Class 1

• Group discussion of student backgrounds and interests

• Introduction to the course

• Introduction to the Macintosh computer

• Overview of software, Adobe Photoshop 4, Macromedia Director 6, and SoundEdit 16

• Demonstration of previous class work as well as some professional examples as time allows

Assignment 1 - Due September 17

Purchase Books

Read Chapter 1 in both Director Demystified and Photoshop 4 Visual Quickstart

Scan at least one picture

Class 2

• Class pictures taken

• Introduction to Macromedia Director and basic image sequence techniques

• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop and basic image scanning with Photoshop

• Image accquisition in general

• Demonstration of previous class work as well as some professional examples

Assignment 2 - Due September 24

Scanned at least four related images and put together in a short sequence

Read: Director chapters 1 & 2 - Photoshop - Read chapters 1 - 3

Class 3

• More Demonstration of Director work

• Director - the Cast and Score windows - creating an animation

• Photoshop - selection techniques - basic image manipulation

• Review mid-term ideas

• Demos of Photoshop & Director work

Assignment 3 - Due October 1

Short sequence of related images in Director using transitions & adding animation, preferably part of mid-term

Read: Director chapter 3 - Photoshop chapter 5

Idea for mid-term

Class 4

• More image scanning with Photoshop - dpi, cropping, levels, layers - introduction to filters

• Director - the Paint window

• Creating titles in Director (including rotation)

Assignment 4 - Due October 8

Create a short Director movie using titles

Experiment with filters in Photoshop

Begin gathering materials for mid-term

Review work to date

Class 5

• Director and Photoshop review

• Introduction to digitizing and manipulating sound using SoundEdit 16

• Individual work/mid-term discussion

Assignment 5 - Due October 15

Storyboard for mid-term

Original image sequence/animation with sound to be used as part of mid-term (rough of mid-term)

Class 6

• General review

• Color - palettes, color depth, anti-aliasing

• Individual work and review of storyboards for mid-term

Assignment 6 - Due October 22

Mid-term project - 70% - 60%

Read: Director chapters 5 & 6 - Photoshop chapter 6 & 7

Class 7

• Review mid-terms with class feedback

Assignment 7 - Due October 29

mid-term 90% done

production journals

Class 8

• Mid-Term Project Due - Presentation and critique

Assignment 9 - Due November 5

Projector of Mid-term

One manipulated image to be placed on our web page (w/description)

Readings: Director Chapters 4, 5, 6, & 7 - Photoshop - Chapters 6, 7, 8, & 16

Class 9

• Demonstration of previous class work as well as some professional examples

• Lingo basics

Assignment 9 - Due November 12

Short interactive Director movie

Final project spec sheet

Interactive - flowchart OR Linear - storyboard

Review Readings: Director Chapters 4, 5, 6, & 7 - Photoshop - Chapters 6, 7, 8, & 16

Read: Director Chapters 8, 9, 21

Class 10

• Introduction to puppets - taking control of the Score with Lingo

• Introduction to puppetSprites - animated buttons, pushbuttons

• Shockwave

• Discussion of ideas for Final Projects

Assignment 10 - Due November 19

Initial draft of final: Interactive - wireframe OR Linear - rough draft (Director movies in both cases)

Shockwave movie

Class 11

• PuppetSprites, rollovers

• Director movie and memory management

• Quicktime movies

• Individual discussion & Workshop

Assignment 11 - Due December 3

Final Draft of Final Project (80% done, sketch filled in)

Thanksgiving Recess

Class 12

• Introduction to handlers, conditionals, properties, and commands

• Show drafts - class critique/user testing

• Workshop on Final

Assignment 12 - Due December 10

• Final Project - class critique/user testing

Class 13

• Final Due today - some class critique/user testing, some workshop

Assignment 13 - Due December 17

Final project (version 2 if necessary) and projector

Class 14

• Final project showing

Optional: Putting your project on video tape, Creating a projector on a PC, Additional questions

Assignment 14 - Have a great holiday!