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Introduction: What are the foundations of digital art and design? | |
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Operating Systems | |
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Downloading Work Files | |
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Using the e-book | |
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Creative Commons | |
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Bits, Pixels, Vectors, and Design (Adobe Illustrator) | |
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Introduction | |
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The Dot, the Path and the Pixel | |
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File Presets in Illustrator | |
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Shapes, Fills, and Strokes | |
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Figure and Ground with Repeated Dots | |
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Screencast: The Pattern Brush | |
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Grouping and Alignment | |
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A Figure and Ground or "On" and "Off" Study | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Drawing Expressive Lines | |
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Place and Lock an Image | |
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Understanding Layers | |
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Create Lines with the Pencil Tool | |
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Duplicate the Composition | |
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Add a Gradient Background | |
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Create Depth with Contrasting Values | |
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Screencast: Adding the "Swoosh" at the Horizon | |
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Master Files, Shared Files | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Modify Basic Shapes | |
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Create a Document with One Artboard | |
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Create Two Basic Shape Combinations | |
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Duplicate the Artboard and Unite the Paths | |
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Duplicate the Artboard and Modify the Shapes | |
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Screencast: Modify Paths with the Pen and Direct Selection Tools | |
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Reflect and Copy a Second Half onto the Profile Icon | |
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Brush Details into the Treetop | |
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Add a Background Color and Save a Multi-page PDF | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Digital Photography (Adobe Photoshop and Bridge) | |
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Introduction | |
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Creating and Organizing Digital Photographs (Your Camera, Bridge) | |
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Camera Mechanics: How does the camera create a photograph? | |
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Camera Settings | |
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Bracketing | |
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Before You Shoot… | |
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Rule of Thirds | |
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Bridge Workspaces | |
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Batch Rename | |
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Screencast: Renaming files in Bridge | |
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Labeling Files [x1] | |
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Generate a PDF to Showcase your Files | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Resolution and Value | |
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Redistribute Pixels for Print Resolution | |
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Resample Pixels for Screen Resolution | |
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Analyze a Photograph Using the Zone System | |
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Screencast: Use the Info Panel to Check Your Eye Against Image Data | |
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Modify the Tonal Range with a Levels Adjustment Layer | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Color Models | |
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Harmony in Rectangles | |
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Simultaneous Contrast in Circles | |
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Color Comparison | |
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Color Corrections | |
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Screencast: Apply Color to a Black and White Photograph | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Digital Manipulation and Free Fair Use (Photoshop) | |
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Introduction | |
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Repairs and Hoaxes | |
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Remove Dust and Heal JFK's Blemishes | |
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JFK's Eyes: Tonal Repairs with Dodge and Burn | |
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Screencast: Adding and Deleting within Selections | |
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Lessening Wrinkles | |
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It's a Hoax! Adding an Extra Mummy Finger | |
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Soften Cloned Edges | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Select, Copy, Paste, Collage | |
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Set Up the Collage Workspace | |
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Trace an Image Contour with the Pen Tool | |
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Modify Paths | |
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Convert a Path to a Selection to a Layer Mask | |
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Scale, Adjust, Organize | |
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Copy a Layer to an Open Document | |
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The "Magic" of the Magic Wand | |
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Select, Copy, Paste, Repeat | |
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Screencast: Duplicate, Transform, Burn, Organize, and Adjust-Ants in the Hand | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Blended Realities | |
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Articulate the Design Challenge | |
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Combine Vector Shapes in Photoshop | |
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Layer Effects | |
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Add a Vector Mask | |
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Create a Button | |
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Screencast and | |
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Complete Layer Groups "Step 2" and "Step 3" | |
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Gradients and Layer Masks | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Typography (Illustrator and InDesign) | |
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Introduction | |
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Type and Image (Illustrator) | |
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Define a Color Mode | |
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Place and Relink an Image | |
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Add a Textbox | |
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Resize and Kern Display Type | |
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Replace Type with an Image | |
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Add Vector Shapes to Frame the Composition | |
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Final Adjustments | |
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Screencast: "Hiding" Page Elements with a White Shape or a Clipping Mask | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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The Grid (Illustrator) | |
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Alternative Paper Sizes | |
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Guides and the Grid | |
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Create Your Own "Virtual Leading" Placeholders | |
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Link Text Boxes | |
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Place Another Guide on the Grid | |
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Screencast: Using the Grid | |
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Use the Grid | |
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Save a PDF with Trim Marks | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Continuity (InDesign) | |
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Create a New InDesign Document for Sharing on the Web | |
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Establish Guides on A-Master | |
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Place Images | |
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Add Text Frames | |
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Color and a Drop Shadow on A-Master | |
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Paragraph Styles | |
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Screencast: Prepare a File, Relink Images, Out of Gamut Colors, and Preparing the First and Last Pages | |
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Final Adjustments and Export to PDF | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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The Web (Photoshop and Dreamweaver) | |
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Introduction | |
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Graphics on the Web (Photoshop and Dreamweaver) | |
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Organize Your Files | |
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Understand a Photoshop Template File | |
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Save a JPG File for the Web | |
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Save a PNG File for the Web | |
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Screencast: Animating a GIF | |
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Insert an Image to the HTML Code in Dreamweaver | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Know the Code (Dreamweaver) | |
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Analyze HTML in Dreamweaver | |
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Modify HTML Content | |
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Link the CSS File to the HTML Document | |
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Analyze CSS in Dreamweaver | |
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Swap a Background Image in CSS | |
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Create and Link to a New HTML Page | |
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Screencast: Modify CSS Code Using Dreamweaver Panels | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Remix the Web (Adobe Creative Suite) | |
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Map Mashups | |
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Vidding | |
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Screencast: The YouTube Video Editor | |
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Machinima and Gaming | |
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Social Media Remix | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Effective Work Habits (Photoshop, Bridge, and InDesign) | |
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Introduction | |
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Screencast: A Review of the Pen Tool, Layer Masks, and Adjustment Layers | |
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Create an Action | |
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Play an Action | |
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Batch Rename Revisited | |
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Float Files in Windows | |
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Non-programmable Modifications | |
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Watch the Sequence Play in Bridge | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Pagination and Printing (InDesign) | |
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Revisit the Actions Panel | |
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Apply a Batch Action from Bridge | |
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Two Options for Printing and Binding | |
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Single Pages and Easy Binding | |
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Screencast: Creating a Mockup | |
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Paginating Facing Pages for a Saddle Stitch Binding | |
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Lab Challenge | |
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Revision Practices in Media Art and Design | |
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Interviews with or essay contributions by Pencilbox Studios, riCardo Crespo, Michael Demers, The League of Imaginary Scientists, and Jovenville | |
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Image Permissions | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |