Check Project (Use these links to see project details.) Due date File name/comments Completed
Using graphics software applications. Use the graphics-software review to explore basic tasks in applications such as Jasc's Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.mmddyy
Making screen captures. Use the screen-capture tutorial to learn how to make various kinds of screen captures, including ones with active pull-down and pop-up interface elements.mmddyy
Graphic file types and conversions. Use the graphic-filetype conversions tutorial to learn about the common types of graphic file format and how to convert images to them.mmddyy
Finding and acquiring graphics. Use the collecting-graphics tutorial to learn various ways to acquire graphics (from web pages or clip-art collections) as well directly from files containing embedded graphics.mmddyy
Cropping and sizing graphics. Use the graphic-cropping and -sizing tutorial to learn various ways to crop and size graphic and the problems involved in attempting to size graphics that use certain file formats.mmddyy
Labeling graphics. Use the labeling-graphics tutorial to learn various ways to add labels to graphics.mmddyy
Combining and arranging graphics. Use the combining and arranging tutorial to learn various ways to arrange graphics in relation to each other: combining parts of different images and then grouping, ordering, and layering those parts.mmddyy
Project 1: Develop a graphic from a screen capture. Use the project detail page for the screen-capture graphics to make a screen capture, change its file format, cop and size it as necessary, and add labels to it.mmddyy
Name this project your_name01a.doc (if you are using Microsoft Word), and send it as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. (Name subsequent revisions your_name01b.doc, your_name01c.doc, and so on.)
Positioning graphics. Use the positioning-graphics tutorial to get an overview of how to position, "anchor," in various application (such as in FrameMaker and Word) as well as in web pages.mmddyy
Project 2: Edit a hardware graphic. Make minor editing changes to an existing hardware graphic . Click this link to download a Word document; if you need a different format, contact your instructor.mmddyy
Name this project your_name02a.doc (if you are using Microsoft Word), and send it as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. (Name subsequent revisions your_name02b.doc, your_name02c.doc, and so on.)
Creating simple geometrical drawings. Use the simple-drawing tutorial to learn some essential techniques in drawing simple images (for example, using snap, grid, lock, group, sheer, rotate, shading, texture, weight, and so on). Draw simple organizational charts, flow charts, and other geometrical images.mmddyy
Optimizing graphics. Use the optimizing-graphics tutorial to learn various ways to "optimize" graphics—in other words, to reduce the byte count without sacrificing image quality.mmddyy
Project 3: Create a geometrical drawing. Use the project detail page for the simple drawing project to create an organization or flow chart in which you use most of the techniques covered in the preceding tutorials.mmddyy
Name this project your_name03a.doc (if you are using Microsoft Word), and send it as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. (Name subsequent revisions your_name03b.doc, your_name03c.doc, and so on.)
Microsoft Visio: introduction and Project 4. Use the Visio introduction to learn some basic techniques for using this application. Use the project page for the Visio drawing project to create the same flowchart you created in Project 3.mmddyy
Name this project your_name04a.vsd (if you are using Microsoft Visio), and send it as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. (Name subsequent revisions your_name04b.vsd, your_name04c.vsd, and so on.)
Transparent GIFs. Use the transparent GIFs tutorial to learn how to make backgrounds of GIFs transparent.mmddyy
SVG introduction and Project 5. Use the resource page for introduction to SVG to learn simple SVG drawing techniques and then use the project page for the simple SVG project to create simple shapes with SVG.mmddyy
Name this project your_name05a.svg , and send it as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. (Name subsequent revisions your_name05b.svg, your_name05c.svg, and so on.)
Project 6: Create a pictorial drawing. Use the project detail page for the simple pictorial drawing project to create an illustration of a mechanism using most of the techniques covered in the preceding tutorials.mmddyy
Name this project your_name06a.doc (if you are using Microsoft Word), and send it as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. (Name subsequent revisions your_name06b.doc, your_name06c.doc, and so on.)
Note: All work in this course must be complete no later than mmddyy
Contact your instructor concerning credit for projects you have completed but are still not approved by the time the course is over.