Due Date(s)

  • Work on your visual quote concepts so that all three concepts are done in the computer and posted on your site for Week Six.
  • Review for our First Quiz which will be on our Week Six Class
  • Begin thinking about which Designer you will be selecting for your Next Research Paper as we discussed in class.
  • Do a design for the We are One exhibit –this is optional;

To Do

• Study for Quiz: As a reminder, the Quiz will cover the following terms:

• Based on your readings to date and our lectures, below are terms you should know. These terms you will see on our first quiz, which will be on week 6. So, keep these terms in the back of your mind with regard to what you have read and what you will be reading.

Analog
Digital
Sampling
Binary (Base 2)
Bit Depth
Byte
Pixel
Resolution
Lossy Compression
Lossless Compression
Vector
Raster
Recognize Bitmap File formats–JPEG, PNG, TIF, BMP, etc.
Recognize Vector File Formats–eps, svg

To Read or To Watch

Review the following readings for your quiz and make sure you relate the readings to your terms above. You definitely need to know the key distinction between Raster vs. Vector and the key differences between the two. Make sure you know which software products Raster products and which produces vectors and which standard file formats are raster and which are vector.

You should know the material covered in the Slide show “Gutenberg to Google” and in “Cracking the Code.”

COMD11121historylecture-1Download
COMD1112Crackingcoderev5Download

You should know the distinction between native applications and standard File Formats. Review the materials covered in all our class weeks to date. In Class Five and Class Four/Five there are charts comparing raster and vector files and distinguishing which file formats are raster and which are vector. Please make sure you know those charts.

• https://www.explainthatstuff.com/analog-and-digital.html

• University of Michigan Library’s Image Guide

• https://www.psprint.com/resources/difference-between-raster-vector/

File Formats for Design Explained video on Youtube