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Hand-In Drive - the digital hand-in box on our network. Found in J:Volume3Hand-InMr. Radford
Using the tools of professional designers students will explore the full range digital media to capture, edit, and create 2-D and 3-D interactive web-based applications. Included are the use of sophisticated graphics, video and sound editing, 3-D modeling and animation, and media authoring tools.
TERM 1 ASSIGNMENTS & PROJECTS
| COURSE INTRO |
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| 01 - Basic Photoshop Collage |
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Create a photo collage of images around your own picture on a 1000x800 pixel canvus in Photoshop Elements. All images used must be cut out in shapes other than rectangles. |
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| CORELDRAW 02 - CorelDRAW Basics Tutorial |
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| Follow the 9 CorelDRAW totorials posted in the common drive. Each tutorial should be done on a separate page in the Corel ile that is handed in. | ||||
| 03 - Coffee Shop Logo & Optional Logo Trace |
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| Using the tutorial in the Common Drive, follow through the "Coffee Shop Tutorial" in CorelDRAW. Mark is based on accuracy of result. EXTENSION: Convert the 3 logos in the same directory to a vector format. |
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| 04 - Napster Logo Recreation |
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| Take a jpg of the Napster logo and create a vector image of it in Corel. Mark is based on accuracy of result. Get the Napster image here. |
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| 05 - Silhouette Trace |
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| Find an photo of a person performing an action (sports, dancing, stretching, etc.). Trace the outline of the person to create a black silhouette that could be used for a business card logo. The finished product must be one curve (ie. no groups). Final project should include 3 separate traces. Sample Work #1 #2 |
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| 06 - Custom Logo Creation |
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| See project description & criteria here. Sample #1 #2 #3 |
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| 07 - Business Flyer |
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| See project description & criteria here. Note: Feel free to;"steal" some ideas from flyers from London Drugs, Future Shop, Best Buy, Sport Chek, etc. Sample #1 #2 |
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| ADOBE PHOTOSHOP |
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| 08 -Custom Text Styles |
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| Go to the following website and select several font styles you like. Follow the tutorials to make as many as you can. As you finish each one, save it as a JPG. Hand in as many as you have completed by the due date. | ||||
| 09 - Tutorial Based Learning |
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| In-class exercise: Using a site such as www.tutorialized.com, find a Photoshop Tutorial (on anything you'd like) and attempt to follow it. Marks given for on task and ability to explain new skill learnt in the program. | ||||
| 10 - Magazine Cover |
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| See criteria sheet here | ||||
| 11 - Engraving Collage | ||||
| Open up "Project 7 - Engraving Collage" from the Common Drive (Graphics 11/Photoshop/Collage). Follow the tutorial to create the web banner and hand it in to the handin folder. | ||||
| 12 - Custom Website Banner |
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Using skills and layout designs from the Engraving Collage and other Photoshop techniques, create a custom banner for your website. Your website can be on the topic of your choice. Your banner must meet the following criteria:
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TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS & PROJECTS
| MS FRONTPAGE |
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| 01 - Website Design |
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Students will create a working webpage involving a minimum of 3 pages. Focus will be on the layout and appearance of the site, not on content. View Criteria Sheet How to upload your website to Bravenet (link) Extension: For students who have completed the basic requirements: Create a Web 2.0 single page site using design principles from the following website. |
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| 02 - Photoshop Wallpaper Assignment |
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| Students will create custom wallpapers using Adobe Photoshop. Makrs will be based on complexity and number of wallpapers submitted. As a starting point, students may wish to use the attached tutorials. Although students are encouraged to create their own designs, a high marks can be obtained by simply following the given tutorials. Note: A good wallpaper size is 1024-768 pixels. The only criteria is that everything must be created from scratch. NO PRE-MADE images from the web may be used. |
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| GMAX 3D Modeling |
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| 03 - Basic Tutorial |
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| Using the built in tutorial entitled "Getting Started," create a mace, learn how to manipulate your viewports, and create a basic animation of it rotating. | ||
| 04 - Table & Glass Model |
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| Using the tutorials posted in the common drive under Gmax, model a table with legs and a wine glass to sit on top of it in Gmax. | ||
| 05 - GMax Room Design |
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Students will create a 3D room of their choice. A-level work will show excellent detail of objects with proper scale of objects. The following are lessons we have covered which will help you in your design (there are tutorials for each of these in the common drive):
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| 06 - GMAX Outpost Level Tutorial |
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| Create the "Outpost" 3D station and terrain from within the GMax tutorials. | ||
| 07 - GMax "Mario-Kart" Modeling |
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| Students will model a "Mario Kart" style go-kart in Gmax. Examples of Go-Karts are available in the common drive. This is part 1 of a 3 part assignment in which we will be creating a vehicle, a character, and a terrain map to animate on. Marks for the Kart will be based on:
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TERM 3 ASSIGNMENTS & PROJECTS
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| 01 - 3D Character Creation | ||
| Create a 3D modeled character with detail (especially in the face and hands), Use the "EXTRUDE" tool for polygon faces to create lower arm, elbow joints, and upper arm from a hand to allow for flexibility of your character.. This character will eventully be placed in your Go_kart as the driver. Warning: Your polygon count should be kept less than 50,000. |
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| 02 - Animated Track | ||
| Create a track for your Go-Kart and character to race around. Once the track has been created, use the "line" tool to create the path you want the kart to follow and choose: ANIMATION > CONSTRAINS > PATH CONSTRAINT to apply a "follow path" animation. | ||
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| 03 - Movie Montage | ||
Using Sony Vegas Movie Studio, students will edit together a 2-3 minute themed video using multiple skills including:
The VIDEO PLANNING FORM must be submitted before starting on your video. |
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VIDEO RESOURCES:
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