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Discussion about Project 1

Research & Theory:

Discussion of readings from Class 1

Application: Scanning and Paint programs

Homework

Project 1:
Learning the Language of Art

 

 

     
     
   


Rieber, L. (1994). Chapter 1: Introduction. In Computers, Graphics, and Learning (pp. 1-23). Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.

Worksheet

   
   


Scanning

Scanning Information Center

Adobe Photoshop or Paint.net:

Skills to master for this class:

  1. Opening an image
  2. Check image size using the Info Palette
  3. Resizing an image
  4. Cropping an image using the marquee tool
  5. Adjusting brightness and contrast


   
   

Readings:

"More than Just Eye Candy: Graphics for e-learning" by Ruth Colvin Clark

http://www.clarktraining.com/content/articles/
MoreThanEyeCandy_part1.pdf

Please bring to Class 3:

  • Your one page concept map hand drawn on paper
  • at least two of your photos for Project 1

Photoshop Skills:
Please review a Photoshop or Photoshop Elements tutorial.

For example, see a recent wikibook about tutorials for paint.net that is maintained by users:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Paint.NET/Contents/Tutorials

or a wikiversity Photoshop book:

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop

Project 1 is due at the beginning of class on September 15.