Calendar: - Fall 2013
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Date
Concepts Covered –Assignments discussed
Assignment Deadlines
August
27
1
Branding for Careers & Business
Intro Design Technologies Communications -- Google Searches & MS Word with Hyperlinked
29 Stanford Design Thinking Process for Creating Real World SolutionsAdobe Bridge Interface & Metadata
Symbolic Language - iLearn Journals
URL Referenced Images Due
September
3
2
5
10
3
12
18
4
20
25
5
27
Adobe Photoshop: Intro to Raster Graphics: Retouching Photographic Images
Marquee/Lasso Tools, Spot Healing, Patch Tool, Content-Aware Fill
Adjusting and Transforming Images
Rotating, Scaling, Cropping, Blending, Image Sharpening, Filters & Color Adjustments
Layers Effects for Combining Multiple Images
Layer Groups and Layer Effects
Adobe Illustrator: Intro to Vector Graphics
Panels, Artboards, Swatches, Fills, Strokes, Pen Tool & Brush Strokes, Navigation
Using and organizing Layers for Developing Compositions
Design Concepts, Shapes, Color Theory/Kuler, Gradients - Saving Custom Swatches
Basic Typography Concepts
Formatting and Selecting Text
Finalizing Logos & Developing Buttons for Webpages
Perspective Techniques, Saving vector images
Photoshop & Illustrator Branding Presentations
HW 1 : Raster Images
Timelines. Keyframe, Importing Vector & Pixel Images for Flash
HW 4: Story Board
HW 2 : Shaded Perspective Object
HW 3: Sketch Product
Hybrid Image Due
Branding Images Due
October
1
6
3 Deco Tool, Joint Rotation & Motion Presets
8
7
10
15
8
17
22
9
24
29
10
30
Code Snippets & Working with Video
Customizing Videos
Publishing Flash Projects
SWF and AIR Formats
InDesign for Brochure to Market Company/Product Lines
Organizing margins and column guides, text frames and text formats
Product Presentation Supporting Product Design
and applying paragraph and characters styles
InDesign Brochure
Setting Up guides, columns,
Developing color scheme to support support brand
Gradients, color swathes and stylized frames
Product Presentation Supporting Product Design
and applying paragraph and characters styles
Adding images and transforming objects
Tools for positioning, stacking, nesting, rotating and scaling objects
HW 5: Story Board 2
Animated Project Due
HW 6: Webpage Outline
Developing
HW 7: Alternative Ideation Sketches
Developing
HW 8 : Bullet styles sketches
November
Midterm Review
5
11
Proposal for Products
7 Midterm Presentation
Adapting Templates to created customized webpages
Starter Layouts, CSS basics & XTML5
14 Adding Sprys to Webpage
Creating drop down naviation links
Adding new pages
19
Applying CSS to format new pages
21 Testing Links and Anchors
Organizing content
First Draft of Proposed Webpage Package Due
26
Peer Critiques
12
12
13
14
28
HW9: Branding Design
Thanksgiving Holiday
December
3
15
10
Final
16
17
Tips and Tricks
Overview of best practices
Graphics Review
5
Development of Graphic summary prackage
Revised Project Updates
HW10: Sketching Details
12 Self Assessment and Final Webpage Input
Revised Portfolio Due
Final: http://www.gavilan.edu/schedule/finals.html
Thursday, 13 Dec. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
All makeup/late work is due at 5 p.m. the
day of your Final
Schedule subject to change, please check iLearn and CGD website for most current version.
See iLearn for required readings and support information.
4-Sep-13