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Tuesday, September 3rd

Tuesday, September 3rd

Class hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Bohmann
wbohmann@ewsd.org

Notes

  • Today is Tumultuous Tuesday – I’ll review the schedule with you. It is also on the board.
  • CMD+K gives you access to the Public Folder. User/Password is cawd
  • Since the server folders are not yet created, please put your CRAP poster in your public folder for grading. For other graded items, see the What is Due Page under Assignments.
  • This week we’ll working with After Effects and begin some work with Photography as we continue working on the unit – Media for the Web.

9:40 Attendance & Article

9:45 CAWD2 Google Drive Folder

  • Open your Google Drive.
  • Make a folder called CAWD2. Share it with me.
  • Inside that folder create another folder. Name it College & Career Planning.
  • Find your resume (if you have one), place it in the College & Career Planning folder.

9:50 Sketch – Developing a Personal Logo

Developing your personal brand

Last week we started reflecting on our skills and what kind of words reflect our skills and persona. Below are several very nice personal logos.

We are on to Step 4 of Developing our Personal Brand: Create the first iterations of your logo. The best way to start is by picking up a sketchbook and just drawing. Link to some trends for 2019, examples and inspiration.

Curating your own personal brand and logo can used with your college and career applications.

10:30 Bezier Practice with the Pen Tool

Connect your tablets and practice this essential skill up until break.

Pen Tool Practice

10:45 Break (15 Minutes)

coffee and cookies

11:00 – 11:50 After Effects

Adobe After Effects Logo

Last week we learned about the Six Foundations of After Effects and how they work as a workflow:

  • Composition
  • Layers
  • Animations
  • 3D
  • Effects
  • Rendering

This week we’ll take a basic solid and try out some different effects including mattes, lasers and explosions.

For Today – we are going to make a descriptive effect. For example, if we want something to shatter – we will create the word Shatter and then have it shatter apart. For Rain, it will rain. Flare, we’ll create a flare.

  • Step 1 Create a New Composition, choose a duration of 5 seconds
  • Step 2 CMD+Y will create a new Solid Layer. A solid layer is your background.
  • Step 3 Add a text layer and position it above your solid layer
  • Step 4 Type your descriptive effect (you may want to test out some effects)
  • Test out different effects. Add the effect to either your text layer or your background layer.
  • What happens when you add multiple effects or animate text?
  • When complete, add to Render Queue and complete Render.
  • Save file as: DescriptiveEffect_Lastname.mov

11:50 Lunch (30 Minutes)

pizza

12:20 – 12:45 Literacy in Focus

image of book covers

Grab your book and chill. We’ll be reading today. No computers, no talking. Sit on the couch if you like or move your chair.

12:45 Building Your Logo

Open up Illustrator to begin some digital designs of your personal logo from the sketches you worked on this morning. You may choose to create several artboards in the process.

2:00 Dailies

Link to Dailies and Link to Responses

2:05 Dismissal

Cawd Instructors:

Matt Cronin

Will Bohmann

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A little about Cawd:

Serving high school students interested in Computer Animation, Game Design, and Web Development in North Western Vermont.

Students continue at:

University of Vermont Ringling School of Art and Design Northeastern University Rochester Institute of Technology Concordia University

Students find careers at:

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