Computer Graphic Design

COMPUTER GRAPHIC DESIGN 1-2: FINAL EXAM – SPRING 2024

Objective:

  • I can demonstrate my understanding of Graphic Design Principles and Adobe software basics through a summative exam.

Links:

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/

Topics Discussed:

  • Computer Graphic Design
  • Principles of Design
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Animate

Assignment:

  1. Click the Google Classroom link and log in with your Haydenmagnet.org email address.
  2. Click on the Google Form at the bottom of the most recent Assignment Post titled “CGD1-2 – Final Exam Spring 2024″.
  3. This exam is primarily multiple choice, with dropdown selections. Please read and follow the instructions in each section of the exam.
  4. This is a comprehensive exam, covering the Principles of Design, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Animate.
  5. This exam is an “open resource” exam, meaning you may use any materials accessible on your computer. This includes any websites, past assignments, completed projects, installed applications, or notes you may have taken. You may not use any printed notes.
  6. You may not collaborate with your classmates. Please remain silent until everyone has completed the exam.
  7. You have fifty minutes to complete the test. You must submit your test answers before the end of the class period.
  8. If you still need time to work on your Final Pac-Man Animation, you may do so until the end of the class period, and after school today.
  9. Graduating Seniors: Congratulations, and good luck in your future pursuits! I know the skills you have acquired in this class serve you well, no matter what the path ahead holds for you. Don’t forget to use your C.R.A.P. in whatever you create, and may your results never look like actual crap.
  10. Returning Students: See you next week, where we will watch all your animations together in a Computer Graphic Design Film Festival!

Congratulations on completing Computer Graphic Design 1-2, and thanks for all your hard work this semester! I know with a certainty the design skills and knowledge you have acquired in this class will help you with your continued studies, especially in Mrs. Delgado’s Advanced Media Imaging and Multimedia classes, or in any classes you take in college or career you choose to pursue.

No matter what you do, or where you go, good design and good visual communication skills will make everything you create easier to read and nicer to look at.

Keep moving forward with your studies of visual communication and graphic design, and keep helping to make the world a more beautiful place!

Posted: May 17th, 2024

Computer Graphic Design

Adobe Animate – Final “Pac-Man” Animation – Spring 2024

Objective:

  •  I can use Adobe Animate to produce a complete HTML5 animation that tells a story featuring Pac-Man.

Links:

Topics Discussed:

  • For a complete list of Topics Discussed, please see the previous lessons.

Assignment:

  • First, create a new HD 1280 x 720 HTML5 animation document running at 30fps.
  • Use File -> Import -> Import to Stage or the “Pin Library” techniques demonstrated in class to move the “Pac-Man” graphic symbol, and any other symbols that you wish to use in your animation to your new document.
  • Using the Adobe Animate CC techniques studied in class, your task is to design an HTML5 animation using motion  tweens and embedded animation to have Pac-Man “wocka” as he moves onto the stage, performs some action, then leaves the stage. Take a look at the Pac-Man Intermissions YouTube video above for inspiration!
  • Your animation must be a minimum of 8 seconds long, without titles. (That’s at least 240 frames at 30fps!)
  • Your animation should have a basic story that should be obvious to the viewer. What kind of story can you tell with Pac-Man? What other characters will you need to add to tell your story? Will you need to use text or word bubbles to create dialogue? Remember that Pac-Man must enter the stage, perform his action, then leave the stage. Depending on the story you want to tell, 8 seconds may not be enough!
  • Your animation should have at least one original background. You may use a background that you produced on your own, or you may use an original photograph (one you took on your own). You may not use any photographs downloaded from the internet. Alternately, you may draw your own background in Illustrator, Animate, or Photoshop.
  • Your animation should have an audio soundtrack. I will provide music clips to use, but you may import music that you have available as long as you use less than 8 seconds of music. You may create sounds using Garageband if you have experience with this software.
  • You may only use images and text that you have created yourself. This includes artwork, photographs and animations. You may, however, use downloaded audio under fair use guidelines if the clip you place is shorter than 8 seconds. Anything else that you did not create yourself may not be used.
  • When your animation is complete, save it as “YOUR NAME – Final Animation.fla”.
  • Turn the finished .fla Animation file  to the Google Classroom “Final Animation” assignment post by end of day on Friday, May 17th.
  • Everyone will be taking a multiple-choice final exam on Friday, May 17th. Students who complete the exam early may use the remaining time to turn in their Final Animation, if necessary.
  • All completed movies will be viewed at an in-class film presentation on May 20th.
  • You must have an 8-second movie to present by end of day on Friday, May 17th, bearing in mind that Monday the 20th is a half-day where we will be watching the finished products together. Failure to have a movie to present on the half-day Presentation Day will result in an “zero” on your final project grade.

Do your best, and good luck!

Assigned: May 10th, 2024
Due Date: May 17th, 2024

It’s super effective!