Lecture Unit 4 & Assignments
Week 5-6
Creating and Editing Raster Graphics

Using the Pen tool

• Visual Quickstart Guide Chapter 4: Working with the pen tool. p.55-60
• Read Vector Handouts - Pen Tools p.10-12

Working with Bitmaps in Fireworks

• Visual Quickstart Guide Chapter 9, 10 & 11
• Click here for Raster Tool Lecture Notes (Review on Panels is included in these notes)
• Read Notes on Blends Techniques

• Using the pen tool
• Working with Pixel editing & selection
• Advance Raster techniques
• Effects & Filters

• Pen Tool Reference Notes (See above):
• Text Book Reference: Visual Quickstart Guide - Read Chapter 1-4 (Review)
• Video Tutorial: Log on to Lynda.com - Learning Fireworks MX 2004 - Review the following video tutorial (Quicktime plug in required)

  Working with Pixels
  ::editing pixels 17:54 (36 MB)
  ::copying and pasting pixels 7:11 (13.4 MB)
  ::selecting by color 6:12 (12.6 MB)
  
  Effects and Filters
  ::effects vs. filters 7:02 (13.1 MB)
  ::using effects 10:20 (18.7 MB)
  ::using styles 8:48 (14 MB)

• REVIEW COLOR PRESENTATION: Working with Color with: Bruce Heavin Part I : Color Principles Lecture
  ::View Entire Lecture 47:15 (78 MB)
  ::introduction 8:02 (12.5 MB)
  ::relative value 11:11 (15.8 MB)
  ::color structure 1:36 (2.8 MB)
  ::relative hue 3:42 (5.9 MB)
  ::saturation 8:41 (12.3 MB)
  ::compositional reads 2:18 (3.3 MB)
  ::relative size 2:07 (4 MB)
  ::compositional focus 2:06 (4.1 MB)
  ::color relationships 7:30 (14.9 MB)
  

Reminder - Please make sure that you have completed the reading requirement section before working on the assignments section

Assignment #4A Hands on Application (Due Date - October 7th) - 100 pts

Click here to Download the Tutorial exercise on Pen Tool (PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU NEED YOUR REFERENCE NOTES - See reading requirements) to be able to work with this exercise. THIS IS NOT an easy assignment - but it will give a brief overview on how the pen tool works. POST ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE on the discussion board.
Download Template (Zipped Format)

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