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First Week

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Schedule

First Class

Thursday
September 25th
2008

  • Getting To Know You
  • Overview
  • The History of Computer Art, Part I
    • Computer Art: Definition
    • Phase 1: 1956-1958 The Pioneers

Second Week

Second Class

Tuesday
September 30th
2008

Assignment #1 Start: Pixel Poking

  • Basic Computer Graphics I
    • Pixels
    • Colors
    • Bitmaps vs. Vectors
    • Anti-Aliasing

Third Class

Thursday
October 2nd
2008

Assignment #2 Start: Pick A Theme

  • Change of plan …
    • Bitmap Images Part II
      • Color Profiles
      • Image Correction
      • Making Selections
  • Theme & Approach

Third Week

Fourth Class

Tuesday
October 7th
2008

Announcement: Sesnon Gallery Opening: FUSE/fureru

Assignment #3 Start: Image from Theme

Assignment #1 Due: Pixel Poking

Assignment #2 Due: Pick A Theme

  • Basic Computer Graphics II
    • Anti-Aliasing Reviewed
    • Alpha Channels
    • File Format & Web Support

Fifth Class

Thursday
October 9th
2008

Assigment #4 Start: Build A Mask

  • Photoshop In Depth
    • Channels
    • Paths/Masks
  • Illustrator In Shallow
  • Fireworks In Shallow

Fourth Week

Sixth Class

Tuesday
October 14th
2008

Assignment #3 Due/Crit: Image from Theme

Assignment #4 Due: Build a Mask

Assignment #5.1 Start: Basic Page Layout

  • History of the Internet
  • Basic HTML I
    • HTTP, Servers
    • HTML/Tags

Seventh Class

Thursday
October 16th
2008

Assignment #5.1 Due: Basic Page Layout

Assignment #5.2 Start: Page from Theme

Assignment #6 Start: Bring In An Interesting Web Site

  • Basic HTML II
    • CSS

Fifth Week

Eighth Class

Tuesday
October 21
2008

Assignment #6 Due: Bring In A Site

  • HTML III
    • Dreamweaver

Ninth Class

Thursday
October 23
2008

Review Assignment #6: Bring In A Site

  • net.art Review

Sixth Week

Tenth Class

Tuesday
October 28th
2008

MIDTERM

Assignment 5.2 Due/Crit: Page from Theme

Assignment #7 Start: Animation

Quiz I: HTML

  • Interactive Media I
    • Tools History
    • Director
    • Flash (with demo)

Eleventh Class

Thursday
October 30th
2008

Review Quiz I

Flash Demo Continued

Seventh Week

Twelfth Class

Tuesday
November 4th
2008

  • More on Flash Features
  • Flash Animation I

Thirteenth Class

Thursday
November 6th
2008

  • Work on assignment 7

Eighth Week

No Class

Tuesday
November 11th
2008

Veterans' Day

Happy Veterans' Day

Fourteenth Class

Thursday
November 13th
2008

  • Flash Sound
  • Flash Video
  • Interaction Design

Ninth Week

Fifteenth Class

Tuesday
November 18th
2008

Assignment #7 Due/Crit: Animation

Assignment #8 Start: Final Project

  • Algorithmic Art
    • Examples
    • Demo Electric Sheep UI

Sixteenth Class

Thursday
November 20th
2008

  • Flash ActionScript I

Tenth Week

Seventeenth Class

Tuesday
November 25th
2008

Assignment #9 Start: Simple Button

  • ActionScript 3.0 Emergency Update
  • Flash Video

No Class

Thursday
November 27th
2008

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Eleventh Week

Eighteenth Class

Tuesday
December 2nd
2008

Assignment #9 Due: Simple Button

Lab Time: Work on final project

Nineteenth Class

Thursday
December 4th
2008

Lab Time: Work on final project

Finals Week

Final

Thursday
December 11th
2008

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Assignment #8 Due/Crit: Final