Graphic Design 9IST Digital Media

Graphic Design Before Digital Media, all graphic design was done using pen, paper and ‘wet’ photography. What now takes an hour, used to take a day or more to prepare. How long ago – about 15 years.

Before Digital Media, all graphic design was done using pen, paper and ‘wet’ photography.

What now takes an hour, used to take a day or more to prepare.

How long ago – about 15 years.

Professional pens cost about $9.00 each. You need a lot of pens to create realistic drawings!

Graphic Designers used to hand draw images using these pens to show their clients. The might produce something like these in about 2 hours. Using designer textas is a skill they learned by attending art college for about 5 years.

Digital Graphic Design PAINT programs are used to create … RASTER ( BITMAP) graphics made up of many pixels. Photos from a digital camera are BITMAP DRAW programs are used to create … VECTOR graphics . Made mathemetically by the computer Computer Aided Design (CAD) is VECTOR

PAINT programs are used to create …

RASTER ( BITMAP) graphics made up of many pixels.

Photos from a digital camera are BITMAP

DRAW programs are used to create …

VECTOR graphics . Made mathemetically by the computer

Computer Aided Design (CAD) is VECTOR

Where do you see VECTORS? Flash and Shockwave games are VECTOR graphics. The computer works out how to draw and colour the lines. VECTORS are faster to animate, faster to colour and are smaller in file size than ‘bitmaps’. Computers are great at figuring out VECTORS, they love doing MATHS.

Flash and Shockwave games are VECTOR graphics. The computer works out how to draw and colour the lines.

VECTORS are faster to animate, faster to colour and are smaller in file size than ‘bitmaps’.

Computers are great at figuring out VECTORS, they love doing MATHS.

KEYWORDS BITMAP (RASTER) VECTOR PAINT PROGRAMS DRAW PROGRAMS

BITMAP (RASTER)

VECTOR PAINT PROGRAMS

DRAW PROGRAMS

MODELLING & RENDERING Digital Media is used to MODEL and RENDER objects, buildings people and things. MODELLING is making a wire frame skeleton of an object in a computer. This is done by plotting points and shapes in three dimensions. Once this is done you can MANIPULATE the object, turn it, view it etc.,

Digital Media is used to MODEL and RENDER objects, buildings people and things.

MODELLING is making a wire frame skeleton of an object in a computer.

This is done by plotting points and shapes in three dimensions.

Once this is done you can MANIPULATE the object, turn it, view it etc.,

RENDERING Rendering in the process that computers used to put TEXTURE and LIGHT onto a computer model to make it realistic. More realistic=more processing/time Models can also be animated, this means there are 15-24 renders to be done each second. BIG computers are needed. RENDERING creates light and shadows

Rendering in the process that computers used to put TEXTURE and LIGHT onto a computer model to make it realistic.

More realistic=more processing/time

Models can also be animated, this means there are 15-24 renders to be done each second. BIG computers are needed.

RENDERING creates light and shadows

Like the idea of Modelling? Its quite easy to do, once you start to see things how a computer does You can create simple shapes easily You can ‘render’ easily It’s fairly quick to learn the basics A free modeller is called BLENDER 3D STUDIO MAX is more professional – and expensive!

Its quite easy to do, once you start to see things how a computer does

You can create simple shapes easily

You can ‘render’ easily

It’s fairly quick to learn the basics

A free modeller is called BLENDER

3D STUDIO MAX is more professional – and expensive!

Class Task Using the Internet to research images and information … Create a logo for a coffee company called “Beach-Chic” Makes towls, beach wear, sunnies that are ‘up market’ and expensive. Upload your logo in a POWERPOINT document.

Using the Internet to research images and information …

Create a logo for a coffee company called “Beach-Chic”

Makes towls, beach wear, sunnies that are ‘up market’ and expensive.

Upload your logo in a POWERPOINT document.