Course Outline Date
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| Date | Skill | Design Principles | Readings/Handouts | Assignment Due |
| Aug. 29 | Review Syllabus, Schedule, Introductions, Survey, Intro. to Mac |
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| Aug. 31 | History and background - graphic design | History of Graphic Design - 1945 - Present From Pencils to Pixels, Baron | What is Design? | |
| Sept. 5 | Labor Day No Class |
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| Sept. 7 | Using Adobe Photoshop Photoshop palettes and tools Resolution and Sizing, Cropping Color and Swatches | Intro. to Design, Audience
| Basics of Design- Chapter 1 Photoshop Lesson 1-2 |
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| Sept. 12 | Photoshop, continued Working with Photos Basic Photo Correction Working with graphics Using Layers and Selections | Emphasis, Contrast, Balance
| Basics of Design - Chapters 2-4 Photoshop Lesson 3-5 | |
Sept. 14 | Photoshop, continued Masks and Channels Retouching and Painting | Alignment & Repetition | Basics of Design - Chapters 5-6 Photoshop Lesson 6 - 8 | |
| Sept. 19 | Photoshop, continued Working with color, type, shapes Pen tool and paths Clipping paths Filters
| Flow, Images, and Color
| Basics of Design - Chapters 7-9 Photoshop Lesson 9 - 11 |
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| Sept. 26 | Photoshop Wrap Up
| Printing and Color Management |
| Quiz 1 |
| Sept. 28 | Adobe Illustrator Tools, Selections, Shapes Drawing and Painting Transparency and Blending | Typography - typefaces, styles and families, spacing and alignment, type combinations | Basics of Design - Chapters 10 and 11 |
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| Oct. 3 | Adobe Illustrator Layers and Objects Working with Type | Logoes and Identity |
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| Oct. 5 |
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| Illustrator Project - Make a logo | |
| Oct. 10 | Using InDesign Tools and Features | Types of Design Projects
| Basics of Design - Chapter 12 InDesign Lessons 1-2 |
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| Oct. 12 | InDesign Working with text, typography, character and paragraph formats, threading |
| InDesign Lessons 3-5 |
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Oct. 17 | InDesign Working with color, lines, and shapes Master pages and stylesheets
| Intro. to layout | InDesign Lessons 6-7 |
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| Oct. 19 | InDesign Creating Tables Infographics |
| InDesign Lesson 8 |
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| Oct. 24 | InDesign Drawing graphics | Presentation process - mounting | InDesign Lessons 9-10 |
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| Oct. 26 | InDesign Color Management |
| InDesign Lessons 12-15 |
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| Oct. 31 |
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| InDesign Project I - personal identity campaign due before class Quiz 2 |
| Nov. 2 | Work on Projects | Magazine - covers, spreads, toc |
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| Nov. 7 | Work on Projects | Infographics
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| Nov. 9 | Work on Projects |
Newspaper-story and page design;front page |
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| Nov. 14 | Work on Projects |
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| Nov. 16 | Work on Projects |
| InDesign Project II - layout project | |
| Nov. 21 | Guest Speaker - tentative Kris Pauls - designer - Dana Publishing Web Graphics-Photoshop/Illustrator |
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Nov. 23 |
Optional Class Day Thanksgiving |
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| Nov. 28 |
Web Graphics-Dreamweaver |
Designing
for the Web Basic layout; navigation Print vs. Web |
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| Nov. 30 |
Web Graphics-Dreamweaver |
Designing an online portfolio |
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Dec. 5 |
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Dec. 7 |
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| Web Project - online portfolio |