Computer Design III

Catalog description

Third-level course taught on the Macintosh computer. Will learn the art of photo manipulation, editing, painting, compositing, and pre-press techniques including all aspects of using a bitmapped software program. Also covered choosing printers, preparing files for output, setting halftone screens, resolutions, traps, chokes, and creating color separations. Elements and principles of design, working between software programs, the use of a color scanning device, video and still camera capturing devices covered along with creating meaningful imagery. Emphasis on creating visually strong computer generated photographs, paintings, and designs.