- Quiz Next Week
Please review the study questions at the end of the first 2 Chapters of your text book in preparation for our first quiz next week. The quiz will cover chapters one and two in the text, as well as our discussions during class.
Chapters 1 and 2 in your text will be covered–EXCEPT–it will NOT cover color spaces/color models discussed in sections 2.7 through the end of the chapter. Color will be included in the next quiz. You should know the following terms/concepts for our first quiz:
Analog
Digital
Sampling
Quantization
Binary (Base 2)
Decimal (Base 10)
Bit Depth
Byte
Pixel
Resolution
Lossy Compression
Lossless Compression
Vector
Raster
Become familiar with file formats listed in Tables 2.1 and 2.2. the Common Type of Bitmap or Pixel-Based Images and the Common File Types of Vector Graphics. There are review questions at the end of each chapter and you are to review these questions to prepare for your quiz. You will likely see versions of these questions on your quiz.
It is NEVER wise to miss a quiz even if you haven’t fully prepared for it as you will get a feel for what my quizzes are like and this will help you prepare for the next quiz. I will do a brief Q & A before we begin the quiz. The quiz will be taken right after the short Q & A session. Please be prompt to class or you will miss the Q & A. Q & A just means a short question and answer session.
- Projects/ Visually Enhanced Quotation
For Feb 21st, you should have worked on revising and improving your 2 concept sketches for the visual quote project. It is is preferred that you do this project in InDesign. If you’ve already done it in Photoshop I will accept it this time, but you should get used to using InDesign. At this point, the quote projects should be placed onto the computer into Indesign. They should be done in Indesign and exported to a PDF and placed into the drop box in Blackboard. There will then be a separate Blackboard drop box for PDFs of each quote concept exported from Indesign. Your visual quote project will be designed for a print postcard and should be 8.5” X 5.47”. It can be designed either landscape or portrait but be sure to design your concepts with this trim size in mind.
Be sure to set up your document to the size specified in Indesign. See this site for specific instructions on how to create the PDF files from Indesign. If you are not familiar with Indesign, see the free tutorials on Adobe programs at http://tv.adobe.com and http://www.lynda.com/home/freeTraining.aspx.
- Reading Assignments
- Read Chapter 3 in your text sections “Capturing Images by Digital Photography” through “Selection Tools in Image Editing Programs” and then also “Printing the Final Image” and Optimizing the final Image for Web.”
- Read the chapter on Color Vision and Building the Color Palette from “The Secret Lives of Color” by Kassia St. Clair. You can read these chapters by clicking the “Look Inside” feature. See the Amazon site.
- Also read the pages on Pitch Black and Dragon blood from the images below.
The Secret Lives of Color
Pitch Black
Dragon Blood. It makes me think Dragons of Pern or Game of Thrones.
