The Annual Summer
English Camp in Taiwan

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Time: July (4 weeks) Location: Changhwa City, Taiwan Position: English Teacher Job Description: Teach elementary & high school students English and American Culture Number of Truman Students: 8 Event Description: The event is a collaborative effort of the faculty-lead China Summer Study abroad program of Truman State University and the Education Department of Changhwa, Taiwan […]

Study Abroad Fair for Summer 2013

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The Study Abroad Fair at SUB activities room will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. today. You are welcome if you have time. Truman State University Summer Programs

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 […]