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LO1: Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics
LO1: Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics
PART 1
Before creating your digital graphic, you need to investigate the purpose and properties of digital graphics.
KEY POINT
Make sure you summarise any investigation and research in your own words. Present your evidence in an appropriate way.
Task 1a - The purpose of digital graphics
Task 1a - The purpose of digital graphics
You need to:
investigate how and why digital graphics are used in a range of sectors
identify the purpose of digital graphics.
Specification Content
why digital graphics are used (e.g.
to entertain,
to inform,
to advertise,
to promote,
to educate
how digital graphics are used (e.g.
magazine covers
CD/DVD covers
adverts
web images and graphics
multimedia products
games
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LO1: Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics
LO1: Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics
PART 2
Before creating your digital graphic, you need to investigate the purpose and properties of digital graphics.
KEY POINT
Make sure you summarise any investigation and research in your own words. Present your evidence in an appropriate way.
Task 1b – Identifying the properties of digital graphics
Task 1b – Identifying the properties of digital graphics
You need to consider:
the properties of digital graphics which affect their suitability and compatibility with the intended purpose
file formats for different types and uses of digital graphics.
Specification Content
the properties of digital graphics and their suitability for use in creating images, i.e.:
pixel dimensions
dpi resolution
quality and compression settings
file formats, i.e.:
.tiff
.jpg
.png
.bmp
.gif
.pdf
types of digital graphics, i.e.:
bitmap/raster
vector
Supporting Resources
Video on Pixel/Resolution
Video on Image file formats
To find out information about any image - http://www.imageforensic.org/
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Task 1c – Investigate the design and layout of digital graphics
Task 1c – Investigate the design and layout of digital graphics
LS HERE - NEED TO COMPLETE LESSON ON A3 SHEET!!!
LS HERE - NEED TO COMPLETE LESSON ON A3 SHEET!!!
1 - lesson a3 sheet
double lesson write up (moving into final week)
Before creating your digital graphic, you need to investigate the purpose and properties of digital graphics.
KEY POINT
Make sure you summarise any investigation and research in your own words.
Present your evidence in an appropriate way.
For purpose and audience the exam board have said that they would like you to be "forward looking" in what you produce.
That is, don't just spend time annotating examples of different types of digital graphic to show how they have been made appropriate for their purpose and for the audience.
Instead they'd like you to focus on what you would do if you were to make products for a specific audience.
Pick digital graphics that are relevant to the brief e.g. photography related digital graphics - magazine covers, advertisements, travel adverts
You need to:
investigate how different purposes and audiences would influence the design and layout of digital graphics.
Specification Content
how different purposes and audiences influence the design and layout of digital graphics e.g.
the use of colour
composition
white space
styles
Supporting Resources
Prior Teaching Lessons
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