1. Learning to Create
The general method and concepts
we will follow when learning software
technology in this class
2. Analysis
• We will analyze existing products
and find out how and why they
work, or don’t work.
• This is a transferable skill and very
important to develop
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3. • We will try to duplicate the product
and concentrate on how to use the
technology, whether it’s software
or equipment
• We will work on technique
The Tool2
4. • Once we have experience with the
tool then we will use it to be
creative
• We will apply the concepts we
discovered in the analysis and
make something unique
Creating3
5. Basic concepts of graphic saftware
• Selection tools
• Moving and placing elements
• Layers and organization
• Cropping and cutting out parts
• Text
• Distressing and patterns
• Creating shapes
• Merging shapes
• Choosing fonts and images
These are the basic skills required for software like
Photoshop and Illustrator
To a point, these can be transferred to video and
sound editing