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Home | Spring 2002 | Basic Imaging techniques with Adobe PhotoShop 6.0
 

 

Creating Web Graphics with Adobe Photoshop 6.0

1 pixel Learn basic design techniques for Web graphics: animation, compression and color management. Learn how to preserve image quality without sacrificing file loading speed. Hands-on activities.

Wednesday, 1-30-2002; 3pm-5pm; FDI Classroom 3060 Torgersen; (Windows )

Monday, 2-4-2002; 10am-12pm; New Media Center, 1120 Torgersen; (Macintosh)

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Prerequisite: none; Skill level: beginner

Presenter: Robert Sebek

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Workshop Assumptions:
  • Participants will have viewed web pages with graphic elements.

Educational Objectives:
  • List and define computer graphic terminology.
  • Discuss commonly used graphic formats for web pages, including advantages and disadvantages of each.
  • Describe steps for using a flatbed scanner to digitize photos, manipulate and clean up resulting images and save as appropriate graphic files.
  • Provide hands-on opportunities for participants use a graphics package commonly used on campus to scan, manipulate and save images.
  • Discuss appropriate file-naming strategies for web and other uses.

Instructional Outcomes:
  • Participants will be able to distinguish different graphic formats and discuss appropriate uses of each.
  • Participants will be able to configure scanning options depending on the intended use of the image file.
  • Participants will be able to perform basic scanning tasks, including common manipulations like sharpening an image, cropping out unwanted sections of images, rotating and resizing images and adjusting the appearance of scanned images.
  • Participants will be able to appropriately name image file according to their intended use.
  • Participants will be able to understand the relationship between web page (HTML) files and their separate but required image files.


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