A-201 Exercise: Tracing art works
with the Pen Tool_FA’12

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Let’s explore the Pen Tool in our first exercise. First of all, let’s get started with following activities A. Drawing straight lines B. Drawing curves C. Converting corners and curves D. Getting familiar with Pen tool, Exercise: Tracing art works with the Pen Tool family • Pen tool (P) • Add Anchor Point Tool (+) […]

A-201 Demos: Understanding Illustrator CS6 and Related File Formats

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Demo-1: Understanding Illustrator’s Control Panel: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs6/understanding-the-control-panel/ Demo-2: Understanding Illustrator File Formats: • ~.ai Adobe Illustrator File (when double click, opens the file by Adobe Illustrator • ~.eps (Adobe Illustrator EPS File): The EPS file type is primarily associated with ‘Encapsulated PostScript’. There are two distinct types of .EPs files, one of which is a vector based […]

Adobe Flash CS6 – Get Started

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1. Creating a correct document type (ActionScript 3.0 only target Flash Player 9.0 or higher) 2. Getting to know Flash Interface 3. Working with panels and workplaces 4. Adjusting document setting 5. Navigating in the library 6. Importing files 7. Organizing layers 8. Understanding timeline and frame rate (see today’s handout) 9. Adding frames and […]

Adobe Flash Pro CS6
Keyboard Shortcuts

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Cmd A: Select All Cmd + Shift + A: Deselect All Cmd N: New Cmd B: Break Apart Cmd G: Group Cmd J: Document Setting Cmd K: Align Cmd T: Transform Cmd W: Close Cmd T + Opt: Timeline F5: Insert Frame Shift F5: Remove Frame F6: Convert to Keyframe Shift F6: Clear Keyframe F7: […]

A-341_Project-1: Illustration & Animation
A-341_Project-2: Type In Motion

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Project-1: Illustration & Animation (30 seconds flash animation) Project-1 Sample: Illustration & Animation Project Size: 640 X 480 Date Range: August 27 – September 24, 2012 Due Day: September 24, 2012 Project-2: Type In Motion (30 seconds kinetic typography movie) Project-2 Sample-A: Type in MotionProject-2 Sample-B: Word As Image Project Size: 550 X 400 Date […]

Course Guide_A-341 Motion Graphics | Fall 2012

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Art-341 – MOTION GRAPHICS course is a three credit hours studio class. The course will be focused on Flash animation and After Effects motion graphics. Course Objectives: The Motion Graphics course is designed to introduce students to the design of Flash animation for the web environment, and industry standard motion graphics. The core of the […]

How to Clean Nozzles/printheads

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Epson-7900 Nozzle Cleaning: Application > Utilities > 1. Launch Epson Utility 2. Click Epson 7900 3. Click Nozzle Check On Epson-7900 Printer: • Press Menu > Maintenance > Cleaning > Normal Cleaning > Cleaning Color Pairs clean printheads individually. It wastes less ink. > Power Cleaning is a full printhead cleaning. It takes more time, […]

Lab Monitor’s Responsibilities
and Expectations_Fall 2012

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ATTENTION TO ALL LAB MONITORS: The lab monitor meeting will be held at OP-1220, August 26, 4:30 p.m. Please show up to the meeting ON TIME if you are interested in getting the position. The lab monitor position is a service provided to all Art and Viscom majors. Without this service, the labs will not […]

Print Monitor Responsibilities_Fall 2012

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Room Access OP1222 – Print Monitor Room Print Monitors – Large Format Inkjet Color Printing PRINTERS: HP130 – 24 inches max width – EPSON and plain paper – sheet-fed EPSON 4880 – 17 inches max width – EPSON paper only – sheet-fed EPSON 7900 – 24 inches max width – EPSON roll paper – LEAVE […]

A-201_Preferred Hardware

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Truman Art Department computer labs (OP 1210 & OP1224) have equipped 40 brand new iMac computers. However, if you are a visual communication major, a MacBook Pro laptop, or an iMac, with the following specifications is preferred: 15″ MacBook Pro – 2.6GHz 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 (quad-core) with Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz 4GB DDR3 […]