Study Abroad Trip to China
::: Summer 2013 :::

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A group photo in Forbidden City, Beijing. Eighteen Truman students, including seven art department students, joined Study Abroad trip to China in summer 2011. Study Abroad Trip to China – Summer 2013 – Detailed Itinerary: PDF | Word Truman’s Study Abroad Program would like to invite you to join the study abroad trip in China. […]

Content Strategy Within
The Design Process

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Content Strategy Within The Design Process – by Brad Shorr “Content strategy is an emerging field of practice encompassing every aspect of content, including its design, development, analysis, presentation, measurement, evaluation, production, management, and governance.” Read more …

The Creative Way To Maximize
Design Ideas With Type

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The Creative Way To Maximize Design Ideas With Type by Carolyn Knight, Jessica Glaser As with most designers, being sure that we explore and select the most successful, memorable and stimulating designs is a vital aspect that underpins every project we undertake. For us, the beginning of a new challenge has never been as simple […]

A-201 Prepress: Understanding Font

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• OpenType Font is a new standard font created by Adobe and Microsoft. It’s a truly cross platform font. ~.otf • TrueType (TT) Font is an outline font standard developed by Apple in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe’s Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. TrueType has become the most common format for […]

Nested Animation & Timeline
::: Flash CS6 :::

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Today’s Demonstrations: 1. Animating a Mask by Motion Tween 2. Animating a Mask by Shape Tween 3. Understanding the Blending Modes 4. Understanding the Bone Tool 5. Creating a Nested Animation • Reopen the “motion-path.fla”, and double click the first movie clip symbol in the library (let’s edit the symbol by working on the symbol’s […]

Blend Modes for Symbols – Flash CS6

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1. Convert the instance to a symbol (Movie Clip) 2. In the Properties panel, choose Display, then you will find the blending modes 3. Choose different blending modes to test For example: Screen makes object lighter, and Multiple makes the objects darker. Overlay is another main blending mode.

Creating a 3D Motion in Flash CS6

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3D Motion 1. Open the “3d-motion.fla” file 2. Drag the symbol instance onto the stage 3. Insert Motion Tween 4. Select the final frame, then Cmd T: Y=-45 5. Test your movie Exercise: A. Create your own 3D title in Photoshop or Illustrator B. Import it to Flash library C. Create a 3D motion in […]

A-201 EX: Creating Clipping Masks
& Duplicating a Shape
Using the Rotate Tool

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When working with images or other digital illustrations, Adobe Illustrator provides a quick way to create a mask. Select the image and aboved text, then Cmd 7. Exercise-1: Create an illustration based clipping mask in class. Please check your textbook at page 315 if you have further question after the classroom tutorial. You may use this […]

More Inspirations for Project-1_A-201

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http://qvectors.net http://www.computerarts.co.uk/gallery http://www.flickr.com/groups/pysanky/pool Let’s take a look how to wrap a graphic around a 3D object in Adobe Illustrator: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/layers-tv/episode-94/