Tulane Digital Media Schedule
| January | ||
| Weds 26 | Welcome to the lab, Instructor’s work, Go over syllabus The Computer As an Imaging Tool: Basics Hardware, Software, RAM Memory, Storage Media, Other Media; Getting Around The Desktop, Mac And PC , Saving Your Files And Disk Formatting For Use Cross-Platform, Quirks Of This Lab Introduction to Photoshop, tools & options, menus, zoom & pan, undo & history. Bitmaps and resolution | Assign Project 1: bring 6 objects to next class. Read about Bitmaps and resolution, Elements and principles of design |
| Mon 31 | scanning, digital camera, basic image correction (levels, color, sponge, healing), selections. Layers-opacity and blending modes | bring 6 objects to class to image |
| February | ||
| Weds 2 | Layer masks, clipping layers, adjustment layers, | |
| Mon 7 | output to the web (behance) resolution again?!? | |
| Weds 9 | Output: File size and formats, Image Compression, papers and printing | |
| Mon 14 | Critique of first project | |
| Weds 16 | Introduction to Illustrator, vectors, strokes & fills, importing/tracing, layers, objects, groups, & layers | Assign Project 2. Bring logo examples next class |
| Mon 21 | Discuss logos. working with paths, text, pathfinders | |
| Weds 23 | Logos due | |
| Mon 28 | MARDI GRAS Break | |
| March | ||
| Weds 2 | NO CLASS | |
| Mon 7 | masks in illustrator | |
| Weds 9 | printing large format color prints, outputting images for the web | |
| Mon 14 | Critique of second project | Assign Project 3 |
| Weds 16 | After Effects | storyboards due for video project, |
| Mon 21 | ||
| Weds 23 | ||
| Mon 28 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Weds 30 | SPRING BREAK | |
| April | ||
| Mon 4 | ||
| Weds 6 | ||
| Mon 11 | Critique of third project | Assign Project 4 |
| Weds 13 | Introduction to Unity and realtime 3d | |
| Mon 18 | ||
| Weds 20 | ||
| Mon 25 | ||
| Weds 27 | ||
| May | ||
| Mon 2 | output, | |
| Weds 4 | Final Project Due – FINAL PROJECT CRITIQUES |