art 257 :: motion graphic design

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• art 257 motion graphic design

week 15 b
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todays agenda

• First Half of class Critique of Flash Web Sites
• fast, 5 minute presentations of everyones site
• concentrate on the experience, pitfalls,
  challenges, problems, and solutions
• Second half of class
• How to go about preparing time-based work to
  become a part of your portfolio
• choose which designs you would like to add to
  your portfolio
• work on any sketches that you need to clean up
• scan your sketches, then clean them up in
  Photoshop
• design your 8.5 x 11 layout for your chosen
  portfolio items

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in-class lesson (2nd half of class)

• How to prepare your sketches and animations to
  become portfolio entries
• choose which projects you would like to prepare
  to become a part of your portfolio
• digitize your sketches
• clean up your sketches/prepare them to be
  scanned
• use a thick black marker
• scan your sketches at 300dpi
• clean them up in Photoshop
• erase dirt and unnecessary artifacts from your
  scan
• adjust your image (levels, contrast, etc.)
• design your portfolio layout
• design the layout for how you want to show both
  the progression of your designs from sketch to
  final AND the progression of time in your
  animations

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last homework assignment
due 12.08.05

• Portfolio entry items
• assignment Choose one or more designs that you
  produced in this class and prepare them to become
  a part of your personal portfolio. Design the
  layout of your portfolio entries in such a way
  that demonstrates the full design process from
  concept to final product.
• format
• digital .gifs _at_ 600 x 800, 72 dpi
• printouts 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper

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