Catalog 2019-2020 
    
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Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DSGN 170 Motion Graphics With After Effects

4 credits
Students will learn the fundamentals of creating timeline-based graphics and animation using industry-standard motion graphics and animation software.

Prerequisites: DSGN 117 , DSGN 121 , and DSGN 126  

Corequisites: DSGN 122  and DSGN 128  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Set up and edit layers in motion graphics software
  • Use key frames to perform animations
  • Apply and combine effects to create unique and artistic content
  • Create basic 3D animations, and combine them with other motion graphics
  • Perform automated animation using expressions in After Effects

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

  • demonstrate superior technical skills in industry standard software
  • create effective solutions to design challenges using the elements and principles of design
  • create, edit and integrate vector and raster graphics within a variety of layouts for web, mobile device, print and interactive projects
  • apply basic coding skills to projects using HTML, CSS and other scripting languages

Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcome of information literacy.

Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 40