Hack March Release Notes

Today, we proudly announce Hack’s March release! We hope you like it - let us know what you think on social media with #MadeToHack!

In this release, we’re (officially) introducing Glimpse, after a sneak peek in last month’s create-a-cursor quest. Glimpse is a fully-featured, free, open-source photo editor, much like Photoshop! We’ve also got some more Blender tutorials, on how to make and texture a low-poly Well, and some new activities that explore the internals of p5.js !

Art Pathway

Edit a Photo - Making it Look Right
Learn to remove blemishes, adjust light exposure and color saturation, and crop a picture.
*Application in use: Glimpse Image Editor*
Edit a Photo - Changing The Look

Learn to use a bunch of tools in Glimpse that can massively change how a photo looks!
Application in use: Glimpse Image Editor

Edit a Photo - Adding something new!

Learn to use the Smart Scissors Tool to “cut” an object from one picture and “paste” it into another!
Application in use: Glimpse Image Editor

Edit a Photo - Adding something new!

Learn to use the Smart Scissors Tool to “cut” an object from one picture and “paste” it into another!
Application in use: Glimpse Image Editor

“Well” it Blend?

In part 1 of this quest, you’ll learn to model a low-poly well, just the kind of piece your 3D art portfolio can use!
Application in use: Blender - Free and open source 3D creation suite

“Well” it Blend - The Roof

In part 2 of this quest, you’ll complete the roof, and pave the way for part 3.
Application in use: Blender - Free and open source 3D creation suite

“Well” it Blend - Textures and lighting

In part 3 of this quest, you’ll learn to texture and light the low-poly well to make it really pop!
Application in use: Blender - Free and open source 3D creation suite

“Well” it Blend - Sources

In part 4 of this activity, you’ll get the sources, so you can compare them against your own efforts!
Application in use: Blender - Free and open source 3D creation suite

P5JS - Exploring Colors with Variables!

In the first part of this activity, you’ll learn how to use variables to make P5JS even easier!
Application in use: Browser

P5JS - Variables and random()!

In part 2 of this activity, you’ll use variables with random() to generate random colors!
Application in use: Browser

P5JS - Changing colors with your mouse!

In part 3 of this activity, it’s time to tie it all together and control the randomness with your mouse.
Application in use: Browser

Web Pathway

This month, we're going forward at full speed - Learn more about Bootstrap, and learn how to set up a multi-page website!

Bootstrap Like a Web Developer

Level up your Bootstrap game by learning how to link files for your project.
Application in use: Browser, Sublime Text Editor

Link it Up

Upgrade your single page website to a multiple page website
Application in use: Browser, Sublime Text Editor