Digital Media Disclosure

Study help for the test

  • Principles of animation http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.html
  • Target audience is all about people
  • Web Design should be consistent and easy to understand
  • Social Media has advantages and disadvantages
  • Storyboard: a scene by scene plan of for a video or a presentation
  • Aspect ratios (its just a fraction) for video: Standard TV 4:3, Widescreen 16:9
  • Planning a project (pre-production): 1. Define the purpose, 2. Choose a target audience, 3. write a script 4. create a story board
  • Implementing project (production): 1. create the media, 2. publish the project 3. Beta test to a small audience
  • Sharing documents online helps with the collaborative process
  • Cloud computing (saving things online) is good for backing things up, collaboration, and use on any platform (windows, linux, or mac)
  • Roles in a media project:
    Subject matter expert - person who knows everything about the topic
    Graphic artist - draws and illustrates the designs and color schemes
    Programmer - technical code writer software developer and/or web developer
    Project Manager - makes sure everyone communicates and completes the project, does everything
  • NTSC is the standard video system used in america. In NTSC, 30 frames are transmitted each second.
  • Tripods keep the camera steady
  • Hyperlinks are text on webpages that navigate you to another page
  • Tweening is when the computer decides the frames between the Keyframes in animation
  • Frame by frame is like animating a flipbook one image at a time.
  • Flash uses symbols to reuse items in animation
File Types: 
  • midi - 8 bit audio files (like the mario song)
  • mp4 - common video format
  • avi - common video format
  • wav - common windows audio format
  • wmv - windows media video format
  • mp3 - popular audio format for music
  • aiff - common audio format
  • mov - common apple movie type
  • jpg - image format (no animation)
  • gif - indexed color image format (can do animation) 
  • png - image format (can do animation)
  • ai - illustrator file
  • psd - photoshop file
  • fla - flash file (not published)
  • swf - flash animation file (published)
  • tif - image format for printing
  • bmp - old school windows image format

Target audience is all about people
Web Design should be consistent and easy to understand
Social Media has advantages and disadvantages
Storyboard: a scene by scene plan of for a video or a presentation
Aspect ratios (its just a fraction) for video: Standard TV 4:3, Widescreen 16:9
Planning a project: 1. Define the purpose, 2. Choose a target audience, 3. create a story board
Implementing project: 1. create the media, 2. publish the project 3. Beta test to a small audience
Sharing documents online helps with the collaborative process
File Types: 
midi - 8 bit audio files (like the mario song)
mp4 - common video format
avi - common video format
wav - common windows audio format
wmv - windows media video format
mp3 - popular audio format for music
aiff - common audio format
mov - common apple movie type
jpg - image format (no animation)
gif - indexed color image format (can do animation) 
png - image format (can do animation)
ai - illustrator file
psd - photoshop file
fla - flash file
swf - flash animation file

Final Project: Alveyworld Show Ad

Simister Orthodontics
File Size: 65 kb
File Type: jpg
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Sweet Tooth Fairy
File Size: 251 kb
File Type: pdf
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sweet tooth fairy
File Size: 238 kb
File Type: pdf
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fiestafun.png
File Size: 257 kb
File Type: png
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durangos.png
File Size: 41 kb
File Type: png
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Chic-fil-a
File Size: 8 kb
File Type: png
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Create an Advertisement to tell people about the Alveyworld Show talent show assembly. Email your files to [email protected] with a detailed explanation of how you created your ad and why choose the images, colors, fonts, words, etc.
Here are the requirements for your design
  • Purposely use 2 or more element of designs that we have studied
  • Choose a color scheme and be prepared to defend what the colors mean and how they will affect the viewer
  • Choose appropriate Typography for your design and be able to name the font family and explain how they work with the design
  • Make sure you remember the definition of a Graphic Designer to use both Type and images to communicate your message.
  • Study good examples of graphic design as you plan your ad. (like these, and these)
  • Use all original images and designs, no copyrighted materials


Details
Name: The Alveyworld Show
Day: Tuesday May 19th
Sponsors (there will be more): *Simister Orthodontics, Sweet Tooth Fairy, Fiesta Fun, Durangos, Chic-fil-a, moore-n-moore popcorn
Featured events: Big prize give away (including an ipad mini/go pro), thank you notes, lip sync battle, singing, dancing, juggling, comedy, and Alveyworld the Musical.
Featured people: Dance team, Les Chanteurs, Mr. Shaw, etc. (see mr. alvey for individual names)

Due: May 5th, 2015


Flash to HTML 5 Click Here

Basics of animation Click Here
Learn the basics of Flash Click Here
Learn flash Motion Tweens Click Here

Click here to turn in your Magazines

A few tutorials I would like you to try before you finish your magazine
  1. Skin Touch Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8XqJ8CQFVY&t=173
  2. Enhancing eyes: http://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/enhancing-eyes-in-photoshop/
  3. Whiten Teeth: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/whiten-teeth/
  4. Changing Hair Color: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/hair-color/
  5. Fix Tone and Color: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/tone-color/

Click here to open the assignment in a new window

Use the touch up tools and selection tools to create animal morphs. Click Here to submit your new species.
examples:

Create a self portrait of your self in illustrator using the pencil tool and the eyedropper tool
Examples:

Click here to submit your
Junk Art

Submit the .ai and a .jpg version of your creations
Picture
Click here so you don't suck at illustrator
you have to do another tutorial.


papercrumpled0011_l.jpg
File Size: 2101 kb
File Type: jpg
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Logo design

Picture
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Level one HOMER
Use the pentool to trace homer simpsons.
1. save the image of homer to your computer
2. choose File->Place and place home into your illustrator file
3. lock the layer homer is on
4. make a new layer and start tracing with the pentool.
tip: make full shapes and overlap them, like the eye under the nose.

Level two BART http://www.tutsking.com/illustrator/bart-simpson-in-illustrator
(beware the hair!)

Pen tool exercise level 2

Pen tool level 2 exercises
File Size: 1171 kb
File Type: ai
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fun pen tool game

Learning the Pen tool in illustrator
click here to for the tutorial

Most Inspiring Teacher Folder in Google Drive

Pictures of Alvey