Welcome!

Hello and Welcome to the Art213 Intro to Digital Media blog. This blog contains up-to-date information on the class, assignments & projects. There are also important links from this blog to other class resources. This blog is the hub of the class don't forget to check if frequently. I usually updated the blog within 24 hours of class.

The Teaching Assistant for this class is Ashley Rombough.

Part of your first assignment is to bring your laptop to class and show me the bookmark to this site.


The Intro to digital media class is an overview of Print based media, Time based media and Interactive Media. These areas of media are explored through the use of Adobe Creative Suite 4 which includes Photosop, ImageReady, Final Cut Express, & Dreamweaver as well as a hand full of useful shareware and web applications(YouTube, Flickr, Picnik & Blogs).

We will investigate the mechanics of creating Digital Media as well as consider the roll of media within American society and it's potential to alter perception. We will also look to create a definition for 'Digital Art' as a new medium within the art world.

* This class has a $100 Lab fee & you will need a 1 GB thumbdrive.



Awareness Test

Class Final!

Class Final

Wed Dec 16th 12-3pm in the Digital Lab (your Presence is required)



Hours I will be at the lab to Help Students

Thursday 12-1:30pm
Friday 11-1pm
Monday 11-1pm


You need to have all your web files up online by the beginning of the Class Final

In Class Mon Dec 7th

Work on web project!

Work on web project!

Work on web project!

Work on web project!

Work on web project!

Work on web project!

I will give individual help in class.

In Class Wed Dec 2nd

Introduction to Dreamweaver

-Whats Where

the Order of Dreamweaver
- Make a folder on your desktop with your name all in Caps.
ex. - JOEVONSTENGEL as my folder name

- Open Dreamweaver

- Make a new site and hook up the folder with your name to it

- Open your HTML files from Image in Dreamweaver one at a Time

- Change your 'Background Color'

- Change your 'Title'

- 'Center' your image

- Make your 'Links'

- Save your page in your folder with your name.

In class Mon Nov 30th

Introduction to the web 2

HTML

The order of Image Ready
1- Layout your Page
2- Optimize
3- Slice
4- Roll Overs
5- Save Optimized As in your web folder on your desktop (you need to create this folder)



* things to keep in mind Web page sizes
- the web is measured in Pixels
- the 'Resolution' of images on the web is 72dpi
- the Average MAX size of your web pages should be smaller then 960x620
--- check out popular screen resolutions on Sitemeter

In Class Mon Nov 23rd

Introduction to the web

Web page sizes
- the web is measured in Pixels
- the 'Resolution' of images on the web is 72dpi
- the Average MAX size of your web pages should be smaller then 960x620
--- check out popular screen resolutions on Sitemeter

Internet Lingo
the language of the Internet

HTML

Image Ready
Whats Where:
- Tool Bar
- Options Window
- Layers
- Optimize


The order of Image Ready
1- Layout your Page
2- Optimize
3- Slice
4- Roll Overs
5- Save Optimized As in your web folder on your desktop (you need to create this folder)

In Class Wed Nov 18th

Introduction to the Internet
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Internet (Framework for Interconnections)
- Peer to Peer
- Ftp
- Instant Messaging
- Emil
- Online Gaming
- World Wide Web
-Websites
--- Flash
--- HTML
-- Web 2.0
'interpersonal computing', 'web services' and 'software as a service' (SaaS) as the the three key aspects of Web 2.0. they appear on the web as:
--- Blogs (Personal Broadcasting)
--- Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket (Image Storage & Presentation)
--- Picknik, Sumopaint, PicJuice (Image editing)
--- Youtube, Hulu, Sidereel (video)
--- Podcasting, Pandora, Musicovery, Amie Street (music/audio)
--- Internet Archive, CCMixter (Creative Commons Licensed Media Content)
--- Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Linkedin, Twitter (Social Networking)
--- Delicious (links)
--- Bloglines (RSS Feeds)
--- Digg, Stumble, Technorati, PopUrls (Aggregators)


How Does the web work?

Net Neutrality
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Project 5 Assigned


Review Stopmotion Animation Films (Project 4)


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In Class Nov 16th

WORK on Project



Project 4 Due at the end of Class!!!