sleduc on October 16th, 2009

 
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Creating the little icon seen by the web page address in the top corner of the web browser is easy with http://favicon.cc

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sleduc on October 16th, 2009

 
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How do you find media to use in presentations, web pages or other potentially public projects that don’t infringe on copyright?  Search for material with a Creative Commons license.
Another tip for cataloguing media is to name it with the following convention:

date
author
file name
EXAMPLE: 091016_scottleduc.org_fenderstrat.jpg

Organizing your media this way makes it easier to cite the work later [...]

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kwright on October 16th, 2009

You need to research the following things:
these are file types:
.jpg
.gif
.png
.bmp
.psd
.ai
you need to research each of these and report the following
1. What does it stand for
2. What is that file type good for
3. compare and contrast the first four (tell me how they are the same and how they are different.
you must print [...]

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sleduc on October 15th, 2009

Third Teams
Seating Assignments

TEAM
Exercises

May 26

1
7

Campbell
Manager

Salima
Hardware

Nnamdi
Software

2
6

Rohin
Manager

Greg
Hardware

Nate
Software

3
4

Jenny
Manager

Kari
Hardware

Josh
Software

4
3

Vivek
Manager

Allison
Hardware

Steve
Software

5
9

Court
Manager

Gaius
Hardware

Connor
Software

6
1

Jia
Manager

Lukas
Hardware

Mariko
Software

7
2

Hannah
Manager

Kevin
Hardware

Austin
Software

8
5

TaiSheng
Manager

Lucas
Hardware

Quinn
Software

9
8

Amy
Manager

Joey
Hardware

Liz
Software

Second Teams

TEAM
Line Follow

Jan. 21

1

Nnamdi
Manager

Dylan
Hardware

Vivek
Software

2

Rohin
Manager

Steve
Hardware

Court
Software

3

Salima
Manager

Connor
Hardware

Jia
Software

4

Nathan
Manager

Allison
Hardware

Austin
Software

5

Liz
Manager

Gaius
Hardware

Hannah
Software

6

Greg
Manager

Jenny
Software

Kevin
Hardware

7

Kari
Manager

Quinn
Hardware

Lucas
Software

8

Josh
Manager

Mariko
Hardware

Joey
Software

9

Campbell
Manager

Amy
Hardware

Taisheng
Software

First Teams

TEAM
Dragster
Turning & Tagging

Nov. 4
Nov. 20

1

Joey
Manager
Software

Giaus
Hardware
Hardware

Josh
Manager
Hardware

Dylan
Software
Manager

2

Kevin
Manager
Software

Vivek
Hardware
Manager

Taisheng
Software
Hardware

3

Jenny
Software
Manager

Mariko
Hardware
Software

Allison
Manager
Hardware

4

Kari
Software

Liz
Manager

Luke
Hardware

5

Hannah
Manager
Hardware

Campbell
Hardware
Software

Amy
Software
Manager

6

Austin
Manager
Pokemon Master

Connor
Software
Hardware

Nathan
Hardware
Manager

Jia
Manager
Software

7

Rohin
Hardware
Software

Salima
Manager
Hardware

Court
Software
Manager

8

Nnamdi
Software
Hardware

Quinn
Manager
Software

Steve
Hardware
Manager

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sleduc on October 15th, 2009

Quizlet.com HMTL Basics Flash Cards

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kwright on October 15th, 2009

For Today every student needs to do one more tutorial off of the link below (see entry below names “illustrator tutorials” ) Be prepared to show me which ones you have done
Some time BEFORE the end of the period you need to Print out your Personal logo and show it to me.
If you have [...]

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sleduc on October 14th, 2009

These are the basic html tags everyone should know
Here’s what it looks like on the page:
Header
Sub Header
Sub Sub Header
This is a paragraph.

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

W3Schools.com

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sleduc on October 12th, 2009

Combining two images and blending between the two can be done in a few steps with masks.

 
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sleduc on October 12th, 2009

Illustrator elements are Vector Graphics constructed of paths and fill areas.  The tools in Illustrator help us manipulate these elements.  Read more in the Illustrator help file.

Tools (Found under the Help Menu> Illustrator Help> Work Area> Tools)

Tools panel overview
Select a tool
Change tool pointers
Selection tool gallery
Drawing tool gallery
Type tool gallery
Painting tool gallery
Reshaping tool gallery
Symbolism tool gallery
Graph [...]

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sleduc on October 11th, 2009

Find a tutorial

Adobe Workshops
Adobe.com/support/illustrator
Illustrator Howto
www.ndesign-studio.com
www.adobeillustratortutorials.com
www.smashingmagazine.com
www.tutorialized.com
www.techtutorials.info
technotarget.com
www.tutoriallounge.com
www.layersmagazine.com
www.graphicmania.net
www.biorust.com

Follow the directions
Problem solve as needed
Write down questions for tomorrow
Save your work to share tomorrow
As you work on your tutorial,

examine

layers pallet,
filters menu and
other effects under the edit menu

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