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CGVC 207 Digital Imaging II

CGVC 207 Spring 2012 Syllabus, PDF

Week 16: 05/14/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Last class!
  • PR04 - Posters: due at the beginning of class for final critique
  • End of the semester for this class - enjoy your summer!

Week 15: 05/07/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Last regular class!
  • PR04 - Posters: due at the beginning of our next class on Monday, 14th (our last class)
  • Studio work session

Homework

  • Finish and print PR04 for our next class final critique

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Week 14: 04/30/12 check mark

Subjects

  • PR04 - Posters: due at the beginning of class on Monday, 14th (our last class)
  • Creating fantasy landscapes

Homework

  • Work on PR04
  • Work session next week, 05/07 - our last regular class!

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Week 13: 04/23/12 check mark

Subjects

  • PR03 - Propaganda Campaign due at the beginning of class!
  • Photoshop for Animation
  • PR04 - Posters: due at the beginning of class on Monday, 14th (our last class)

Homework

  • Work on PR04 concepts

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Week 12: 04/16/12 check mark

Subjects

  • PR03 - Propaganda Campaign due next week!
  • Digital Drawing and Painting

Homework

  • Work on PR03 - it's due next Monday at the beginning of class!

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Week 11: 04/09/12 check mark

STILL SPRING BREAK - we return to class on Monday, April 16th

Homework

  • Work on PR03 - it's now due on Monday, 4/23!

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Week 10: 04/02/12 check mark

SPRING BREAK - we return to class on Monday, April 16th

Homework

  • Work on PR03 - it's now due on Monday, 4/23!

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Week 09: 03/26/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Spring break next week - we return to class on Monday, April 16th (we miss 2 Mondays!)
  • New due date for PR03 - was 4/16, now is 4/23!
  • PR03 - Propaganda Campaign concepts
  • Considering typography

Homework

  • Work on PR03 - it's now due on Monday, 4/23!

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Week 08: 03/19/12 check mark

Subjects

  • PR02 due at the beginning of class
  • PR03 - Propaganda Campaign: due at the beginning of class on 4/16
  • Compositing techniques using multiple sources

Homework

  • Work on PR03 ideas

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Week 07: 03/12/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Real fire and ice

Homework

  • Work on PR02 - due at the beginning of class next week!

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Week 06: 03/05/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 02: Mixed Style Book Covers - naming ceremony
  • Using Photoshop and Illustrator together

Homework

  • Work on PR02 - due in 2 weeks!

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Week 05: 02/27/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 01: Brush Magazine Covers - due at the beginning of class today!!!
  • Project 02: Mixed Style Book Covers - due at the beginning of class on Monday, March 19th
  • Clone, healing and patch tools - "faking" an image

Homework

  • Work on PR02 concept sketches

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Week 04: 02/20/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Vanishing point and warp tools
  • Project 01: Brush Magazine Covers - due at the beginning of class next week (02/27/12)

Homework

  • Work on PR01 - they're due at the beginning of class on Monday, February 27th!!!

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Week 03: 02/13/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Brushes, Masks, and Type
  • Project 01: Brush Magazine Covers - due at the beginning of class on 02/27/12 (NEW, LATER DATE!!!)

Homework

  • Work on PR01 - they're due at the beginning of class on Monday, February 27th!!!

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Week 02: 02/06/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Non-destructive editing
  • Brushes
  • Masks
  • Groups
  • Adjustment layers
  • Review practice in-class assignment: worth 20 points and due on the server by the end of class
  • Project 01: Brush Magazine Covers - due by the end of class on 02/20/12

Homework

  • Work on your concepts for PR01 - we'll review them next week

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Week 01: 01/30/12check mark

Subjects

  • Class introduction
  • Review of resolution, selections, & layers
  • Building a workspace
  • Non-destructive editing

Homework

  • Gather at least 10 high resolution images and textures that you think will make effective brushes

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CGVC 251 Animation I

CGVC 251 Spring 2012 Syllabus, PDF

Week 16: 05/15/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Last class!
  • Project 03: Flour Sack - due at the beginning of class for final critique
  • End of the semester for this class - enjoy your summer!

Week 15: 05/08/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Last regular class!
  • Project 03: Flour Sack - due by the beginning of our next class on Tuesday, May 15th (our last class)
  • Cameras, lights and multiplaning in AfterEffects

Homework

  • Finish your characters for presentation at the beginning of our next class

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Week 14: 05/01/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 03: Flour Sack - due by the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 15th (our last class)
  • Dividing and rigging characters in Flash

Homework

  • Work on your characters
  • Last regular class next week - Tuesday, May 8th!

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Week 13: 04/24/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 03: Flour Sack - due by the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 15th (our last class)
  • Dividing and rigging characters in AfterEffects

Homework

  • Work on fleshing out your characters in the machine and begin animating when ready

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Week 12: 04/17/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Quiz #2 - you may use your notes!
  • Project 03: Flour Sack - due by the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 15th
  • Review of characters that you've created and sketched
  • Basic frame-by-frame animation in Photoshop using video layers
  • Basic multiplaning

Homework

  • Begin sketches for your turnaround sheet

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Week 11: 04/10/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Quiz #2 next week - you may use your notes!
  • Project 03: Flour Sack - due by the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 15th
  • Review of characters that you've found
  • What makes a compelling character?
  • Creating a workable character for animation

Homework

  • Begin sketches for your turnaround sheet

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Week 10: 04/03/12 check mark

