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Week 11 Personal Project

2015-06-11T13:12:00.004+08:00

When you start to get more worry about your students work... when you shouldn't be the one that's too worry, continue to give motivation and encouragement

Typography Week 9

2015-05-29T12:07:00.000+08:00

This week we use 3D > Extrude and Bevel to create 3D mapped text onto a box that's flexible to rotate

Perspective Grid

AE 4th Class

2015-04-17T11:21:00.001+08:00

We went through AE basic on how to deal with footages, sliping footage, slow mo via time stretch, and adjusting fps via interpret footage, creating loops, blending

DIV - Week 4

2015-04-14T12:06:00.003+08:00

DIV - week 3

2015-04-14T12:06:00.001+08:00

Typography - Week 3 illustrator recap

2015-04-14T12:06:00.000+08:00

Week 3 and That's a lot to digest, Pen tool

Direct selection tool

Add/remove anchor point
Convert point tool
Create outline
Duplicate objectGroup / ungroupIsolation modeLayersText on path
Gradient tool
Blending object
Path finder

InDesign Styles

2015-04-10T13:40:00.000+08:00

Showed my students in Coffee Bean how to make Styles, particularly Paragraph styles, and show them the power of Character styles and Objects styles

Made them work on exercises where they need to use it

The outcome is quite satisfying

In the 3rd Class for After Effects, Let's go 3D Camera

2015-04-10T13:39:00.001+08:00

3D space in After Effects is an interesting area to explore, as it makes standard 2D object becoming 3D, well technically, 2.5D since it's still a flat object

This new concept will enable the students to do Parallax effects

Camera Depth

Print Media explanation session

2015-04-07T16:51:00.001+08:00

Why it work and why is doesn't?

How is your layout supporting your story? Does it give meaning to it?

How information is convey?

There a ways to make it powerful

As my co lecturer explain

Caricature using Adobe Illustrator

2015-04-07T16:42:00.000+08:00

I got my student to draw on paper their self portrait

put into Adobe Illustrator

Lock Object/Layer

Create a new layer

Trace on a different layer - the goal is to breakdown each part (hair, face, eye, mouth)

Showing them the reason to trap color and color flat color first

Next class will show them detailing of their flat colored images

Week 2 - Digital Imaging & Visualization - Photoshop Recap

2015-04-03T18:44:00.001+08:00

Layers - the most basic of photoshop
masking - best ways to hide and show certain part of an image

Path creation - a powerful tool to store selection, preparation for usage in InDesign as well

When vague personal project became "Syok Sendiri"

2015-04-03T13:23:00.000+08:00

I love personal project, it is probably one of the only time where you can go extremely wild

Most people wanted to take it as a self expression of rebellious rather than being a Designer, so I can only say this

Each project need to be validated before it being approved, this is going for feasibility

If you want to do Personal Project which is non academic evaluated (for all politically, ethically and humanism correct) related, just do it, but not in this class

Else, time to work on it

Not sure where to start? KEEP CALM and meet us

Typography again

2015-04-03T13:05:00.001+08:00

Basic are important

Emphasis it through more exercises

Will be seeing their work up soon

InDesign OutDesign

2015-04-03T12:56:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was a class where I revised and recap all the things we have done last week, surprisingly, they forgotten almost everything

So I gave them an exercise to reinforce their learning where they have to take on all the things

Place images

Text wrap

Master Pages

Pull Quote

All of them participated and work under time pressure, I'm just glad they try

Moving images from 2D to 3D visualization

2015-04-03T12:34:00.001+08:00

Another After Effects class for the Information Design student

This time I show them some key concept of tracking using After Effects built in tracker
I use parent technique for simpler

this is the essential of achieving this desired outcome

Making call out, second class

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YzgNgeR4GM

https://vimeo.com/26224656

Designed by: Nigel Upchurch

2015-03-27T22:20:00.002+08:00

Teaching InDesign has always been very hit or miss, So for the first class I decided to real slow and do an explanation.

