RSCC Computer Art I

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Final Exam

· Familiarity with computer-based art, overview of methods and strategies, modes and paths of input and output.

· Knowledge of Macintosh OS basics and file handling; intro to software/hardware, monitor calibration, etc.

· Familiar with styles, trends, modes, and aesthetics: from primitive to postmodern, developing creative content.

· Know elements and principles of design and typography basics.

· Become familiar with the essentials on pixel-based and vector-based art: color, resolution, layout, formats, and output; working with rulers, grids, guides, layers, etc.

· Modes of getting art into the computer: scanning, digital cameras, and other art resources

· Working with a comprehensive vector-based drawing program; fills, strokes, Bezier curves, points & paths, blends and gradients, transformation, layers, typography & object composition and layout; output formats.

· Working with Adobe Photoshop from basic principles to more advanced methods.

· Export/import and file interchange methods between programs as a creative workflow.

· Web-based graphics and presentation.

· Familiarity with computer-based art, overview of methods and strategies, modes and paths of input and output.

· Knowledge of Macintosh OS basics and file handling; intro to software/hardware, monitor calibration, etc.

· Familiar with styles, trends, modes, aesthetics: from primitive to postmodern, developing creative content.

· Know elements and principles of design and typography basics.

· Become familiar with the essentials on pixel-based and vector-based art: color, resolution, layout, formats, and output; working with rulers, grids, guides, layers, etc.

· Modes of getting art into the computer: scanning, digital cameras, and other art resources

· Working with Adobe Photoshop from basic principles to more advanced methods.

· Export/import and file interchange methods between programs as a creative workflow.

· Web-based graphics and presentation.

QUESTIONS

1. In photoshop create a document that is six by six inches with a resolution of 250 dpi. Fill the image with a pattern you create. In the center of the image place a 1.5 inch blue circle that is 50% opaque.

2. In photoshop open the pottery image. Photorealistically paint another pot in some part of the image. (hint steal from the original image)

3. In photoshop open the seascape image. Hand tint the picture using at least three different colors.

4. Write down the following keyboard shortcuts: zoom in, zoom out, open, save, save as, new, copy, paste

5. Open the telephone pole file and remove the telephone pole.

6. Open the strokes image and recreate them in illustrator using an 8 point blue stroke.

7. Open the flower image and recreate it in illustrator.

8. In illustator make a 6x6 grid of yellow squares that are exactly a half inch in size and spaced a half inch apart. In the center place a black star that is one half inch wide directly in the center.

9. In cinema4d create a sculpture using four different primitives.

10. List what these five different file types mean: .psd, .ai, .jpg, .pdf, .obj