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 * Digital Design Class Information **

First two Weeks: Students will begin the quarter by getting to know their computers and our Graphics Folder. We will do a series of simple skill-building exercises to become comfortable navigating the graphics files and programs and performing basic design functions. **Assignments:** Introduction Letter, Design Basics, Quiz1 ** Skills: ** Students will know how to open/save/copy/paste/ etc. navigate the graphics files, and maintain their personal folder. Students will demonstrate basic design skills, including -layer and combine images, -select part of an image/copy/paste into new image (showing depth, overlapping) -Resizing -Rendering simple 3-D objects -Altering an image by applying different effects. ** Vocabulary: ** Bit, Byte, Resolution, Pixel, Antialias, Contrast, Greyscale, Resize, Copy, Paste, Trasnparency, Three-Dimensional, ** Quiz Concepts: ** Explain how an image with a low resolution is different from an image with a high resolution. How does the “antialias” function affect the appearance of an object or text? Why would designers choose to use a compressed file when the quality of this image is lower than an uncompressed file? Design Challenge: I want to create a field of flowers, using only 1 single flower image. I do not want the flowers to all look identical. What should I do?