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Assignments

Suggested Readings and Materials

Design & Multimedia

Photoshop Tutorials

• What is Photoshop CS5?
• Switching and Saving Workspaces 
• Straightening an Image 
• Correcting Perspective with Crop tool
• Using the Marguee and Lasso tools
• Intro to Adjustment Layers
• Non-Destructive Transformations
• Warping Images
• Making Raw Images Great
• Using the Mixer Brush
• Working with Bristle Brush Tips
• Using Improved Selecting and Masking
• Creating Enhanced HDR Images with HDR Pro
• Using Faux HDR Toning
• Creating a Surreal HDR Look & Removing "Ghosts"
• Favorite Feature in Photoshop CS5
• Retouching Images with Puppet Warp
• Automatically Correcting Lens Defects
• Content Aware Filling and Healing
• Refining Selection Edges
• Choosing Colors Precisely with Eye-Dropper
• Tablet Techniques for the Mixer Brush
• Painting in the Fourth Dimension with the History Brush
• Arranging Layers
• Creating a Panorama
• Creatively Mixing Layers with Blend Modes
• Tinting a Photo
• Saturating Selectively
• Creative Sepia Tones
• In-Depth HDR Pro
• Recovering Detail in Raw Images
• Focusing the Eye with Lens-Blur
• Photo Effects
• Fine-Tuning Filters
• Automating Tasks with Actions

Illustrator Tutorials

• What is Illustrator CS5?
• Using Rules and Guides
• Using the Basic Selection Tools
• Selecting Artwork
• Creating Files for Print
• The Importance of Modifier Keys
• Using the Blob Brush and Eraser
• Creating Pixel-Aligned Web Graphics
• Using the New Artboards Panel
• Using the Shape Builder tool
• Using Drawing Modes
• Working with Symbols
• 9 Slice Scaling with Symbols
• Defining Perspective Grids
• Drawing Artwork in Perspective
• Mapping flat Artwork to a Perspective Grid
• Using Variable-Width Strokes
• Creating Corner-Aligned Dashed lines
• Using Enhanced Art and Pattern Brushes
• Using Variable-Width Profiles
• Using Integration with Device Central

Additional Tutorials and Links

Basic Design Principles

Flash & Actionscript

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