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May 12, 2024
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Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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GAME 122 2D Digital Imaging4 credits
This course introduces 2D digital image creation, processing, and editing using tools and techniques available in Adobe Photoshop or equivalent 2D digital imaging software relevant to Digital Gaming and Interactive Media career pathways. Students develop skills to produce raster-based images for digital games and interactive media, multimedia, video, web, mobile, and print.
Prerequisites: ABED 040 (or placement into MATH 087 or higher) and ABED 046 (or placement into ENGL 093 or higher)
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Navigate the Photoshop or equivalent software environment and use appropriate tools and techniques to accomplish a given task
- Modify images using a variety of tools and methods, including color selection tools, masks, channels, and lasso and pen tools
- Apply basic image editing to digital photographic images, including color, exposure, cropping, and sharpening
- Explain DPI and the relationship between resolution and image size
- Explain the appropriate use of RGB and CMYK color spaces
- Evaluate and label artwork using layers, layer sets/comps, and adjustment layers
- Optimize files for appropriate deliverable formats for various media, including games, web, print, and mobile devices
- Apply the principles of typography to create icons for user interface menus, title screens, web banners, and promotional posters
- Illustrate characters and environments in color digital illustration
- Create 2D animation and animation sprite sheets for 2D games and online interactive media
- Create texture maps and seamless textures for 3D models and environments
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 40
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