DESN 219 - Asset Development and Multimedia Design

1. Operate media input devices.
2. Explain the differences between various graphic file formats, image resolution.
3. Develop computer-imaging skills.
4. Design functional multimedia projects for consumer, education, and information based markets.
5. Discuss the importance of research and collaborative design processes.
6. Analyze and optimize graphic files for multimedia delivery.
7. Discuss aesthetic concerns in image gathering and manipulation.
8. Visualize ideas by means of preliminary sketches in concept development.
9. Selection of appropriate software to build components for a multimedia presentation.
10. Design with regard to space and medium specifications.
11. Prepare computer files in a correct and practical manner to obtain appropriate output.
12. Projects emphasize an appreciation of and the practical use of typography.
13. Understanding of bit-map and object-oriented software.
14. Successfully sharpen images using unsharp masking methods.
15. Successfully color correct images using levels, curves and adjustment layers.
16. Successfully resize images using correct interpolation methods.

• Introduction to multimedia
• Presentation software
• Multimedia development techniques (animation, sound, video)
• Concept to final comprehensive layout
• Preparation and organization of computer files
• Preparation, incorporation and manipulation of images
• Digital color spaces as they relate to various output devices
• Raster imaging, basic concepts
• Vector and raster images
• Resolution basics
• Interpolation methods
• Resizing
• Importing and exporting images

 
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