Journal November 30th

Today I worked on our web sites advertising a company. I decided to advertise Blockbuster. Im going to make the site advertise recent movies/video games and their costs. I think this project ill turn out well.

Journal November 26th

Today i finished the dvd case. I found it fairly easy to make but it was hard to make it look right.

Assignment Info.

Journal November 24th 2010

Today we picked our focus groups. I also worked on the DVD cover in the program Adobe InDesign CS2.

Journal November 23rd 2010

Today we had Eric Lloyd come into the classroom and talk to us about his career. He talked to us about what he enjoys to do with his work. He also talked about the equipment he uses like his Toshiba laptop and his camera. At the end of the presentation he showed us some of the bloopers and cuts he made. I enjoyed the presentation.

Journal Nov. 17th

Today i worked on the DVD graphic. It was difficult to crop but i eventually used the marque tool and re sized it to fit the DVD.

Nov 11th journal

Today we finished our CorelDRAW assignment and worked on our questions given to us at the beginning of class. Im happy with how my CorelDRAW assignment and I am still working on the questions. I should have the questions done for tomorrow.

This assignment was to recreate the Windows logo in CorelDRAW.

To do this, I followed the tutorial that was given.

I think the final product came out very well.

Impact of Technology

 1. Describe how jobs have evolved since year 1990 until 2010

In the past 20 years, jobs have changed in so many ways, and technology is one of the main reasons for this. Because of computers, more and more jobs can be done at home. Companies that had large offices may now smaller offices with less workers because many of their employees work from home. Computers have also made organization and sharing information easier. Now we are able to send files over the internet with a single click. This increases productivity and requires less people for work.

2. Discuss the typical levels of technology- based (communications) technology and types of education required for each.
 -Radio
-Video
-Graphic Design


3. Identify the factors that affect job satisfaction

Job satisfaction differs from every person. Some people are happy with a boring job that makes good money. Others prefer a more entertaining job with less money. Some factors that affect job satisfaction include...
-Pay
-Personal Interests
-Location
-Customers
-life goals

4. Describe the ways that the individuals exercise control over technology

Being able to have control over our technology is key to using it. The easier it is to control, the more productive it is. Individuals exercise control in many ways, including simple ways such a keyboard and mouse, to more advanced ways like voice recognition and scripting.

5. Describe some technology first introduced as fiction that have become actual (reality)

Throughout human history, many things have been thought impossible that we have made possible. This can include...
-Airplanes
-Television
-Space Shuttles
-Computers
-Cell Phones

6. Bibliography

Nov 5th Journal

Today was a day to make sure our blog was up to date. I added the notes i didn't have and all my projects that were not yet on the blog.

Halloween Poster

This is my Halloween Poster.

I used the warp tool to move my nose and enlarge my eyes,

and used Hue and Saturation to change my skin and eye colour.

Final Remembrance Day poster

This is my final poster for God, Honour, Country.

While making this poster, i had some trouble with certain things.

For example, i had a box around the maple leaf that was difficult to get rid of.

Im happy with the final product and excited its being used in the video.

Lesson 2 and 3

63-65 quiz

     

TGJ3MB- Exam Review

Pertaining Photoshop, Flash and Video projects.

1.Define Communication Technology.

…is the application of the practical arts that deal with the transmission of information…..

2. Define forms and types of communications.

3. Digital Imaging Reading & Study Questions

Ø  File Size vs. Image Size vs. Resolution Assigned

Ø  Resampling Images (from the Adobe Photoshop HELP)

Ø  About Layers (from the Adobe Photoshop HELP)

Ø  Vector vs. Bitmap(Raster) Graphics

All the shapes within vector images are represented as what?

With raster graphics or bitmapped graphics, what is the image composed of?

What are the three distinct advantages of vector graphics over bitmapped?

What two distinct advantages do bitmapped images have over vector images?

What are programs that create vector graphics called, and what are programs that create raster graphics called?

4. Compression Methods: GIF vs. JPEG vs TIF vs PNG – file comparisons

5. Bitmap Imaging Questions

What is a Pixel?  A single point in a raster image

What is aliasing? The distortion and softening of edges

What is antialiasing? The sharpening of edges.

What is Raster, Bitmap graphics? When the image is made of pixels

What is Vector? When the image is made of lines

What is Screen Resolution? How many dots per inch there are on your screen

What is Image Resolution?  How many dots per inch are in the image

What is the common Image Resolution used for Web Graphics?

What is the difference between Screen and Image Resolution?

What is Bit Depth?

6. Vector Drawing  - Macromedia Freehand, basic tools and techniques

7. Photoshop – Image reconstruction, and correction techniques

Photoshop Review Questions

1. Once you've made a selection, what area of the image can be edited?
2. How do you add to and subtract from a selection?
3. How can you move a selection while you're drawing it?
4. When drawing a selection with the lasso tool, how should you finish drawing the selection to ensure that the selection is the shape you want.
5. How does the magic wand tool determine which areas of an image to select? What is tolerance, and how does it affect a selection?
6. What is the advantage of using layers?
7. How do you hide or show individual layers?
8. How can you make artwork on one layer appear in front of artwork on another layer?
9. When you've completed your artwork, what can you do to a file to minimize its size?
10. What is resolution?
11. How can you use the crop tool in photo retouching?
12. How can you adjust the tonal range of an image?
13. How can you correct a color cast in a photograph?
14. What is saturation, and how can you adjust it?
15. Why would you use the Unsharp Mask filter on a photo?

Animation 2D

2D – FLASH

Timeline, keys, key-frames, motion tween, layers, scenes, buttons and sounds

Uses of the Symbol types: button, movie, and graphic

Projects

Ø  Going down slow

Ø  2 bouncing sponge balls which compress and decompress on impact

Ø  Stick man running along a motion path

Video Shooting and Editing

Ø  2 camera sequences

Ø  Editing in Final Cut Pro (multi track) – understanding the timeline, the workspace and the editing methods

Ø Rule of Thirds, Shot types & composition

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