Welcome to the CS0Spring2009 web

State of these Pages

We are developing these pages as fast as we can. Note, we copied pages from CS 70, so do not be alarmed if we have not yet removed all the CS 70ism. Like all web pages, these will be constantly updated and constantly out of date, so email us with any questions: mike@cs.hmc.edu or z@cs.hmc.edu

What This Course Is About

The objective of this course is to introduce you to the theory and practice of computational media. Through lecture, in-class labs, and homework assignments you will learn to program in Python in order to analyze, manipulate, and synthesize images, sound, text, and video.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is meant for all those interested in learning to program. Those with little or no programming experience are exactly who should be taking this course. There are no prerequisites!!

Useful Information

Administrivia	Useful information and rules about this class
WhatYouLearn?	What you will learn in CS 0
JESFaQ	List of notes on JES
WikiHowTo?	TBD - How to use the Wiki
ClassMembers	TBD - Who is in the class and what their WikiName is
Gallery	Gallery of interesting pictures developed by students
StudentPages	where you can create your own pages which aren't viewable by other members of the class

Help (People and Technical)

TutoringHours	Who you can find to help you, and when
AskingForHelp	How and when to ask for help
DebuggingHowTo?	How to find bugs in your code
JESIssues	JES Issues
GradingPage	Page open to graders about each lab

Schedule

Date	Lecturer	Topic	Reading	Lecture	Lab
Jan 21,22	Mike	Intro	Ch 1	Lecture0	Lab0
Jan 26,27	Mike	JES	Ch 2	Lecture1	Lab1
Jan 28,29	Mike	Images	Ch 3.1-3.2	Lecture2	Lab2
Feb 2,3	Z	Loops	Ch 3.3	Lecture3	Lab3
Feb 4,5	Z	Scope, references, & more effects	Ch 3.4-3.7	Lecture4	Lab4
Feb 9,10	Z	Mirrors	Ch 4.1-4.2	Lecture5	Lab5
Feb 11,12	Z	Collage	Ch 4.3.1-4.3.2	Lecture6	Lab6
Feb 16,17	Mike	Rotation & Scaling	Ch 4.3.3-4.3.4	Lecture7	Lab7
Feb 18,19	Mike	RedEye & Posterizing	Ch 4.4	Lecture8	Lab8
Feb 23,24	Mike	Blurring & Edge detection	Ch 4.5-4.6	Lecture9	Lab9
Feb 25,26	Mike	Chromakey	Ch 5-5.3	Lecture10	Lab10
Mar 2,3	Z	Drawing	Ch 5.4-5.5	Lecture11	Lab11
Mar 4,5	Z	Morphing & Warping		Lecture12	Lab 12
Mar 9,10	Z	Practice Midterm
Mar 11,12		Midterm Exam
Mar 16-10		Spring break
Mar 23,24	Mike	Sounds	Ch 6.1-6.2	Lecture13	Lab13
Mar 25,26	MIke	Modifying sound in a loop	Ch 6.3-7.1	Lecture14	Lab 14
Mar 30,31	Mike	More sound tools	7.2..8.2	Lecture15	Lab15
Apr 1,2	Mike	Composition	Ch 8.3..8.6	Lecture 16	Lab 16
Apr 6,7	Z	Animation	Ch 7	Lecture 17	Lab 17
Apr 8,9	Z	Final Project	Ch 8
Apr 13,14		Project Discussion		&nsbsp;
Apr 15,16		Storyboards
Apr 20,21		Code discussion
Apr 22,23		Code review
Apr 27,28		Final exam (optional)
Apr 29,30		Final project presentations		Lecture 22?	Lab 22?

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