MED 290

Syllabus

Assignments

• Project 1

• Project 2

  • Project 3

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Suggested Readings and Materials

Design & Multimedia

• Graphic Design Basics

  • Graphic Design Basics (again)

• Elements of Graphic Design

• Graphic Design Theory

• Typography

• Typography Primer

Flash Professional Tutorials

• Flash environment

• Working with Symbols

• Frames and Keyframes

• Symbol Instance Library

• Creating Animation

• Creating Buttons

• Guides and Rulers

• Working with Motion Guide

• Easing Tweens / Animations

• Importing Sound

• Working with Video

• Creating Masks

• Character Animation

• Animate a Face

• Actionscript 101

Photoshop Tutorials

• What is Photoshop CS5?

  • Switching and Saving Workspaces

  • Straightening an Image

• Correcting Perspective with Crop tool

• Using the Marguee and Lasso tools

• Intro to Adjustment Layers

• Non-Destructive Transformations

• Warping Images

• Making Raw Images Great

• Using the Mixer Brush

• Working with Bristle Brush Tips

• Using Improved Selecting and Masking

• Creating Enhanced HDR Images with HDR Pro

• Using Faux HDR Toning

• Creating a Surreal HDR Look & Removing "Ghosts"

• Favorite Feature in Photoshop CS5

• Retouching Images with Puppet Warp

• Automatically Correcting Lens Defects

• Content Aware Filling and Healing

• Refining Selection Edges

• Choosing Colors Precisely with Eye-Dropper

• Tablet Techniques for the Mixer Brush

• Painting in the Fourth Dimension with the History Brush

• Arranging Layers

• Creating a Panorama

• Creatively Mixing Layers with Blend Modes

• Tinting a Photo

• Saturating Selectively

• Creative Sepia Tones

• In-Depth HDR Pro

• Recovering Detail in Raw Images

• Focusing the Eye with Lens-Blur

• Photo Effects

• Fine-Tuning Filters

• Automating Tasks with Actions

Illustrator Tutorials

• What is Illustrator CS5?

• Using Rules and Guides

• Using the Basic Selection Tools

• Selecting Artwork

• Creating Files for Print

• The Importance of Modifier Keys

• Using the Blob Brush and Eraser

• Creating Pixel-Aligned Web Graphics

• Using the New Artboards Panel

• Using the Shape Builder tool

• Using Drawing Modes

• Working with Symbols

• 9 Slice Scaling with Symbols

• Defining Perspective Grids

• Drawing Artwork in Perspective

• Mapping flat Artwork to a Perspective Grid

• Using Variable-Width Strokes

• Creating Corner-Aligned Dashed lines

• Using Enhanced Art and Pattern Brushes

• Using Variable-Width Profiles

• Using Integration with Device Central

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Additional Tutorials and Links

Basic Design Principles

• • 7 Elements of Graphic Design

• Tutvid.com tutorials

  • Design Model (oldie, but goodie)

• Key Photoshop concepts

Flash & Actionscript

• Understanding the Flash Environment

• Understanding Frames and Keyframes

• Understanding the Library Panel

• Using Symbols

• Nesting Symbols

• Understanding Movie Clips

• Understanding Object and Merge Drawing

• Distributing Stage Contents to Layers

• Creating a Motion Tween

• Introducing the Text Layout Framework

• Using the Text Tool to create TLF Text

• Creating Button Symbols

• Understanding Publishing in Flash

• Creating an application with the code snippets panel

• Animating a Walk Cycle

Great Case Studies

• JUXT Interactive

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Calendar

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Week by Week

• Week 1

• Week 2

• Week 3

• Week 4

• Week 5

• Week 6

• Week 7

• Week 8

• Week 9

• Week 10

• Week 11

• Week 12

• Week 13

  • Week 14

  • Week 15

  • Week 16

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Current Semester

• • FA 2011

Past Semesters Taught

• • SP 2011

  • FA 2010