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Extra Credit Project! – Design a Flyer for a Restaurant/Museum/Temple
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness needs a new flyer promoting their cultural center and restaurant! This is a great portfolio piece! These flyers will be handed out across Southern California. 5 extra credit points to any student who completes this project. Due by end of semester. Submit in PDF format. Double Sided. 5 inches…
Animation – After Effects Basics
Art_648_Project_4_after_effects_basics Vocabulary Keyframes – Records a parameter at a specific tieme Codec – The method used to compress and decompress files. Render – Processing the layered after effects file into a playable movie file. Alpha Channel – A transparent layer that is carried with the video file. (Click on channel button underneath Preview) Project Panel…
Graphic Design 2 – Week 4 – Shape
Project- 605_project_4_shape_project Experiment with the way shape can be used to manipulate type and image. Experiment with perspective, distortions, collages and compositing. Illustrator Type Manipulation Perspective- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0oAgEkzwHU Envelope Distort- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KPHYfDVq_0 Photoshop Type and Image Manipulation Warp- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4nvu920FvE Puppet Warp- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIYxyQ2s64c Vanishing Point- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK84L3f9h0c Displace- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huvysaySBrw Files to use for class practice:
TechFair LA 2018!!! GET A JOB!!!!
LA’s Largest Technology Job Fair will be returning to LA for an even bigger and better event for the second year in a row, co-hosted by Comparably, Annenberg Foundation and Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti. Over 250 most prominent tech companies in attendence along with 10,000+ job-seekers in Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Design and more attending.…
Graphic Design 1 – Week 3 – Working with Paragraphs
Class Notes: Paragraph_Settings Project: Setting a Quote 604_Project_5_Quote_Project 4- Panel Zine 604_Project_6_Zine_Project Quotes from Nina Simone, bell hooks and Andy Warhol Warhol_Simone_hooks_quotes Illustrator Paragraph Shortcuts CMD+SHIFT and Arrows (next to M) to increase size of type ALT + UP/DOWN change leading ALT + RIGHT/LEFT change tracking ALT + RIGHT/LEFT change kerning (when in between two letters) ALT…
Graphic Design 3 – Project 2 – Web Advertisement
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Graphic Design 2 – Week 3 – Line
PROJECT: Proj_3_Line_Project Photoshop – Mixer Brush Illustrator- Art Brush Illustrator- Pattern Brush Wacom Settings Add ‘Pen Pressure’ to Shape Dynamics + Transfer Control+Option+Click&Drag Left or Right= Adjust Size Control+Option+Click&Drag Up or Down= Adjust Hardness Opacity vs Flow Press 5 to change Opacity to 50%. When you paint and RELEASE and then paint AGAIN you will…
Animation – Photoshop Keyframe Animation
project_3_photoshop_keyframes Photoshop’s video timeline can use keyframes to make animations. This can help automate some animation tasks and also allows for animation of preexisting images and videos. 1st steps Use Keyframes to edit: Position Opacity Style Making Bouncing Basketball Open Basketball image, remove the white background using magic eraser. Save it as a .psd…
Animation – Photoshop Flipbooks and WalkCycles
project_2_photoshop_flipbook_walkcycle Frame Rate Practice Timing Practice Animating on ‘1s’ An image is drawn each frame Animation on ‘2s’ An image is draw every 2 frames Instructions: *these are the same notes from our previous Animation post but with some additional notes on drawing with 1 or 2 frames 1. Open Photoshop 2. File New and…