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Class 1 - Tuesday,
May 18
• 2 minute quiz and group discussion
of student backgrounds and interests
• Introduction to the course,
and to the internet
• Introduction to the software,
and the Macintosh computing environment
• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
and basic image scanning with Photoshop
• Demonstration of previous class
work as well as some professional examples
Assignment 1
- Due May 20
Purchase Textbooks
Read/do Chapters 1, 2, & 4 in Photoshop 5 Visual Quickstart and
read/do chapters 1 & 2 in Director Demystified
Scan at least four related pictures
Class 2
• Simple Sequence due
• Introduction to Macromedia Director
and basic animation techniques
• Putting a sequence of images
together in Director
• Demonstration of previous class
work as well as some professional examples
• Director - the Cast and Score
windows - creating an animation
Assignment 2
- Due May 25
Create a simple linear movie with scanned images
Create a simple animation (both assignments can apply
to, or be used for, later projects)
Review readings - add chapter 5 in the Photoshop text
& chapter 3 in the Director text
Idea (on paper) for the simple midterm assignment (this
assignment can be part of the Final Project)
Class 3
• Screen simple sequences and
simple animations
• Idea for Mid-term Project Assignment
- class discussion
• Director/Photoshop - DirectorÕs
Paint window - titling techniques
• Workshop - titling techniques
- mid-term assignment work, individual discussion with instructor
Assignment 3
- Due May 27
Create a title sequence (for Mid-term Project assignment
and/or Final Project - can be combined with the draft of Mid-term)
Begin Mid-term Project Assignment (short) - storyboard, gather artwork
- can be beginning of Final Project
Review chapters 1, 2, 4, & 5 in the Photoshop text - add chapter
6
Review chapters 1, 2, & 3 in the Director text - add chapter 5
Class 4
• Screen animated title sequences
• Director and Photoshop review
• Sound - introduction to digitizing
and manipulating audio using SoundEdit 16, acquiring Audio CD tracks,
using the microphone, acquiring sound from a cassette tape
• Workshop - Mid-term Project
Assignments, individual meetings with instructor
Assignment 4
- Due June 1
Review Photoshop text - chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 - Director text
- chapters 1, 2, 3 & 5
Storyboard the Mid-term Project (on paper)
Initial draft of Mid-term Project (the Mid-term project should be a
smaller version of, or part of, the Final Project)
Include some audio in this draft
Class 5
• Initial draft of Mid-term Project
Assignment - work and critique
• Using color - color resolution,
palettes, color depth - adjusting lights and darks
• Idea for Final Project - both
class and individual discussions
• Workshop - Mid-term Project
Assignments
Assignment 5
- Due June 3
Final draft of Mid-term Project
Photoshop text - chapter 7 (Layers) - Director text - chapters 4 and
6
Web pic - representative of Final Project - should include some creative,
organic use of filter(s) in Photoshop
1) must be in .jpg or .gif format - Mode: Indexed - Palette: Web,
Exact, or Adaptive - Color Depth: Other or 256 (the less colors used,
the better) - Dither: Diffusion or None (bottom line - experiment
with the mode until you get the best look)
2) Dimensions: No larger than 6 inches x 6 inches at 72 dpi
3) short description in a simple text document which briefly describes
in a few descriptive sentences:
a) what you were attempting to do
b) how you did it
4) Look at past class work at this site under "class
web archives" for examples
Class 6
• Introduction to Lingo
• Introduction to puppets - taking
control of the Score with Lingo
• Final draft of Mid-term Project
Assignment due
• Web Pic w/description due
• Demonstration of previous class
work as well as some professional examples
• Workshop on mid-term and/or
incorrect web pics w/description
Assignment 6
- Due June 8
Mid-term Assignment (should be smaller version of, or part of, the
Final Project)
Gather materials for Final Project
Photoshop text - chapters 13 & 17: Director text - chapters 7,
8, & 21 (take MEGO test, chapter 8)
Class 7
• Mid-Term Assignment Due
• Animated buttons
• Memory
management
• The Flowchart - the wireframe
• Workshop - Final project
Assignment 7
- Due June 10
Wireframe (prototype, working model) of Interactive
Final Project
Create a projector of mid-term (see pages 127 - 133 in Director textbook)
Class 8
• Flowchart due (on paper)
• Wireframe (prototype, working
model) of Interactive Final Project due - work
• Final scehdule, Final Project
specs form
• Rollovers
• Using Quicktime (digital video)
• Shockwave
• Workshop - Final project - optional
video sessions scheduled
Assignment 8
- Due June 15
Shockwave movie
Draft of Final Project
Class
9
• Draft of Final Project due
• Shockwave movie due
• General review
• Workshop - Final project
Assignment 9
- Due June 17
Final Project (80%)
Class 10
• Final Project due (80%)
• Workshop - Final project
Assignment 10
- Due June 22
Final Project (100%) and Projector
Class 11
• Interactive Final Project Due
(100 %) - Presentation, guest critique, user testing and workshop
Assignment 11
- Due June 12
TBA
Class 12 - Thursday,
June 24, Last Class
• Interactive Final Project Showing
(Late Finals must
be handed in today - see class 11, above)
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