SPRING BREAK - we return to class on Tuesday, April 10th

Homework

  • 3 characters that you find compelling and write 3-5 sentences as to why

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Week 09: 03/27/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Spring break next week - we return to class on Tuesday, April 10th
  • Project 02: Station Identification - due by the end of class today!
  • Considering characters

Homework

  • Sketch ideas for simple characters - review when we come back

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Week 08: 03/20/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Quiz #1 - worth 50 points and you may use your notes!
  • Effects and presets
  • Project 02: Station Identification - due by the end of class on Tuesday, March 27th

Homework

  • Work on PR02

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Week 07: 03/13/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Mid-term review
  • Banner ad project removed; total semester now worth 700 possible points
  • Timing
  • Rendering
  • Project 02: Station Identification - due by the end of class on Tuesday, March 27th

Homework

  • Work on PR02
  • Quiz #1 next week - worth 50 points!

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Week 06: 03/06/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 01: Animated Patterns - due by the end of class today!!!
  • Project 02: Station Identification - due by the end of class on Tuesday, March 27th
  • The basics of precomposing and nesting

Homework

  • Work on PR02 storyboards

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Week 05: 02/28/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Masking and shape layers
  • Project 01: Animated Patterns - due by the end of class next week!!!

Homework

  • Work on PR01

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Week 04: 02/21/12 check mark

Subjects

  • AfterEffects T.R.A.P.S. property animation and rendering basics
  • Project 01: Animated Patterns - NEW DUE DATE : due by the end of class on Tuesday, March 6th!!!

Homework

  • Work on PR01

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Week 03: 02/14/12 check mark

Subjects

  • AfterEffects workspace, workflow, footage basics, and T.R.A.P.S. property animation
  • Ideas for Project 01: Animated Patterns - due by the end of class on 02/28/12

Homework

  • Begin work on PR01

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Week 02: 02/07/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Examples of animations that you found
  • Animation process and tools
  • Storyboarding
  • Storyboarding in-class assignment: due by the end of class either on the server or in-hand, worth 20 points
  • Project 01: Animated Patterns - due by the end of class on 02/28/12

Homework

  • Work on your storyboards for PR01

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Week 01: 01/31/12 check mark

Subjects

Homework

  • Bring in 1 example of animation or motion graphics work that you find compelling

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ARTS 170 Printmaking I

ARTS 170 Spring 2012 Syllabus, PDF

Week 16: 05/11/12

Subjects

  • Last class!
  • Your print folio is due at the beginning of class for final critique
  • End of the semester for this class - enjoy your summer!

Week 15: 05/11/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Last regular class!
  • Building your print folio for final submission - due at the beginning of our next class!

Homework

  • Finish gathering your prints for your final print folio that you'll submit next Friday!

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Week 14: 05/04/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 04: Monotype
  • Digital printmaking

Homework

  • Work on your PR04 monotypes
  • Start gathering your prints for your final print folio that you'll submit on Friday, May 18th
  • Last regular class next week - May 11th!

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Week 13: 04/27/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 04: Monotype

Homework

  • Work on your PR04 monotypes
  • Start gathering your prints for your final print folio that you'll submit on Friday, May 18th

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Week 12: 04/20/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 03: Stencil - print edition due by the end of class
  • Project 04: Monotype

Homework

  • Work on your PR04 monotype sketches

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Week 11: 04/13/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 03: Stencil - print edition due by the end of class on 4/20

Homework

  • Work on your PR03 stencils

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Week 10: 04/06/12 check mark

SPRING BREAK - we return to class on Friday, April 13th

Homework

  • Work on your PR03 stencils

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Week 09: 03/30/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Spring break next week - we return to class on Friday, April 13th
  • Project 03: Stencil - print edition due by the end of class on 4/20

Homework

  • Work on your PR03 stencils

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Week 08: 03/23/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 02: Etching - print edition (at least 1 edition of 5 prints) due by the end of class!
  • Project 03: Stencil - print edition due by the end of class on 4/20

Homework

  • Work on your PR03 sketches

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Week 07: 03/16/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 02: Etching - print edition (at least 1 edition of 5 prints) due by the end of class next week!

Homework

  • Work on your Plexiglas etchings

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Week 06: 03/09/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 02: Etching - print edition (at least 1 edition of 5 prints) due by the end of class on Friday, March 23rd
  • Etching basics

Homework

  • Work on your Plexiglas etchings

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Week 05: 03/02/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Project 01: Linoleum & Woodcut - print edition (at least 1 edition of 5 prints) due by the end of class today!!!
  • Etching basics

Homework

  • Work on sketches for your Plexiglas etchings

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Week 04: 02/24/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Linoleum and Woodcut studio
  • Project 01: Linoleum & Woodcut - print edition (at least 1 edition of 5 prints) due 03/02/12 by the end of class

Homework

  • Work on cutting, proofing and editioning your first prints

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Week 03: 02/17/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Linoleum and Woodcuts, part 2
  • Project 01: Linoleum & Woodcut - both prints due 03/02/12 by the end of class

Homework

  • Work on cutting and proofing for your first prints

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Week 02: 02/10/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Print shop basics
  • Linoleum cuts
  • Woodcuts
  • Project 01: Linoleum & Woodcut - both prints due 03/02/12 by the end of class

Homework

  • Begin transfers and cutting for first prints

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Week 01: 02/31/12 check mark

Subjects

  • Class introduction
  • Supply list
  • Printmaking history
  • Focus on wood/linocut

Homework

  • Purchase supplies
  • Begin sketches for first prints

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