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CSC WEEK 9


Along with the concepts of colors, we started the animations topic. In fact, an image is not animated if does not change somehow. To change an image, we use the function repeated which takes 3 inputs: a function, an image and a number. However, this function produces a list of images, not exactly an animation. Thus, we started to work with the big-bang function. As its name suggests, big-bang function creates something, in this case an animation. Even though this new command allows us to create something different and unique, as an animation; I did not like it at first because I had trouble initially understanding what it is asking me to do. Specifically, I was confused on the use of freeze which is a function that basically delete all the previous information of the element, in this case animation. What happens is that you delete all the previous information of an animation. In other words, you cannot come back to the original image. I understood that after performing by myself different commands in the practice document submitted by the instructor. This made me realize that if we want to master a concept that we do not understand completely, practice in the interactions panel is a good way to comprehend better the different topics.  

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