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Digital Foundations A Basic Course in Media Design

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ISBN-10: 0321555988

ISBN-13: 9780321555984

Edition: 2009

Authors: Michael Mandiberg, Xtine Burrough, xtine burrough

List price: $54.99
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Whether a student is in a formal classroom setting or learns informally from a book, all students of digital design and production must learn the basic principles of design and how to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that illuminate software for the trade and academic markets. The design examples presented in most software books are repetitive afterthoughts. Consequently, the design software training exercise is a lost opportunity where, instead, design could be taught by practice. Digital Foundations will reinvigorate the software demo by integrating formal exercises of the Bauhaus "basic course" into tutorials that focus on core software…    
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Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Publication date: 12/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

xtine burrough �is a�media artist, educator, and co-author of� Digital Foundations (New Riders/AIGA 2009). Informed by the history of conceptual art, she uses social networking, databases, search engines, blogs, and applications in combination with popular sites like Facebook, YouTube, or Mechanical Turk, to create web communities that promote interpretation and autonomy. xtine believes art shapes social experiences by mediating consumer culture with rebellious practices. As an educator, she bridges the gap between histories, theories, and production in design and new media education. Her work is archived at www.missconceptions.net.

Introduction
The Metaphor of Using Graphics Applications
Searching and Sampling - Becoming an Expert Web User Illustrator
Color Theory and Basic Shapes
Using the Grid
Symmetry
Flat Graphics and Line Ar?
PhotoShop
Scanning and Digital Cameras
Tonal Scale
Layering and Collage
Typography
Getting It Out: Digital Output for web
Non -Destructive Editing InDesign
Creating Unity within a System
Creating Tension within a System Dreamweaver
Hello World
Files and Servers
Hyperlink?
Flash
Elements of Motion
Pacing
Commanding the Timeline: ActionScript