital or computer file is a stored segment or block of information that is available to a computer program.

let's get busy

MAHI

Go to your DIGITAL FILES folder and start a presentation in the different types of images files there are and the relevance of them in your work. Grab a copy of the slide presentation by following the link to the right. Conduct a brief research and record your thoughts and finding.

Create questions such as:

Why are there so many?

Which one do I choose for my work?

Why is one more common that others?

Which format do my devices use?

Make a copy of the slide HERE

LET'S MAKE A GIF

Let’s get started:

Head to Piskel by clicking in the image to the right. Use your school email and password to sign in. Your username needs to include your first name. Add your files to your slide presentation from above. Include, the 3 different size files and your PNG files.

STUDENT'S WORK FROM PREVIOUS GROUPS

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