Wednesday, November 8th
November 7, 2017 7:33 PM
Excel Quiz #2
Today is the last day for Excel makeup work.Monday you will be working on Criterion D in class so come prepared.
Optimizing Graphics in Fireworks
dpi, RGB, 8 bit color = ? > bitmapped image > vector graphics > SVG
Complete Macromedia Fireworks part 1 - books are at the front of the room and the files needed can be found in the ITGS Assignments folder in the Macromedia Fireworks MX2004 folder and in chapter 1 & 2.
Complete Fireworks Part 2 - books are at the front of the room and the files needed can be found in the ITGS Assignments folder in the Macromedia Fireworks MX2004 folder and in chapter 1 & 2.
Macromedia Fireworks - Color Replace Tool, Selection Tools
Complete Trolley Car exercise - show me your completed image.Complete VegeHead Exercise - this exercise is a review of the tools you have learned in the previous Fireworks exercises.
Introduction to Layers and Masks in Photoshop
Homework
Have a nice holiday.
Monday you will be working on Criterion D in class so come prepared.
Continue work on Criterion D - on Monday you will have time in class to work on criterion D and C so come prepared to work on your project in class that day. Be ready to show me your progress on Criterion D Wednesday.
What
3.6 Multimedia/digital media - page 32
Introduction
Multimedia/digital media involves the use and integration of media (for example, text, images and graphic
elements, animation, sound and music, and video) to create digital products that are available online orIT concepts to address in this topic
Theoretical concepts
• Design guidelines for creating multimedia/digital media
• Design methods: for example, site map, storyboard
Data collection
• Primary and secondary data
• Multimedia file formats: for example, text formats, audio formats, video formats, presentation formats, image/graphics formats
• Policies, copyright, citing sources, Creative Commons, licensing and watermarking
• Digital rights management (DRM)
Product development
• Folder and file management: importance of file and folder naming, appropriate folder structures
• Tutorials: for example, help pages, online manuals
• Templates and wizards, online and provided with software
• Importing and exporting data
• Integrating software applications and online tools: for example, embedded videos, web-based
database
Components
Text
• Text-processing software
• Formatting: for example, page layout, fonts, headers and footers
• File formats: for example, PDF, RTF, TXT
• Typography
Graphics, images and animations
• Software types: for example, albums, animated, 3D, bitmapped, vector, photo editing, photo casting, simulation
• Bit depth, colour depth (grayscale, shades of gray, millions of colours)
• Layers, grouping, divisions, alignment
• Resolution, pixels, dots per inch (dpi)
• File formats: for example, JPG, GIF, TIF
• Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Audio
• Audio-editing software, podcasts
• Digital audio: for example, MIDI (musical instrument digital interface), MP3 (MPEG-1 audio layer 3), MP4
(MPEG-4 part 14), WAV (waveform audio format)
• File formats: for example, MP3, MP4, WAV
Video
• Video-editing software, vidcasts and special effects (for example, morphing, transitions)
• Digital video: for example, AVI (audio video interleave), MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group), video
CODECs (coder-decoders)
• File formats: for example, AVI, MOV
Integrating the components
• Software types to house and display the multimedia components: for example, word processing,
desktop publishing, presentations, web pages
Generic techniques
• Differences in files (for example, graphics, images, audio, video) for print and online versions
• Inserting and manipulating objects (graphics, sound or video files)
• Tables: cell merge, borders, cell padding, cell spacing, nested tables
• Layers
• Links: relative and absolute, internal and external, for example, anchors, pop-ups
Syllabus content
34 Information technology in a global society guide
Word processing and desktop publishing (DTP)
• Referencing and reviewing: for example, spellchecker, thesaurus, outliners, word count
• Inline and floating graphics
Interactive multimedia, slideshows and websites
• Applications and online tools used for creating and making available interactive multimedia, games,
presentations, slideshows and websites
• Use of scripting in creating web pages (for example, HTML, JavaScript, URL links to online media)
• Integration of online tools
Why
Understanding when and how to use appropriate multimedia authoring tools to solve problems is a valuable skill.
How
By completing the excel exercises 1-5.