tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:44:07 +0000PhotoshopIllustratorInDesignlayoutcolorpicturestypetypographylinkspathquizvectorBridgegrayscalepenportfolioproofreadingresolutionspellchecktext wrapInterpretive Computer Graphics for Natural Resources at Humboldt State University, Arcata, Californiahttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-2868900247849636618Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:58:00 +00002011-12-19T22:58:58.745-08:00In 2011, Humboldt State University's Department of Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation changed its name to the Department of Environmental Protection and Management, and NRPI253 changed to EMP253. Find our new course website at emp253.blogspot.comhttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2011/12/nr-evolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-7231794384471985056Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +00002010-12-13T13:00:00.731-08:00IllustratorvectorThanks, everyone, for a fabulous semester! I hope you learned much (actually, I know you did) and take every opportunity to use your new superpowers in the fight against ignorance and bad graphic design. Enjoy the inspiration at this website: AgencyRush.com. This blog will stay up in its current state until Aug. 2011 when the next class comes in. Feel free to contact me for assistance if you http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-illustration-little-inspiration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-3887930185049944361Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:48:00 +00002010-12-08T15:48:17.677-08:00IllustratorInDesignPhotoshopquizIn general Layout = Words + Pictures Vector, Bitmap Typography Color Elements and Principles of Design For each application What each application best used for Tools and toolboxes Character Palette Paragraph Palette InDesign File / Place Links File / Step and Repeat Object Menu / Arrange / Send to Front/Back Text on path Text Wrap Spelling checker Fill/Stroke Illustrator Paths, open/http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/12/important-stuff-to-know-for-final-exam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-5659884001384111286Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:26:00 +00002010-12-08T15:26:15.676-08:00IllustratorFinished illustrations from the Make and Use Symbols Tutorial. http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/12/delightful-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-4751626148446542908Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-11-29T14:07:49.538-08:00IllustratorPhotoshopThis is candy that won't rot your teeth. These commercial illustrations demonstrate a delicious combination of vector graphics and photography. Enjoy. Jason Jaroslav Cook illustrator http://www.jasoncook.co.ukhttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/10/illustrator-photoshop-wow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-400776124109948458Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:14:00 +00002011-04-04T22:36:04.217-07:00PhotoshopPhotoshop's file format menu is lengthy, but don't let it intimidate you. Each option has it purpose and knowing what what they are will keep you from becoming overwhelmed. First, "file format" refers to how an image file is saved, and is determined by how the image is to be used. In Photoshop, when you choose "File / Save" (or "Save As" or "Save a Copy") you will see the menu above. The end http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/10/photoshop-file-formats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-3293897150978241216Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:30:00 +00002010-10-25T08:30:01.816-07:00PhotoshoppicturesHow much of retouching a photograph is ethical? How do you know you've gone too far? It is not acceptable to lie. Touching up photos is considered unacceptable when publishing an image that is intended to represent facts or truth, such as in newspaper reporting. An example of this might be to edit a person's facial features, such as retouching wrinkles or straightening a crooked nose. Those http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/10/fauxtography.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-7673972287684389576Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-10-25T08:00:00.192-07:00BridgePhotoshopAdobe Bridge is a great file management program which you might find helpful if you have a large number of photos to organize. In addition to organization, you can label, prioritize, batch process and share files. Of particular interest is Bridge's integration with some of Photoshop's automated features (Contact Sheet and Photomerge) and photo adjustment with Camera Raw. Read more about it in http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/11/adobe-bridge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-3481048664516681102Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:30:00 +00002010-10-20T14:30:05.136-07:00PhotoshopresolutionComputer graphics fall into two main categories: bitmap and vector images. Let's review the difference between the two. Understanding this will help as you create and edit digital images. Bitmap and vector review Photoshop and other paint and image-editing programs generate bitmap images, also called raster images. Bitmap images use a grid (the bitmap or raster) of small squares known as pixels http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/10/resolution-resizing-and-resampling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-1178444534075431002Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:26:00 +00002010-10-20T14:26:41.576-07:00colorUkrainians demonstrated their displeasure at 2004 election snafus by protesting en masse and wearing orange to voice their political opinions. But why orange? A BBC article relates, "In Ukraine, the colour orange was chosen to represent a broad coalition of opposition parties purely on the strength of it being a vibrant colour, instantly distinguishable from the traditional blue [its complementhttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/10/2004-ukrainian-orange-revolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-55914414514084241Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:22:00 +00002010-10-20T14:22:41.987-07:00colorAre you familiar with FailBlog? This could be a worthy submission. http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2009/10/email-color-scheme-fail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-5715176425265779043Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:46:00 +00002010-10-11T11:46:17.678-07:00colorPhotoshopLight, as some of you science folks probably already know, is a pretty tricky thing. It is often described as waves or particles or radiation or energy. We see it reflected off the surfaces of objects or projected from computer monitors. Light is received by our optic nerves and transmitted to the brain which interprets it. Different wavelengths of visible light are interpreted as different http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/10/color-me-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-5308121128117230573Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:23:00 +00002010-09-27T14:23:30.918-07:00Photoshop Photoshop deals with pictures in a very different way than Illustrator. Illustrator uses mathematical formulae to create pictures and is considered a vector program (think back to your Trigonometry class and then think of the handles on a path in Illustrator). Photoshop is a bitmap (or raster) program, and uses pixels (the little dots in pictures) to