Firstly, Bleed and slug

It's a Publishing software, created by Adobe

comparing the tools to what they already use such as Illustrator

Go about the powerful place where you can place items such as images, text, word doc,

the concept of frame and content when you only place an item, where everything by default get framed

going through the standard User Interface explanation then toward the process simple layout and adding more complexity

Then I show them the magic in each of the tool such as Text Wrap

Numbering via master page to save time

arranging layers so it reveals hidden items

Best is when I let loose the kids to do whatever they wanted for their exercises with a clause of using whatever they've learnt today

Typography

2015-03-27T21:44:00.001+08:00

This is my first class with the student, I think I must have bored them with all the technicality of RGB, CMYK before letting them loose on Illustrator

RGB is for screen
CMYK is for print

8 bit = 2 to the power of 8 = 256
yet you can only control a value of 0-255 why? cause 0 is a value

How mixing color in both create different results, almost opposite

Once in Illustrator, I show them the basic of navigation, zoom in and out, creating object, making color inside of object, basic transformation, scale, rotate, direct selection for manipulating points

How by deleting points, you need to select both the open point to join them again to recreate the missing stroke from point deletion

This batch of student is so quiet, I can only hear them whisper
3 of them have sisters that study in Taylor's, either graduated, in different courses (Bio Med, Mass Comm)

Then I made them play pen tools via

http://bezier.method.ac/
http://shape.method.ac/
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/pen-tool-game.html

Happy Pen Tool ing

SketchUp 7

2013-09-08T01:44:00.000+08:00

SketchUp 7 has done it again, Google's team has created an update that's worthy of UPGRADE, still maintaining it's easy to learn, easy to Sketch then changed into a 3D.

Most notable NEW feature will be the "Dynamic Component", only having the PRO version will allow you to create one.

As for this little project that I have created, it took me about 2 hours with all the detailing + measuring the place at the same time including every corner of the Condominium.

What I really like about SketchUp "Dynamic Component" is the ability to define parts of a component to either SCALE or being an ABSOLUTE value. Possibility to create custom behavior

SketchUp features are also extendable.
Try http://waybe.weebly.com/
for unfolding of paper model and printing them

http://supodium.com

Try SketchUp Pro at www.sketchup.com

One way traffic

2013-09-07T12:55:00.001+08:00

Interesting finding about editing CSV files
This is rather important especially working with large datasets for catalogue making

The most annoying problem will defintely be how after converting from Excel to CSV and data such as 12/10 will be read into Excel as December 10, and there's no way to rectify it. Even if you have a ' in front in Excel. Once it's converted to CSV the ' is neglected.

How I wished there's a global turn off for Excel to read this into date.

That Cute Look is going to get us CONSUMING More

2011-12-16T11:51:00.001+08:00

This is what Animation industry do to you?

In creation of the cutest fantasy animal character, merchandising which tied to food that you think would be good and sold only via premium sets or as a gifts.

Design + Advertising + Entertainment is constantly putting more things into ouch home, desk without us really thinking deep about the most IMPORTANT question

DO I REALLY NEED IT?

How does it benefit me?

Will I be happy if I have it?

Credits to the creator of SHREK where this movie has now successfully spin off another series

Puss In the Boots
http://www.pussinbootsthemovie.com/

I won't be going to the movie anytime soon, but Seeing the review I think it's worth parting my wallet for this.

Adobe 5.5

2011-10-10T09:43:00.000+08:00

So Adobe 5.5 is been out for awhile, Has it really made a big impact in Design Studios?
or it has only helped people who are working on Tablets project?

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Content Aware Fill

2010-03-25T11:36:00.000+08:00

Seems like they finally got it right, ever feel frustrated with the previous Adobe Photoshop spot healing and fill that never seems to work the way it should be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAbvtiabeY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58evj9A8lg

Thumbs up Adobe, making life too easy for Graphic Designers

3DS Max 2011

2010-03-25T01:35:00.001+08:00

Here we go again, New release, New feature. Hope to share what's new to you guys soon ;)

3DS Max 2010 Professional Certification

2010-02-25T10:15:00.000+08:00

I've just gotten my 3DS Max 2010 Professional Certification ;)

Will post more of regarding the software soon.

It's not too easy and and too hard, just tricky. With a bit of confidence in the software, we all should ACE it.

3D Studio Max Design 2009, Maya 2008 Extension 2 , Motion Builder Extension 2

2008-05-17T14:11:00.000+08:00

By far, the most improved version from Autodesk, 3D Studio Max is now available in 2 flavor, one targeting Architect and Construction, while the other Media Entertainment, just 1 main Different, 3 minor differences in the package.

As for Maya Extension 2, It has to be the Muscle System, which in Built in, Motion Builder Extension 2 is it's ability to Animate character's from 3D Studio Max package (almost effortlessly), and many more features.

A glimpse of what's to come from the Autodesk camp. I am ready to churn it out. one by one.

Now gotta find more time.