Composing Digital Media with Emma Cichocki

Preliminary Curriculum

• Explore photoshop using the ad I picked during class on the 13th

   o Experiment do as much as I can to it

• Learn how to use photoshop through tutorials

   o https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/photoshop-for-beginners.html

   o https://www.lynda.com/CSS-tutorials/CSS-Essential-Training-1/569190-2.html

• Apply 5 elements of photoshop that you didn’t know how to use before watching the three lyndia training sessions

   o Practice 1

       ♣ Photoshop someone into a picture

       ♣ Make three different versions of a nature scene photograph

       ♣ Create an ad

• Research how photoshop is used and viewed in marketing

   o https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/06/27/why-photoshop-is-no-longer-an-extra-skill-for-great-marketers/

   o https://powerdigitalmarketing.com/blog/learning-how-to-use-photoshop-series/

• Use what I’ve learned to add 3 concepts to 3 different ads to improve them

• Watch lyndia videos on how photoshop can be utilized in design

   o https://www.lynda.com/Design-Techniques-tutorials/Design-Aesthetics-Web/506078-2.html

• With what I learned about design and marketing improve the ad from the first practice assignments

• Delve into different things you can do with fonts and word art

   o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQ9oXOAPPo

• practice with fonts

   o add a word art aspect to the ad you have been using

      ♣ 3 versions

      ♣ think about color scheme theme etc.

• https://www.lynda.com/Graphic-Design-tutorials/Learning-Type-Design/577367-2.html

• use font practice to think about logo design ]

   o https://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/Logo-Design-Techniques/173877-2.html

• Practice with logos

   o recreate 3 logos subtly

   o Create a logo

      ♣ 3 versions

• Tutorials on animation – learning to bring movement

   o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4QWHLYRTO8

   o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcYCkm0-kQk

• practice with animation

   o apply animating principles to create a moving comic strip

      ♣ Lincoln and lady liberty

   o Add an advertising aspect to comic

      ♣ What could it be selling?

   o Add an animation principle to the ad

• Learn about presenting a concept or ad idea

   o https://www.lynda.com/Keynote-tutorials/Designing-Presentation/124082-2.html

• draft a presentation idea for the ad

• Give my git hub page a logo

• Add an animation to my git hub page