ARTD 2315 and DMST 2000, T/TH 08:00 am - 10:50 am

Instructor: Rafael Fajardo

Course Blog: Intro to eMAD Tumblog

resources


Tutorials

Students are not required to purchase a subscription to Lynda.com. We have found much of the same content provided by Adobe for free.
In lieu of a text book requirement, students should join the Colorado Chapter of the AIGA. Student membership is $75.00 and gives several benefits. This is part of the profile of a professional designer.

http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-illustrator-cs4/
introducing-illustrator-cs4/
getting-started-01-starting-a-new-document
getting-started-02-brushes-and-blobs
getting-started-03-working-with-text
getting-started-04-point-and-path-text
getting-started-05-filling-and-stroking
getting-started-06-scaling-and-rotating
getting-started-07-reshaping-a-path-outline
getting-started-08-using-control-handles

Illustrator pen tool cheat sheet

http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cs4/
introducing-photoshop-cs4
getting-started-01-getting-photos-from-a-camera
getting-started-02-brightness-and-contrast
getting-started-03-retouching-blemishes
getting-started-04-selecting-portions-of-an-image
getting-started-05-working-with-layers
getting-started-06-adjusting-colors
getting-started-07-developing-raw-photographs
getting-started-08-cropping-an-image
getting-started-09-resizing-an-image
getting-started-10-sharpening-the-details/
getting-started-11-saving-and-file-formats

using-advanced-compositing
working-with-masks

http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-dreamweaver-cs4/
introducing-dreamweaver-cs4
getting-started-01-what-is-dreamweaver
getting-started-02-defining-sites
getting-started-03-rapidly-building-layouts
getting-started-04-adding-text-and-images
getting-started-05-styling-text
getting-started-06-dreamweaver-integration
getting-started-07-adding-multimedia
getting-started-08-managing-and-uploading-sites
defining-a-site
styling-text-in-the-css-property-inspector
working-with-photoshop-and-dreamweaver
working-with-related-documents

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs4/
introducing-flash-cs4-professional
exporting-Illustrator-artboards-to-flash
getting-started-01-understanding-flash
getting-started-02-understanding-flash-file-types
getting-started-03-exploring-the-flash-interface
getting-started-04-setting-up-workspaces
getting-started-05-using-the-drawing-tools
getting-started-06-object-and-merge-drawing
getting-started-07-understanding-symbols
getting-started-08-working-with-bitmap-graphics
getting-started-09-working-with-sound
getting-started-10-working-with-video
getting-started-11-understanding-tweens
getting-started-12-creating-shape-tweens
getting-started-13-creating-motion-tweens
getting-started-14-using-the-motion-editor
getting-started-15-working-with-motion-presets
getting-started-16-animating-bones
getting-started-17-actionscript-3.0
getting-started-18-building-an-application
getting-started-19-creating-a-flash-web-movie

http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-indesign-cs4/
introducing-indesign-cs4
getting-started-01-starting-a-new-document
getting-started-02-making-a-text-frame
getting-started-03-characterlevel-formatting
getting-started-04-paragraphlevel-formatting
getting-started-05-making-a-paragraph-style
getting-started-06-placing-and-flowing-text
getting-started-07-placing-an-image
getting-started-08-wrapping-text-around-a-graphic
using-the-links-panel

Scratch at MIT
Scratch programming reference guide for v 1.4

 

This course takes place at the University of Denver 2010. All curriculum materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Course materials by Molly Fredericks, Josh Fishburn, and Rafael Fajardo. This course is based on one originally titled "Intro to Visual Meaning" with materials developed in whole or in part by Rafael Fajardo, Angela Forster, Cynthea Fiss, and Manya Tan.

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