Project-2 Student Work_A-201

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Project-2: Magnet Design_Selected Student Works (Art-201 / Fall 2012) Tori Allen | Hannah Savard | Katie Danforth | John Taszarek | Olivia Brady | Alexandria Petigna Ling-chuan Chen | Zhaoli Ge | Stella Yu | Samantha Adams Jeanette Dailey | Kelsey Schmidt | Sarah Moore Student Rating: 1st.: Sarah Moore’s Phoenix Magnet 2nd.: Zhaoli Ge’s […]

A-201 Demo: 3D Text

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In this demonstration, let’s take a look the 3D capabilities in Photoshop CS6 1. Open the “3d-text.psd” you created, and click layers to Convert to Smart Objects 2. 3D > New 3D Extrusion from Selected Layer 3. You may adjust the Extrusion Depth, and each axis (X, Y, and Z) • Checkout more tutorials about […]

A-201: Modifying Letterforms
in Photoshop CS6

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1. Cmd N to create a new file (11X5, Resolution: 300, BG: White) 2. Type OHIO by using Type Tool, (Window > Character: Arial 200 pt, yellow) 3. Choose Shape Tool (with Custom Shape Tool) 4. With selecting the custom shape tool, find a shape, drag the new shape above letter O 5. Cmd J […]

P1–Student Work_A-201 / Fall 2012

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Art-201 / Project-1_Selected Student Works Top Three – Student Rating: 1st.: Zhaoli Ge 2nd.: Jeeju Jung 3rd.: Ling-chuan Chen Online Presentation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_pxstudio/galleries/72157631562765341/with/7986559875/#photo_7986559875

Illustrating Words
in Photoshop CS6

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Today’s demonstrations: • How to combine type and shape (Photoshop) • How to insert pictures into type (Photoshop) • How to modify letterforms (Photoshop CS6 • How to drop a shadow for text (Photoshop) • How to add a stroke for text (Photoshop) • How to emboss the type (Photoshop) • How to apply an […]

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 […]

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/

Note to VisCom Students
and Print Monitors

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Make sure to prepare your printing files with PDF format as color printing to the Large Format Inkjet Printers is only done with PDF documents. If printing to sheet-fed printers, make sure the paper turned in to the Print Monitor matches the size of page set up in the PDF document. Check-list to students and […]