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CST 205 - Week 1

This week was the first week of CST 205 - Multimedia Programming in Python.

 I learned about the technical basics of digital imaging, such as the RGB model, what bit depth and dynamic range are, and how algorithms such as converting images from color to grayscale work. Even though I have been photographing the world around me for a long time, and how photography is still a hobby of mine (albeit on the backburner), I found learning about the technical details very interesting. I feel like knowing how digital imaging works on the back end will help me out as a photographer in the future.

 Additionally, I learned the basics of JES and using it to manipulate images using Python scripts. Python scripting isn't new to me, but JES is. I'll admit learning JES's built in functions took some time and was the hardest part of this week, but I am confident that I will become more comfortable with it as the class progresses.

 Our group made a demo video this week for one of the lab problems. You can watch it here:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV1bqQmViow

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