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=Summer 2013 GWD111 Applications and Industry (The Art Institute of Charleston)=

(cross-listed with CAA106 Introduction to Design Applications)
=Course Description:= This course is designed to provide an introduction to the industry-related graphic software applications currently used in the design professions. Students will be introduced to basic skills and technical devices for electronic production of visual communication. The three areas of concentration are digital illustration, image/photographic manipulation, and page layout.

=Course Competencies:=
 * Demonstrate the ability to provide the accurate size format for the assignment
 * Demonstrate the ability to choose the appropriate software tool for the assignment
 * Demonstrate the ability to use software application tools with precision
 * Apply basic design skills
 * Describe basic design terminology
 * Describe basic software terminology
 * Apply critical thinking processes to specified assignments
 * Investigate different solutions to the problem presented
 * Employ the appropriate solution for the problem presented
 * Create a design solution that communicates a concept
 * Execute a design solution within an appropriate software application
 * Demonstrate usage of appropriate colors within software application
 * Demonstrate the ability to use type within a software application
 * Determine the correct software application for the assignment
 * Set up the document properly
 * Navigate within a document
 * Select and edit artwork
 * Select the appropriate media
 * Differentiate vector-based from raster-based
 * Draw vector graphics using the appropriate tools in the software application
 * Demonstrate the ability to import vector-based images into page layout applications
 * Demonstrate the ability to resize images for the appropriate media
 * Demonstrate the ability to crop images
 * Demonstrate the ability to merge two or more images into the same file
 * Demonstrate the ability to import raster-based images into page layout applications
 * Demonstrate the ability to convert files to different file formats
 * Demonstrate the conversion of one color space to another
 * Demonstrate the skills of saving files to the appropriate media devices
 * Function in a cross-platform network computer environment

=Course Objectives:=
 * Demonstrate craftsmanship (organization, neatness, precision)
 * Utilize basic terminology and concepts of design and media
 * Analyze and apply the critical thinking process to the design challenges of specific problems
 * Initiate creative solutions to graphic design challenges utilizing fundamental design principles
 * Apply appropriate software solutions to design problems for varied media
 * Demonstrate vector graphics through technology
 * Demonstrate image manipulation skills
 * Prepare files for output for the appropriate media

Instructor Contact Info
Email: (send large files and general email) pamela.berman@gmail.com Phone: 570 441 6770

Office Hours: Mondays 11 to 1 PM, Fridays 11:30 to 12:30 PM, and by appointment

Ai Email: pberman@aii.edu

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