create pictures. If you blow up a picture in http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/08/photoshop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-7881263418273940226Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:52:00 +00002010-09-27T15:21:59.825-07:00InDesigntypographyYou're off to a good start with your brochures. All have interesting topics and much potential. Here's some things to keep in mind while you're designing your layouts. Make it easy for your reader to navigate your document -- show them where to start and end reading, and arrange information in a clear and logical way. Create headings that introduce sections or topic and make finding information http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/09/pull-look-together-with-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-7039518807590879696Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:55:00 +00002010-09-22T15:55:15.533-07:00 http://veerle.duoh.com/ Links to some step-by-step web pages (some good, some not so good): http://www.google.com/search?q=illustrator+tutorial+pen+tool&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a http://www.delicious.com/HMHarvey1/bundle:Tutorials Or watch videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=adobe+illustrator+cs3+http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/09/links-to-more-illustrator-tutorials.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-7727282922379955861Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-09-22T13:35:59.784-07:00IllustratorvectorCreate vector art by using it as a template and tract it in Illustrator. Open an image in Adobe Illustrator It can be a bitmap or vector image. We're going to use this bitmap image of a Califoria poppy. Think of this image in terms of its component shapes, not as the thing itself. Look at each petal, sepal and stem.What colors and shapes do you see? Begin tracing with the pen tool Let's http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/09/trace-over-image-to-create-vector-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-8092611364408915000Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:00:00 +00002011-04-18T20:48:51.204-07:00portfolioA portfolio is a tangible representation of your education and work experience. It is an organized collection of your work which will allow you to demonstrate to a potential employer your strengths, skills and achievements, and an expression of your special qualifications and unique abilities. Use it to show a potential employer why you are the right person for that job or internship. A http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/08/creating-and-maintaining-portfolio-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-3735205046196491712Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:10:00 +00002010-09-15T13:51:28.806-07:00typographyhttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-shot-serif.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-3409824038564235749Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:10:00 +00002010-09-13T12:40:20.165-07:00layoutThe Basic Elements of Design The basic elements of design are like the ingredients of a recipe. They must be used in the proper combination and proportion to work. A layout may use some but not necessarily all elements. Line - Any mark connecting any two points. It could be a graphic line, or a string of text. Shape - Anything that has height and width. Graphics, text blocks, photos. Texturehttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/09/making-layout-elements-and-principles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-1010639733257779730Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:30:00 +00002013-08-28T16:30:10.044-07:00colorlayout The bold sweeping lines lead the reader's eye from top left to bottom right, while the bright yellow color gets the reader's attention and draws it to the text. Blue and yellow are primary colors; yellow and orange are analogous; blue and orange are complementary. Interesting triangular shapes combine with primary colors: red, yellow, blue. Analogous and warm colors: yellow http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/09/examples-of-layout-and-color.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-213822203100455136Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:01:00 +00002010-09-08T16:01:39.791-07:00quizQuiz 1 will be a 10 point written quiz covering typography, Illustrator and InDesign basics. Questions will be multiple choice or short answer. I will only ask about topics, tools or techniques covered in class or assigned reading. Study guide links: Typography Illustrator (basics, tools & palettes) InDesign (basics, tools & palettes) Links management Making a layouthttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/09/quiz-1-moved-to-wed-sept-15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-4040920673474170871Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:59:00 +00002010-09-09T21:41:53.111-07:00IllustratorInDesignpathtypeType can also be set along a path – be it a curvy path or a polygon, or open or closed path. Draw a path, then click and hold on the Text Tool to get more options. Select the T that's kicked over on its side (Text on Path Tool). Click on the path with that tool, and type in your text. The text follows the path! What excitement! To move the type around on the path, click on it with the http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2010/09/type-on-path.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hollymharvey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-221846469716982021Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:53:00 +00002010-09-08T15:53:41.227-07:00grayscaleIllustratorInDesignlayoutPhotoshopColor images often need to be converted to grayscale. Here's how. Bitmapped (Raster) Images You may have downloaded an image similar to this: 1. Launch Photoshop and open the file. You can also click and drag the file from your desktop to the Photoshop icon in the Dock and release the mouse button once the Photoshop icon is highlighted. 2. Go to Image Menu>Mode>Grayscale. Click OK whenhttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/07/converting-your-color-art-to-grayscale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-8084266351613964278Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +00002011-02-21T23:15:15.982-08:00InDesignproofreadingspellcheckYour words ­ and their spelling, punctuation and grammar ­ are as important to a layout as the design itself. Why even bother if you can't communicate your message? Our computer software has built-in dictionaries and dynamic spelling features to help us with spelling which you'll learn to use, however spelling checkers won't correct homonyms, grammar or punctuation. For instance, they'rehttp://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/07/spellchecking-proofreading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160361948141792872.post-4723957526199225511Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:58:00 +00002010-09-01T11:58:57.287-07:00InDesignlinks When you Place a graphic, its original file is not actually copied into a document. Instead, InDesign adds a screen-resolution version of the file to the layout, so that you can view and position the graphic, and creates a link, or file path, to the original file on disk. When you export or print, InDesign uses the links to retrieve the original graphics, creating the final output from the full http://nrpi253.blogspot.com/2008/08/managing-links-and-embedded-graphics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0